Restore Habeas Corpus

post from William K. Wolfrum on 19 September 2007 10:01:18 AM. © William K. Wolfrum

It is truly shameful that we have to fight to get habeas corpus back. But we do have to fight for it.From Restore-Habeas.org:This week, we have a critical opportunity to restore habeas corpus.The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act gives us a chance to reverse one of the Bush Administration?s many assaults ...

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Racial polls on O.J. will help keep your mind off
nuking of Iran

post from William K. Wolfrum on 19 September 2007 10:01:18 AM. © William K. Wolfrum

Ok, the news about O.J. Simpson broke on Friday and he was arrested over the weekend. This only can mean one thing: We are 15 minutes away from being deluged by polls showing that white people think O.J. is guilty while black people don't believe he's guilty.By the end of ...

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Keyes!

post from William K. Wolfrum on 19 September 2007 10:01:18 AM. © William K. Wolfrum

Forget everything you thought you knew about the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. Alan Keyes is now in the race for the GOP nomination. All. Bets. Off.--WKW

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Coming to a newsstand near you

post from William K. Wolfrum on 19 September 2007 10:01:18 AM. © William K. Wolfrum

101 uses for a Blackwater Mercenary: Coming soon to the pages of Soldier of Fortune And a big thanks to Melissa McEwan, whose artwork, dedication to the premise, and hours of hard work made this blog post possible.--WKW

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Brazilian soccer player gets clubbed after Little
Seal dribble

post from William K. Wolfrum on 19 September 2007 10:01:18 AM. © William K. Wolfrum

Toward the end of Cruzeiro's derby victory over crosstown rivals Atletico, Cruzeiro striker Kerlon decided it was time to pull out his patented "Little Seal" dribble. The results? Well, watch for yourself.The Atletico player, Coehlo, was sent off for giving the teen-age Kerlon a take down any NFL player would ...

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Americans rarely know how many theyve killed

post from William K. Wolfrum on 19 September 2007 10:01:18 AM. © William K. Wolfrum

Ask anyone how many were killed as a result of the Vietnam War, and even those who lived through it will give you a number like 200,000, at most.The real number, counting both military and civilians, is in the millions.Now ask someone how many deaths the Occupation of Iraq has ...

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American mercenaries Blackwater banned from Iraq

post from William K. Wolfrum on 19 September 2007 10:01:18 AM. © William K. Wolfrum

It seems some Iraqis have had enough with the American mercenaries of Blackwater roaming around the countryside, doing the dirty work that international law won't allow regular armies to do."Blackwater security firm banned from Iraq"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's Interior Ministry has revoked the license of Blackwater Security Consulting, an ...

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Tell Your Senator To Pass Webb's Dwell Time
Amendment

post from Daily Kos on 19 September 2007 09:59:42 AM. © Daily Kos

Senator Jim Webb (via email):

Today, Senator Chuck Hagel and I will reintroduce an amendment that seeks to provide our men and women in uniform with the responsible rotational cycles they deserve.

We will be offering an amendment that requires our troops have a 1:1 deployment-to-dwell ratio for active units and members. This is a minimum floor. The Department of Defense's historic policy and current goal is a ratio of 1:2. Currently, Army units are deployed for 15 months with 12 months at home. It is not unusual for Marines also to have less time at home than the length of their last deployment.

This amendment is vital to the continued morale and effectiveness of our Armed Forces, which are breaking under the strain of unprecedented long deployments in combat zones.

Please email your Senators before today's vote. Encourage them to support my Dwell Time Amendment to support our troops.

This Dwell Time Amendment provides a safety net under our troops. However long a servicemember has been deployed, they deserve at least that much time at home. It is a very simple, common sense amendment.

In July, my amendment received 56 votes. We need just 4 more votes this time to pass this amendment, and I am asking for your help.

Please take a moment now, and send a message to your Senators to support the Dwell Time Amendment.

After 4 1/2 years of occupation in Iraq, it is time for the availability of troops to dictate the operational tempo, not the other way around. I hope you will join me in supporting this important
legislation. Then help me spread the word to friends and family across the country. For the sake of our servicemembers and their families, this is the right thing to do.

