President Bush claimed at yesterday’s press conference that he did not have to secure warrants because “after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/20/did-not-expand/


From Information Clearing House

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., called Tuesday for Congress to censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney, saying they misled lawmakers on the decision to go to war in Iraq.

http://tinyurl.com/dk3n2


From Information Clearing House

By Manuel Valenzuela

Terror new and real will arrive on our shores just in time to once again take possession of our minds, making us, yet again, unthinking animals sustained by raw emotion and instinct, becoming the sheep easily corralled, led and controlled by our masters. We will mobilize once more, marching to the trumpets of war and violence, becoming the instrument the corporatists need to further their goals.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11355.htm

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3823/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Health officials in Brazil have launched an investigation following claims that at least 10 impoverished Brazilians from an Amazon village may have contracted malaria while being used as human "guinea pigs" during a study by an American university.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/122105HB.shtml

Today the Senate voted against cloture, opening the way to a filibuster, and effectively blocking the Defense Appropriations Conference Report with its ANWR language. Senator Carl Levin and others objected to the ANWR rider both on its merits and because the way it was attached is a violation of Senate rules.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/122105EA.shtml

Ray McGovern: Some hope can be seen in a recent remark by Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, who told reporters: "I took an oath of office to the Constitution. I didn't take an oath of office to my party or to my president." Will enough Republican senators honor that oath?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122105R.shtml

http://www.rockrivertimes.com/index.pl?cmd=viewstory&cat=4&id=11948


Informant: Teresa Binstock

Your voices carried the day to stop the Patriot Act. Your voices carried the day in stopping destruction of the ANWR. And your voices have one last chance to stop the cruelty budget if you speak out now.

TELL THE HOUSE TO REJECT PROGRAM CUTS FOR THE POOR

Today in the Senate, Dick "The Grinch" Cheney flew in just long enough to break a 50-50 tie, further gutting lifeline services for the poor while they plough full steam ahead with abolishing all tax responsibility for the wealthy. This is a battle that should have been won in the House already, but for 6 Democrats who didn't even bother to show up for the vote. Because there were some minor concessions made in the Senate, we have one final chance to reverse this heartless budget if you call your House member at 888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641 and submit the action page at

ACTION PAGE: http://www.millionphonemarch.com/no_cruelty.htm

Remember that all members of the House must face reelection next year. In this season when some are complaining about a war to take Christ out of Christmas, we ask again, "Who would Jesus starve?" Consider these words:

"I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me." (Matthew 25:43-45)

And yet here we have a bill which will take AWAY food from the hungry, rob medicine from the sick, and steal clothing intended for those who are already naked. What should be the judgement for those who do such things? Perhaps you already know the next verse. Words of true compassion can be found in all faiths. Make the call and send a message to Congress and tell them to show some compassion for a change.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.millionphonemarch.com/no_cruelty.htm

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

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Informant: Friends