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<div>==Debates==<br />
The debate which was here has been moved to a separate page:<br />
* [[Have Bush's actions in the wake of 9/11 been justified]]?<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===#politics 2005-07-22===<br />
&lt;TheWoozle&gt; Would you consider "pro-big-business" to be a positive or negative side of Republicanism?<br><br />
&lt;TheWoozle&gt; And is pro-big-businessness a Conservative trait too? I wouldn't necessarily *think* so, but maybe I'm confusing Conservative and Libertarian.</div>
Dashmcwayne
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George W. Bush
2008-08-08T01:33:53Z
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<div>==Navigation==<br />
[[category:people]]{{sidebar|__TOC__}}<section begin=navbar />[[US presidents]]: [[George W. Bush]]<section end=navbar /><br />
==Index==<br />
* [[George W. Bush assessment]]: positive and negative points, as well as debatable points which may gain significance as new facts become known<br />
* George W. Bush was the [[43rd President of the United States]] (page about Bush's administration)<br />
** [[Corruption in the Bush administration]] has a number of sub-articles regarding specific areas of corruption<br />
** [[Bush II administration secrecy]]<br />
* [[Bush's hypocrisy]]: you know where you stand with Bush &ndash; he's the Decider-in-Chief, and you shut up and agree with him.<br />
* [[Bill Clinton vs. George W. Bush]]: comparison to his predecessor<br />
* [[Bush vs. Nixon]]: comparison to his ideological predecessor<br />
* '''Structured Debates''':<br />
** [[Is Bush good for America]]?<br />
** [[Is Bush trustworthy]]?<br />
** [[Have Bush's actions in the wake of 9/11 been justified]]?<br />
* Bush allegedly stated that the Constitution is [[just a piece of paper]], though this allegation may have been retracted<br />
* [[US election fraud|Election fraud]] has been alleged in both of the elections in which Bush won, especially the [[2004 US presidential election|2004 election]].<br />
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==Presidential Election==<br />
* '''First elected''' by a narrow margin in the [[wikipedia:United States presidential election, 2000|2000 election]]:<br />
** '''electoral votes''': 271/538 (50.3%)<br />
** '''popular vote''': 47.9% (Al Gore actually had slightly more, 48.4%)<br />
* '''Re-elected''' in the [[2004 US presidential election|2004 election]]<br />
** '''electoral votes''': 286/538 (53.2%)<br />
** '''popular vote''': 50.7% (Bush was widely quoted as seeing this narrow majority as a "popular mandate")<br />
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There are continuing and credible claims, however, that both of these elections were extensively [[US election fraud|rigged]] to favor Bush.<br />
==Actions==<br />
* Acts signed:<br />
** [[No Child Left Behind]] Act<br />
** [[USA PATRIOT Act]]<br />
** [[Military Commissions Act of 2006]]<br />
** [[Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006]]<br />
** [[Protect America Act of 2007]]<br />
* Promoted and approved the [[US-Iraq War|invasion and occupation of Iraq]], which was carried through under [[US justifications for invading Iraq|false premises]] and has resulted in a [[US occupation of Iraq|stunning mess]] unimagined by even those who were against the initial invasion, including wholesale looting of the US Treasury via "no-bid" "cost-plus" contracts awarded for 5-year "emergency" terms, with no penalties even for utter failure to perform. In spite of this, Bush continues to steadfastly support the "war" and block (through legally-questionable means) any attempts to end it.<br />
* '''2005-08-08''' the {{wpbackup|Energy Policy Act of 2005}} was apparently a successful second attempt; first attempt was in 2003<br />
** [http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/bush_bill.asp Sierra Club Blasts Energy Policy Act] (2003 version)<br />
* '''2006-04-02''' Signed the [[USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006]] {{wnref|President Bush to limit congressional oversight in PATRIOT amendment act}}<br />
* '''2006-10-17''' Signed the [[Military Commissions Act of 2006]]<br />
* '''2007-05-09''' Issued the [[National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive]]<br />
* '''2007-05-24''' Nominated [[James W. Holsinger]] for US Surgeon General<br />
* '''2007-07-03''' [[2007-07-02 Libby bail-out|commuted Scooter Libby's jail sentence]]<br />
* '''2007-07-20''' Issued [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq]; see especially sections 4 and 5 prohibiting monetary (read: legal) assistance to anyone accused of "Threatening Stabilization Efforts in Iraq"<br />
** '''references''' the following Executive Orders:<br />
*** '''2003-05-22''' [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/20030522-15.html Executive Order Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has An Interest]: "This situation constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat." Who knew?<br />
*** '''2003-08-28''' [http://www.answers.com/topic/executive-order-13315 Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions]: "I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, hereby expand the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, to address the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq..."<br />
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==Opinions About==<br />
* '''2007-08-03''' [http://www.gnn.tv/threads/26858/Think_Tank_Suggests_Bush_should_be_President_For_Life Think Tank Suggests Bush should be President For Life]: reprint of "Conquering the Drawbacks of Democracy" by [[Philip Atkinson]], originally published on [[The Family Security Foundation, Inc.]]'s [http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/ web site] and later removed<br />
** Argues that a ruler often has to make unpopular choices and shouldn't have to be subject to the will (or whim) of the people; completely ignores the fact that many of the "mob" who don't like Bush or his actions have made very cogent arguments for this dislike, which have generally gone unanswered anywhere (much less in this article or by Bush himself). Paints [[Julius Caesar]]'s imperial takeover of Rome as a positive thing, bringing peace and prosperity to a nation formerly in turmoil. ''(Sure, and I bet Germany would have been peaceful under Hitler, at least in the official accounts.)''<br />
** '''2007-08-16''' [http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/08/group-that-advocated-bush-become.html Group that advocated Bush become "President-for-Life" linked to Bush Administration itself]: they're not even denying that [[Bush II administration anti-democracy|Bush is anti-democracy]] anymore, if they ever did.<br />
* '''2007-07-04''' [http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/04/2279/ I Accuse You, Mr. Bush...] by [[Keith Olbermann]] (Related: [[2007-07-02 Libby bail-out]]): a good list of charges<br />
* '''2007-03-14''' [http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/14/roberts_luncheon/ The president receives "lessons" from his neoconservative tutors] by Glenn Greenwald<br />
* '''2006-10-06''' [http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/42664/ Olbermann to Bush: 'A Special Comment About Lying'] by [[Keith Olbermann]] (video with full transcript and reader comments)<br />
* '''2006-10''' [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0610.buckley.html Let’s quit while we’re behind] by [[wikipedia:Christopher Buckley|Christopher Buckley]]: 'Who knew, in 2000, that “compassionate conservatism” meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism in disaster relief? Who knew, in 2000, that the only bill the president would veto, six years later, would be one on funding stem-cell research? A more accurate term for Mr. Bush’s political philosophy might be incontinent conservatism.'<br />
* '''2006-09-25'''<br />
** commentary on [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060915-2.html 2006-09-15 Rose Garden press conference]:<br />
*** [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15000217/ 'Have you no sense of decency, sir?'] by [[Keith Olbermann]]<br />
*** [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14912584/ Bush owes us an apology] by [[Keith Olbermann]] ([http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14687895/ blog version] on 2006-09-18, no comments)<br />
* '''2006-08-24''' [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11123162/kurt_vonnegut_says_this_is_the_end_of_the_world Vonnegut's Apocalypse]: "...but it took George W. Bush to break him"<br />
* found '''2006-06-24''' [http://www.republicansforhumility.com/divgov.html The Conservative Case Against George W. Bush / The Case for Divided Government]<br />
* '''2006-06-08''' [http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/37214/ Blame for Haditha Lies at Bush's Feet] by Scott Ritter, AlterNet<br />
* found '''2006-05-09''' [http://www.kabc.com/mcintyre/listingsEntry.asp?ID=432586&PT=McIntyre+in+the+Morning An Apology From a Bush Voter] by Doug McIntyre, Host, ''McIntyre in the Morning'', Talk Radio 790 KABC<br />
* '''2005-11''': [http://www.republicansforhumility.com/ Confessions of a Repentant Republican]<br />
* '''2005-10-22''': [http://www.counterpunch.org/landau10222005.html Death Up; Taxes Down: Bush, an Assessment]<br />
* '''2005-10-21''': reader comment on [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2005/10/best-books-blogs.html]: "I have just spent the last four years watching conservatives throw away any and every principle they have ever claimed to have in support of GW Bush. * Balanced Budgets - out the window. * Peace - out the window. * Prosperity - out of the window. * Geneva Convention - out of the window. * 6<sup>th</sup> Amendment - out the window. * Small Goverment - out the window."<br />
* '''2005-09-03''': "My wife, a dual British-Australian citizen, says that in any civilized country, the massive failure of the Bush administration would bring down the government. It is not so simple. Emperor Bush II, after all, came into office by a coup, and consolidated power 4 years later (involving election machine software as well as more traditional fraud). In the process, he betrayed (1) the Bush family (firing the remnants of his Dad's friends from Cabinet-level and the next rung down), and recall that Bush Senior fought to SAVE the wetlands around New Orleans; (2) the rump-state of the Republican party (which had been nominally run by the technocrat Goldwater, whose election failure led to the takeover by the anti-government Reagan wing, which in turn was displaced by the current anti-Science Imperial Theocrats; (3) the country (as reconfirmed by the Gulf Coast fiasco); (4) the World (unilateralism, Iraq, Bolton in UN, etc.); (5) the universe (see Anti-Science, supra)" [http://www.quicktopic.com/32/H/KgrsPuVrx5jKm]<br />
* '''2005-09-01''': "Impeach George Bush. Impeach him now." [http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2005/09/impeach_george_.html]<br />
* '''2004-09-10''': [http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/09/10/conservatives/print.html Why conservatives must not vote for Bush]<br />
* '''2004-02-08''': [http://www.slate.com/id/2095160 You Can Make It With Plato]: "Bush's difficult relationship with reality." by William Saletan<br />
* '''2004''': "We invaded a country that did not threaten us, did not attack us, and did not want war with us, to disarm it of weapons we have since discovered it did not have. We may have ignited a war of civilizations it was in our vital interest to avoid. Never has America been more resented and reviled in an Islamic world of a billion people. As custodian of the national economy and decisive actor in the management of the Budget of the United States, George W. Bush has compiled a fiscal record of startling recklessness." &mdash; conservative pundit [[wikipedia:Pat Buchanan|Pat Buchanan]] in ''Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency'' (ISBN 0312341156)<br />
* '''2003-04-22''': [http://atheistempire.com/reference/news/newsstories/bush-antichrist.html Bush's "Christian" Blood Cult]:<br />
** "I think it is nothing short of unbelievable that the governor of a major state running for president thought it was acceptable to mock a woman he decided to put to death." &ndash; [[wikipedia:Gary Bauer|Gary Bauer]], evangelical Christian<br />
** "A former Texas Department of Public Safety officer, a devout Roman Catholic, told this reporter that evidence to the contrary, Bush was more than happy to ignore DNA data and documented cases of prosecutorial misconduct to send innocent people to the Huntsville, Texas lethal injection chamber."<br />
* '''2002-11-08''': [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1128-02.htm Bush Anything But Moronic, According to Author]: "Dark Overtones in His Malapropisms" by Murray Whyte, about ''Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder'', a book by Mark Crispin Miller<br />
===Quotes About===<br />
* "Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot." &ndash; popular bumper sticker<br />
* "George W. Bush is just like Forrest Gump. Except that Forrest Gump is honest and cares about other people." &ndash; [http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2004/11/15/212411/47/401#c401 sigline], author unknown<br />
* "You agree that this president is one of the top two or three most incompetent in history?" - Right wing financial talk show host [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Kudlow|Larry Kudlow]], to a guest, on MSNBC 2006-01-17 ''(quoted [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/01/misc-technical-plus-only-little.html here]; unverified)''.<br />
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==Rumors==<br />
* Bush was talked out of bombing Al-Jazeera by Tony Blair: apparently false, unless further evidence surfaces. The White House at least seems to realize how crazy the idea would be: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4459296.stm BBC News] See also [[Wikipedia:Al Jazeera bombing memo|Al Jazeera bombing memo]] at Wikipedia and more details at the [http://www.agrnews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1613&Itemid=49 Asheville Global Report] and [http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=16570250%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=kilfoyle%2dmay%2dface%2djail%2dover%2dbush%2dbomb%2dthreat%2dleak-name_page.html here].<br />
==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* {{wikipedia}}<br />
* {{conservapedia}}<br />
* {{dkosopedia}}<br />
* {{sourcewatch}}<br />
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/george_w_bush/ The New York Times]<br />
====non-neutral====<br />
* [http://www.netrootsmass.net/Hugh/Bush_list.html Bush Scandals List]: starts with a good editorialistic summary of The Bush Calamity. Bush surrounds himself with a handful of trusted advisors; whoever gets to him first carries the day because he is too lazy to change his mind and doesn't like being wrong.<br />
====Books====<br />
* '''2008''' ''[[The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder]]'' by Vincent Bugliosi (prosecutor of Charles Manson). [http://www.prosecutionofbush.com/ Official site] includes excerpts.<br />
* ''[[Worse Than Watergate]]'' by [[John Dean]]<br />
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===Tagged Links===<br />
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===News & Views===<br />
* '''2007-07-06''' [http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/06/2327/ Shame on Bush &ndash; and Us] by Rosa Brooks: "Like freed hostages who gradually cease to identify with their captors, mainstream media outlets seem to have been seized by a new spirit of liberation in their coverage of the Bush administration."<br />
* '''2007-07-05''' [http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/05/2307/ Bush Duplicity Hinders Battle Against Extremism] by Haroon Siddiqui<br />
* '''2007-06-18''' [http://www.alternet.org/stories/54543/ Revealed: Bush's Presidential Signing Statements Have Been Used to Nullify Laws] by Brian Beutler<br />
* '''2007-03-19 video''': [http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Video_Salt_Lake_City_Mayor_calls_0319.html Salt Lake City Mayor calls for Bush impeachment]: SLC mayor [[Rocky Anderson]], in video interview with [[Wolf Blitzer]], accuses Bush of "incredible abuses of power, breaches of trust" (Note regarding something Blitzer said: the supposed incident in which [[CIA]] then-director [[George Tenet]] stated that the evidence against Saddam was a "slam dunk case" comes from only one source ([[Bob Woodward]]) and has not been confirmed or denied by anyone else, including Bush; Tenet has refused to confirm that he said it. Obviously if Bush is put on trial and this point does ''not'' come up, then it can probably be assumed that it did not happen.)<br />
* '''2007-03-17 video''': [http://peterrost.blogspot.com/2007/03/trump-bush-is-worst-president-in.html Trump: Bush is the Worst President in the History of the United States]: In an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, Donald Trump has harsh words for Bush and doesn't pull punches. ''(Need transcript!)''<br />
* '''2006-10-23''': [http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102306R.shtml Bush's Strategic Change] by William Fisher: not only are we no longer "staying the course", but now GWB is in favor of government [[transparency]] (as usual, his subsequent actions bely his words)<br />
* '''2006-10-22''': [http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/22/bush-stay-the-course Bush: ‘We’ve Never Been Stay The Course’]: can this possibly be interpreted as an honest mistake? Watch for repeats...<br />
* '''2006-09-15''': [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060915-2.html Rose Garden press conference]<br />
* '''2006-07-19''': [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/4056228.html President blocked surveillance probe] ([http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/21/0448225 slashdot]) "Gonzales tells Senate panel that Justice Department investigators were denied clearance"<br />
* '''2006-05-25''': [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19092 Power Grab] by Elizabeth Drew, ''The New York Review of Books''<br />
* '''2006-05-19''': [http://www.alternet.org/story/36343/ How Bush Destroyed the CIA] by Sidney Blumenthal, AlterNet<br />
* '''2006-05-18''': [http://www.alternet.org/story/36428/ One Step Closer to a Police State] by Joshua Holland, AlterNet<br />
* '''2006-04-29''': [[wikipedia:Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner|Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner]] (the same event at which actor Steve Bridges impersonated Bush, which was much more widely reported in traditional media)<br />
** '''2006-04-30''': [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4959380.stm 'Double-You' Bush delights media]: well, at least he has ''some'' sense of humor about himself (evidently this did not extend to appreciation of Colbert's very pointed satire)<br />
* '''2006-04-24''' [http://scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0604/S00294.htm Bush Impeachment Resolution Introduced In Illinois]: "...the State of Illinois has good cause to submit charges to the U. S. House of Representatives under Section 603 that the President of the United States has willfully violated his Oath of Office..."<br />
