I think if history is any teacher, the G0P will do exactly what they've done this past week: try for those uneducated working-class whites that they say Obama will never convince. They will be all about the usual things that distract loyal contards from the real issues: keep those evil gays in their place, Obama's a Muslim, and the occupation is working. I wouldn't be surprised to see a BIG drop in gas prices around September or October.

As for the Dems, I think Obama has already set the course for his campaign. The economy first. He will need to get into specifics of what he is to do about outsourcing, restoring protection for labor, etc. Iraq second. Likewise I think if Obama is the nominee, he'd better start talking about his exit plan. Also, I'd like to see health care and education a little more visible in this campaign.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

No more failed Bush policies.

I guess you have never actually been to his web-site, LiberalIconoclast.

is friends with an unrepentant murderer. Whose bomb killed several people. Someone he knew for years.

Just because he knows him doesnt mean he goes to bed with him. You just the kind of poeple who I say need to be educated about character and race. You are just trying to find any reason at all. I can be the same way about Mccains flip flopping and I am gonna sy it. He's forgetfull cuz he's fucking old!!!

It is highly probable that the US will attack you in the coming months for political reasons.

If you read the PNAC documents you realize that the neocons wanted something like 9/11 to happen. They used 9/11 to launch an unrelated war against Iraq. The Bush administration thought this would be a done deal and secure the republican brand but it failed. The US decided to occupy Iraq and get bogged down.

Some believe the attacks on 9/11 were staged by the US government. Others believe the US leadership allowed the plan to happen with little or no help from the US government. The latter is often dismissed by those that dismiss the former. The 9/11 "truthers" have aided the neocons by putting forward every conspiracy theory imaginable, causing the general public to dismiss any allegations of the Bush administration negligence or complicity. Either way the neocons were happy to take advantage of the attacks of 9/11.

Now to deflect from the disaster the Bush administration has caused in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kurdistan, etc. the neocons want to attack Iran. A fresh new war will supposedly raise patriotic sentiment and the approval ratings of the current president. The neocons hope this will help McCain and the congressional races. The American public is clearly not going to approve of more needless war. But the Bush administration is not good at assessing situations. Just as they got bogged down in Iraq they will likely proceed with an attack on Iran.

Message to Iran: Do not retaliate! Do not fire one bullet or missile back! The US government will disregard the argument of who fired first and use images of attacks from Iran as propaganda to drum up support. Do not fire back! Go to the world community! Go to the UN! Bring evidence of the destruction the US causes you. By showing restraint you will disprove the allegations of the conservatives in both the US and Israel that you are aggressive. Show restraint and win the support of the world community and help put an end to the illegal warfare perpetrated by the US.

Have your ambassadors ready to deliver pictures and evidence of US attacks to all embassies. Concentrate on this task rather than a fruitless retaliation that will bring more attacks and destruction to your people. Prepare your people for this planned response so that they know you are dealing a blow to the plans of the neocons more effectively than any missile strike on a US ship could ever do.

The U.S. Quietly Slashes the Reward Posted for the Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq
By Anna Mulrine, Kevin Whitelaw
Posted May 12, 2008

The U.S. government has quietly withdrawn a $5 million reward it was offering for the killing or capture of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, named by Pentagon officials as the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Al-Masri had been one of America's most wanted figures in Iraq ever since his identity was revealed in 2006. But U.S. News has learned that the bounty for him was reduced and that he was unceremoniously dropped in late February from the State Department's Rewards for Justice Program, which offers cash payments for information that leads to the capture or killing of wanted terrorists.

Currently, the bounty for the Egyptian militant stands at $100,000, a more modest payout that is now covered by the separate—and decidedly lower profile—Department of Defense Rewards Program.

It is a startling development given that U.S. military officials have frequently touted al-Masri's danger ever since they revealed his identity with great fanfare at a briefing in June 2006. At the time, it was considered a propaganda coup to show that AQI was being led by an Egyptian, because the group had been claiming that an Iraqi man became its leader after the death of its founder, Abu Musab Zarqawi.

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In yet another sign that the Democratic Party and its interest groups are beginning to coalesce around Obama, NARAL Pro-Choice America today endorsed the Illinois senator.

"Pro-choice Americans have been fortunate to have two strong pro-choice candidates in Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton, both of whom have inspired millions of new voters to participate in this historic presidential race," said the group's president, Nancy Keenan. "Today, we are proud to put our organization's grassroots and political support behind the pro-choice candidate whom we believe will secure the Democratic nomination and advance to the general election. That candidate is Sen. Obama."

But NARAL's endorsement didn't please Emily's List, the pro-choice, Democratic group backing Clinton. “I think it is tremendously disrespectful to Sen. Clinton -- who held up the nomination of a FDA commissioner in order to force approval of Plan B and who spoke so eloquently during the Supreme Court nomination about the importance of protecting Roe vs. Wade -- to not give her the courtesy to finish the final three weeks of the primary process," said Emily's List president Ellen Malcolm. "It certainly must be disconcerting for elected leaders who stand up for reproductive rights and expect the choice community will stand with them.”

Ouch.

A world-renowned scientist, recipient of the National Medal of Science, America's highest honor for scientific achievement, said “I suggest that those of us aware and concerned demand that the glaringly erroneous official account of 9/11 be dismissed as a fraud and a new, thorough, and impartial investigation be undertaken.”

A safety engineer and accident analyst for the Finnish National Safety Technology Authority stated regarding WTC 7 that "The great speed of the collapse and the low value of the resistance factor strongly suggest controlled demolition."

A 13-year professor of metallurgical engineering at a U.S. university, with a PhD in materials engineering, a former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment Senior Staff Member, is calling for a new investigation of 9/11

A number of structural engineers have questioned the government's explanation for the collapse of the Twin Towers. As just two of many examples, two structural engineers at a prestigious Swiss university said that, on 9/11, World Trade Center 7 was brought down by controlled demolition (translation here)

A prominent engineer with 55 years experience, in charge of the design of hundreds of major building projects including high rise offices, former member of the California Seismic Safety Commission and former member of the National Institute of Sciences Building Safety Council believes that the World Trade Centers were brought down by controlled demolition (see also this)
An architect, member of the American Institute of Architects, who has been a practicing architect for 20 years and has been responsible for the production of construction documents for numerous steel-framed and fire-protected buildings for uses in many different areas, including education, civic, rapid transit and industrial use, has disputed the claim that fire and airplane damage brought down the World Trade Centers and believes there is strong evidence of controlled demolition (see also this video, part 2 here, and part 3 here (other architects who question 9/11 are listed here)

A former guidance systems engineer for Polaris and Trident missiles and professor emeritus, mathematics and computer science at a university concluded that the Twin Towers "were brought down by planted explosives."

A professor of mathematics said "The official explanation that I've heard doesn't make sense because it doesn't explain why I heard and felt an explosion before the South Tower fell and why the concrete was pulverized"

A Danish professor of chemistry said, in a mainstream Danish newspaper, "WTC7 collapsed exactly like a house of cards. If the fires or damage in one corner had played a decisive role, the building would have fallen in that direction. You don't have to be a woodcutter to grasp this"

http://Pilotsfor911Truth.org/

http://911proof.com/

http://wtc7.net/