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News Archives Our Blog is Here   ProgressiveDailyNews.com Updated Headlines http://www.ProNews.biz http://www.ProgressiveDailyNews.com Thursday, May 29, 2003 Copyright © 2003 All rights reserved   Vote Howard Dean President 2004 Register to Vote Now  These are a sampling of the stories found on Progressive Media sites. We try not to take more than one story from each source per day, so that we're not copying the entire news from each site we prefer. Please click headlines to visit for story details. Once linked to the details of the headlines we post here, you will find additional good stories. Visit other Progressive Media, Social or Political sites, by clicking our resource links either side of this page. What Bush has Done Scorecard of Evil Bush's Movements and Actions on 9/11 Bush Blocked Bin Laden Probes (audio) BBC The Great Deception Michael Ruppert   Vote to Impeach Prosecute George W. Bush for War Crimes George Bush's Military Suspension Document Official Definition of War Crime Who does own the voting machine companies? Black Box Voting Diebold Voting Machine Fraud Green Party- Revelation of Halliburton's Oil Distribution Deal Tops the Extensive List of Bush's Wartime Lies...   The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription  Is it only Irony that makes today's Tyrant name is George? Or does history repeat itself?  Read and See that the 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence refers to 2003's  U.S. King by his Acts, nearly Word for Word "It would be easier if I were dictator", George W. Bush George Bush Exposed It is becoming very clear that the reason Bush is not pursuing justice against Saudi Arabia for allowing and supporting its internal fanatic religious institutions attack on America with 9/11 is because of not only the multinational oil company interests but because of the interests of his family's personal investments.  - Editor Quotes of the Day "This ain't the end of it. We're going to have some more," said Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the House majority leader, shortly before the 1:45 a.m. vote in which the House approved the tax plan. "Our budget says we're going to have $1.3 trillion in tax cuts, and you bet we're coming back for more." "This tax bill is one of the most dangerous & destructive and dishonorable acts of government that I've ever seen," said Senator Mark Dayton, Democrat of Minnesota. "It is a shameful looting of the federal treasury by the rich and powerful of America, compliments of their friends in Congress. It uses every trick in the budget book to line the pockets of the upper class." "The greatest purveyor of violence on this Earth is the U.S. Government."  "The U.S. is not a democracy, it is a plutocracy" by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark Today's Top Stories © World Socialist Pretext for war exposed CIA-backed exile was source for Times “scoops”on Iraqi arms program, by David Walsh “Given the scant findings in Iraq so far, it is disturbing to recall how gravely the administration portrayed the dangers of Iraq’s unconventional weapons. High officials said Iraq had reconstituted its program to develop nuclear weapons, was continuing to make biological weapons and possessed a large stockpile of chemical agents, some ready to be used against American troops or made available to terrorists.” Not “disturbing” enough, however, to revive those “dark hints” that the entire WMD campaign was a pack of lies aimed at justifying a military invasion of a sovereign nation. © Seattle Times Supreme Court Rules Miranda Rights May Be Violated without Recourse to Courts © Newsweek Magazine Classified: Censoring the Report About 9-11? Why is the Bush administration blocking the release of an 800-page congressional report about 9-11? The bipartisan report deals with law-enforcement and intelligence failures that preceded the attacks. For months, congressional leaders and administration officials have battled over declassifying the document, preventing a public release once slated for this week. NEWSWEEK has learned new details about the dispute. S.F. Chronicle FCC plan to relax media ownership rules draws criticism. Bipartisan groups fear conglomerates would blot out 'diversity of voices' © Stephen Labaton, New York Times   Media Monopolies Have Muzzled Dissent Faux News Channel Media Ownership Database Radio Subversion Create Your Own Newspaper   Why the FCC's Rules Matter   Editor & Publisher Diverse Group Opposes Ownership Reform Critics Get Louder as FCC Vote Nears