* '''2006-03-10''' [http://www.capitolhillblue.com/blog/2006/03/memo_to_george_w_bush_your_pre.html Memo to George W. Bush: Your presidency is in serious trouble]<br />
* '''2006-02-21''' [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1643110 Bush: U.S. on Verge of Energy Breakthrough]: but wait, does he know something we don't? Stay tuned...<br />
* '''2006-02-06''' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4686684.stm Bush seeks defence spending rise]<br />
* '''2006-02-04''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/science/04climate.html NASA Chief Backs Agency Openness], but a Bush-appointed official (George Deutsch, a 24-year-old college dropout [http://scientificactivist.blogspot.com/2006/02/breaking-news-george-deutsch-did-not.html]) inserts political correctness into the information stream; see "Mr. Deutsch" on [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/science/04climate.html?pagewanted=2 page 2]: "the word "theory" needed to be added after every mention of the Big Bang." Mr. Deutsch has since resigned his post ([http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/politics/08nasa.html])<br />
* '''2006-01''' [http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200601/decoder.asp Decoder]: "How the White House edits out [[global warming]]" by Paul Rauber<br />
* '''2004-05-27''' [http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0527-08.htm Bush's Health Care Scam] by Robert Kuttner (related: [[US health care costs]])<br />
* '''2004-04-19''' [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0419-01.htm Saudi Envoy Promised Bush a Drop in Oil Prices Ahead of Election]: more on the friendship between GWB and Prince Bandar; Bandar was also given advance warning of the plan to invade Iraq<br />
* '''2003-12-15''' [http://www.amconmag.com/12_15_03/feature.html “Free-Speech Zone”]: "The administration quarantines dissent." by James Bovard<br />
===Texts===<br />
* '''2006-09-11''' [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060911-3.html President's Address to the Nation] on the 5th anniversary of [[9/11]]<br />
** Commentary: [http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/09/12/what-planet-are-you-from-again/ What Planet are you From, Again?]<br />
* '''[[2006-05-08]]''' [[wikisource:Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush|Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush]]<br />
* '''2006-01-16''' [http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Text_of_Gore_speech_0116.html Al Gore speech]<br />
* '''2001-12-28''' [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011228-1.html President, General Franks Discuss War Effort]<br />
===Groups===<br />
====pro-Bush====<br />
* [http://www.blogsforbush.com/ Blogs for Bush]<br />
====anti-Bush====<br />
* [http://www.impeachbush.tv/ ImpeachBush.tv]: "Editorials and Information on How to Impeach Bush & Cheney"<br />
* [http://www.impeachpac.org/ ImpeachPAC]: group campaigning to impeach Bush and Cheney<br />
* http://www.sorryeverybody.com/ : The U.S. apologizes for electing GWB<br />
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==Satire==<br />
* '''2001-01-17''' [http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784 Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over']: eerily prescient piece written before Bush took office; predicted much of what actually happened<br />
** [http://www.godlessgeeks.com/BushNightmare.htm annotated version] with links to news stories about what Bush actually did, showing the accuracy-in-spite-of-itself of the Onion piece<br />
==Fiction==<br />
* [[wikipedia:Death of a President|Death of a President]]<br />
** '''2006-10-06''' [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15161123/ Major theaters shun ‘Death of a President’]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
Back when [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] was first elected, there were all these bumper stickers saying "Don't blame me, I voted for [[George H.W. Bush|Bush]]". I want to mass-produce bumper stickers saying "Ok, you can blame me this time." and paste them over all the few remaining "W '04" bumper stickers you still see around. (Note that Gore and Kerry supporters did not indulge in this kind of sore-loserhood in either of GWB's stolen elections.) --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 18:42, 1 November 2006 (EST)</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Ernie_and_Bert_are_gay&diff=12834
Ernie and Bert are gay
2008-08-08T01:32:16Z
<p>Dashmcwayne: Ernie and Bert are gay moved to Ernie and Bert are gay LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL I KNEW THEYRE GAY LIKE TINKY WINKY AND BARNEY!!!!!!!!!! THEM ARE FAGGOTS</p>
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:claims]]This page discusses the long-disproven claim that the Muppet (hand-puppet) characters named Bert and Ernie on the children's television show ''Sesame Street'' were intended to represent a [[homosexual|gay]] couple living together. In respose to pressure from the [[religious right]], ''Sesame Street'' had the two move into separate quarters, and they are almost never seen on the show anymore despite their popularity ''(this from hearsay; confirmation needed)''.<br />
==Discussion==<br />
If this fracas had happened more recently, its would surely be deserving of an [[Issuepedia:Wacky Award|Issuepedia Wacky Award]].<br />
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Among the messages which Bert & Ernie's separation broadcasts to young people are:<br />
* If you think a pair of people are a gay couple, it's okay to assume they are even if they definitely aren't.<br />
* Being gay is not okay.<br />
* Gay people shouldn't live together.<br />
* Men shouldn't live together even if they aren't gay (whatever happened to ''[[wikipedia:The Odd Couple|The Odd Couple]]?'' ''[[wikipedia:Laurel and Hardy|Laurel and Hardy]]??'')<br />
* It's okay to cave into far-right/religious groups (a specialty of the lefty leadership in Europe with respect to [[Islamofascism]], and increasingly adopted by the [[110th US Congress|Democratic leadership in the US]] in response to [[neoconservative]] accusations of being "soft on" various things such as [[terrorism|terror]]).<br />
==Links==<br />
* '''Wikipedia''': [[wikipedia:Bert and Ernie|Bert and Ernie]]<br />
* [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/gaymuppet.asp Snopes]</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-04-01_Pizza_driver_says_there_was_no_way_out&diff=12832
2008-04-01 Pizza driver says there was no way out
2008-08-08T01:28:57Z
<p>Dashmcwayne: 2008-04-01 Pizza driver says there was no way out moved to 2008-04-01 Pizza driver says there was no way out OH BOB SAGET!!!!!!!!!!!! The Tourettes Guy thinks this article is BULLSHIT</p>
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{{data.pair|Text|2=&ldquo;A Des Moines pizza driver who was suspended from his job after he shot an armed robber said today he has been overwhelmed by support from people who cheered what happened. .. “But no one had contacted me directly about a job offer,” said James William Spiers III, 38, who was sent home by [[Pizza Hut]] managers after he fired multiple shots at a man who put a gun to his head Thursday and demanded money outside the Sutton Hill Apartments, 2100 S.E. King Ave.&rdquo; Further commentary: [http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/02/pizza-hut-no-work-for-those-who-defend-themselves/ Hot Air], [http://triangle.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=1915 Right Angles] ([[John Locke Foundation]] blog)}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-05-01_Iran_Opens_War_Avoidance_Flank&diff=12830
2008-05-01 Iran Opens War Avoidance Flank
2008-08-08T01:27:05Z
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2008-05-01}}<br />
{{data.pair|Topics|\Iran\potential US attack on Iran}}<br />
{{data.pair|URL|2=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8868}}<br />
{{data.pair|Title|Iran Opens War Avoidance Flank}}<br />
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;As [[potential US attack on Iran|threats of military action against Iran]] continue to issue from various spokesmen of the war party in the [[United States|U.S.]], the Islamic Republic has launched an ambitious initiative aimed at preventing war, based on a comprehensive package of economic, political and security measures on a vast regional plane. The package includes proposals to settle remaining questions related to Iran's nuclear energy program, but is not limited to that. ... [[Saeed Jalili|Jalili]] declared that [[Iran|his government]] was presenting the [[Russia]]n delegation a package of proposals aimed at solving the problems of the world. "The package is about the great questions of the world," he said, "and the nuclear question could be the subject of discussion." While declining to give details, he added, "We spoke in detail with our Russian friend and we explained our vision. Our approach could be a good basis for negotiation between the influential powers of the world," according to AFP.&rdquo; The article seems to be interpreting this event as an Iranian overture to an alliance with Russia so that Iran will have Russia's help if the US attacks (or, possibly, to convince the US not to attack because of the threat of retaliation from former superpower Russia). As the US's own forces are currently [[US military readiness|in a bad way]], this would be a serious threat.}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-07-24_August_2008_is_Officially_Pray_for_PZ_Myers_Month&diff=12828
2008-07-24 August 2008 is Officially Pray for PZ Myers Month
2008-08-08T01:26:34Z
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2008-07-24}}<br />
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{{data.pair|Title|August 2008 is Officially “Pray for PZ Myers Month”}}<br />
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;I will encourage you to make August a month of prayer for [[PZ Myers]]. But let’s not just pray for his conversion. Let’s be a little more daring. Let’s pray that he will become our next St. Paul — not an the Apostle to the Gentiles, but an Apostle of the [[Eucharist]]. .. This isn’t as odd as it might sound. One theme running throughout the lives of the saints, especially saints that lives worldly lives before their conversion, is this: Their greatest sins became the foundation of their holiness. St. Paul persecuted the Church, and so God used him to build up the Church. St. Augustine lived a life of fleshly pleasure, so God made him the one to clarify the Christian view of conjugal love and made him the model of acesticism. St. Ignatius of Loyola longed to be a military man, and so God made him the head of, at one time, one of the most influential religious orders in the world. And little Therese Martin was extremely selfish in the smallest things of life, so God used her to teach the world how to become extraordinarily holy by giving Jesus the smallest of our acts.&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Internet_radio&diff=12826
Internet radio
2008-08-08T01:26:10Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[Internet radio]] refers to the practice of broadcasting radio-like content over the [[Internet]] (more technically: making streaming audio content available on the Internet for multiple listeners who need not "log in" or otherwise identify themselves). The practice of broadcasting content over the [[Internet]] is referred to as webcasting, or just 'casting. (The term "netcasting" is usually used in reference to broadcasting within a private (e.g. corporate) computer network.)<br />
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It is a minor issue in general because of disagreements over how to license content for net 'casting; these were more or less resolved by fiat when the RIAA posted a set of [http://www.riaa.com/issues/licensing/webcasting_faq.asp rules and rates for webcasting]; although not everyone was happy with the rules, webcasters generally complied and the issue went on the back burner.<br />
==Issues==<br />
These issues abruptly came to a head once more, however, with the 2007 announcement of [[2007-03-02 US webcasting rules|new webcasting rules and rates]] in the {{USA}} which severely threaten both the existence of internet radio as an independent medium and the ability of many independent artists to be heard at all, much less earn a living with their music.</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Morden_and_his_associates&diff=12824
Morden and his associates
2008-08-08T01:26:04Z
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<div>==Summary==<br />
[[Category:fictional examples]]{{spoiler|the television show [[Babylon 5]]}}The main part of this story-arc is about the political seduction of Londo Mollari, disgraced scion of a once-powerful family (House Mollari) of the once-powerful Centauri Republic.<br />
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Londo is approached by a suave operative who gives his name only as Mr. Morden. Morden has approached all of the major ambassadors on [[Babylon 5]] with the question "What do you want?" He has been rebuffed by most of them (the only answer he receives is from Londo's arch-enemy G'Kar, but Morden apparently decides that this isn't the answer he is looking for), but finally receives an answer from Londo: to restore the glory and power of the great Centauri Republic.<br />
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Londo does not really take Morden's offer seriously, however, until Morden is somehow able to deliver to him a priceless Centauri artifact which had been stolen by raiders and feared unrecoverable. Morden gives no explanation of how he was able to obtain the artifact other than to mention that his "associates" are very powerful and can help Londo again, whenever he needs it.<br />
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Londo continues to be dismissive of Morden's offer until a very tempting situation arises, and Londo asks Morden if his associates can take a particular aggressive action against Centauri arch-enemies the Narn (G'Kar's people) because Centauri ships are unavailable to do so. Morden's "associates" do in fact accomplish Londo's request while remaining unobserved by either side. Londo is able to claim credit for the feat, which essentially removes his prior disgrace and begins his rise to power.<br />
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However, Londo is now increasingly trapped by his association with Morden; he needs Morden's "associates" to continue their displays of power in order to maintain his own power, and Morden becomes increasingly manipulative of Londo as Londo becomes more and more dependent on Morden's "associates" and increasingly addicted to the power they gain for him.<br />
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When Morden's "associates" help the Centauri to openly conquer the Narn homeworld, essentially ending the conflict from the Centauri point of view, Londo severs his ties with Morden &ndash; who then, having made contacts within Londo's power-group, finds someone less principled to manipulate, in the person of one Lord Refa. Londo finds out about this and manages to prevent Refa from dealing with Morden, but Morden is able to further manipulate the situation so that Londo is willing to work with him once again (as revenge for the murder of Adira, the love of Londo's life, believing that Refa did it, when in fact she was killed by Morden's associates).<br />
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Ultimately, Morden's associates turn out to be "The Shadows", an ancient and powerful race whose main goal is to cause war among the various younger races of the galaxy; their ''true'' enemy is the Vorlons, another ancient race which generally takes a more paternalistic and controlling approach.<br />
==Parallels==<br />
This is something of a wild-paranoia [[informal theory|theory]] at this point, but possibly a Londo/Morden scenario of some sort might be able to reconcile (a) [[George W. Bush]]'s persistent efforts to destroy democracy with (b) persistent belief that he either isn't smart enough or traitorous enough to be so accurately and consistently working to destroy America's power and credibility. If, say, Bush was being given helpful, paternalistic-style advice from a Morden-like figure (say, family friend {{wpalt|Bandar bin Sultan}} of Saudi Arabia), he could have been influenced into making choices towards a consistent end-goal not in the {{USA}}'s best interests while thinking all along (due to his inability to grasp long-term strategy) that he actually ''was'' acting in those best interests.<br />
==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Morden (Babylon 5)|Morden]]</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-02-07_Mukasey_says_No,_I_Will_Not_Investigate_Warrantless_Wiretapping&diff=12822
2008-02-07 Mukasey says No, I Will Not Investigate Warrantless Wiretapping
2008-08-08T01:25:55Z
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2008-02-07}}<br />
{{data.pair|Topics|\Continuity of Government (US)\Michael Mukasey\stonewalling\warrantless wiretapping\FISA}}<br />
{{data.pair|URL|2=http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/mukasey_no_i_will_not_investig_1.php}}<br />
{{data.pair|Title|Mukasey: No, I Will Not Investigate Warrantless Wiretapping}}<br />
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;The question came after [[Michael Mukasey|Mukasey]] had baldly asserted that it was not a "practical view" that [[US president|the president]] could order someone to act outside the law. Nadler wanted to know if the president hadn't done just that with his [[warrantless wiretapping]] program, which had ignored the constraints of [[FISA]]. .. Well, Mukasey said, [[George W. Bush|the President]] had ordered that on the advice of the Justice Department that it was lawful. So, just as he will not initiate an investigation of waterboarding since the DoJ had given its OK, he will also not investigate whether the warrantless wiretapping was lawful, since it was legal, because the DoJ said it was ("there are views on both sides of that" he acknowledged).&rdquo; A different variation of the "we said it was ok, so we can't investigate it" plea: we said it was ok, so by definition it's legal. That would be consistent with [[Continuity of Government (US)|CoG]] being in effect.}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2007-12-18_Religious_Right_Plots_Strategy_For_2008&diff=12820
2007-12-18 Religious Right Plots Strategy For 2008
2008-08-08T01:25:45Z
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2007-12-18}}<br />
{{data.pair|Topics|\2008 US presidential race\anti-abortion\religious right}}<br />
{{data.pair|URL|2=http://blog.au.org/2007/12/18/day-of-the-undead-religious-right-plots-strategy-for-2008/}}<br />
{{data.pair|Title|Day Of The Undead: Religious Right Plots Strategy For 2008}}<br />
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;The big prize is the [[US Supreme Court|Supreme Court]]. .. “Think of it!” Minnery writes. “For years, we’ve been working to outlaw the heinous practice of abortion, and though the liberal courts have stood in the way, that could be about to change! By all indications, we are one Supreme Court vote away from being able to overturn [[Roe v. Wade]] – and to begin protecting innocent life in state after state.” .. He goes on to say, “And that would just be the beginning with a Supreme Court that strictly interprets the [[US Constitution|Constitution]]! Imagine a day when the Court would finally uphold limitations on [[Internet pornography]] – so we can protect the innocent eyes of our kids and grandkids. And the day is soon coming when that same Court will be asked to decide for our nation what the definition of [[marriage]] will be.”&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2007-12-20_Angry_Black_Man_Does_GOTV&diff=12818
