Yeah...NUMERO UNO...Yeah

"as planned" WOW! If things go "as planned" get on the horn and give the WH some lessons in planning. They could use some direction.

nah, their planning is great if you want a completely F--ked up country. What could go wrong? They have it all under control don't they?

YAY, he said "more news".

It's great your book is coming out. But a little less Hubris about it, however, would be in order...

David, do you have any connection with Publishers in Norway? I would like to see the book translated into Norwegian for the Norwegian public. (Not all of us understand English). I will be ordering the book soon, just hope it does'nt take too long across the "Pond".

Tim (last thread)
The people of South Lebanon ARE not Hezbollah. Hezbollah are located in South Lebanon. Though, I don't support Hezbollah my self, I do understand why people in South Lebanon, who have suffered from all sorts of warlike situations for decades, support an organization that, for the last six years have been building schools and hospitals in the area.
I don't support terror of any sort, no matter where it comes from. Terror is not the right way to achive one goals, neither is WAR.

Terrorism is the poor mans war on the rich. War is the rich mans terrorism on the poor. Just a matter or view point. Do not correct the causes just bitch about the tactics, and oh yeah let an idiot occupy the white house, that sounds like a recipe for success. See how well it is working for the US?

Choose The single clenched fist lifted and ready,
Or the open hand held out and waiting.
Choose: For we meet by one or the other.
Carl Sandburg

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
Will Rogers

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.
Gustave Flaubert

"I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those words?"
--George W. Bush, asked if the tide was turning in Iraq, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"I can only speak to myself." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005

#8 WTF

Very well said!

GO HERE FOR SOME AFTERNOON LAUGHS Not for neocons!

BARRICK GOLD SUED FOR GOLD FRAUD Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com

An anti-trust lawsuit filed today accuses Barrick Gold Corp., Toronto, and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York City, of "unlawfully combining to actively manipulate the price of gold" and making (US)$2 billion in short-selling profits by suppressing the price of gold at the expense of individual investors.The suit was filed by Blanchard and Co. Inc. of New Orleans, the largest retail dealer in physical gold in the United States, and by Blanchard clients who bought gold bullion.
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And it's about time those crooks got what they deserve.

The 9/11 Commission: A Play on Nothing in Three Acts By Sibel Edmonds & Bill Weaver National Security Whistleblowers Coalition www.nswbc.org

Initially, this play, scripted by the very powers the commission was to investigate, was to have only two acts. However, due to gradually increasing critiques by some in the media, even some of those who originally attended the serenade chorus, and fairly loud boos from some of the previously cheering audience, the producers have now decided to add additional act(s). Act Three, the Finger-Pointing and Blame Game, stars Kean and Hamilton as two comrades holding hands during the act and directing blame at the other eight commission members, who are now cast as traitors and deceivers. The audience is led to assume that the other eight members were responsible for the now untenable report; decided to pursue practical failure but achieve popular success; traded the public welfare for personal gain.
The Commission was created and put in place due to the relentless pressure and outcry by the 9/11 family members and their public supporters who had three objectives in mind: 1) Getting all the facts; 2) Establishing Accountability for those who failed us due to their intentional or unintentional acts; 3) Provide recommendation for real fixes and meaningful remedies.
The Commission fulfilled none of those three objectives. In their responsibility to report all the facts: They either refused to interview all relevant experts and witnesses, or, they censored the reports provided to them by those with direct and first-hand information. Both these acts were selective and intentional. Contrary to their pledge to establish accountability: They refused to hold anyone accountable and lamely justified it by saying, We don't want to point a finger at anyone. All those responsible individuals remained in their positions or were even promoted. And as far as meaningful remedies and reforms are concerned, the commission threw in senseless, and in some cases, detrimental cosmetic and bureaucratic solutions that ended up making our government even more cumbersome and unable to respond to threats to national security. In the name of solutions and reforms, they forced down our throats exactly what led to the failure to protect our nation on 9/11: A highly bureaucratic, complicated, inefficient mammoth of a malfunctioning machine.
On the Fifth anniversary of the September Eleven Terror Attacks, we, the National Security Whistleblowers, want to go on record one more time to reiterate the significant issues and cases that were duly reported to the 9/11 commission by those of us from the Intelligence, Aviation, and Law Enforcement communities, but ended up being censored and omitted. The failure to address such serious and relevant issues, witnesses, and information renders the report flawed and the commissioners parties to a fraud on the nation.
The following Veteran National Security experts were turned away, ignored, or censored by the 9/11 Commission, even though they had direct and relevant information related to the Commission's investigation...
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The list of names provided is impressive. I don't understand why the 9/11 commission would blow off such important testimony and evidence, unless they simply didn't want to know.

I read with great interest that Valerie Plame was working on satisfying Cheney's thirst for WMD intel and her finding nothing that could have justified the invasion of Iraq. Her work with the scientist's relatives appears to corraborate James' Risens book and confirms that intel that did not fit the policy got tossed into the trash bins of Langley.

I have one serious question. Do you deal with the peace initiatives that were offered by the Iraqis that invited CIA to enter Iraq? Do you have any info on the fate of Amir Al Saadi who made these offers? How could Plame not be aware that Iraq invited the CIA in when she was having so much difficulty finding anything out about WMD? This appears to be a major flaw on two myths the Bushies push. #1 Bush exhausted peaceful and diplomatic efforts before diciding to invade Iraq. #2 The CIA is to be blamed for the faulty intel that left Bush no choice but to invade Iraq after kicking the inspectors out.

David:

I ordered the book through Amazon long before it was released. When will I get it?

Norm