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www.DukeEmployees.com - Duke Energy Employee Advocate News Links - Page 8Buyout Feels Like Being Sold Out - "We've spent our lives at these factories. So have our parents" Iraqi Civilian Deaths Shrouded in Secrecy - "You just zap any farmer that's close to you" Volunteers for Endless War - "George, and every person in his administration that lied to us, needs to be impeached" Blaming the Media for Bad War News - "They're likely to escalate blame-the-media efforts as this year goes on" Call for Bush Impeachment - "These abuses of power and corruption in the administration are deeply serious matters" The Joy of Being Blameless - "Bush has refused to hold himself or any of his top political appointees accountable" GM to Offer Buyout Deal - "Workers...can leave and receive payment of $140,000 and a pension" Rewriting the Science - "He says there are things the White House doesn't want you to hear but he's going to say them anyway." Someone Should Tell Bush Why We Went to War - "When he finally got to Iraq, he rewrote history again." US Troops Investigated Over Iraqi Massacres - "We didn't do it. The Americans did it" Bush Deals in Denial - "Tapes were obtained soon after the 2003 invasion, yet the Bush administration kept them secret" We Played Football With Bricks of $100 Bills - "The UN entrusted $23bn of Iraqi money to the US-led coalition" Iraq: US News Media's Waterloo - "The media's pro-Bush pandering reached new heights" Deadly US Marine Raid - "A dozen Marines are under investigation for possible war crimes" California Sued Over Diebold Voting Systems - "In 2004, Diebold paid $2.6 million to settle a lawsuit" Oil Gushes Into Arctic Ocean From BP Pipeline - "The region's largest oil accident on record" How the GOP Messes Up the House - "They mark up drafts of bills without holding any public hearings." Concerns on Pension Bill - "The agency's report projects that the House and Senate bills would lower corporate contributions" Bushies in Wonderland - " Bush swaggered across an aircraft carrier deck and declared 'Mission Accomplished.' " Why Are We Here? - "Senator Dianne Feinstein accused the Bush administration of 'incompetence' in the Iraq war." A Disillusioned American Soldier's Return From Iraq - "The situation in Iraq can't be fixed" Bush Still Sees No Reason to Apologize - "Bush triumphantly proclaimed an end to the war in May 2003" Lobbyists Foresee Business as Usual - "Some lobbyists might consider this a lobbying opportunity" Rumsfeld Singled Out as Crisis Deepens in Iraq - "A former US army general yesterday called for Donald Rumsfeld to resign/" Thousands Protest War - "People march to demand that troops be withdrawn." Sky Falls in on Bush - "When even Jessica Simpson does not want to be seen with you, you know you are in trouble." Before and After Abu Ghraib - "Prisoners at Camp Nama often disappeared into a detention black hole" Judges Overturn Bush Bid to Ease Pollution Rules - "This is an enormous victory over the...Bush administration" Two Thirds of Americans Dislike Bush's Handling of Iraq - "The Harris poll confirmed a growing erosion of public support" Nuclear Reactors Found to Be Leaking - "Exelon found tritium in the ground at two others...another spill at Braidwood" Dirtier Side of "Clean Coal" - "Kids call the plants 'cloud factories.' Clouds that can kill you." Deranged, Disconnected, and Dangerous - "He loves his rug...I've heard him describe it countless times." PM Calls for Guantánamo to Close - "Tony Blair joined the growing calls for...Guantánamo Bay to be closed" Senate Approves Budget - "I really do believe this man will go down as the worst president this country has ever had." Spitzer Charges H&R Block With Fraud - "The suit seeks $250 million in fines plus refunds" GOP Again Bids to Take ANWR - "Just as the region suffers through one of the worst oil spills in history" Why I Fully Support Bush Censure - "We have a President who likes to break things." Iraqi Air Assault - "The death of a 24-year-old male detainee at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison...is being investigated." Budget Bill and Oil Drilling - "A fool's errand search for the last drop of oil is all they can think about" March to New Orleans - "Hurricane