2007-12-20 Angry Black Man Does GOTV
2008-08-08T01:25:37Z
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2007-12-20}}<br />
{{data.pair|Topics|\US election fraud\corruption\2000 US elections\racism}}<br />
{{data.pair|URL|2=http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004957.php}}<br />
{{data.pair|Title|"Angry Black Man" Does GOTV}}<br />
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;The calls were extremely highly targeted, household by household, no message ever left on an answering machine. We wanted the message heard only by people whose reaction would be "I'm not voting for Holt because he uses scary black men to call my house."&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=US/pol/Democratic&diff=12816
US/pol/Democratic
2008-08-08T01:25:24Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
The [[US Democratic Party]] is one of the two ruling parties in the {{USA}}'s [[two-party political system]], the other being the [[US Republican|US Republican Party]]s.{{seedling}}<br />
==Qualities==<br />
* tend to be hostile towards large or expensive engineering projects (e.g. [[nuclear power]]), while the [[US Republican Party|Republicans]] tend to be hostile towards [[science]]<br />
* tend to favor projects which improve [[sustainability]] on any level<br />
* favors civil liberties, environmental conservation<br />
==Notes==<br />
* "How the hell did Democrats become the party of puritan conservative values?" -- [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/07/then-there-is-t-word.html David Brin]<br />
==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* [http://democrats.org/ The Democratic Party] official web site<br />
* [http://www.housedemocrats.gov/ House Democrats]: web site of Democrats in Congress<br />
** [http://www.housedemocrats.gov/news/librarydetail.cfm?library_content_id=780 6 for '06 plan]<br />
* {{wikipedia|Democratic Party (United States)}}<br />
* [http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Democrats Campaigns Wikia]<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
{{links.tagged}}<br />
===News===<br />
* '''2006-11-28''' [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_on_go_co/reid_interview Sen. Reid: Ethics, stem cells top agenda]<br />
* '''2006-11-08''' [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/democrats_senate Democrats take control of the Senate]<br />
* '''2006-10-06''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100600056.html Pelosi Says She Would Drain GOP 'Swamp']</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-02-12_Senate_Passes_Bill_to_Expand_Government%27s_Spying_Powers&diff=12814
2008-02-12 Senate Passes Bill to Expand Government's Spying Powers
2008-08-08T01:25:16Z
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2008-02-12}}<br />
{{data.pair|Topics|\US warrantless wiretapping\privacy}}<br />
{{data.pair|URL|2=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/washington/12cnd-fisa.html}}<br />
{{data.pair|Title|Senate Passes Bill to Expand Government’s Spying Powers}}<br />
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, who spoke on the Senate floor for more than 20 hours in an unsuccessful effort to stall the wiretapping bill, said the vote would be remembered by future generations as a test of whether the country heeds “the rule of law or the rule of men.” .. But with Democrats defecting to the White House plan, he acknowledged that the national security issue had won the day in the Senate, even among many of his Democratic colleagues. “Unfortunately, those who are advocating this notion that you have to give up liberties to be more secure are apparently prevailing,” Mr. Dodd said. “They’re convincing people that we’re at risk either politically, or at risk as a nation.”&rdquo; See [[counter-totalitarianism]] for ideas towards dealing this when it is finally signed.}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Accountability_arenas&diff=12812
Accountability arenas
2008-08-08T01:24:54Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[Category:Tools]][[Civilization]] currently has four (possibly five) major official arenas in which issues are ultimately resolved by dialogue and disputation.<br />
* [[science]]<br />
* markets<br />
* [[democracy]] ([[voting]])<br />
* the court system<br />
* the [[internet]] (newly emerging; [[Issuepedia:Dispute Resolution Technology|new but still fairly crude tools]] rapidly being developed)<br />
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Public discussion of issues has traditionally taken place in a number of additional venues:<br />
* [[mainstream media]]:<br />
** newspapers (editorials and letters)<br />
** television (debates, editorials)<br />
* town meetings (generally overburdened and barely adequate for dealing with local issues)<br />
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===Related Pages===<br />
* [[Issuepedia:Dispute Resolution Technology]]: The invention and rapid spread of computers, as well as the extremely rapid development of new software, is causing new computer/internet-based tools to arise on a scale measurable in years or months.<br />
===Recent Events===<br />
Newspapers and television have become increasingly compromised all over the world by [[media consolidation]]. Within the {{USA}}, the [[Bush II administration]] has been engaged in [[Bush II anti-democracy|anti-democratic efforts]] to undermine the effectiveness of many or most of these arenas.<br />
==Sources==<br />
* [http://www.davidbrin.com/disputationarticle1.html Disputation Arenas] by [[David Brin]]<br />
==Notes==<br />
How does "public opinion", as arrived at by discussion between individuals (and informed, perhaps unfortunately, by popular media) fit into this?<br />
==Links==<br />
* '''2006-04-05''' [http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/04/when_only_the_g.html When only the glib win, we all lose]</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&diff=12810
War on Christmas
2008-08-08T01:24:46Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:wars on]]The [[War on Christmas]] is a supposedly deliberate campaign to eliminate the holiday of Christmas from public life. It appears to have started as an attempt to be egalitarian and not offend members of religions other than [[Christianity]]. However, as the holiday has largely become secular (albeit somewhat offensively [[consumerism|consumption-oriented]]), this has been taken to unnecessary extremes.<br />
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If the goal is to avoid promoting one religion over the others, then all that is really necessary is to avoid mentioning the religious elements of Christmas, and focus on the popular secular elements.<br />
==Links==<br />
* {{wikipedia|Christmas controversy}}<br />
* {{conservapedia|Christmas}}: "In recent years, the celebration of Christmas has become part of the "culture wars." [[Fox News]] analysts [[John Gibson]] and [[Bill O'Reilly]] claim that Christmas has come under attack by "[[liberal]]s." Some [[Christian conservative]]s want an increased recognition of the religious core of the holiday, and want to maintain a separation between Christmas and other holidays occurring at the same time of year."<br />
* <s>{{dkosopedia}}</s> no article as of 2007-12-01 (though some references to the controversy)<br />
* <s>{{sourcewatch}}</s> no article as of 2007-12-01<br />
===News & Views===<br />
{{links.tagged}}</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Al_Gore&diff=12808
Al Gore
2008-08-08T01:24:38Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:people]][[Al Gore]] was vice-president of the {{USA}} under [[Bill Clinton]]. He ran for president against [[George W. Bush]] in [[2000 US presidential election|2000]], when he actually would have been president had the vote been properly counted, and [[2004 US presidential election|2004]]. He also played a key role in early expansion of the [[internet]] backbone, thus making possible the internet as we now know it; his attempts to claim credit for this during the 2000 presidential race were distorted into a popular myth that he had claimed to have "invented the Internet", which was exploited by his opponents.<br />
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==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* [http://www.algore.com/ official web site]<br />
* {{wikipedia}}<br />
* {{conservapedia}}<br />
* {{dkosopedia}}<br />
* {{sourcewatch|Albert Gore, Jr.}}<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
{{links.tagged}}<br />
===News===<br />
* '''2007-10-20''' (date found) [http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20071105&s=cockburn The Real Al Gore] by [[Alexander Cockburn]], largely based on claims about the supposed utter erroneousness of [[global warming]]<br />
* '''2007-10-08''' [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21192478/site/newsweek/ A Nobel Candidate] "Thousands of activists are hoping to convince Al Gore to run for president. Could a Nobel Peace Prize give the reluctant candidate a push?"<br />
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===The "Invented the Internet" Myth===<br />
* '''2007-06-27''' humor: [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070627 User Friendly] (webcomic)<br />
* '''2007-03-23''' [http://www.dailyhowler.com/index.shtml NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS! Brilliantly, Waldman corrected a lie. Walsh let a new lie spread]<br />
* '''2000-10-17''' [http://web.archive.org/web/20010813084739/commons.somewhere.com/rre/2000/RRE.Al.Gore.and.the.Inte1.html Who Invented "Invented"?]: Tracing the Real Story of the "Al Gore Invented the Internet" Hoax, by Phil Agre<br />
** '''2000-10-17''' [http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/10/39301 The Mother of Gore's Invention] by Declan McCullagh<br />
* '''2000-10-15''' [http://web.archive.org/web/20010813091350/commons.somewhere.com/rre/2000/RRE.The.New.Science.of.C.html The New Science of Character Assassination] by Phil Agre: the Republican habit of distorting facts and then accusing their opponent of doing it<br />
* '''2000''' [http://web.archive.org/web/20010917040901/commons.somewhere.com/rre/2000/RRE.Florida.recount19.html untitled P.S.] probably by Phil Agre<br />
* '''2000-07-20''' [http://www.dailyhowler.com/h072000_1.shtml Our current howler (part III): One that ''did'' matter]<br />
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==Media==<br />
===Books===<br />
* ''[[The Assault on Reason]]'': how our system of government has become dominated by the outcome of money-controlled television ad campaigns<br />
** [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1622015-1,00.html excerpt]<br />
** '''2007-05-22'''<br />
*** [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/05/22/gore-book.html Democracy in trouble, Gore says in book]<br />
*** [http://www.alternet.org/story/52179/ Al Gore's New Book Examines 'The Assault on Reason']: "In his new book, Al Gore explores why reason, logic and truth seem to play a sharply diminished role in the way America now makes important decisions and what we can do to change that." (includes many links)<br />
** '''2007-05-21 video''' [http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/21/al-gore-with-diane-sawyer/ Al Gore with Diane Sawyer] discussing the book (or trying to)<br />
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===Video===<br />
* ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'': feature-length movie on the urgency of [[global warming]]<br />
** '''2007-10-11''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/a-newly-orchestrated-righ_b_68148.html A Newly Orchestrated Right-Wing Lie Unmasked About Al Gore and Global Warming] by Jackson Williams<br />
* '''1992-09-29 video''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JE48XHKG64 Gore criticizes Bush for ignoring Iraq's ties to terrorism]: [[Al Gore]] criticizes [[George H.W. Bush]] for ignoring [[Iraq]]'s ties to terrorists and disregarding Iraq's attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-03-31_Shades_of_Gray&diff=12806
2008-03-31 Shades of Gray
2008-08-08T01:24:30Z
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{{data.pair|Text|By Dahlia Lithwick: &ldquo;[[Barack Obama]] has gotten past [[affirmative action]]. Have we?&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-02-21_The_Great_Guant%C3%83%C2%A1namo_Puppet_Theater&diff=12804
2008-02-21 The Great Guantánamo Puppet Theater
2008-08-08T01:24:00Z
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;Last week the Department of Defense launched a major media offensive. It announced that trials of six “high-value detainees” linked to the attacks on 9/11 would be charged in proceedings before the Guantánamo military commissions this spring. Specific accusations concerning the roles played by each of the six in the tragedy of 9/11 were all over the media. For the most part, the media has only lightly embroidered the Pentagon’s script.&rdquo; Also mentions Col. Morris Davis.}}<noinclude><br />
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Holy_War_on_Terror&diff=12801
Holy War on Terror
2008-08-08T01:22:21Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:irony]]The phrase [[Holy War on Terror]] is intended as an ironic reference to the ways in which {{USA}} president [[George W. Bush]]'s [[war on terror]] have taken on the aspects of a [[holy war]] &ndash; which is more or less exactly what the war on terror is supposed to be fighting against.<br />
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Bush and his administration have indicated in many ways &ndash; not the least of which was their intense push for passage of the [[Military Commissions Act of 2006]] &ndash; that they are willing to sacrifice freedoms upon which America was supposedly founded (and guaranteed by the [[US constitution]]) in the supposed pursuit of terrorists.<br />
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In taking on the aspects of his enemy, Bush has shown that he has either no real understanding of, or perhaps [[Bush II administration anti-democracy|no interest in defending]], the [[democratic]] principles upon which the {{USA}} was founded.<br />
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If, as Bush has claimed, the terrorists hate us because they "hate our freedom", then by taking it away Bush is doing exactly what they want.</div>
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Bush-Cheney_administration/corruption&diff=12799
Bush-Cheney administration/corruption
2008-08-08T01:21:38Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
This page is about [[corruption]] in the [[2000-2007 US Presidential administration]] of [[George W. Bush]].<br />
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Although the phrase "corruption in the administration" perhaps evokes images of administration officials accepting payoffs to act against the best interests of those it serves, in this case the entire administration itself is actively corrupting the ideals of [[America]] and [[democracy]], and hence betraying the oaths of office taken by [[George W. Bush|Mr. Bush]] at his inauguration. It is largely that larger, more deliberate sort of corruption being documented here.<br />
===Possible Goals===<br />
Bush's goals seem consistent with the idea of converting the {{USA}} into a [[religious]] ([[religious right|Christian fundamentalist-evangelical]]) [[kleptocracy]], with the president as a quasi-religious leader ("God is in the White House") having absolute power much as in the [[Nehemiah Scudder]] scenario (written in 1940 and set in 2016). It is not clear whether he is aware that his actions fit into this pattern or if he is largely being manipulated by others, but it seems quite unlikely that the pattern could have emerged by sheer chance. If it is ''not'' deliberate, then his actions at least imply a significant level of pure selfishness, incompetence, and disregard for the democratic process, and all the morals of a playground bully: a Genghis Khan wannabe without an ounce of military sense.<br />
==Related Pages==<br />
* [[Bush's impeachable offenses]]<br />
==Specifics==<br />
* [[Bush's elevation of presidential power]]: Bush seems to be trying to completely remove the restraints on presidential power.<br />
* [[Bush's lies]]: the man has lied repeatedly, on record, with no apology or apparent remorse; he also makes promises and then quietly contradicts them with subsequent actions<br />
* [[torture during GWB administration|Bush's unapologetic use of torture]]<br />
* Bush has "consistently advanced policies contradictory to his professed values" ([http://www.republicansforhumility.com/conservative.html Is George W. Bush a Conservative?] by William Frey, M. D.)<br />
* The Bush administration's consistent overlooking of facts which contradict the picture they want to paint:<br />
** It seems likely that people at the top level knew, or should have guessed from the evidence available, that the Yellowcake documents were inaccurate; see [[wikipedia:Yellowcake forgery|Yellowcake forgery]]<br />
** If Bush honestly believed that [[Saddam Hussein]] had [[weapons of mass destruction|WMDs]], he was overlooking a lot of reports from his lower-level advisors<br />
* Showed classified map of planned [[US invasion of Iraq|Iraq invasion]], marked with a classification meaning that it wasn't to be shown to non-US officials, to [[Prince Bandar]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] on 2003-01-11 &ndash; two days before then-Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]] was informed of the plans.[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0419-01.htm]<br />
* "As the ranking minority member of the Government Reform Committee, [[Henry Waxman|Waxman]] has earned a reputation as the chief [[US Democratic Party|Democratic]] muckraker, obsessively cranking out reports on official misconduct and incompetence. Among them is a lengthy document detailing all of the wrongdoing by the [[Bush Jr. administration|Bush administration]] that should have been investigated &ndash; and would have been, in any other era. The litany of fishy behavior left uninvestigated in the Bush years includes the manipulation of intelligence on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees, the [[Plame leak|leak of Valerie Plame's CIA status]], the award of [[Halliburton]] contracts, the White House [[response to Hurricane Katrina|response to Katrina]], secret NSA wiretaps, [[Dick Cheney]]'s energy task force, the withholding of Medicare cost estimates, the administration's [[Bush II administration anti-science|politicization of science]], contract abuses at [[US Department of Homeland Security|Homeland Security]] and lobbyist influence at the [[Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]]." [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12055360/cover_story_time_to_go_inside_the_worst_congress_ever/5]<br />
* The [[2007 US attorney firings]] were largely unexplained, and would seem to be part of a larger strategy to undermine the legal/judicial process as it affects [[Bush's elevation of presidential power|the power of the presidency]]<br />
