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Obama rally in Portland draws 75,000 (w/pics,
video)

post from American Street on 18 May 2008 09:53:00 PM. © American Street

.At Portland’s Waterfront Park, Obama spoke to the laregest crowd of his entire campaign: 75,000. That’s the same size as the attendance at the last SuperBowl. It’s the largest crowd for any event in Oregon history, larger than Vietnam War protests even. By direct comparison, John Kerry drew 45,000 to the same place 4 [...]

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Soldier Uses Koran For Target Practice

post from TalkLeft on 18 May 2008 09:52:00 PM. © TalkLeft

An update on U.S. efforts to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis:

The commander of United States troops in Baghdad asked local leaders and tribal sheiks this weekend for their forgiveness after the discovery that a soldier had used a Koran for target practice at a shooting range.

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Siegelman on Rove

post from TalkLeft on 18 May 2008 09:46:00 PM. © TalkLeft

Strong words -- necessary words -- from Don Siegelman, who discusses (among other topics) Karl Rove's involvement with Siegelman's prosecution:

The Star: Why do you believe Rove hasn't agreed to testify under oath?
Siegelman: He doesn't want to run the risk of lying under oath and being prosecuted for perjury. ... When Conyers invited him to testify under oath, he's dodged that, he's skated, and I think it's clear he's got something to hide. Otherwise, there is no reason why he wouldn't testify under oath.

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Siegelman: It's much bigger than me because it's not just my case. This was not an isolated incident. This was a pernicious, political plan that was set in motion by Karl Rove to further his espoused dream of establishing a permanent Republican majority in this country, and what he left out was by any means necessary.
It is clear to me — and I think to those who have been investigating, and that's why they're so hot about this case — it is clear that Karl Rove abused his power and misused the Department of Justice as a political tool to win elections, and that is something that would happen in a police state. That is something that we might have read about in history books as happening in Russia, but it is not something that should be allowed to happen in the United States of America. And Congress, and I believe John Conyers, clearly sees this as a wrongful action against democracy in this country, and he wants to make a statement that is clear and unequivocal that this kind of abuse of power is not going to be tolerated under any administration whether it's a Democratic administration or a Republican administration.

We have got to regain control over our system of justice, and it's got to be put back in order, and not allowed ever to be used in this manner again.

That's why I've been working not just on my legal appeal, but on an appeal to the United States Congress to keep digging in and fighting for the truth.

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Climate Law and Hard Decisions

post from Open Left - Front Page on 18 May 2008 09:45:00 PM. © Open Left - Front Page

There have been times in our nation's history when it was hard to do the right thing. As has been[...]

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Iraq Papers Mon: Prosecuting the MPs

post from IraqSlogger.com on 18 May 2008 09:40:48 PM. © IraqSlogger.com

A significant development - which went largely unreported in the Western Press - was the recent request by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to lift the parliamentary immunity of 11 MPs, in a prelude to their legal prosecution.

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Venture to Light Africa with Dirt Power

post from The Paragraph on 18 May 2008 09:35:58 PM. © The Paragraph

“For all the Pan-Africanism of the last four decades,” said Hugo Van Vuuren, “it is quite rare to have young students from South, East, and West Africa, in the same room without a soccer ball somehow involved.”x1 Van Vuuren was[...]

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Sen. Joe Biden: The President had me negotiate
with Gaddafi: He should fire Gates and Rice as appeasers

post from Crooks and Liars on 18 May 2008 09:03:49 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Sen. Joe Biden was on ABC’s THIS WEEK and took President Bush and John McCain to the woodshed over their latest attacks on the entire Democratic Party including Barack Obama over their negotiating in any form with Iran. He busts Bush for being a complete hypocrite. Wow, who knew? Bush asked Biden [...]

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One Soldier Says No

Lost amidst the already minimal coverage of the House Iraq funding bill defeat (though the vote to force Iraqis to pay for reconstruction passed) was the appearance on the Hill of a number of Iraq veterans. Telling Congress of their experiences and[...]

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Weekend Wind Down

Guest post by ScanJohn Cale - "Hallelujah"I hope everyone had a great weekend. Some very important days lay ahead.[...]

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CBS Censors Itself to Protect Iraqi Refugees

Within moments of the CBS "60 Minutes" broadcast tonight of a 13-minute report on a heroic American helping desperate Iraqis seeking asylum in the U.S., CBS News posted a heavily-edited version of report online without a single image of Iraqi refugees featured in the TV version of the report.

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