victims and war veterans set out Tuesday on a march to New Orleans" War-Loving Pundits - "The third anniversary of the Iraq invasion is bound to attract a lot of media coverage" Utilities Collect for Taxes They Never Pay - "Enron was a pioneer in turning taxes into profit." A Climate Change of Heart - "Bush defectors on this issue...British Petroleum, General Electric, DuPont and Cinergy." I Tried to Warn Lay About Enron - "I am incredibly nervous we will implode in a wave of accounting scandals" Impeachment Talk - "The groundswell for President Bush's impeachment is growing" Day of Reckoning for the Current Occupant - "He said that what most offended him about Bush II is the naked incompetence" Bush's Fantasy - "How can you effectively sell democracy to the world when you mock it so contemptuously at home?" Iraq Edges Closer to Open Civil Warfare - "Iraqi authorities discovered at least 87 corpses - men shot to death execution-style" Extent of Surveillance - "An FBI counterterrorism unit monitored - and apparently infiltrated - a peace group" Burst Oil Pipeline Causes "Catastrophe" in Alaska - "This historic oil spill is a catastrophe for the environment" Bush's Fake Aid - "Maybe this is all bread and circuses, just a political game" Dog Handler Laughed About Inmates - " Smith...is accused of using his dog to harass, threaten and assault detainees" Anti-War Actions - "67% of the US public thinks the Iraq war has not made the US safer" Reforming the Teamsters - "Strong Contracts/Good Pensions" Mexico Compensates Rape Victim - "Reparations for forcing her to carry the pregnancy to term" Lessons of Iraq War - "The administration so easily fooled so many people into supporting the war." Iraq Strategy a Mess - "Senior British diplomatic and military staff gave Tony Blair explicit warnings" The Right's Man - " It's time for some straight talk about John McCain. He isn't a moderate." Rumsfeld's $5 Million Killing - "Upon taking office, he recused himself from participating in any particular matter..." Arrest of Ex-Bush Aide - "His mother warned him that...he risked ruining his life...by becoming a Republican." Soldier Quits Army in Disgust - "I did not join the British Army to conduct American foreign policy" Is This War Worth the Price? - "Look closely at the face of collateral damage in Iraq before you answer." Lap Dogs of the Press - "Why did reporters become cheerleaders for a deceptive Administration?" Letter to Bush - "Illegal and immoral war, torture and confinement for life without trial" Symbol of Abu Ghraib - "I forgive the people who did these things to us" House to Vote on Ports - "The showdown vote was another blow to President George W. Bush" Bush's Loss on Ports Deal Dents Image - "Bush found himself publicly rebuked by members of his own party" Intellectual Corruption - "The Bush administration is intellectually corrupt." Eavesdropping Violations - "The FBI reported more than 100 possible violations" Oversight by Capitulation - "Bush's transformation of the United States into an authoritarian society continues apace" The Progress Myth in Iraq - "Press briefings on Southeast Asia...made Baghdad Bob sound like a pessimist." Contractor Bilked US - "You asked for trucks...it is immaterial whether the trucks were operational." Murtha to Receive Award - "He reversed his support for the Iraq war and called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops" Everyday Low Vices - "Why should we hate Wal-Mart?" Warmongers Admit They Were Wrong - "The American objective in Iraq has failed" They Wiped Their Feet With Him - "There needs to be a congressional hearing on the role of the administration" Senator Resumes Lobbyist Huddles - "GOP leader...has continued to meet with many of the same lobbyists" Iraq Through the Prism of Vietnam - "Those who say Iraq is nothing like Vietnam have another guess coming" A Deaf Man Spouting - "After the hurricane hit, he stayed on vacation, went to a birthday party, strummed a guitar" House Overrules Bush - "The Bush administration...tried to defuse the situation and to buy time to let the issue fade." Five Vermont Towns Endorse Move to Impeach the President - "He said Bush had violated his oath of office" At Conservative Forum on Bush, Everybody's a Critic - "Karl Rove's