==Links==<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
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===Opinion===<br />
* '''2007-07-15''' [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003788230_pitts15.html The Bush presidency: Is nothing real?] by [[Leonard Pitts Jr.]]<br />
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===News===<br />
* '''2007-08-24''' [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/24/ap4052736.html Whistleblowers on Fraud Facing Penalties] by Deborah Hastings, [[Associated Press]]: "One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted." See also: [[KBR]], a former subsidiary of [[Halliburton]]; whistleblowers: [[Donald Vance]], [[Bunnatine Greenhouse]], [[Nathan Ertel]], [[Robert Isakson]]; Chicago FBI agent Travis Carlisle; companies: [[Shield Group Security Co.]], [[Custer Battles]]; U.S. District Judge [[T.S. Ellis III]] maintained that the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]], the [[US occupation of Iraq|U.S.-backed occupier of Iraq]], is not part of the US government<br />
* '''2007-08-23''' [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16076312/the_great_iraq_swindle The Great Iraq Swindle]: "How Bush Allowed an Army of For-Profit Contractors to Invade the U.S. Treasury": the corruption in the "rebuilding" of [[US occupation of Iraq|Iraq]] reads like dark comedy and boggles the mind.<br />
* '''2007-08-03''' [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/3/73224/71674 Sibel Edmonds: I assumed the enemy was foreign]: "Within a few months, i came across some serious issues. Wrongdoing. Some of those would be considered criminal, within the FBI. Some of those involved security breaches, 911 related cover-ups, and sabotaged intelligence operations. In one case, due to the pressure of the State Dept and Pentagon, the FBI was prevented from criminally investigating certain US officials who were engaged in actions against our national security, having loyalties to other governments." See also: [[Sibel Edmonds]]<br />
* '''2007-03-20''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032902003.html Report Faults Interior Appointee] "A senior Bush political appointee at the Interior Department has repeatedly altered scientific field reports to minimize protections for imperiled species and disclosed confidential information to private groups seeking to affect policy decisions, the department's inspector general concluded."<br />
* '''2007-03-19''' [http://www.miamiherald.com/285/story/45779.html Blind loyalty led Bush's team into big sinkhole] by [[Leonard Pitts Jr.]]<br />
* '''2007-01-31''' [http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107Z.shtml Cheney's Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair] by Jason Leopold and Marc Ash<br />
* '''2007-01-16'''<br />
** [http://www.airamerica.com/node/3190 White House Purging Ranks of US Attorneys; Replacements to Skip Confirmation] (with discussion)<br />
** [http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002348.php White House Moved Swiftly to Replace US Attorneys] (with discussion)<br />
* '''2007-01-15''' [http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002339.php ''Congressional Quarterly'': Officials Covered Up Oil Lease Problems, Interior Department inspector general Says] (with discussion)<br />
* '''2007-01-14''' [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2152438.ece Shock and oil: Iraq's billions & the White House connection]: "[[BearingPoint|The American company appointed]] to advise the US government on the economic [[US occupation of Iraq|reconstruction of Iraq]] has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars into [[US Republican Party|Republican Party]] coffers and has admitted that its own finances are in chaos because of accounting errors and bad management." ... "Its contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan coincide with a big increase in its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill. In 2005, the latest year for which figures have been collated, BearingPoint paid $1m to lobbyists, equaling the record total it paid in 2003. That is five times its average annual bill for lobbyists prior to the war in Iraq."<br />
* '''2006-11-03''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast/03reconstruct.html?hp&ex=1162616400&en=590b5ef31979d828&ei=5094&partner=homepage Congress Tells Auditor in Iraq to Close Office]: [[Stuart Bowen]] may have done his job too well<br />
* '''2006-09-17''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600193.html Ties to GOP Trumped Know-How Among Staff Sent to Rebuild Iraq] by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, ''Washington Post'' Staff Writer<br />
* '''2006-09-15''' [http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/41512/ Rumsfeld's Fake News Flop in Iraq]: the US government has recently spent upwards of $50 million on pro-US/military [[propaganda]] in Iraq, violating a basic democratic principle while supposedly in the process of trying to build a democratic society. [[Donald Rumsfeld|Rumsfeld]]'s response, when asked about this, indicated that he was far more bothered by the program having been discovered than by its existence; he also lied that it had been shut down when it had not, and did not apologize for the error when it was discovered.<br />
** '''2005-12-02''' [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec05/media_12-02.html Planting News in the Iraq Media]<br />
* '''2005-12-05''' [http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/ Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy] by Jeff Ruch: "Special Counsel Scott Bloch, appointed by President Bush in 2004, is overseeing the virtual elimination of federal whistleblower rights in the U.S. government."<br />
* '''2005-08-18''' [http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2005/08/18/michael-wynne-boeing/ Bush promotes corrupt military leadership]: Bush did, in fact, appoint [[wikipedia:Michael Wynne|Michael Wynne]] to be Secretary of the Air Force three months later<br />
* '''2005-05-06''' [http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/ Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act] (item #8) by Michelle Chen<br />
* '''2005-03-13''' [http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/9592 Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged Television News] by David Barstow and Robin Stein, ''The New York Times''</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=War_on_Terror&diff=12797
War on Terror
2008-08-08T01:20:45Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:wars on]]The United States's [[War on Terror]] (2001-), also known as The War on [[Terrorism]], is an example of an [[endless crisis]]. It is also a misnomer or at least a misleading use of the word "war", as it can lead to confusion over the appropriate response. "War" suggests retaliation using techniques effective in standard (symmetric) warfare but which are not effective (and even counterproductive) when used in [[asymmetric warfare]].<br />
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The United States experienced [[2001-09-11 Attacks|one morning of coordinated attacks]] by perhaps a few dozen individuals on September 11, 2001; there have been no further attacks since, although several attempts have apparently been thwarted. There certainly has been no presence of enemy troops on or near US soil for many decades, probably not since [[attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]].<br />
==Quotes==<br />
* [[George W. Bush]]: "When terrorists murder at the World Trade Center, or car bombers strike in Baghdad, or hijackers plot to blow up planes over the Atlantic, or terrorist militias shoot rockets at Israeli towns, they are all pursuing the same objective - to turn back the advance of freedom, and impose a dark vision of tyranny and terror across the world."{{footnote|1}}<br />
* Professor Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York{{footnote|1}}:<br />
*: There's something profoundly illogical about talking about a war on terrorism. It's like a war on weather. You know, terrorism is a method, methodology, it's an approach, it's killing civilians to achieve a political objective. It's a means. It's not a discrete thing. It's not like Burma, you can have a war on Burma, you can have a war on fruit trees, because that's something physical. Terrorism is not tangible, and, as one might have guessed given this President, this administration, their orientations, this was a sort of portmanteau term which was used to group together those targets that they already had decided they were going to go after - so-called "rogue regimes", including governments that had and have had absolutely nothing to do with the people who attacked the United States, were a target before 9/11...<br />
*: In fact, the Iraqi government was an opponent of al-Qaeda. The Iranian government has always been an opponent of al-Qaeda. Hezbollah, which is another target of the war on the terror, has always been an opponent of al-Qaeda, so we are not talking about the people who attacked the United States. We are not talking about the terrorists who killed 3,000 Americans.<br />
*: To lump every form of radical Islam together, to lump for example Hamas - which is a movement that's never attacked the United States, which has not got attacking the United States or the West or opposing Western values as central to its program - with al-Qaeda is a huge, huge error. It's a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake. Hamas is... whatever the heinousness of the means they may have used, it's a resistance movement.<br />
*: Hezbollah similarly is essentially a Lebanese resistance movement. To lump them together with al-Qaeda, which is a world-wide anarchistic, anti-Western millenarian movement which has no roots anywhere - it's a global movement - there's a fundamental falsehood there. A fundamental falsehood, and it has led the United States to do something which is extremely dangerous, which is to turn itself into the opponent of movements which, throughout the Islamic world, because they are seen as legitimate resistance movements, and are very popular, in a way, that is driving people towards the more radical, towards the much more dangerous movements like al-Qaeda.<br />
{{excerpt|The Rockridge Institute [http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/aboutus/more-about-rockridge-and-framing/ says]:}}<br />
The phrases "war on terror" and "crimes against humanity" use different words to frame the same issue and, in doing so, evoke different ideas and guide us toward different actions. The phrase "war on terror" frames the issue as an open-ended military action against a vague, indeterminate enemy, with [[Bush's elevation of presidential power|open-ended war powers]] given to the President for an indefinite period. "Crimes against humanity" frames our response to [[9/11]] as a police action where international law enforcement agencies are directed to root out groups and individual criminals using many of the same methods effective against crime syndicates. Further, these phrases trigger related [[moral]] and political principle frames deep in our unconscious minds, shaping how we experience our relationships to our political leaders and to people in other countries.<br />
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"War" triggers fundamental moral and political principle frames that evoke an evil world in which we must look to an [[authoritarian]] President as commander-in-chief, whose orders we obey in order to protect our entire society from destruction by foreign enemies. With these frames dominating our thinking, we are more likely to tolerate giving up some of our civil liberties and dropping bombs that kill innocent civilians. By contrast, "crimes against humanity," as both a word and issue frame, triggers deep moral and political principle frames of an interdependent world where dangers occur, but they are not debilitating. With this frame foremost in our minds, we are more likely to protect society by enlisting the police, while also reaching out to our neighbors, who are suffering in other countries where poverty, disease, and oppression make it more likely that people will become terrorists.<br />
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The persistent repetition of the "war on terror" word and issue frame triggers and reinforces deep moral and political principle frames. So, even when someone opposes the Iraq policy, they often do it by invoking the frame they wish to negate. This is why Americans who want to shift the ideas underlying American political debate — towards a greater emphasis on the values of empathy, social responsibility, [[fairness]], [[honesty]], [[integrity]], and [[community]] — must do so by changing the deep moral and political principle frames that we use in thinking. We do this in large part by stating these frames openly and often. In other words, it is nearly impossible to persuasively articulate a law enforcement policy on [[US invasion of Iraq|Iraq]] when one is continually using the phrase "war on terror."<br />
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===References===<br />
====Note 1====<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1738419.htm ''Four Corners'' - 2006-09-11] - Australian Broadcasting Corporation<br />
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==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* {{wikipedia|War on Terrorism}}<br />
** [[wikipedia:Khalid El-Masri|Khalid El-Masri]], a German citizen falsely detained, flown to Afghanistan, and [[torture]]d by the [[CIA]] as part of the [[War on Terror]]<br />
* {{conservapedia}}<br />
* {{dkosopedia}}<br />
* {{sourcewatch|War on terrorism}}<br />
* '''2006-09''' [http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nsct/2006/ National Strategy for Combating Terrorism] (US)<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
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===Collections===<br />
* [http://www.newhumanist.com/waronterror.html Perspectives in the"War on Terrorism"] at newhumanist.com<br />
===Discussion===<br />
* [http://www.itszone.co.uk/ War Without End] forum: "Talk online about [[9/11|September 11]] and the subsequent War on Terror in an uncensored British forum covering the issues that the media avoid."<br />
* TruthMapping: [http://www.truthmapping.com/viewtopic.php?id=327 The phrase "war on terrorism" is a misnomer]<br />
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===Editorial===<br />
* '''2007-09-27''' [http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/63632/ The Mega-Lie Called the "War on Terror": A Masterpiece of Propaganda] by Richard W. Behan, ''AlterNet'': considers the War on Terror as an example of the [[Big Lie]] propaganda technique<br />
* '''2006-10-29''' [[The Only Issue This Election Day (by Orson Scott Card)|The Only Issue This Election Day]]: [[Orson Scott Card]], apparently a lifelong [[US Democratic Party|Democrat]], urges voting [[US Republican Party|Republican]] on the grounds of the latter's support for the War on Terror &ndash; almost exactly a mirror-image of [[David Brin]]'s position urging Republicans to abandon their party due to the need for Democratic opposition to the [[corruption in the Bush administration]]<br />
* '''2006-10-01''' [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/01/opinion/edharris.php The 'war on terror' that ruined Rome] by Robert Harris, ''The New York Times'': "In the autumn of 68 B.C. the world's only military superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist attack on its very heart. ... in the panicky aftermath of the attack, the Roman people made decisions that set them on the path to the destruction of their Constitution, their democracy and their liberty." Another [[lessons from history|lesson from history]].<br />
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===News===<br />
* '''2007-11-03''' [[Pakistan]] [[wikipedia:2007 Pakistani state of emergency|declares martial law]], suspending the [[constitution (Pakistan)|constitution]] and "detaining" leaders of legal organizations in the name of the "War on Terrorism". (Is this what Bush is looking forward to doing?)<br />
* '''2006-09-29''' [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060929-4.html President Applauds Congress for Passing War on Terror Legislation]: this probably refers to the passage of the [[Military Commissions Act of 2006]]<br />
* '''2005-12-30''' [http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2005/301205publicontorture.htm Ex-envoy to Uzbekistan goes public on torture]: "Britain's former ambassador to [[Uzbekistan]], Craig Murray, has defied the Foreign Office by publishing on the internet documents providing evidence that the British Government knowingly received information extracted by [[torture]] in the "war on terror"."<br />
* '''2003-03-08''' [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030308-1.html War on Terror]: President's Radio Address<br />
===Opinion===<br />
* '''2006-09-11''' [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11598509/national_affairs_president_bushs_phony_war_on_terror The Phony War]: "[[George W. Bush|President Bush]] not only created a fake '[[War on Terror]]' to scare voters into supporting his policies &ndash; he is failing to address the real threat facing America" by Robert Dreyfuss, ''Rolling Stone'': "According to nearly a dozen former high-ranking officials who have been on the front lines of the administration's counterterrorism effort, the president is not only fighting the wrong war &ndash; he is fighting it in a way that has actually made the threat worse. The war on terrorism, they say, has been mismanaged and misdirected almost from the start, in no small part because the president simply does not understand the nature of the enemy he is fighting."<br />
* '''2006-05-11 video''' [[youtube:O-lETcPe71U|Cafferty-Dictatorship]]: [[Jack Cafferty]] discusses [[Bush's warrantless wiretapping]]</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Religion_in_the_US&diff=12795
Religion in the US
2008-08-08T01:20:09Z
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<div>{{sidenote|"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the [[enlightened]] and [[liberal]] policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society." &ndash; [[wikiquote:George Washington|George Washington]]}}<br />
==Overview==<br />
[[category:United States issues]]The inherent irrationality in much [[religious]] logic (or "faith-based reasoning") often leads to conflict between those who are religious and those who are not, as well as (though less often, due to the relative homogeneity of [[religious extremism]] in the US) between those of differing doctrines.<br />
==Related Pages==<br />
* [[religious control of the US military]]<br />
* [[The Pledge of Allegiance]]<br />
* [[Separation of church and state#United States]]<br />
==Links==<br />
===News===<br />
* '''2007-01-08''' [http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/16407032.htm Koran debate another reminder of intolerance] by Leonard Pitts Jr.: the first [[Islam]]ic congressman swears on the Koran, and [[Dennis Prager]] (among others) claims that it undermines American civilization.</div>
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2008-03-16 Gays worse than terrorists, but hey, no offense intended!
