Bush greeted by angry protesters, Democrats told to "Get a Spine"

Close to 75 protesters gathered by 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, on East 17th Avenue, within the Ohio Exposition Center complex, to send a message to President Bush and the Ohio Democratic Party.

Bush?s motorcade arrived around 10:50 am and was greeted with angry shouts and signs to repeal the Patriot Act, bring our troops home from Iraq, reject electronic voting machines and to fully investigate the $215 million diverted from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation fund into Republican campaign coffers. "I think the George Bush campaign raised a lot of illegal money in Ohio," US Rep. Sherrod Brown said. "That puts the election in some question," as reported at www.ohiohonestelections.org.

Just before noon, as the motorcade of SUV limos exited the Ohio Highway Patrol Academy, and drove slowly past the demonstration, a secret service agent, riding shotgun, raised his machine gun for all to see through an open window.

Commission rules against ancient Ohio forest: Coal mining allowed under and adjacent to Dysart Woods

On May 26th, the Ohio Reclamation Commission upheld the granting of a permit allowing coal mining under and adjacent to Dysart Woods, one of Ohio?s last ancient forests. The area has been designated as a National Natural Landmark by the federal government, and as an ?Area Unsuitable for Mining? by the State of Ohio.

The Buckeye Forest Council denounced the commission?s decision saying they ignored evidence proving that the permit is illegal and will harm Dysart Woods.

?The Commission?s ruling to allow the mining beneath the old-growth forest at Dysart to go forward demonstrates beyond a shadow of a doubt that the system set up to safeguard Ohio?s environment and public lands for the citizens of Ohio is broken,? said Susan Heitker, executive coordinator of the Buckeye Forest Council. ?The Buckeye Forest Council could not have shown more clearly that the permit issued to Ohio Valley Coal Company is illegal and will harm Dysart Woods.?

Superstitious women

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A defrocked Buddhist novice who roasted a baby to create a powerful ghost has been arrested for allegedly tricking women into giving him cash and sex during useless animist rituals, according to police and anti-corruption officials.

Police, Justice Ministry officials, and Anti-Money Laundering Office agents spent Tuesday (July 19) sifting through property they seized last week from Harn Raksajit, including skulls, Buddhist and Hindu statues, a Mercedes Benz, wax dolls, Viagra, women's underwear and a large, locked safe.

Harn's clients included several distraught women who claimed he promised to enhance their ability to attract men in exchange for hundreds of dollars, and occasional sexual favors, they gave the 45-year-old occultist.

Physically, Harn displays a freakish appearance with dense "magical" calligraphy and designs tattooed all over his body.

Many Thais believe tattooed quotes from Buddhist and Hindu scripture, written in ancient Pali and Sanskrit, can deflect death, including bullets, car crashes and other danger.

Civic Engagement and the Restoration of Community from a voter activist’s view

Cincinnati, OH. Close to fifty grassroots leaders from around Ohio showed up for a three-hour interactive seminar presented by author, Peter Block, from his Civic Engagement Series. Block is an engaging public speaker who has published six books. The free event was sponsored by independent candidate John Eastman for Secretary of State, the only candidate in any Ohio race with a strong and well-articulated election reform platform.

The day-long seminar broke for about 75 minutes for a varied and well-prepared buffet, assisted by four hard-working teenagers. The afternoon session provided attendees with practical application of the principles raised in “Changing the Nature of the Conversation.” Note-taking was replaced with a 32-page booklet, the cover of which captures an older African American woman indicating her unity and demanding her voice be heard. Block reframes George Lakoff’s “debate” to a conversation, with questions.

Block breaks down civic conversations into six areas, which adequately represent the stages of activism, but

We're missing the point

AUSTIN -- Now it's getting funnier and funnier. There is an elephant in the living room and we're sitting around having a conversation about whether there's an elephant in the living room.

"I think there's an elephant in the living room."

"Well, there's a lot of elephant poop around, but that doesn't prove there's an elephant in the living room."

The entire Republican Party is shocked (!) anyone would think that Karl Rove (!!) would leak a story to damage a political opponent. Oh, the horror. And Karl has always been such a sweet guy. Just to give you an idea, one time Rove was displeased with the job done by a political advance man and said, "We will f--- him. Do you hear me? We will f--- him. We will ruin him. Like no one has ever f---ed him!" (From an article by Ron Suskind). And that was a guy who was on his side.

Attacking an opponent's wife is standard operating procedure for Rove. Have Republicans actually convinced themselves that he wouldn't do such a thing? People, sometimes party loyalty asks too much.

Will Traitor Rove follow in .....article... Great!

Mr. Wasserman:  

Thank you so very much for this article! I remember being stunned by the revelation that Kissinger had delayed the war so Nixon could be elected. I was furious! I knew many of the young men who were killed in that war, but never in my life time (72 Years old) would I ever have dreamed our own country could be divided so deliberately by the methods of one man as much as Karl Rove has. But here we are!  

When George W. was a candidate, we believed the country would see through this phony. Why couldn't they see he was and still is only a fake Wizard behind a curtain?  

I was appalled and still am, that a Limbaugh could be taken seriously. He also has disrupted our strong moral values. We no longer treat each other with respect. You are either red or blue. to one another. We have been compromised. Ethics, integrity and honesty have been trashed. Look at  corporate America.  

Plamegate holds some promise.  On this little dirty trick, Rove has just stepped in his own "Turd " cow pad and this time he won't be able to get rid of the stink.  

Keep up the good work. I'll look forward to your next article.  

Torture in Iraq

Greetings,

  Ya know,one of Saddam's favorite torture styles was using bolt cutters to lop off fingers. I wonder how many would be missing before you started begging to have your picture taken with the woman's panties on your head. Torture and humiliation mean different things dumbass. G Kirk ,Visalia,Ca.

War and Venture Capitalism

During the Vietnam War, one of the peace movement’s more sardonic slogans was: “War is good business. Invest your son.”

In recent years, some eminent pundits and top government officials have become brazen about praising war as a good investment.

Thomas Friedman’s 1999 book “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” summed up a key function of the USA’s high-tech arsenal. “The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist,” he wrote. “McDonald’s cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the U.S. Air Force F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies to flourish is called the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.”

On Sept. 12, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke this way as he defended the U.S. military occupation of Iraq: “Since the United States and its coalition partners have invested a great deal of political capital, as well as financial resources, as well as the lives of our young men and women -- and we have a large force there now -- we can’t be expected to suddenly just step aside.” He was

Tell Bush to Keep his Promise and Fire Karl Rove

It's perfectly clear that Rove - the person at the center of the slash and burn, smear and divide tactics that have come to characterize the Bush Administration - has to go. Despite carefully worded denials, it is now apparent that Karl Rove discussed the identity of an undercover CIA agent with a reporter. His clear aim was to discredit that agent's husband who had dared to challenge the Administration in the buildup to the war. There appears to be no limit to the lengths to which Rove - and this Administration - will go. But, there is a limit to the patience of the American people - and we have reached it. President Bush has a choice to make: Spend the months ahead focused on protecting Karl Rove's job security or spend them focused on protecting America's national security. We are asking the President and the White House to do what they promised. When the scandal first broke, here's what the President's spokesman, Scott McClellan, said: "If anyone in this Administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this Administration." (9/29/03, White House press briefing). Now we will find out if the Administration is good to its word.

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