Bad Deeds for 5-1-07

Glenn Beck said Gore using “same tactic” in fight against global warming as Hitler did against Jews – On his radio program, Glenn Beck stated that Al Gore is using “the same tactic” in his efforts to fight global warming that Adolf Hitler used to vilify Jews in Nazi Germany, but Beck said that Gore’s “goal is different. The goal is globalization. The goal is global carbon tax. The goal is the United Nations running the world. That is the goal. Back in the 1930s, the goal was get rid of all of the Jews and have one global government.” He continued: “You got to have an enemy to fight. And when you have an enemy to fight, then you can unite the entire world behind you, and you seize power. That was Hitler’s plan. His enemy: the Jew. Al Gore’s enemy, the U.N.’s enemy: global warming.”

Republican Senator James Inhofe Says Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction Was the Media’s Idea – Inhofe, speaking to the press, stated, “The whole idea of weapons of mass destruction was never the issue, yet they keep trying to bring this up,” Inhofe said. When asked why Gen. Colin Powell, then U.S. secretary of state, told the United Nations in 2003 that such weapons posed an imminent danger, Inhofe replied: “I can’t answer that. In fact, I’ve never been one of the real strong fans of General Powell.” Pressed for an explanation, Inhofe said weapons of mass destruction were “incidental” to the decision to invade Iraq. “The media made that the issue because they knew Saddam Hussein had used weapons of mass destruction. So we knew that they were there. But that was incidental to the fact we were going after terrorist camps.” But wait! What did Inhofe say in August, 1972? He said, “Our intelligence system has said that we know that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction — I believe including nuclear. There’s not one person on this panel who would tell you unequivocally that he doesn’t have the missile means now, or is nearly getting the missile means to deliver a weapon of mass destruction. And I for one am not willing to wait for that to happen.” [Remember, this is the guy who says global warming is a hoax.]

Cheney, Libby lied to Congress about Pakistani nukes – The US and its allies allowed Pakistan to clandestinely acquire most of the technology for its nuclear program from abroad, unwittingly facilitating the spread of nuclear weapons technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya over the past several decades. The players: George H.W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Stephen Hadley, and Scooter Libby. Same guys, different lies.

Bush Issues Law Day Proclamation While Trampling on Our Laws – As a rule, Law Day, a ceremonial holiday since 1958, goes by largely unnoticed. But this year, given the current occupant of the Oval Office, and his negligence with regard to the rule of law, the “holiday” seems to have special meaning: For six years now, the rule of law has been under attack. An array of doctrines has emerged to undermine it, like the enemy combatant doctrine, which says people can be held indefinitely without trial, and the unitary executive doctrine, which insists that a president can do as he wants in many areas, no matter what Congress says. In keeping with tradition, President Bush has issued a proclamation inviting Americans today to “celebrate the Constitution and the laws that protect our rights and liberties.” It rings more than a little hollow, though, as he continues to trample on civil liberties in the war on terror, and stands by an attorney general who has politicized the Justice Department to a shocking degree. The less committed a president is to the law, the more need there is for Law Day, which makes it a holiday whose time has come. The strength of our legal system,’ the president says in his proclamation, ‘requires the ongoing commitment of every citizen.’ Maybe that could start with the citizen at the top. A Law Day Unto Himself

Good Deed: Stephanie Miller Takes Her Turn On MSNBC – Through Wednesday, progressive talk show host Stephanie Miller gets her chance to shine in Imus’s old slot on MSNBC. Watch the clip and if you like what you see, send a note to General Manager Dan Abrams and VP Bill Wolff at MSNBC at . Let them know that you’d like to see Stephanie Miller on MSNBC in the mornings. Remember, be polite.

Regards,

Jim