2008-08-08T01:19:15Z
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;[[homosexuality|Gays]] are a bigger threat than Islamist terrorists? Only if one feels less than confident about their own sexuality. In the real world, gays don’t threaten anyone with their choices. [[Sally Kern|Kern]], however, has paranoid notions of gay infiltration of ''city councils'' in an effort to drive America to ruin. Oh, the humanity!&rdquo; A right-wing blog actually attacking gay-bashing -- whooda thunk it?}}<noinclude><br />
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Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2007_nuclear_missile_flight_incident&diff=12791
2007 nuclear missile flight incident
2008-08-08T01:18:37Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:US.military]][[category:events|2007-08-30]]The [[2007 nuclear missile flight incident]] began on 2007-08-29, when [[Minot Air Force Base]] personnel with orders to collect a dozen unarmed missiles for a weapons graveyard mistakenly included 6 missiles armed with nuclear warheads, "each with the destructive power of up to 10 [[Hiroshima bomb]]s" [WP2]. They remained there attached to the plane, without special guard, for over 15 hours. The error would only be discovered 36 hours later, after the missiles were flown from Minot AFB in North Dakota to [[Barksdale Air Force Base]] in Louisiana, and sat on the runway unattended for a further 10 hours [WP1].<br />
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"It was the first known flight by a nuclear-armed bomber over U.S. airspace, without special high-level authorization, in nearly 40 years." [WP2]<br />
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The event has raised serious concerns, both inside and outside the military establishment, about "the adequacy of US nuclear weapons safeguards while while the military's attention and resources are devoted to wars in [[US occupation of Iraq|Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]]." [WP2]<br />
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There is a theory that this incident was connected with [[The Kennebunkport warning]] (see that article for details).<br />
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==Links==<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
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===News===<br />
* '''2007-09-22''' (WP2) [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20926465/ The saga of a ‘Bent Spear’]: "6 nukes fly across U.S.; no one notices for 36 hours — how could it happen?" by Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, washingtonpost.com: a more in-depth article<br />
* '''2007-09-06''' (WP1) [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090500762.html In Error, B-52 Flew Over U.S. With Nuclear-Armed Missiles] by Josh White, ''[[Washington Post]]'' Staff Writer</div>
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2008-03-24 The conservative case for Barack Obama
2008-08-08T01:18:10Z
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{{data.pair|Text|by Andrew J. Bacevich: &ldquo;[[Barack Obama]] is no [[conservative]]. Yet if he wins the [[US Democratic Party|Democratic]] nomination, come [[2008 US presidential election|November]] principled conservatives may well find themselves voting for the senator from Illinois. Given the alternatives — and the state of the conservative movement — they could do worse.&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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Conservatism/US
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:US]][[Conservatism]] in the {{USA}} takes on particular causes and priorities which are not necessarily aligned with conservatism in other parts of the world.<br />
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The [[Heritage Foundation]], an American conservative think-tank, states a belief "''in [[individual liberty]], [[free enterprise]], [[limited government]], a [[strong national defense]], and [[traditional American values]]. We want an America that is safe and secure; where choices (in [[US education|education]], [[US health care|health care]] and retirement) abound; where taxes are fair, flat, and comprehensible; where everybody has the opportunity to go as far as their talents will take them; where government concentrates on its core functions, recognizes its limits and shows favor to none. ... we believe the values and ideas that motivated our Founding Fathers are worth conserving.''" This would seem to be a reasonable definition of the best attributes of American conservatism.<br />
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A cornerstone of American Conservative philosophy is '''personal responsibility''' &ndash; the idea that each individual is solely responsible for his/her own well-being; government exists solely to ensure that the rules are enforced, which includes protection from hostile external forces.<br />
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American Conservatives seem to be generally [[limited government|against "big government"]]: "The government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have." -- attributed to [[Gerald Ford]] [http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110007328]<br />
===Neoconservatism===<br />
In the late 1900s and early 2000s, the [[neoconservative]] movement in the {{USA}} captured the loyalty of much of the [[conservative]] population, outwardly supporting conservative causes (especially on [[wedge issue]]s) but actually supporting aims which were in many ways very anti-conservative &ndash; e.g. spending unprecedented amounts of taxpayer money on a foreign "[[nation-building]]" [[US-Iraq War|venture]] and imposing government rules on the lives of private citizens to an extent never before seen in the US.<br />
===Politics===<br />
The majority of conservatives in the United States are aligned with the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]], although a significant minority adhere more to the positions of the [[United States Libertarian Party|Libertarian Party]].<br />
==Related Articles==<br />
* [[United States Republican Party]]<br />
* [[Neoconservatism]]<br />
* Many US conservatives, especially those tending to the extreme (e.g. DiPippo and Horowitz), seem to have a grudge against ''The [[New York Times]]'' going back to at least mid-2006.<br />
==Conservative and Fundamentalist Groups==<br />
*'''Conservative'''<br />
** [[Conservapedia]]: "pro-American, pro-Christian" alternative to Wikipedia<br />
** [http://www.freerepublic.com/ Free Republic]<br />
** [http://www.heritage.org/ The Heritage Foundation]<br />
** [http://www.johnlocke.org/ John Locke Foundation] (North Carolina)<br />
*** Interestingly, the writings of {{wpalt|John Locke}} himself "had an enormous influence on the development of liberalism", notably the idea of "religious toleration", according to [[wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributions_to_liberal_theory#From_Locke_to_Mill|Wikipedia]]<br />
** [http://patriotpost.us/ Patriot Post] "The Conservative Journal of Record"<br />
** [http://www.amconmag.com/ American Conservative]: skeptical Conservatism<br />
** [http://redstate.com/ Redstate]: "conservative news and community"<br />
*'''Conservative Christian'''<br />
** [http://www.bju.edu/ Bob Jones University] (Greenville, SC)<br />
** [http://www.cofcc.org/ Council of Conservative Citizens] (MO) ({{wikipedia|Council of Conservative Citizens}})<br />
** [[Liberty University]] - e.g. [http://www.liberty.edu/studentaffairs/index.cfm?PID=7764 Dress Code for Women]<br />
** [[wikipedia:American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property|American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property]]<br />
** [http://patriarchy.org/ Patriarchy.org] (VA): "addressing the issues and legalism of patriarchy with the liberating truth of [[Jesus Christ]]"; apparently started in reaction against an excessively conservative/legalistic "patriarchy movement"<br />
*'''Parody Sites'''<br />
** [http://www.landoverbaptist.org/ Landover Baptist Church] "Where the Worthwhile Worship"<br />
** [http://www.bettybowers.com/ Betty Bowers] "America's Best Christian"<br />
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==Well-Known Conservative Proponents==<br />
===pundits===<br />
* [[Ann Coulter]]<br />
* [[Barry Goldwater]] (1909-1998): (former?) conservative icon; would be considered a moderate today<br />
* [[Bill O'Reilly]], [[Fox News]] commentator<br />
* [[David Horowitz]]: neocon writer, activist and commentator<br />
* [[Dinesh D'Souza]]: argues "that [[US conservatism|conservatives here]] and traditional moderate [[Muslim]]s are up against the same [[far-left]] enemy."<br />
* {{wpalt|George F. Will}}<br />
* [[Jerry Pournelle]] "slightly to the right of [[Genghis Khan]]"... but doesn't seem to be [[conservative extremism|rabid]], unlike many others<br />
* {{wpalt|Michelle Malkin}}<br />
* [[Rush Limbaugh]]<br />
* {{wpalt|Russell Kirk}}: "the father of modern conservatism"<br />
* {{wpalt|William F. Buckley, Jr.}} "the godfather of modern American conservatism"<br />
===financiers===<br />
* [[Richard Mellon Scaife]]<br />
==Commentary==<br />
* [http://www.redstate.com/stories/miscellanea/a_reactionary_s_shorter_catechism A Reactionary’s Shorter Catechism] by Paul J Cella<br />
{{excerpt|[[David Brin]] writes about this [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2007/02/challenges-computer-graphic-trailers.html]:}}<br />
This fellow is another species. One that would prefer to stay feudal, terrified, and only half sapient forever -- though with confident expectation that God’s reality is a cramped, short term exercise, and so it does not matter.<br />
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He praises [[elitism]], [[mythology]], [[romanticism]], nostalgia, [[mysticism]], exceptionalism, ritualistic-dogmatic traditionalism, and prejudice in the purest meaning of the word - pre-judice - judging others and all thoughts based upon comfortable, self-serving assumptions and eliminating all processes that test those subjective assumptions against the genuine holiness of the Creator’s greatest work, a thing called [[objective reality]].<br />
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Indeed, denial of objective reality or its relevance is the underlying commonality that this fellow howls in perfect synchrony with romantics of the far left, whose praise of ancient mysticism and tribal ways converge eerily on the extreme, with "reactionaries" like this guy.<br />
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(Naturally, my own theology, that we were meant to be apprentices and knowingly (through [[science]]) begin sharing and completing the art/craft of [[Creation]], would send both types shrieking.)<br />
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If you have not seen it, do. And know the full range of human personality that makes our task so dauntingly difficult. Trogs who know that 6,000 years of trying their way never got humanity anything but pain, nevertheless bitterly resent us our turn, trying something new and blatantly better.<br />
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No wonder they are fighting back so hard, as we speak. They must re-establish the old way fast, or lose their chance forever, as humanity finally steps into the light.<br />
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{{excerpt|A responding poster on the [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2007/02/challenges-computer-graphic-trailers.html same thread] says:}}<br />
I don't have a link handy but there's been some research [indicating that far-right partisans] don't use their cerebral cortex much when evaluating political statements. Instead another part of their brain associated with emotional rewards lights up whenever they affirm the "correct" side or disagree with the "incorrect" side. I'm sure such a pack mentality came in handy back in the day but it's ill suited to a democracy.<br />
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I think this is also why we see such an overlap between [[direct creation|creationists]] and people who vehemently object to [[global warming]]. The global warming hypothesis requires them to believe in a moral cause of a nature that they find unpalatable (there's no foreign enemy to blame it on and they're not necessarily the good guys).<br />
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Deconstructing the far right is easy. Just turn their accusations around, most of them in fact apply to them: [[global warming is a religion]] (they're creationists and/or heavily influenced by christian dominionism), liberals are arrogant and ignorant, etc. etc.<br />
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But in fairness we should be deconstructing the loonies on the other side of the political spectrum too. Unfortunately this is a lot harder to do since they're a lot more diversified and neurotic, a Baskin Robbins of ideological weirdness (although a lot of them them tend to have issues with daddy). The end result is basically the same nature of thinking, just with different packaging.<br />
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* '''2005-09-27''' J.E.R. Staddon writes: "...there are acres written on conservatism, but one of the best definitions I've seen is that it is a disbelief in utopia, i.e., a disbelief in the "progressive" idea that human beings, and human society, are infinitely perfectible. The problem with belief in utopia is that if you believe it is possible, then you are obliged to take active steps tio bring it about, which usually leads to the death and misery of large numbers of human beings (see Stalin, Mao, the Islamists, etc.)."<br />
==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* {{Wikipedia|Conservatism in North America}} (Conservatism in North America)<br />
* {{conservapedia|Conservative}} (Conservative) ([[Conservapedia]] is US-oriented)<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
{{links.tagged}}<br />
===Projects===<br />
* [http://www.conservativethinking.com/ Conservative Thinking]<br />
* [http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm Free Republic]: "the premier online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web"<br />
===Blogs===<br />
* [http://www.antiprotester.blogspot.com/ The Autonomist]: by Rocco diPippo of Warren, RI<br />
* [http://www.cathyseipp.net/ Cathy's World]: Cathy Seipp is a columnist for National Review Online and the Independent Women's Forum<br />
* [http://www.rightrainbow.com/ Right Side of the Rainbow]: "News and commentary on law and politics by a right- of-center, gun-owning, gay Texan"<br />
* [http://sayanythingblog.com/ Say Anything Blog]: not explicitly conservative, but seems to lean that way<br />
* [http://stoptheaclu.com/ Stop the ACLU]<br />
** '''2006-07-03''' [http://blogs.salon.com/0003494/2006/07/03.html Jewish Family “Forced to Move” Over School Lawsuit]: "'Stop the ACLU Coalition' Publicised Home Address, Phone Number<br />
===News Sites===<br />
* [http://www.newsmax.com/ NewsMax]: "America's News Page" (see also {{wikipedia|NewsMax.com}})<br />
* [http://www.townhall.com/ townhall.com] is generally described as conservative, but according to {{wikipedia|Townhall.com}} their mission is specifically to aid in "the fight against those who would sacrifice the individual and freedom for political gain and big government."<br />
===Publications===<br />
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/ National Review]<br />
===News & Views===<br />
* '''2006-07-06''' [http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/07/thug-and-intimidation-tactics-of-far.html The thug and intimidation tactics of the Far Right go mainstream] by Glenn Greenwald<br />
* '''2005-12-05''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-perlstein/i-didnt-like-nixon-_b_11735.html 'I Didn't Like Nixon ''Until'' Watergate': The Conservative Movement Now] by [[Rick Perlstein]]<br />
* '''2004-08-18''': [http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com/2004/08/moral-politics-in-context-of-history.html Moral Politics in the Context of History of Marriage] suggests, in the context of a book review (of ''[[Moral Politics]]'' by [[George Lakoff]] and ''[[What Is Marriage For]]?'' by [[E.J. Graff]]), a brief definition of key conservative values, and then states that they are contradicted by [[scientific]] findings, which explains why conservatives tend to be [[anti-science]]. (To be investigated: do the given values accurately reflect the conservative worldview? Does science contradict them?)<br />
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==Books==<br />
* ''The Marketing of Evil'' by David Kupelian ([http://www.amazon.com/Marketing-Evil-Pseudo-Experts-Corruption-Disguised/dp/1581824599/sr=1-1/qid=1168617604/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-8614437-3304823?ie=UTF8&s=books Amazon]): "Americans have come to tolerate, embrace and even champion many things that would have horrified their parents' generation &ndash; from easy [[divorce]] and unrestricted [[abortion]]-on-demand to extreme body piercing and teaching [[homosexuality]] to grade-schoolers."<br />
** '''Comments''':<br />
*** Easy divorce has been shown to reduce suicide rates; nobody gets unrestricted abortion-on-demand, though I could argue that it would be a good idea, at least in the first trimester; and you can't "teach homosexuality" &ndash; is anyone actually trying to do this? Unless it means "teaching ''about'' homosexuality", which would be an important part of any decent [[sex education]] curriculum (otherwise kids are likely to grow up hating and fearing gay people, which would probably make this book's author happy &ndash; or, if the student in question is gay, hating and fearing her/himself, which would probably also make the book's author happy). What's wrong with body-piercing? --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 11:07, 12 January 2007 (EST)</div>
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Personal simulation