Sincerely,

Jim Webb

You can use the form here at the Born Fighting PAC to email your Senator. Call your Senator as well (especially if they are Republicans), and report the status of their position in the thread below. The switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Toll free is 888-355-3588.

Update: These six Republican Senators are wavering. Give them a call now! [BarbinMD]

Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
DC: 202-224-6665
Anchorage: 907-271-3735

George Voinovich (R-Ohio)
DC: (202) 224-3353
Cleveland: (216) 522-7095

Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina)
DC: 202-224-6342
Raleigh: 866-420-6083

John Warner (R-Virginia)
DC: (202) 224-2023
Roanoke: (540) 857-2676

Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
DC: 202-224-2541
Louisville: 502-82-6304

Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania)
DC: 202-224-4254
Harrisburg: (717) 782-3951

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GOP: On Iraq, All Talk, No Action (Except
Marching Over A Cliff)

Update [2007-9-19 9:8:2 by DemFromCT]:: A reminder to our GOP colleagues:

Americans aren’t just having a tough time seeing themselves pulling the lever for Republicans these days. Fewer are seeing themselves as Republicans, period...

The development provides another angle from which to view the party’s plight in being defined in the public’s minds by an unpopular president sticking with an unpopular war and a group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill who continue to serve up easy fodder for late-night talk shows.

It's the war, stupid.

Democratic pollster Jay Campbell of Hart Research, which works with Public Opinion Strategies on the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, suggests that these shifts demonstrate the power that one overarching issue — in this case, Iraq — has to move the electorate.

Meanwhile, we have our regularly scheduled WaPo feature, the "feel sorry for me, I'm a GOP moderate" story running today.

On Iraq, Republicans who once might have yielded to White House appeals for unity are finding such salesmanship far less persuasive.

"My tendency is to try and be supportive of the president," said Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio), who is considering voting for Webb's rest-time amendment, which he opposed in July. "But if I have looked at something and studied it and conclude that that's not the right course, then I'm going to do what I do."

All of this has clearly weighed down the Republican Party. Six House Republicans and two GOP senators -- including independent-minded lawmakers such as Ramstad, Pryce and Rep. Ray LaHood (Ill.), as well as Sens. John W. Warner (Va.) and Chuck Hagel (Neb.) -- have announced their retirements.

At a gloomy meeting of House Republicans yesterday, lawmakers hashed over the updated list of retirements while leaders again exhorted their rank-and-file to get out and raise money if they do not want to be in an even deeper hole in November 2008.

We know that the GOP isn't monolithic, they just vote that way. They're feeling the heat and they read the polls just the same way we do. Check out those independents.

We know they are paying attention.

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said a meeting that once would have been depressing has become so commonplace that it is now boring.

"People are taking very seriously the notion that Democrats are far ahead of us in having top-tier candidates for the White House and are well-positioned to defend their own on Capitol Hill," LaHood said. "There are no illusions out here."

So, despite the absence of illusions (h/t pastordan), they are going to... do what? Continue to lock-step march off the cliff? Sacrifice themselves in 2008 for Junior, one of the most unpopular Presidents in polling history?

What's up with Republicans? And what, exactly, is wrong with them? And don't tell me it's because Democrats haven't been nice enough to them.

"We haven’t found much movement with the Republicans. They seem to be sticking with the president," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday. "I think they’ve decided they definitely want this to be the Republican Senate’s war, not just Bush’s [war]. They’re jealous. They don’t want him to have it as only his war."

If they can't stand the heat, they can get out of the kitchen. Or get thrown out before they break any more eggs.

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Question & Answer with Prospers CEO - Chris
Larsen

My Prosper Interview with Chris Larsen:S.O. - Could you please introduce yourself and how you came up with the idea for Prosper?C.L. - Chris Larsen, Co-Founder and CEO of Prosper. The idea behind Prosper really stems from my experience as co-founder of E-LOAN. At E-LOAN, we were able to fundamentally change the mortgage, home [...]

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