Well looks like they have been busted. The Coal Industry puts out a memo that they should cast doubt on Global Warming.

ThinkProgress has the details..

A secret memo by the coal industry details a coordinated campaign to spread misinformation about global warming. The memo expresses fear that if the government addresses climate change — through a carbon tax or regulating greenhouse gasses — it will cut into their profits.

Their solution: “support the scientific community that is willing to stand up against the alarmists.” (The memo also refers to people who believe in global warming science as those “whose true motivation is to stop growth, develop renewable resources [and] discontinue the use of fossil fuels, especially coal.”)

But the coal-based utility leading the campaign ran up against a problem: there is no scientific community who agrees with them. The memo acknowledges almost everyone who disputes global warming science have no “involvement in climatology.” So they’ve decided to lavish funding on one climatologist who will do their bidding: Pat Michaels.

The memo describes how the coal-based utility contributed “$100,000 to Dr. Michaels this year.” It also “contacted all the [utilities] in the United States” asking for contributions to Michaels’ research and “obtained additional contributions.” Here are a few highlights from Michaels’ career:

– In 2003, Michaels famously “proved” that global warming was mostly hype by mixing up degrees and radians.

– In 2004, Michaels told Business Week, “We know how much the planet is going to warm. It is a small amount, and we can’t do anything about it.”

– This year, Michaels completely misrepresented a study by Curt Davis to falsely claim that Antartica has been gaining ice in recent years.

In 2003, A Harvard scientist told the Senate Republican Policy Committee that Michaels has “published little if anything of distinction in the professional literature, being noted rather for his shrill op-ed pieces and indiscriminate denunciations of virtually every finding of mainstream climate science.”

Funding Michaels is part of a larger propaganda campaign, involving several industries, described in the memo. Other activities include bankrolling a movie that attacks An Inconvenient Truth, deceptive advertisements by the Competitive Enterprise Institute and aggressive lobbying. Corporations meet regularly with Michaels and CEI to discuss strategy.

You can read the memo here. Desmog blog has more.

John Bolton, the un-confirmed US Ambassador to the United Nations, office threatened the website ThinkProgress if they published the fact that John Bolton was to busy giving speeches at foreign right-wing think-tanks than to do his job at the UN and go an a trip to look at the genocide going on in the country of Sudan. When they called to confirm this fact the office of John Bolton “Grenell also told us if we publicized the fact that Bolton had not attended UNSC trips “we’ll just blast you out of the water.””

This is the “man” Bush wants as our top Ambassador (Bush had to recess appoint him last tim), the man that had a decision to make, Right-wing think-tank, or mass slaughter of human beings, Bolton choose to turn his back on the human beings (Much like the rest of the Bush Administration). Now I am sure it would have been different if the people being slaughtered were white, but they were not, because as you know, the Bush administration hates brown people, all brown people.

Well this fall out in the Middle East is going just like the neo-cons want. What we are seeing is a plan called “Clean Break”, Randi Rhodes read this on the air. The Bush/Cheney people will not be happy until the have totally fucked us, they want the war they were promised with the USSR, and they will be damned if the whole collapse of Communism is going to stop them. Damn the neo-cons have nukes, and want to use them.

I beg of you my readers to take the 14 mins (22 mins for the slower readers) to read all of this. Know thy enemy.

From the Executive Intelligence Review, please note that this was penned on October 17 of 2003! (bolds are mine)

Turn the clock back seven years. On July 8, 1996, Richard Perle, currently a member, and formerly the head of the Defense Policy Board in the Don Rumsfeld Pentagon, delivered a document to the new Israeli Prime Minister, Jabotinskyite Benjamin Netanyahu. Perle, and a team of American neo-cons, had been tasked by Netanyahu—through the Israeli think tank, the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS)—to draft a strategy for abrogating the Oslo Accords and overturning the entire concept of "comprehensive land for peace," in favor of a jackboot policy of U.S.-Israeli-Turkish raw military conquest and occupation.