2008-08-08T01:17:05Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:issues]][[Personal simulation]] refers to the practice of simulating ''(perhaps a better word can be found)'' one or more individual people within a virtual environment, i.e. on a computer. This is not yet an urgent ethical issue as computing technology has not yet advanced to the point where this is possible, but it seems highly likely to become possible within the next few decades, and considerable thought is already being expended on it.<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=929327 Historical Simulations - Motivational, Ethical and Legal Issues] by Peter S. Jenkins (August, 2006)<br />
* [http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?] by Nick Bostrom, Department of Philosophy, Oxford University<br />
** [http://teddyb.org/~rlpowell/rants/simulation_errors.html Counterarguments To Ancestor Simulation Theories] by [http://teddyb.org/~rlpowell/ Robin Lee Powell]</div>
Dashmcwayne
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2007-05-23 Do-nothing atheists and re-igniting the Enlightenment
2008-08-08T01:16:36Z
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2007-05-23}}<br />
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;...barring the complete eradication of [[religion]], we need to [[religion control|change it]] to accommodate the modern world. I'll add, though, that other countries did set up state religions, and then seem to have modified that institution into similarly benign forms that have had a more lasting effect. The unofficial position of [[America's founding fathers]] may have been wonderfully positive in the beginning, but we can see now that they flopped mightily at building enduring institutions that would maintain any kind of religious [[rationalism]]. I tend to think that if they had, for instance, declared [[Unitarianism]] the official US religion (with the same strong statements that religion was not to be a prerequisite for holding office, etc., and that it was not a declaration of exclusivity) we'd be better off today. There'd at least be one officially sanctioned brake on the excesses of our wildly proliferating looney-tunes churches.&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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Barry Goldwater
2008-08-08T01:16:07Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:people]]{{seed}}<br />
==Reference==<br />
* {{wikipedia}}<br />
* {{conservapedia}}<br />
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==Links==<br />
* '''2006-09-16''' [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14863898/site/newsweek/ Goldwater Today]: CC Goldwater on what her grandfather would make of today’s [[US Republican Party|GOP]].</div>
Dashmcwayne
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Glenn Beck
2008-08-08T01:15:36Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:people]][[Glenn Beck]] is a [[neoconservative]] commentator.{{seed}}<br />
==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* {{wikipedia}}<br />
* {{conservapedia}}<br />
* {{dkosopedia}}<br />
* {{sourcewatch}}<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
{{links.tagged}}<br />
===News & Views===<br />
* '''2007-10-22''' [http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/22/glenn_beck_hates_california/index.html Why does Glenn Beck hate California so much?]: &ldquo;Right-wing blowhard Glenn Beck didn't make any friends in Southern California on Monday. Media Matters caught him in flagrante delicto on his talk radio show, declaring, "I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today."&rdquo;<br />
** '''2007-10-23''' [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/23/glenn-beck-people-wh.html CNN's Glenn Beck: "people who hate America" losing homes in So CA wildfires]: further discussion</div>
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2008-03-29 Evidence That the CIA Murdered RFK
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;A new [[BBC]] documentary supports the conclusion that the [[CIA]] planned and executed the [[1968-06-05 RFK assassination|assassination]] of [[Robert F. Kennedy|Robert Kennedy]]. The new video and photographic evidence -- the result of a three year long investigation --"puts three senior CIA operatives" at the scene of the murder.&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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2005-01-12 The Torture Myth
2008-08-08T01:14:49Z
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{{data.pair|Title|The Torture Myth}}<br />
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;Worse, you'll have the other side effects of torture. It "endangers our soldiers on the battlefield by encouraging reciprocity." It does "damage to our country's image" and undermines our credibility in Iraq. That, in the long run, outweighs any theoretical benefit. Herrington's confidential Pentagon report, which he won't discuss but which was leaked to The Post a month ago, goes farther. In that document, he warned that members of an elite military and CIA task force were abusing detainees in Iraq, that their activities could be "making gratuitous enemies" and that prisoner abuse "is counterproductive to the Coalition's efforts to win the cooperation of the Iraqi citizenry." Far from rescuing Americans, in other words, the use of "special methods" might help explain why the war is going so badly.&rdquo; Includes quotes from US military officers (retired and not) supporting this thesis.}}<noinclude><br />
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Talk:DMCA
2008-08-08T01:13:57Z
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<div>==Edit Log==<br />
* '''2006-08-25''' Earlier contents moved verbatim to [[Talk:DMCA/Archive]]. Significant chunks have been re-filed in various places around Issuepedia:<br />
** [[2006-08-04 lucychili policy notes]]: meta-discussion about discussion policy<br />
** [[Intellectual property legislation]]<br />
** [[Digital rights]]<br />
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==Discussion==<br />
''The following sections remain to be filed into appropriate areas in Issuepedia. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 21:43, 25 August 2006 (EDT)''<br />
===Adelphi Charter===<br />
The Adelphi Charter on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property responds to one of the most profound challenges of the 21st century:<br />
How to ensure that everyone has access to ideas and knowledge, and that intellectual property laws do not become too restrictive.<br />
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The Charter sets out new principles for copyrights and patents, and calls on governments to apply a new public interest test.<br />
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It promotes a new, fair, user-friendly and efficient way of handing out intellectual property rights in the 21st century.<br />
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The Charter has been written by an international group of artists, scientists, lawyers, politicians, economists, academics and business experts.<br />
http://www.adelphicharter.org/<br />
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===Fair use and fair dealing===<br />
Fair use and fair dealing are the basic digital access rights with information which a person can expect to be able to apply.<br />
In the past the fair use or fair dealing system has been the constant, with specific exceptions for copyright of material.<br />
Fair Use/Dealing and Copyright are the two halves of the traditional access v protection model.<br />
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use Fair Use] - USA<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing Fair dealing] - AU, Canada<br />
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Many changes have impacted on digital access rights including the development of alternatives to the traditional copyright license such as Creative Commons. The Creative Commons license effectively broadens the base of what is possible as a fair use by specifying customised extra access rights which a person can apply with Cc licensed material.<br />
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The open source licenses such as GNU GPL are also a way of relaxing the copyright control of the copyright holder in specified ways to enable the public to have improved digital access rights.<br />
<br />
DMCA operates differently. While traditional copyright oerates as an exception to basic freedoms, DMCA and DRM operate as<br />
a new default way of interacting with material. Interested groups have been invited to ask for exemptions for specific fair use.<br />
The fair use allowances are being contracted further by each successive iteration of the DMCA legislation.<br />
In addition specific technologies such as e-book ban activities which were normally seen as a fair use on specific books,<br />
ie for some books it is not allowed to read the book aloud. Lending, sharing and other activities normally legal with paperbooks <br />
are not always legal with digital books.<br />
<br />
Communities have not had to negotiate for fair use previously it is taking time for the implications of negotiating for specific fair uses to be understood.<br />
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Campaigners:<br />
* [http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/ EFF on DMCA] - US<br />
* [http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?cat=5 Freedom to tinker] - US<br />
* [http://www.downhillbattle.org/ Music Activism] <br />
* [http://www.craphound.com/ Cory Doctorow has a good introduction to the issue here]<br />
* [http://www.anti-dmca.org/ Anti DMCA]<br />
* [http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7163.cfm Artists against DRM]<br />
* [http://www.chillingeffects.org/copyright/ Chilling Effects]<br />
* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,6351,00.asp DMCA Comedy]<br />
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* [http://www.cptech.org/a2k/ Access to knowledge] - Geneva<br />
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* [http://www.flora.ca/russell/ Russell McOrmond] <br />
* [http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/press20050508.shtml Canadian petition]<br />
* [http://www.musiccreators.ca/a_new_voice.php Canadian Music Creators]<br />
* [http://www.digital-copyright.ca/ Digital Copyright Canada]<br />
* A fun link: [http://www.dustrunners.com/dl/Pig_and_the_Box.pdf The Pig and the Box] is a children's book written and drawn by MCM, a writer, producer and programmer from Canada. Written in july 2006, The Pig and the Box is a book about the negative sides of DRM, written as a reaction to Access Copyright's Captain Copyright campaign directed at kids.<br />
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* [http://weatherall.blogspot.com/ Weatherall's Law] - AU<br />
* [http://cgkd.anu.edu.au/menus/publications.php#drahos Dr Peter Drahos on IP] - AU<br />
* [http://lucychili.blogspot.com DMCA in Australia] - AU<br />
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===A2K===<br />
The goals of [[wikipedia:Access to knowledge|Access to Knowledge]] are embodied in a draft treaty, emerging from a call from Brazil and Argentina for a development agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organization. The treaty is intended to ease the transfer of knowledge to developing nations, and to secure the viability of open innovation systems all over the world. http://www.cptech.org/a2k/<br />
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===Open Source Licences===<br />
* GNU GPL - GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The latest version of the license, version 2, was released in 1991. The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a modified version of the GPL, intended for some software libraries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License<br />
* Lesser GPL - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License<br />
* GNU FFL - Free Document licence (as per this wiki) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.txt<br />
* BSD licence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license<br />
* BSD and GPL comparison - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_and_GPL_licensing<br />
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===Creative Commons===<br />
The Creative Commons website enables copyright holders to grant some of their rights to the public while retaining others through a variety of licensing and contract schemes including dedication to the public domain or open content licensing terms. The intention is to avoid the problems current copyright laws create for the sharing of information. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons<br />
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===Pirates===<br />
This word has always been used fairly randomly to represent a kind of theft. <br />
For purposes of digital or intellectual property it is used to describe four main situations:<br />
* a home user working with material in a way which is not licensed.<br />
* a trader of material who is not licenced to trade that material.<br />
* a political party representing consumers who feel that the overall copyright system is broken.<br />
* some view the offensive(ie not defensive) copyright laws as a kind of piracy.<br />
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* [http://www2.piratpartiet.se/international/english Pirate Party (english)] - Sweden<br />
* [http://pirate-party.us/ United States Pirate Party] - US<br />
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====What is theft====<br />
With information there is a debate about whether information can be stolen as both groups still end up with the information. <br />
This quote from Thomas Jefferson represents that perspective:<br />
::"He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property."[http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright-2002/ipfaqs.html IP FAQs]<br />
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However one can also equate copyright infringement as invasion of privacy, like publishing another's credit card number or phone number, without permission, in public. Copyright can be used to protect authors from plagiarism, and to ensure authors, musicians, scientists gain income and recognition for work they have created.<br />
Copyright cases are often based around potential loss of income as a result.<br />
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===Patents===<br />
* origins<br />
* recent <br />
* regional<br />
* current - POV: Patents on medical research. South Africa is not a party to the DMCA because people are dying of AIDS while patent groups shut down generic drug companies in India which were able to provide medicine at a cost African people could afford.<br />
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===Copyright===<br />
Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted by governments to regulate the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. At its most general, it is literally "the right to copy" an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is ©, and in some jurisdictions may alternately be written (c). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright<br />
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The major change which is contentious and relevant to campaign.wiki is that there has been a broad shift from defensive copyright policy to offensive copyright policy.<br />
This means that fair use and fair dealing are now required to apply to be exempted from a copyright state, where as previously copyright was seen as an exception or special case to a default set of access rights. The new DMCA Digital Millenium Copyright Act also allows, through use of TPM's the copyright holder to limit other technologies which interact with the copyrighted product. This is seen, by groups wanting reform, as putting a fence around other people's copyright and freedoms rather than being a defense of the copyrighted content only.<br />
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====DRM and the DMCA====<br />
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a system, usually involving encryption, designed to prevent unauthorized used of content. Examples of DRM include the CSS encryption found in nearly all commercial DVD movies, and Apple's FairPlay encryption found in music downloaded from the iTunes Music Store. Use of these DRM schemes are mandated by movie studios and record labels (respectively) to prevent copyright infringement, but they also prevent non-infringing uses such as making backup copies of DVDs and playing iTunes music on non-Apple portable devices.<br />
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The concept of DRM is fundamentally flawed, because software and devices used for authorized playback of media need to contain all of the information needed to decrypt that media, making it relatively easy to defeat. [[Wikipedia:Jon Lech Johansen|Jon Johansen]] has cracked several of these systems, earning himself the nickname "DVD Jon". Instead of coming up with a better system, proponents of DRM convince governments to enact Digital Millennium Copyright Acts, which among other things, make it illegal to crack DRM, explain how to crack it, or to make or distribute tools to do so. This use of weak protection compensated-for by legal threats only serves to ensure that hones people with no interest in copyright infringement must either put up with crippled functionality or become criminals, while there is little to deter others from pirating content or otherwise infringing upon copyrights.<br />
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1/3 of DMCA complaints don't hold up under scrutiny, and 1/2 are filed by companies against competitors. People tend to err on the side of taking down infringing material rather than face lawsuits: http://connect.educause.edu/node/1666 http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/62 http://lawweb.usc.edu/news/dmca.html<br />
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====Broadcast flag====<br />
====TPM====<br />
Technological protection measures are any kind of barrier between the user and the copyright material.<br />
Anything which has a call response to any other thing, has an interface. These interfaces are becoming a part of the copyright issue as distributors are building packaging for their content which uses TPM locks so that it can be difficult to interface with the material. These digital locks have been developed by copyright holders or distributors to manage how the user/owner/developer/inventor interacts with the material. TPMs have caused a large part of the concern because:<br />