Updated & Fresh News Headlines? download our ticker   In the Public Interest - Ralph Nader (5/9/03) What is a Shadow Cabinet? The U.S. Needs Instant Run-off Voting USA Patriot Act Strips US Residents of Rights - Interview with Clark Kissinger Where's The Liberal Rush Limbaugh- (Salon)           The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist) 101 Tools for Tolerance   Dean calls for repeal of President Bush's tax cut © HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean called for a repeal of the $350 billion tax cut that President Bush signed into law Wednesday, describing it as "part of a radical agenda to dismantle Social Security, Medicare and our public schools through financial starvation." Dean's rival, Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri, labeled the tax cuts -- the third largest in the nation's history -- "unfair, unaffordable and ineffective" as several of the Democratic candidates stepped up their criticism of the president's economic policies.   10 Ways to Fight Hate The Buying of the Presidency 2004 Free Anti-war Posters for Download           Commercial Espresso Machine   © L.A. IndyMedia Baltimore Passes Anti-Patriot Act Resolution a must-read! © In The Kingdom Of Forgetting, by Mark Engler Memory can be an embarrassing thing. In politics, it's often more convenient to forget. The classic illustration of this idea was Orwell's dystopian Ministry of Truth, where functionaries fed any inconvenient bit of information down the memory hole "whereupon it would be whirled away on a current of warm air."     Why the War on Iraq was (and Remains) Wrong               Dianne Feinstein War Profiteer, or Just Conflict of Interest? Liberal Talk Radio Bear Flag Forum Digital Democracy MAKING CONTACT a weekly international radio program   From Undernews 12.5 MILLION ETHIOPIANS FACE STARVATION UN WIRE - The World Food Program today appealed for $90 million in aid for Ethiopia, warning that despite early warning of potential famine and what it called "a rapid response" from the international community, 12.5 million Ethiopians face starvation. . . A shortage of cereal has forced the WFP to reduce rations from 15 kilograms per person per month to 12.5 kilograms for all but the most vulnerable. WFP Executive Director James Morris told the organization's executive board today that the shortages have forced the WFP to "exercise in triage." 41% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE WMDs FOUND A PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll finds that 68% continue to approve of the decision to go to war with Iraq. However, only 50% said that they were somewhat (29%) or very (21%) certain that "when the US government presented the evidence to justify going to war with Iraq, it was. . . not being misleading." Another 5% said they were not very certain. . . Steven Kull, director of PIPA comments, "Enthusiasm about the success of the war may be offset by the failure to find evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction or links to al' Qaeda." © Adbusters.org Boycott Brand America, Take the Pledge In the face of intense opposition at home and abroad, the US government is determined to fight a war that will be felt around the world. It's a slap in the face to democracy, a cold shoulder to liberty - and it's time to make a visible statement against American power gone wrong. © London Times, UK British Opposition Party Financially Bankrupt By Andrew Pierce INDEPENDENT auditors are refusing to sign off the Conservative Party’s accounts because they fear that it is no longer a going concern. PricewaterhouseCoopers, which must approve the accounts within weeks, has told Tory officials that there is not enough income to guarantee the party’s viability. The main problem is a collapse in donations.... In case you don't think the U.S. is Capable or Culpable Documents from the Phoenix Program © TheMemoryHole.org supplied and introduced by Douglas Valentine author of The Phoenix Program Created by the CIA in Saigon in 1967, Phoenix was a program aimed at "neutralizing"—through assassination, kidnapping, and systematic torture—the civilian infrastructure that supported the Viet Cong insurgency in South Vietnam. It was a terrifying "final solution" that violated the Geneva Conventions and traditional American ideas of human morality.  The CIA destroyed its copies of the documents related to this program, but the creator of Phoenix gave his personal copies to author Douglas Valentine. He, in turn, has given them to The Memory Hole. They have never previously been published, online or in print.   