Bad Deeds for 5-16-2008

 

Tennessee Republican Party Smears Michelle Obama – The Tennessee Republican Party has set its sights on Michelle Obama – the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. A new web video highlights her controversial comment earlier this year, saying she was proud of America “for the first time in my adult life.” Obama later clarified the remark saying she meant she was proud of how Americans were engaging in the political process, and that she was always proud of her country. Nonetheless, the GOP video replays her remark six times and mixes in commentary by people who live in Tennessee on why they’re proud of America. Meanwhile, it’s not the first time the GOP in Tennessee has made waves. Earlier this year, in a truly low-rent stunt, it used Barack Obama’s middle name “Hussein” in a news release questioning his support of Israel and showing a photo of him wearing what it called “Muslim attire.” The Republican National Committee denounced that piece of garbage.

 

Clean-Air Rules Protecting Parks Set to Be Eased – The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build power plants near national parks and wilderness areas, according to rank-and-file agency scientists and park managers who oppose the plan.

 

Opponent of Wind Farm Turns Out to be a Traditional Energy Company – A new lobbying firm for the group called “Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound” opposing a wind farm off Cape Cod filed a federal document last month reporting that its work for the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is partially funded and shaped by an international energy conglomerate. The disclosure represents the first documented financial connection between the group opposing the wind farm and Oxbow Corp., which mines and markets energy and commodities, including coal, natural gas, and petroleum.

 

Bill O’Reilly Compared Founder of Progressive Daily Kos Blog, to White Supremacist – During the May 14 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly compared Markos Moulitsas, founder of the progressive Daily Kos blog, to white supremacist David Duke. O’Reilly has repeatedly attacked Daily Kos, comparing it not only to Duke, but also to the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazi party.

 

McCain Was in Favor of Talks with Syria, Despite Saying they Were “Sponsoring and Harboring Terrorists” – Despite the fact that John McCain believed that Syria was a “state sponsor of terror,” was “harboring terrorists,” and were sending “Syrians in to fight Americans,” he thought it was worth talking to them, saying that Colin Powell’s trip to Syria was “appropriate.” This is exactly the same thing that McCain is now criticizing Obama for.

 

 

 

News of the Week That the Mainstream Media Didn’t Bother to Report

• Front group agenda designed to scare Americans into never-ending fossil fuel addiction.
• CO2 Levels Reach Record High In The Atmosphere, Highest CO2 Levels in 800,000 Years
• USDA Blocks Voluntary Mad Cow Testing
• Wounded Veterans Denied Help in Registering to Vote
• Fallen U.S. Soldiers Cremated At Pet Facility
• Blackwater Contract Renewed, Company Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges for Iraqi Civilian Deaths

Regards,

Jim