The short policy memo, which Netanyahu, and his successor-Likud Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, totally adopted as the core strategy of their administrations, spelled out a four-pronged attack on the peace process and the entire Arab world. It has become a self-evident truth that, since the Bush "43" and Sharon governments came into power simultaneously in early 2001, "A Clean Break" has been the guiding strategic doctrine of both—particularly following the irregular warfare attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Perle-Wurmser policy document demanded: 1) Destroy Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority, blaming them for every act of Palestinian terrorism, including the attacks from Hamas, an organization which Sharon had helped launch during his early 1980s tenure as Minister of Defense. 2) Induce the United States to overthrow the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. 3) Launch war against Syria after Saddam’s regime is disposed of, including striking Syrian military targets in Lebanon, and targets in Syria proper. 4) Parlay the overthrow of the Ba’athist regimes in Baghdad and Damascus into the "democratization" of the entire Arab world, including through further military actions against Iran, Saudi Arabia, and "the ultimate prize," Egypt (see Documentation following for the "Clean Break" report).

Later in Fed 25, 2005, following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri the EIR wrote

The document flatly stated that Israel should engage "Hisbollah, Syria, and Iran, as the principal agents of aggression in Lebanon, including by … establishing the precedent that Syrian territory is not immune to attacks emanating from Lebanon by Israeli proxy forces [and] striking Syrian military targets in Lebanon, and should that prove insufficient, striking at select targets in Syria proper." Furthermore, it said, Israel should divert "Syria’s attention by using Lebanese opposition elements to destabilize Syrian control of Lebanon." The paper also called for focussing on "removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq…."

The outcome of the regional convulsions provoked by the "Clean Break" doctrine, was to be a new Middle East, with Israel hegemonic in the region, presiding over a series of newly balkanized states, run by puppet regimes. The Bush Administration has recently restated its intention to pick off these governments, dubbed "outposts of tyranny," one by one. The order in which they were to be hit was assumed to start with Iran. Instead, Syria was moved into first place.

“Less than two months after voting overwhelmingly to build 370 miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico, the Senate yesterday voted against providing funds to build it.”

I hope he gets his ass handed to him by Ned Lamont. We all know that he has shown his true colors and said, "If you don’t give me my nomination, I am going to piss on the Democrats anyway."

Well now he is not hiding the fact that he is really a Republican.

It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be Commander-in-Chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war, we undermine Presidential credibility at our nation’s peril.

Hey Joe, why don’t you go and screw yourself! I do not trust Bush as far as I can toss him. He is a liar, a cheat and death-dealer. He has killed countless in the name of this once great nation, he has made us more feared and more hated than the south side of hell. Joe, you want to lie with dogs do not get pissed when you get fleas. I hope you are sent home this fall, a clear message by the voters of your state that you are a fake, a self-centered ass that has chosen yourself over America, the Democrats, your people, and the people of Connecticut.

News flash Joe, you are now in bed with those that see you as one of the "issues".

Today Republican Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House released a statement along with his minority counterpart, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on the complete disregard of the separations of powers when the Executive branch of the government (The FBI) raid the offices of the Legislative branch.

You may say why the hell would the Republicans care, they have been the ones that have been begging for the destruction of the Constitution, simple ABC has reported that Dennis Hastert, Republican speaker of the house is under investigation by, guess who, the FBI. We can only assume that this new found Constitutional fortitude is due to the fact that Dennis is using his office to hide his papers from the FBI.

From ABC News (bolds are Mine)

ABC News has learned that the Speaker of the House, Illinois Republican Dennis Hastert, is being investigated by the FBI, which wants to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe that is swirling around Congress.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI, which is seeking to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe into members of Congress, ABC News has learned from high level official sources.

Federal officials say the information implicating Hastert was developed from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government.