* It means that the purchase of a digital information product is now a lease on that product for the amount of time and for the specific purposes permitted by the TPM.<br />
* A TPM has to assume to lock you out of material, ie no fair use, until you prove you are a current customer with permission to do what you want to do. This has proven to be a problem for example when people upgrade their computers and the TPM thinks it is not the same customer.<br />
* TPMs enable a software to be black boxed so you can't see if it has spyware included, or incldues someone elses copyright material, or to see if it needs improvement if there is a bug. ie They provide privacy for the publisher but not for the owner of the computer, as both of the monitoring systems installed by Sony and MS were specifically intended to report back to the parent companies about the customer's use of their computer.<br />
* The exemptions for when it is permissable to work around a TPM are contracting with each iteration of the DMCA act. A request to have an exemption for risk to critical systems and loss of life is being contested by the DMCA lobby in the current round.<br />
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====Technologies impacted by DRM====<br />
* Any technology which has a call response to another technology can be 'protected' with a TPM. (Printer cartridges, car ignitions)<br />
* Any technology which could be used for an illegal purpose but does not have a large commercial base can be considered a circumvention device. <br />
* These laws are being used to threaten/sue people who develop technologies, because other people found an illegal use for them. <br />
* Technologies which help to format shift or to communicate between different systems, or to share files between people are being targeted.(file sharing, bitstream, I2P, Tor, font embedding, sound mixing)<br />
* Any networking technology that interacts with a copyrighted system could be blocked from being developed or sued for being used. (Samba, any mixed platform environment)<br />
* Black boxing of critical systems so that the owner cant see what's inside (Sony's DVD, MS WGA, Digital voting, Power station monitoring, economic or environmental modelling<br />
* Strong encryption<br />
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==International==<br />
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===Global===<br />
* Global Voices: <br />
* Reporteur San Frontiere pages:<br />
===India===<br />
====Background====<br />
* Freedom of Speech Situation<br />
** ...<br />
* Legal Framework<br />
** ...<br />
* Regulatory Bodies<br />
** ...<br />
====Current Situation/Issues====<br />
* The block<br />
====Organizations & Activists====<br />
* Bloggers Collective<br />
===Iran===<br />
====Background====<br />
* Freedom of Speech Situation<br />
** ...<br />
* Legal Framework<br />
** ...<br />
* Regulatory Bodies<br />
** ...<br />
====Current Situation/Issues====<br />
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===Pakistan===<br />
====Background====<br />
* Freedom of Speech Situation<br />
** ...<br />
* Legal Framework<br />
** ...<br />
* Regulatory Bodies<br />
** ...<br />
====Current Situation/Issues====<br />
* The block<br />
====Organizations & Activists====<br />
* Society Against Internet Censorship in Pakistan<br />
* Help-Pakistan<br />
* Don't Block the Blog Campaign</div>
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DMCA
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<div>==Opinionated Summary==<br />
[[Category:Controversial Laws]]The [[DMCA|Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] is widely regarded as being one of the most idiotic pieces of technology legislation to come out of the US in recent years. Among other things, the prohibitions it places on any activity which might possibly be interpretable as an attempt to defeat [[Copy Protection|copy-protection]] or [[encryption]] are truly ham fisted:<br />
* Any "technology that can circumvent measures taken to protect copyright" is now illegal under the DMCA; this includes such sophisticated items as magic markers, which can be used to defeat certain CD copy-protection schemes, and t-shirts displaying the DeCSS algorithm (less than one page of C code).<br />
* A [[wikipedia:Dmitry Sklyarov|Russian programmer]] was arrested, after giving a talk at a U.S. programming conference, for developing software to allow Adobe eBooks to be read aloud (which was not illegal in Russia)<br />
* [[Cryptology]] research is now seriously hampered by the fact that existing [[encryption]] methods may no longer legally be [[reverse-engineer]]ed for analysis. [http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/q22000/gee2000801002022.htm]<br />
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Although it did establish some useful rules, the primary impetus behind the DMCA seems to be media companies trying to prevent anyone from circumventing their [[encryption]]-based [[copy protection]].<br />
==Related Articles==<br />
* The [[DMCA]] is [[intellectual property legislation]] primarily concerned with enforcing [[copy protection]] mechanisms by placing legal protections around the secrecy of those mechanisms ([[security by obscurity]])<br />
==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* {{wikipedia|Digital Millennium Copyright Act}}<br />
* {{conservapedia|Digital Millennium Copyright Act}} (note that [[Conservapedia]] claims copyright on its contents and [[conservapedia:Conservapedia:DMCA Agent|threatens to sue for infringement under the DMCA]])<br />
* {{dkosopedia}}<br />
* {{sourcewatch|Digital Millennium Copyright Act}}<br />
* [http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/ EFF on the DMCA]<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
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===Miscellaneous===<br />
* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.1201: HR 1201] would amend the DMCA to be more reasonable<br />
** [https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr012=u4sq34bp31.app8a&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=115 letter-writing campaign] at the EFF<br />
* [http://www.lucychili.blogspot.com/ A2K v DMCA in Australia]: blog about similar legislation in Australia and other countries<br />
===News===<br />
* '''2007-05-02''' Apparently the DMCA is being used as legal grounds for issuing [[cease-and-desist]] orders to web sites posting the hexadecimal number "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0", which software must have in order to be able to play HD-DVDs. (See [[HTYP:HD-DVD]] for more technical information.)<br />
** [http://nickstallman.net/2007/05/02/09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0/ 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0] by Nick Stallman<br />
* '''2007-03-16''' [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070316-victims-fight-back-against-dmca-abuse.html Victims fight back against DMCA abuse] by Nate Anderson <br />
* '''2006-02-16''' [http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004414.php DMCA Used to Block Cellphone Secondary Market], among other more obvious uses</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-03-28_BBC_Chief_Has_Radical_Designs_on_Internet&diff=12769
2008-03-28 BBC Chief Has Radical Designs on Internet
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;Mr. Thompson's push raises a counterintuitive possibility: The world's oldest and largest public broadcaster may emerge as a pioneer of new ways of delivering TV news and entertainment. The taxpayer-financed [[BBC]] doesn't have to worry about advertisers or delivering results to [[Wall Street]]. It owns most of its own shows, so it can control how they appear online. As such, the 85-year-old global behemoth can focus on the industry's most pressing problem: keeping viewers in the [[Internet]] age.&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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2008-03-18 The Mystery of Global Warming's Missing Heat
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;Some [[Argo system|3,000 scientific robots]] that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years. That could mean global warming has taken a breather. Or it could mean scientists aren't quite understanding what their robots are telling them.&rdquo; Those in [[global warming denial]] see the data a clear [[argument against global warming]], and see [[NPR]]'s interpretation of the data as a clear display of [[liberal bias]].}}<noinclude><br />
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2006-10 In God's Name
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;Articles in this series examine how American religious organizations benefit from an increasingly accommodating government.&rdquo; 8 articles.}}<noinclude><br />
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Corruption_in_academia&diff=12763
Corruption in academia
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:issues]]{{seed}}<br />
==Links==<br />
===News===<br />
* '''2007-09-12''' [http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2007/09/new-uc-irvine-l.html New UC Irvine Law School Hires Chemerinsky as Dean, Then Fires Him for Political Reasons]<br />
====The Larry Summers Incident====<br />
* '''2005-02-28''' [http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2005/02/academic_freedo.html "Academic Freedom" for Larry Summers?]<br />
* '''2005-01-17''' [http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/01/17/summers_remarks_on_women_draw_fire/ Summers' remarks on women draw fire]: "The president of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, sparked an uproar at an academic conference Friday when he said that innate differences between men and women might be one reason fewer women succeed in science and math careers." '''A news report on the original incident'''<br />
** '''2005-01-17''' [http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/some_man_needs_to_calculate_the_rotation_velocity_of_mlks_corpse_immediatel/ Some MAN needs to calculate the rotational velocity of MLK's corpse, immediately!] by [[PZ Myers]] seems to be a detailed statement of the [[liberal (US)|liberal]] position on the incident. Myers raises many valid points, but I still don't see how this proves that Summers was ''wrong to say what he said'' (which I can't find quoted anywhere, either; apparently there are no recordings or transcripts).<br />
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===Editorial===<br />
* '''2007-01''' [http://www.apa.org/science/psa/dess.html The Realities of Conducting Laboratory Animal Research] by Nancy K. Dess: touches on, but does not really make clear, the ghastly extent to which "animal health/welfare" regulations are not only harming animal research (in addition to making it vastly more expensive to conduct) but actually making life less pleasant for the animals involved; identifies several other ethical challenges researchers face as well<br />
* '''2006-10-08''' [http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2006-10-08-1.html Groupthink and the Intellectual Elite] by [[Orson Scott Card]]<br />
* '''2006-01-08''' [http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/journals.html What We Can Do About Science Journals] by John Baez<br />
===Sites===<br />
* [http://psycrit.com PsyCrit] is an online academic journal dedicated to criticizing published [[scientific]] papers in the field of psychology</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2007-04-20_Why,_what_a_vile_little_man&diff=12761
2007-04-20 Why, what a vile little man
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;I speak of [[Dinesh D'Souza]], who seems to have noticed that his creepy and dishonest tirade against [[atheist]]s won him some attention, so now he has upped the ante, and gotten even creepier and more dishonest.&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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2008-02-20 Gene studies confirm "out of Africa" theories
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;Two big genetic studies confirm theories that modern humans [[evolution|evolved]] in Africa and then migrated through Europe and Asia to reach the Pacific and Americas. .. The two studies also show that Africans have the most diverse DNA, and the fewest potentially harmful genetic mutations. .. One of the studies shows European-Americans have more small mutations, while the others show Native Americans, Polynesians and others who populated Australia and Oceania have more big genetic changes.&rdquo;}}<noinclude><br />
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Kleptocrat
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<div>[[category:concepts]]A [[kleptocrat]] is someone who is primarily motivated by the accumulation of wealth and power, and only secondarily (if at all) motivated by protecting the long-term interests of the state or its citizens.<br />
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A state that is effectively controlled by one or more [[kleptocrat]]s, regardless of the state's official form of government, is a [[kleptocracy]].</div>
Dashmcwayne
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God condemns homosexuality
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:claims]]It is often claimed, especially by [[religious extremist]]s, that [[God]] condemns [[homosexuality]].<br />
==Reference==<br />
* Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:The Bible and homosexuality|The Bible and homosexuality]]<br />
* [http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_bibl1.htm information on homosexuality and the Bible]<br />
==Specific Religions==<br />
===Christianity===<br />
Christians who oppose homosexuality usually support this argument with various passages in the [[Bible]]:<br />
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2018:22&version=31 Leviticus 18:22]: "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." (This of course says nothing regarding lesbianism.) All of [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2018;&version=31; Leviticus 18] seems to concern laws regarding sexual relationships. ''I have been told, however, that the Levitican laws are not to be taken as current law as they are "unfulfilled". Obviously not everyone agrees with that... --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 16:08, 15 April 2007 (EDT)''<br />
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=53&chapter=6&version=9 1 Corinthians 6]:9,10: "...Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men... will inherit God's kingdom."<br />
==Counterpoints==<br />
===[[Rational]] Counterpoints===<br />
* There is no real evidence that a being such as [[God]] exists, much less that this being's opinions on ''anything'' are known, and still less that such opinions are accurately reflected by any of the various monotheistic religious [[scripture]]s, much less those condemning homosexuality in particular.<br />
* However: assuming (1) that there is an entity who is arguably God as described in various scriptural works, and (2) that the condemnations of homosexuality in those works are accurate reflections of that entity's opinion at the time of writing:<br />
** Even if God condemned homosexuality in the past (722 BC or earlier, when the [[wikipedia:Priestly source|sources for the relevant books of the Bible]] were first distributed), there is no reason to assume that he has not changed his mind:<br />
*** Homosexuality does not seem especially harmful, so why would God continue to believe that it was sinful?<br />
*** In view of the growing acceptance of homosexuality worldwide, one would expect a God entity as described in the Bible to have issued some new condemnations of homosexuality or perhaps even punishments for tolerating it, if that being truly continued to condemn it.<br />
** Assuming God continues to condemn homosexuality, regardless of whether this continuance has been made known to us:<br />
*** Why has God not bothered to explain ''why'' homosexuality really is bad, so that we can understand why all the contrary evidence should be ignored? The fact that God has not offered such an explanation casts severe doubt on either (a) the idea that God really does condemn it, or (b) that he has the best interests of humanity at heart.<br />
*** In the absence of any such explanation, claiming that we humans must ''also'' condemn it because of this is purely an [[argument from authority]].<br />
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===Doctrinal Counterpoints===<br />
It is widely believed that "[http://www.daylightatheism.org/2006/05/sin-of-sodom.html The Sin of Sodom]" was homosexuality; this is not the case. Sodom's sin was actually being "arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ezekiel%2016:49&version=31 Ezekiel 16:49, NIV translation])<br />
<br />
See [[wikipedia:The Bible and homosexuality|The Bible and homosexuality]] for many more points to consider.</div>
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Bush%27s_military_abuse&diff=12753
Bush's military abuse
2008-08-08T01:12:00Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:US.presidents.43]][[category:US.military]]This page is about [[George W. Bush]]'s flagrant misuse and maltreatment of the [[US military|military forces under his command]].<br />
==Conclusions==<br />
Although supporters of [[George W. Bush]] make much of his "tough" policy on [[war on terror|terrorism]], by both misusing the troops under his command and by taking actions which weaken the military in general he is not only failing to effectively fight terrorism in the present but also seriously eroding and undermining the American ability to do so in the long term.<br />
==Related Pages==<br />
* [[US military readiness]] has plummeted to dangerous levels under Bush: we are not currently prepared to deal with even a ''single'' significant event, much less two as was the goal under [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]].<br />
* Under Bush, there has been an increasing pattern of replacing top-level officers with Christian evangelists in an apparent attempt to encourage [[religious control of the US military]]<br />
==Quote==<br />
