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• • 15 Dec 05
  • 12:53 pm

  Pasted below--partially-- is GW Bush's warped view of our Constitution. It was online at "Capitol Hill Blue" on 12/9/05. Is it any wonder that the boy wonder condones torture? Greg Bacon Ava, MO From Capitol Hill Blue The Rant Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper' By DOUG THOMPSON Dec 9, 2005, 07:53 Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act. Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused …

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• • 06 Sep 05
  • 12:50 am

  Why hasn't the obvious question regarding the anemic National Guard response to the Katrina tragedy been asked of the White House and Bush? Namely, is the poor response due to the fact that the National Guard has been so gutted by the deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere that they can not respond in a timely manner? The resources just aren't there. Also, this seems to be a managerial bungle. That one is easy to figure out. From the earliest days of his administration, GW Bush has consistently rewarded the ones who screwed up, as long as they would dutifully recite …

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• • 16 Sep 04
  • 2:55 am

  Regarding the stories surrounding President Bush and his missing year of Guard duty, there is another angle that needs to be investigated. I too served in the military in 1971-72 with the Army. My last assignment was at Ft. Bragg, NC with the 82nd Airborne. At that time, Bragg was one of the bases that Vietnam vets returned to, spending about 30 days and filling out paperwork so they could muster out and go home. Trouble was, more than a few of the returning 'Nam vets had picked up a nasty heroin habit in SE Asia and brought the habit back …

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