CIA Secret Prison Found - ABC News

"We now have physical proof of the existence of war camps in Lithuania courtesy of the CIA torture programs that they now want to prosecute in New York City. George Bush authorized these illegal prisons and the violation of these peoples rights."

Where affluent Lithuanians once rode show horses and sipped coffee at a café, the CIA installed a concrete structure where it could use harsh tactics to interrogate up to eight suspected al-Qaeda terrorists at a time.

"The activities in that prison were illegal," said human rights researcher John Sifton. "They included various forms of torture, including sleep deprivation, forced standing, painful stress positions."

Lithuanian officials provided ABC News with the documents of what they called a CIA front company, Elite, LLC, which purchased the property and built the "black site" in 2004.

Lithuania agreed to allow the CIA prison after President George W. Bush visited the country in 2002 and pledged support for Lithuania's efforts to join NATO.

"The new members of NATO were so grateful for the U.S. role in getting them into that organization that they would do anything the U.S. asked for during that period," said former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, now an ABC News consultant. "They were eager to please and eager to be cooperative on security and on intelligence matters."

Do you think the FDIC will be there to bail us out?

Looks like the FDIC is catching some heat for not limiting commercial real estate loans and I'm wondering if they really ever do anything but make promises. There job is to insure Americans against these types of scenario and apparently all they can do is fail. How are we supposed to have faith in our banks and our deposists when we are faced with such a mistake prone organization with little to no controls in place to actually benefit us?

in reference to:

"The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
failed to enforce its own guidelines to rein in excessive
commercial real estate lending by at least 20 banks that later
collapsed, reports by the agency’s watchdog show."
- FDIC Failed to Limit Commercial Real-Estate Loans, Reports Show - Bloomberg.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Feds decide to give up fight against medical marijuana!

I for one could not be happier to hear this news. I think its about time we focus on the real criminals like Maria Shriver who talk on phones while driving cars and leave the common pothead alone. I think marijuana has more medicinal uses than the Fed will admit and it's a vital tool in the self medication industry. :)

in reference to:

"The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws.The new policy is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which insisted it would continue to enforce federal anti-pot laws regardless of state codes."
- The Associated Press: AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued (view on Google Sidewiki)

Fox News is the voice of the Republican Party.

It's refreshing to see the White House actually speak up against the one sided views of the Fox News channel. I don't know what a difference it will make but hopefully it will shine some light on the obvious truth which is they are in fact not a news organization but more like "a wing of the Republican Party" as described by White House Officials.

in reference to:

"Senior Obama administration officials took to the airwaves Sunday to accuse Fox News of pushing a particular point of view,
one week after the administration fired its initial salvo to try to isolate the news network by accusing it of being a GOP
mouthpiece."A lot of their news programming, it's really not news. It's pushing a point of view," senior adviser David
Axelrod said on ABC's "This Week." "The way we -- the president looks at it and we look at it, is, it is not a
news organization so much as it has a perspective," White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel added on CNN's "State of the Union." The
open assault on Fox News began last weekend when White House Communications Director Anita Dunn accused the network of being
a "wing of the Republican Party.""What I think is fair to say about Fox -- and certainly it's the way we view it --
is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party," Dunn said on CNN. "They take their talking points, put them on
the air; take their opposition research, put them on the air. And that's fine. But let's not pretend they're a news network
the way CNN is.""
- Obama Team Continues Effort to Isolate Fox News - Political News - FOXNews.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Are they so sure there is no harm in taking this virus vaccine?

How safe are any vaccines any longer. Just last night I watched the horrible story about the young girl who had a debilitating reaction to a flu vaccine and she is not crippled. She has some ultra rare nervous disorder where she can barely walk but its not as bad when she runs or walks backwards. Are there more stories like hers that never get out or are explained away as something else?

in reference to:

""Because there's no harm in getting the vaccine even if you think you had [swine flu], we err on the side of caution and say you should get the vaccine," Dr. Poland says."
- Two Flu Vaccines, Lots of Questions - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

The Obama-Dubya Connection | Newsweek Newsweek - Top of the Week by Jon Meacham | Newsweek.com

The Obama-Dubya Connection | Newsweek Newsweek - Top of the Week by Jon Meacham | Newsweek.com: "George H.W. Bush was delighted with his guest. Last Friday at the 41st president's library on the campus of Texas A&M in College Station, Bush and President Obama met to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Points of Light service program, part of Bush 41's legacy to the country. Unfailingly polite, Bush wrote the Aggie community before Obama's visit. The note was fairly anodyne, but 41 was worried about an adverse reaction to the incumbent on the largely conservative campus. 'Along with the administration, faculty, and so many of you, I am honored that The President, our President, is taking the time and making the effort to come to College Station … This is not about politics.'"

Fuck George Bush and Pray for America

Fuck George Bush and Pray for America

Bush administration memos claimed vast war powers

Bush administration memos claimed vast war powers - International Herald Tribune

The secret legal opinions issued by Bush administration lawyers after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks included assertions that the president could use the nation's military within the United States to combat people deemed as terrorists and to conduct raids without obtaining a search warrant.

YouTube Video - Bush ducks two shoes thrown at him

U.S. Two States Away from Constitutional Convention

APC: Action Central > Sledgehammer

This is the most urgent, most important action alert the American Policy Center has ever issued! The Ohio state legislature is expected to vote today, Wednesday, Dec. 10th, to call for a Constitutional Convention (Con Con). If Ohio calls for a Con Con only one more state need do so and Congress will have no choice but to convene a Convention, throwing our U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights up for grabs. Ohio's vote today poses a grave threat to the U.S. Constitution. Please immediately call the Ohio lawmakers listed below. ACT FAST - time is of the essence!