Part of the investigation involves a letter Hastert wrote three years ago, urging the Secretary of the Interior to block a casino on an Indian reservation that would have competed with other tribes.

The other tribes were represented by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff who reportedly has provided details of his dealings with Hastert as part of his plea agreement with the government.

The letter was written shortly after a fund-raiser for Hastert at a restaurant owned by Abramoff. Abramoff and his clients contributed more than $26,000 at the time.

Democrats want the American people to know what the Republicans are doing with their security. The short answer, not a damn thing.

From the Washington Post (Bolds are mine)

Two key Democrats on the House committee that oversees the Department of Homeland Security criticized the agency last week for not releasing to Congress reports on 118 security plans for mass transit, rail, aviation, ports and borders.

Many of the reports were due in 2003.

"The American people deserve more from the Department of Homeland Security than missed deadlines, especially when our nation’s security is at risk," said a letter signed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.), the ranking Democrat on the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Kendrick Meek (Fla.) ranking Democrat of its subcommittee on management, integration and oversight.

–snip–

One late report, according to Thompson and Meek, assesses the impact on travelers’ privacy and civil liberties from the Transportation Security Administration’s proposed Secure Flight program, which would pre-screen passengers by computer. That report was due March 13, 2004. Another late report focuses on threats from international air cargo; it was due June 15, 2005. Congress also wanted an update on the criteria to be used to consolidate names on the terrorist watch list; that report was due in June 2005.

"Given the below-average performance of the department on so many fronts including emergency preparedness during the past year, adequate assessments of the department’s capabilities and plans are not only needed but critical to our nation’s security," the letter said.

I am glad to see that corruption is being rooted out of politics, Republican or Democrat. So I am sure that the Right-Wings are going nuts because a Democrat’s office was raided by the FBI, I am sure that they are also willfully ignoring the countless Republicans that are under investigation, or are in jail.

I want corruption out of my government, and unlike my right-wing counterparts, I am not a hypocritical shill, I will toss a Democrat out of office just as much as I would a Republican. Sadly the Republicans use to be a party of dignity, Republicans were going to toss Dick Nixon out of office, now, they will let a fellow Republican lead us to war, and do nothing.

Americans looked for this Republican lead Congress to choose, Americans or Big Oil… This GOP Congress choose Oil. How does it feel to be thought of less than Oil?

From the NY Times

Senate Republicans on Monday hurriedly abandoned a broad tax proposal opposed by the oil industry and business leaders, another sign of their struggle to come up with an acceptable political and legislative answer to high gasoline prices.

Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the majority leader, said he had decided to jettison the provision, which would have generated billions of dollars by changing the way businesses treat inventories for tax purposes. Instead, he said the Senate Finance Committee would hold hearings on the plan "later this year, so the pluses and minuses of the provision can become well known."

Looks like maybe one Republican has some questions about Bush’s assertion that he can break the 4th Amendment and spy on Americans citizens.

From the AP, via Yahoo News

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday he is considering legislation to cut off funding for the Bush administration’s secret domestic wiretapping program until he gets satisfactory answers about it from the White House.

"Institutionally, the presidency is walking all over Congress at the moment," Specter, R-Pa., told the panel. "If we are to maintain our institutional prerogative, that may be the only way we can do it.

Or you could Now Arlen Specter is doing okay, but there is a far better way to deal with this, a way that is more ACTION and less, pussy move to make sure that they still do not hold this administration accountable for the udder distain for the laws that govern our nation, appoint a special council.

If the Republicans were less cowards and more wanting to work for Americans they would appoint a special council, give that person subpoena power and then the we can get down to the brass tacks. Hell, from almost the first day the Republicans took control in 1994 they had a special council riding Clinton’s ass. When it was all said and done they charges Clinton with nada, are they scared that the same may not happen this time?

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6 out of every 10 Americans disapprove of the job Moron in Chief George W. Bush is doing, one has no clue, and the remaining 3, these are the udder cowards, they believe that Bush is keeping them safe, for lack of a better word, Sheeple (Sheep People).