Free Speech TV     Sorry I Was Right Eugene McCarthy   "If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves." – Mark Twain New Online Tool Helps Users Measure, Reduce Daily CO2 Output           Regime Change Begins at Home Win Without War Click to Get a  Free Satellite Dish   Alternet.org CIA ignored warnings about policing Iraq The CIA convened panels of former ambassadors, soldiers and peacekeeping experts in the months prior to the war on Iraq. Their purpose was to advise the military the best ways to maintain order in postwar Iraq, but all their recommendations were ignored. The panels predicted anarchy and looting in major cities, and warned as well against using troops whose training included only "shoot to kill and retreat." As Robert Perito, a former diplomat who designed a similar action in Haiti in 1992, said, "[The Pentagon] thought the Iraqis would just get over the trauma of the war and go back to work on the first day."     Favorite Blogs Make your city or town a Civil Liberties Safe Zone. Visit the Tools page to find out how! When Democracy Failed, by Thom Hartmann           PeaceWatch Requires Your Support Now! Women’s guide for safe living   Alternative Press Review Roadmap: Another deception? Khalid Amayreh, IAP News "The plan demands that the Palestinians, tormented by a 33 month-old Nazi-like Israeli rampage of terror, murder and collective punishment, to surrender and cease all resistance ..." Amnesty International People around the world are more insecure today than at any time since the end of the Cold War, Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International said today at the launch of the organization’s annual report.              ProBoss Business Services UComics.com UnemployedWorkers.org On-line forum created especially for the nation’s jobless and underemployed workers   Arkansas Times Punitive damage, By Doug Smith Trial lawyers - and their injured clients - were wounded by the new 'tort reform law.' Corporations, doctors and insurance companies won big. Hugh E. Crisp of Little Rock sues more doctors than anyone else in Arkansas. It is tough, contentious work. Accustomed to deference, doctors hate being sued even more than most people, and they despise the lawyers that do it. In an Arkansas Times survey earlier this year, doctors described trial lawyers as "rat bastards" and "subhuman species." Buzzflash.com/Houston Chronicle/Associated Press Governor signs Defense of Marriage Act into law AUSTIN - Same-sex marriages cannot be recognized in Texas under legislation that Gov. Rick Perry signed today. With the new law, which is called the Defense of Marriage Act by its supporters and is opposed by homosexual rights advocates, Texas will be prevented from legally recognizing same-sex unions that are formed in other states. Already, Texas law does not recognize same-sex marriage. Outgoing EPA chief elaborates on tenure under Bush By DINA CAPPIELLO Houston Chronicle Environment Writer DALLAS -- In her last scheduled visit to Texas, outgoing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christie Whitman on Wednesday described her tenure under the Bush administration as a "roller coaster," that at times, "rocked people" with the way it made decisions.   The Water Barons   Conspiracy Digest Graphic: Why Do They Hate US?             The Onion for a Good Political Laugh The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business   Editorials of the Day Buzzflash.com The Looting of America, by P.M. Carpenter Any American who thinks only other nations -- especially those of Third World nether regions -- are susceptible to tawdry power grabs should think again, for it seems we're in the 3rd year of an ugly coup d'etat as real as any in history. Because ours is directed by invisible hands of stalking Karl Roves of the under-your-bed spook variety, it is infinitely slicker than palace-storming revolutions. You'll see no scraggly bearded general encircled by cutthroat gangs firing .45s from parliament's steps here. Our revolutionaries are refined paper pushers -- those oxymoronic Radical Republicans.   How Polluted Is Your Zip Code? Environmental Scorecard You Can Make a Difference Amnesty International   This Page is Archived as http://www.Progressivedailynews.com/resources/news/archive/ daily_news 030529.html     Click Here to Personalize Your Progressive News Sources and Stories by Keywords www.ProgressiveDailyNews.com Copyright © 2003 All rights reserved. Revised: May 28, 2003 Permission to access this website is revocable at anytime.   10:53:06 PM    comment []