Bad Deeds for:6-5-2007

Bush Administration Cuts Back Climate Checks From Space – President Bush is trying to convince the world the US is ready to take the lead in reducing greenhouse gases. But meanwhile, the administration is drastically scaling back efforts to measure global warming from space. A confidential report to the White House, obtained by The Associated Press, warns that American scientists will soon lose much of their ability to monitor warming from space.

Fox News Can’t Tell the Difference Between One African-American Congressman and Another – Fox News coverage of the indictment of Bill Jefferson shows footage of John Conyers.

Unworkable, Half-Baked Plan to Blow-Up JFK Airport Labeled as Terrorism of Unthinkable Devastation – Even if this plot had gotten to the execution stage, and it wasn’t even close to that, it would not have done more than cause one big but well-contained bright orange fire at one fuel tank, that would not have spread and would not have harmed people or airplanes. They were yet another band of ne’er-do-wells with a homegrown hatred for the U.S. They had no terror training or know-how, no links to Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, or the big-bucks funding mechanisms of the kind that carried out real terror on 9/11. Their driving force in this plot of “unthinkable devastation” was a government informant, a twice-convicted drug dealer eager to win a lighter sentence. Aside from the most important aspect that their plan was not feasible, they also had no explosives to carry it out. Let’s call these schemes what they really are: Not terrorism, but “looneyism.”

Ron Paul on Race and Crime – Excerpts from Paul’s newsletters provide insight into his views and it ain’t pretty.

Cheney Lies To High Schoolers About Debunked Iraq/al Qaeda Connection – Addressing about 100 wide-eyed Wyoming high school students learning about government and the political process, Vice President Cheney yesterday repeated one of the key fabrications that helped send the United States into war. During the question and answer session, one student asked, “I was wondering — I’m not trying to start a debate, or anything, but do you still think that the Iraq war can be won?” Cheney immediately answered “yes,” adding, “I think we’re making significant progress now.” He then launched into a justification of the war, citing the September 11 attacks. “The fact of the matter is Iraq is part of the global war on terror,” he told the students. “And you’ve got to go back and look at what happened on 9/11. Cheney then recounted his tall tale of how the late al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was proof of Saddam Hussein supporting terrorism. The implication that Zarqawi helped justify the war was thoroughly debunked last year by the Senate Intelligence Committee, which found that Saddam Hussein actually attempted to locate and capture al-Zarqawi.

Arkansas GOP Head Says That We Need More Attacks on American Soil So People Will Appreciate Bush – In his first interview as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, Dennis Milligan told a reporter that America needs to be attacked by terrorists so that people will appreciate the work that President Bush has done to protect the country. “At the end of the day, I believe fully the president is doing the right thing, and I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [Sept. 11, 2001],” Milligan said to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, “and the naysayers will come around very quickly to appreciate not only the commitment for President Bush, but the sacrifice that has been made by men and women to protect this country.”

Louisiana Congressman Indicted in Bribery Probe – U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-Louisiana, was indicted Monday on federal charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering in a long-running bribery investigation into business deals he tried to broker in Africa. The indictment handed up Monday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, is 94 pages long and lists 16 alleged violations of federal law that could keep Jefferson in prison for up to 235 years, according to a Justice Department official who has seen the document.

Regards,

Jim