From CNN

President Bush’s approval ratings have sunk to a personal low, with only a third of Americans saying they approve of the way he is handling his job, a national poll released Monday said.

In the telephone poll of 1,012 adult Americans carried out Friday through Sunday by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN, 32 percent of respondents said they approve of Bush’s performance, 60 percent said they disapprove and 8 percent said they do not know.

That’s a significant drop from the way Americans perceived the president a year ago. In a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll carried out April 29-May 1, 2005, Americans were split on their assessments of Bush’s performance, with 48 percent saying they approved and 49 percent saying they disapproved. (Read the complete results document — PDF)

CNN’s poll has a sampling error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points for most questions.

Well it looks like Kaloogian has changed his photo on his web site of the peaceful streets of Baghdad. He, like most of the right-wing nuts out there so want you to think that Iraq is doing great. So Kaloogian’s new photo, Baghdad at like 3000 feet.

Here is his new Image…

Mr. Kaloogian, sorry dude but you are not going to convince poeple that Baghdad is so great at this altatude. Fact is hell looks great at 3000 feet.

Mr. Kaloogian is like the rest of the Republican party, dishonest.

In case you forget this is the original photo here it is…

and here it is on the site, less we forget that it was on the site, we have that as well

if you want to see it in full size click here.

It is nice to know that the apple does not fall far from the tree. Barbara Bush, former First Lady, and mother of the current “President” gave money to the Bush [Sr.] / Clinton Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. I think that is great that she has given some of their vast funds to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, especially in light of the fact that her son do willfully let them down.

Oh but wait, there is more to this…

When she gave this money to the Bush/Clinton Hurricane Fund, she demanded that it be earmarked, meaning she told them how the money could be spent. Want to know how it has to be spent. She said the money had to be spend on educational software that is made by her son Neal Bush. That is right folks, she DONATED money to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, were they allowed to buy food, Nope, Water, Not a drop, clothing, toys, medication, no, no and no… She demanded that it be spent on educational software that is made by her son Neil.

So she gets a tax deduction, her son gets money, and she gets to run around and say, “I donated cash to help the victims”. These poor people do not need your failure of a son’s software (Neil Bush was part of Silverado Savings and Loan, it costs the American taxpayer $400 - $600 Million to bail it out) they needed healthcare and a place to live.

This is sick, the Bush folks are SO corrupt that they can not even donate money to a cause without making sure that they some how get paid.

You can real all about this on the Houston Cronical Site

I found this site, The Radical Fringe, who has put together a great animation of the United States, and how the polls show a shift in support for our liar in chief. Go check it out ib full size.

Just as I thought, in true Republican nature, once it is out of the news, do it anyway. Well that what it looks like with the port deal that Bush wants so bad. You know the one, the one that would sell 23 US Ports to a nation that has known ties to terror. Republicans have said that if they do not find a buyer then the original buyer can go forward.

From AP, via Yahoo (bolds are mine)

Congress will closely watch a Dubai-owned company to be sure it transfers its U.S. port operations to an American company, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday.

But Frist, R-Tenn., acknowledged that if an American buyer is not found, and the Bush administration determines there are no security risks, a deal for DP World to manage and operate major U.S. ports still could go through.

"If everything that the president, the administration has said, and that is that there is absolutely no threatening or jeopardy to our security and safety of the American people … I don’t see how the deal would have to be canceled," Frist said on ABC’s "This Week."

DP World pledged last week to fully transfer its U.S. port operations amid growing congressional resistance to its $6.8 billion purchase of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. The British company handles significant operations at ports in New Jersey, New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia — plus lesser dockside activities at 16 other ports in this country.

DP World said the divestiture was "based on an understanding that DP World will not suffer economic loss." Some analysts have suggested finding a U.S. buyer willing to pay the $700 million that DP World wants might be difficult.