{{excerpt|[[David Brin]] said in [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2007/09/real-war-of-gw-bush-against-us-military.html Contrary Brin]:}}<br />
[Even] as recently as 2002, it seemed that the US military services could do nothing wrong. That their skills and equipment and elan were so far ahead of any possible combination of foes, that any future adversaries would have to act against us in secret, or not at all.<br />
<br />
This impression was doubly reinforced after stunning military (though not political) success in the first [[Gulf War]] (1991), followed by almost perfect execution of skilled diplomacy and policy in the [[Balkans Intervention]]. (All stated goals were achieved within weeks, at zero cost in US lives, clear exit strategies were followed to the letter, all "nation building" chores were delegated to others, readiness and budgets were unaffected and our popularity in the [[Muslim]] world went up.)<br />
<br />
Moreover, if anyone was still unconvinced of US prowess, there came [[9/11]], followed by our swift intervention in [[Afghanistan]] when President GW Bush said “Go!” to an existing [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]-Clark plan - one that hewed closely to the Powell Doctrine of professionalism, intense diplomacy and selective application of overwhelming (if surgical) force.<br />
<br />
If Osama’s ultimate 9/11 plan was (according to many experts) to draw us into the Kush Mountains' killing zone, where he had already helped to humble one superpower, he was shocked and bitterly disappointed when the US led a coordinated campaign, combining local forces with air power and extensive local expertise, swiftly eliminated the [[Taliban]] regime that had succored bin Laden. An entire enemy regime toppled - fair enough retaliation for 9/11... and Osama was running for his life.<br />
<br />
And all of these successes (since 1992) were accomplished without any truly substantial [[American dishonor|stains upon our nation's or the military's honor]]. (Indeed, at that point -- with the Taliban toppled -- shouldn’t we all have been allowed to get back to our lives? Would not that have been the ultimate punishment of terrorists?)<br />
<br />
At this point, there also seemed to be a peak in international acceptance of unipolarity... the notion that having just one superpower is a good thing. Despite some gnashing of teeth in Moscow, Paris and Beijing, very few other nations sent delegates to meetings on the topic "what shall be done about America?" We were that popular. That strong. And apparently that unbeatable.<br />
<br />
Only now... where is that reputation?<br />
<br />
Reiterating: even if you put aside all the unnecessary death and theft and incompetence and immorality of recent years, you would still be left with a Bush Administration that has squandered and spoiled something both pragmatic and precious -- an appearance of invincibility that helped to keep the peace, better than whole divisions.<br />
<br />
Now that inestimable aura is gone. Ask anyone, around the world, what their perception is, of a US Army that flounders, mired up to its neck in a quagmire of confusion, sloppy waste, plummeting morale and blurry goals. Is our current reputation an effective deterrent? Or does it encourage others to restore a multipolar, militarily competitive world?<br />
<br />
Even (especially) [[American conservative]]s should find this a case of utter - and possibly criminal - betrayal of leadership.<br />
{{-excerpt}}</div>
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=US_foreign_relations&diff=12751
US foreign relations
2008-08-08T01:11:53Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:US]]Relations between the {{USA}} and other countries{{seed}}<br />
==Related Pages==<br />
* [[US immigration]]<br />
* [[US-Iran relations]]<br />
** [[potential US invasion of Iran]]<br />
* [[US-Iraq relations]]<br />
** [[US-Iraq War]]<br />
*** [[US justifications for invading Iraq]]<br />
*** [[US invasion of Iraq]]<br />
*** [[US occupation of Iraq]]<br />
* [[US-Israel relations]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
{{links.tagged}}</div>
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-01-23_How_to_Lie_About_Lying&diff=12749
2008-01-23 How to Lie About Lying
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2008-01-23}}<br />
{{data.pair|Topics|\neocon reality inversion\liberal media elite\2008-01-22 study of Bush Iraq lies\partisanship}}<br />
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{{data.pair|Title|How to Lie About Lying}}<br />
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;Now, would any disinterested party read the above -- and not think '''the study authors were accusing President Bush and his administration of deliberately lying us into war?''' Surely this subtextual implication must have crept in because of bad writing; I can't imagine that the elite media would be so ''intentionally'' [[partisan]].&rdquo; See [[2008-01-22 study of Bush Iraq lies]] for further discussion.}}<noinclude><br />
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Association_fallacy&diff=12747
Association fallacy
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[category:logical fallacies]]An [[association fallacy]] is a type of [[logical fallacy]] which asserts (or implies) that qualities of one are inherently qualities of another, merely by association. The two types are sometimes referred to as "guilt by association" and "honor by association."<br />
<br />
The association fallacy is a special case of [[red herring]], and is often based in an [[appeal to emotion]]. {{wpref|Association fallacy}}<br />
<br />
The association fallacy is also a form of [[reasoning by reputation]] when it is applied to personal reputations.<br />
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==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* {{wikipedia}}<br />
* {{conservapedia|Guilt by Association}} (Guilt by Association)<br />
* <s>{{dkosopedia}}</s>[[category:!dkosopedia]] no equivalent article (as of 2008-05-06)<br />
* <s>{{sourcewatch}}</s>[[category:!sourcewatch]] no equivalent article (as of 2008-05-06); see [[sourcewatch:Transfer (propaganda technique)|Transfer]]<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
{{links.tagged}}</div>
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Security&diff=12745
Security
2008-08-08T01:11:30Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[Category:Issues]]The word [[security]] covers a wide range of issues:<br />
* home security<br />
** intrusion prevention & detection<br />
** fire prevention & detection<br />
** disaster contingency plans (hurricanes, flooding)<br />
** back-up utility systems (emergency water, electricity, heat, communications)<br />
* personal security<br />
** physical safety (especially anything not covered by "home security")<br />
** identity safety (prevention and detection of unauthorized use of one's personal credentials)<br />
** privacy (prevention and detection of unauthorized distribution of private information)<br />
* "[[homeland security]]"<br />
** defense against open attack by known enemies<br />
** defense against terrorism (unexpected attack by unknown enemies)<br />
===Myths===<br />
Some common but mistaken assumptions about security include [http://www.futurist.com/archives/society-and-culture/value-and-empowerment/]:<br />
* that there is a basic, zero-sum tradeoff between safety and freedom: we can only augment one by diminishing the other<br />
* that major incidents such as [[9/11]] only happen because of some kind of "security breakdown" requiring stringent fixes by a protective government<br />
* that only professionals have a role to play in coping with 21st century dangers<br />
<br />
==Related Pages==<br />
* [[airport security]]<br />
<br />
==Issues==<br />
===War on Liquids===<br />
Apparently the reason for the new restrictions on carrying liquids is a foiled terrorist plot which apparently wasn't chemically possible in the first place:<br />
* '''2006-12-13''' [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/13/war-on-moisture-char.html War on moisture: charges dropped in "liquid terror" plane plot]: "A judge in Pakistan has decided there is not enough evidence to try the main suspect in a purported terror plot to blow up airlines with liquids. This alleged international conspiracy is the reason you now have to carry less-than-3 oz bottles of mouthwash and shampoo in clear ziplock bags when you fly."<br />
* '''2006-08-16''' [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/16/would-a-hairgel-bomb.html Would a hair-gel bomb actually work?] posted by [[Cory Doctorow]]<br />
==Links==<br />
===Articles===<br />
*[[David Brin]]:<br />
** '''2001 (post-[[9/11]])''': [http://www.futurist.com/archives/society-and-culture/value-and-empowerment/ The value - and empowerment - of common citizens in an age of danger]: on [[citizen empowerment]] as the best technique for homeland security<br />
** '''2005''': [http://davidbrin.com/noplacetohidesidebar.html on Sousveillance] as a means of enhancing [[transparency]]: "...the most objectionable sections of [[the Patriot Act]] were not those portions allowing the FBI to see, or surveil, a little better. (How, in any event, will you prevent it?) Rather, the truly scary parts of that law were those removing oversight, supervision and the power of each well-informed citizen to hold public servants accountable."<br />
===News===<br />
* '''2007-09-28''' [http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/alabama-city-reopening-fallout-shelters/20070927171609990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001 Alabama City Reopening Fallout Shelters]: "In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation's most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground." ''eventually move to [[US security]] page''<br />
* '''2006-11-15''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111401312.html Amateur Videos Are Putting Official Abuse in New Light] (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Sousveillance at work<br />
====videotaping of police====<br />
* '''2007-06-19''' [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,284075,00.html Videotaping Police]: "Kelly was charged with a felony, spent 26 hours in jail, and faces up to 10 years in prison. All for merely recording a police officer, a public servant, while he was on the job."<br />
** '''2007-06-21''' [http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnews/2007/06/197281-wiretap_charge_dropped_in_poli.html Wiretap charge dropped in police video case]: '"When police are audio- and video-recording traffic stops with notice to the subjects, similar actions by citizens, even if done in secret, will not result in criminal charges," Freed said yesterday. "I intend to communicate this decision to all police agencies within the county so that officers on the street are better-prepared to handle a similar situation should it arise again."'<br />
** '''2007-06-21''' [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2007/06/crisis-in-transparency-and-finale-on.html A Crisis in Transparency] by [[David Brin]] (piece at the beginning of a longer blog entry) comments briefly on the above case<br />
* '''2006-12-29''' [http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/12/29/the-tsa-follies-5/ The TSA Follies]: "Are you more afraid of airport security procedures than of terrorism? Do you think the [[Department of Homeland Security]] is out of their minds? If so, you aren’t alone. Here are three reports from recent air travelers of the lunacy they encountered at the airport security checkpoint."<br />
* '''2005-07-20''' [http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/05/541.asp Federal Judge: Videotaping Police Traffic Stops OK]: "A federal court has ruled police cannot arrest a man for peacefully videotaping a traffic stop." (Includes link to PDF of the decision.)</div>
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=George_W._Bush/impeachment/2008_resolution/Article_XVII&diff=12743
George W. Bush/impeachment/2008 resolution/Article XVII
2008-08-08T01:11:23Z
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<div>'''Article XVII'''. ILLEGAL DETENTION: DETAINING INDEFINITELY AND WITHOUT CHARGE PERSONS BOTH U.S. CITIZENS AND FOREIGN CAPTIVES<br />
<br />
In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional<br />
oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability,<br />
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional<br />
duty under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed",<br />
has both personally and acting through his agents and subordinates, together with the Vice President,<br />
violated United States and International Law and the US Constitution by illegally detaining indefinitely<br />
and without charge persons both US citizens and foreign captives.<br />
<br />
In a statement on Feb. 7, 2002, President Bush declared that in the US fight against Al Qaeda, "none of<br />
the provisions of Geneva apply," thus rejecting the [[Geneva Conventions]] that protect captives in wars<br />
and other conflicts. By that time, the administration was already transporting captives from the war in<br />
Afghanistan, both alleged [[Al Qaeda]] members and supporters, and also Afghans accused of being<br />
fighters in the army of the [[Taliban]] government, to US-run prisons in Afghanistan and to the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|detention facility]] at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The round-up and detention without charge of Muslim non-citizens inside the US began almost immediately after the [[2001-09-11 attacks|September 11, 2001 attacks]] on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with some being held as long as nine months. The US, on orders of the president, began capturing and detaining without charge alleged terror suspects in other countries and detaining them abroad and at the US Naval base in Guantanamo. <br />
<br />
Many of these detainees have been subjected to systematic abuse, including beatings, which have been<br />
subsequently documented by news reports, photographic evidence, testimony in Congress, lawsuits,<br />
and in the case of detainees in the US, by an investigation conducted by the Justice Department's Office<br />
of the Inspector General.<br />
<br />
In violation of US law and the Geneva Conventions, the Bush Administration instructed the<br />
Department of Justice and the US Department of Defense to refuse to provide the identities or locations<br />
of these detainees, despite requests from Congress and from attorneys for the detainees. The president<br />
even declared the right to detain US citizens indefinitely, without charge and without providing them<br />
access to counsel or the courts, thus depriving them of their constitutional and basic human rights.<br />
Several of those US citizens were held in military brigs in solitary confinement for as long as three<br />
years before being either released or transferred to civilian detention.<br />
<br />
Detainees in US custody in Iraq and Guantanamo have, in violation of the Geneva Conventions, been<br />
hidden from and denied visits by the International Red Cross organization, while thousands of others in<br />
Iraq, Guantanamo, Afghanistan, ships in foreign off-shore sites, and an unknown number of so-called<br />
"black sites" around the world have been denied any opportunity to challenge their detentions. The<br />
president, acting on his own claimed authority, has declared the hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo<br />
Bay to be "enemy combatants" not subject to US law and not even subject to military law, but<br />
nonetheless potentially liable to the death penalty.<br />
<br />
The detention of individuals without due process violates the 5th Amendment. While the Bush<br />
administration has been rebuked in several court cases, most recently that of Ali al-Marri, it continues<br />
to attempt to exceed constitutional limits.<br />
<br />
In all of these actions violating US and International law, President George W. Bush has acted in a<br />
manner contrary to his trust as President and Commander in Chief, and subversive of constitutional<br />
government, to the prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of<br />
the United States. Wherefore, President George W. Bush, by such conduct, is guilty of an impeachable<br />
offense warranting removal from office.</div>
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https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=Richard_Mellon_Scaife&diff=12741
Richard Mellon Scaife
2008-08-08T01:11:16Z
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<div>==Overview==<br />
[[Richard Mellon Scaife]] has used his vast inherited fortune to become "one of the principal financiers of the institutions of the [[US conservatism|conservative movement]]" in the {{USA}}, "most famously the [[Heritage Foundation]]".<br />
==Links==<br />
===Reference===<br />
* {{wikipedia}}<br />
* {{conservapedia}}<br />
* {{dkosopedia}}<br />
* {{sourcewatch}}<br />
===Filed Links===<br />
{{links.tagged}}</div>
Dashmcwayne
https://issuepedia.org/mw/index.php?title=2008-03-21_Anchor_Walks_Off_Set,_Wallace_Rails_Network_For_Obama-Bashing&diff=12739
2008-03-21 Anchor Walks Off Set, Wallace Rails Network For Obama-Bashing
2008-08-08T01:11:09Z
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<div><noinclude>[[category:data.links]]</noinclude>{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{data.pair|Date|2008-03-21}}<br />
{{data.pair|Topics|\Barack Obama\Fox News\2008 US presidential race\Chris Wallace}}<br />
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{{data.pair|Text|(includes 2 embedded videos) &ldquo;This morning on "Fox and Friends," Brian Kilmeade walked off the set after a dispute with his co-hosts Gretchen Carlson (she who celebrates deadly floods) and Steve Doocy over [[Barack Obama|Obama]]'s comment that his grandmother is a "typical white person." Kilmeade argued that the remark needed to be taken in context and eventually got so fed up with his co-hosts that he walked off set. .. Later, "Fox News Sunday" host [[Chris Wallace]] came on the show and railed against "Fox and Friends" for what he called "Obama-bashing."}}<noinclude><br />
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