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Truthdig Podcast: Pelosi, Rummy, Sanders and the L.A. Times

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Posted on Nov 10, 2006
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Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer sounds off on Nancy Pelosi’s speakership, Rumsfeld’s resignation, Bernie Sanders in the Senate and the fiasco at the Los Angeles Times.

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    By Jackie T. Gabel, November 13, 2006 at 11:43 pm #
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    Endgame in Iraq?

    Will the oligarchs retreat so easily, or will they set of WMD as a pretext to launch on Iran and “glass it over” as was heard from post-911 hysteria? Clearly the Clash of Civilizations as Samual Huntington predicted is not going as it was sold to the oligarchs. They’re losing confidence and the generals are fed up taking orders from Big Oil. The recent cavalcade of “limited hangouts” now slowing the momentum reveals the struggle.

    Sadly, there’s really nothing anyone outside the elite circles of power can do. But, be prepared. Protest to shut down any and all local emergency drills about which you become aware, as any of them can easily be flipped into a real live terrorist event through small changes from within. And, prepare yourself for a big one anywhere in the world. Check them here http://www.falseflagnews.com/.

    If it happens, resist the stampede to blame al Queda or the Axis of Evil. Look first to Cheney and Cheney’s handlers. Remember, qui bono (who benefits?) Then, ask yourself if anyone in Afghanistan or Iraq benefited from 9/11 or would they from another 9/11; then look at Big Oil’s recent profits. There’s no mystery about any of this.

    The only road to peace and stability in the Middle East is serious region-wide peace initiatives, without Western manipulation. Of course we are now obliged to rebuild their destroyed infrastructure, but nothing will bring back the dead. Over that, we can only pray for peace. The people making this happen need to be praying for their souls.

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    By John C, November 11, 2006 at 10:38 am #
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    I agree 100% with Greenback. We need a Speaker of the House who will advocate a thorough investigation and prosecution of the obvious “high crimes and misdemeanors” that led to the deaths of 3,000 American soldiers, the wounding of 20,000 more (half with horrific injuries), and the killing of more innocent Iraqis than Saddam ever did - not to mention destroying the credibility of the nation before the whole world. Nancy Pelosi has demonstrated that she is not the person for the job - Kusinich would be the ideal choice.

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    By greenback, November 10, 2006 at 1:56 pm #
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    What now? “Pelosi and Bush are Burying the Hatchet”?http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061...n_go_pr_w h/ bush??What does she mean she’s not going to impeach Bush? She and the creep are “settling their differences,” what? Who in the world does she think she is? First off, she’s not even chosen yet to be the Speaker of the House. Sorry, Nancy, but there’s actually a process and competition for the position. As well, we the people have not spoken on the matter yet; though CNN and FOX and the others have weighed their desire for her quite heavily. The Democrats have been put in power on a mandate of the people to investigate the actions of this Administration which has steered the nation nearly off a cliff, and she’s to set the process of restoring America’s standing in the world and our quality of life, security, and health at home. Pelosi is there because we the people want our Constitution and Bill of Rights restored as of 4pm, friday afternoon, January 5th, 2007. We the people put the Democratsi in charge of the House because we want to get to the bottom of the massive number of deaths in the Gulf Coast which is directly connected to the Administration’s handling of the matter. Katrina was not just a glass of spilled milk, it was negligence to the worst degree demands independent investigation. We the people put the Democrats in power because we no longer want to be dependent on foreign, filthy and archaic Gas & Oil for our energy needs, and we are not going to be happy with simply raising the standard automotive mpg from 21mpg to 25mpg (1925 Ford Model T got 25 mpg). We want alternative energies now, not because we are dreamers, we want it because it is cheap, clean and fucking available. We the people put the Democrats in charge in charge to investigate why the Administration scared the bejeezus out of all of us with the notion that Sadam was minutes away from nuking Disneyland and the rest of America, when in fact we all now know that it was a bold face and well planned out lie. More than that, we now know that the small group in the Administration have had plans for invading Iraq since at least 1999 when they pressed Bill Clinton with the idea of Iraq invasion and US hegemony of the Middle East. We know about the Bush White House meetings with Oil executives and their 2000 pre-invasion plans for private profit pipelines throughout the region. We the people did not put Nancy Pelosi where she is today so that both she and Bush can feel comfortable together at dinner parties. We the people want transparency in government and we want results. We the people put Democrats in charge of the Congress because there has been criminal activity in the White House and we want it stopped and ultimately because we demand the IMPEACHENT of BUSH!

    Speker of the House Kucinich sounds much better than Pelosi. This guy is ready to clean the House. Pelosi is readying to go to dinner parties with Bush.??http://www.truthdig.com/intervie...ennis_kucinich/

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    By Anthony Bono, November 10, 2006 at 5:08 am #
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    I don’t know about you, but I find Rumsfeld’s replacement, Robert Gates, rather frightening.  He’s an old Iran-Contra vet and that bodes ill for the Iraqi people.  The last thing we need is another “Dirty war(rior)” from the bad old days (Like Negroponte, Goss, Ladeen, etc.).  Just ask anyone who lives in Central America.

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