political strategy is 'pathetic.' " They Came for the Chicken Farmer - "Now America is becoming the thing they sought to end." North Carolina Utilities Commission - "Telephone Number: (919) 733-7300" DeLay Film - "The Big Buy: How Tom DeLay Stole Congress" Conduct Unbecoming of the Commander-In-Chief - "Only seven lower ranking military personnel were court-martialed" Style Over Substance - "They will be remembered for converting the world's greatest democracy into the world's largest hypocrisy." Lawmakers Work to Limit Probe of Domestic Spying - "Some key lawmakers are also working to legalize such spying" Veep Doo-Doo - "The 'favorability' rating of Vice-President Dick Cheney has sunk to a new low" Bush, Lies, and Videotape - "A hollow creature in the position of ultimate power." Minister Admits 'Rendition' Planes Used RAF Bases - "Government breaks silence on CIA flights." Enron Executives Approved Deals to Hide Losses - "We were using the equity to juice Enron's earnings" Kabuki Congress - "Bush ignores the Constitution and the laws of the land" The Court-Martial of Willie Brand - "We had a secretary of defense who had never served on the ground a day in his life" Torture of Prisoners Still Seen in Iraq - "Many of the cases in the report involve detainees held by Iraqi authorities." US Nuclear Plant Leaks Fuel Health Concerns - "They say they were brushed off by the NRC." White House Media Leaks - "The administration is declaring war at home on the values it professes to be promoting abroad" Army Ordered to Look Again at Battle Death - "The first criminal investigation into Corporal Tillman's death" Military Will Keep Planting Articles in Iraq - "Revelations about the program brought fierce criticism from lawmakers" 'Ghost Walkers' in Congress - " 'Ghost Walkers' were delivering a message for those who cannot speak for themselves" Violence Prevents Formation of Iraq Gov't - "Every drop of blood shed is a waste" Cunningham Gets 8 Years - "He represented a Republican district in the affluent suburbs of northern San Diego County" Pakistan Is Tense as Bush Arrives - "The people hate Bush - the demonstrations will show that - there is no doubt about that." Ethics Office for Hill Rejected - "Bipartisan defeat for independent lobbying overseer." Bush's Missteps - "The White House has been taking it on the chin lately" Being 'Good Americans' - "I could not understand how the German people could claim to be 'good Germans' " The Soul of This Country Is Being Eaten Away - "Do the honorable thing, and stop the unnecessary slaughter and deception." Former Enron executive rocks court - "They're on to us" Why We Act - "Is There a Case for Impeachment?" I Do Not Wish to Be Associated With Torture - "I abhor the corruption of the CIA in the past several years" Reducing Safety Penalties for Mine Flaws - "In these mines, laws don't matter" Not One More Dime, Not One More Life - "And never again send our soldiers to fight in a war based on lies." Burying The Lancet Report - "More and more cracks appear in the 'official story' " $8.5 Million for Largest Donor - "It shows that, more and more, Washington is for sale" Scandalous State of Affairs at Gitmo - "We should promptly bring an end to this national disgrace." Iraq Abuses - "They arrest people, they torture people, they execute people, they detain people, they negotiate ransom" Son of Gitmo - "The Bush administration has undermined international legal norms." Cheney's Canned Kill - "Bird-shooting operations...often dizzying the birds and planting them in front of hunters" What Bush Was Told About Iraq - "The White House declined to comment for this story" The Most Dangerous Days - "The soldiers he lionizes and hides behind...have run out of patience with him." The $80 Billion Medicare Sellout - "They let their big-donor oil friends write the energy bill" Video: Bush Warned before Katrina - "Bush didn't ask a single question during the final briefing before Katrina struck" Tens of Thousands Protest Bush - "Bully Bush, Go Home" 'I Trusted My Country' - "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has become the norm amongst these soldiers" A Common Cause - "Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld and Condi Rice move from one lie to another" Bush Job Rating Falls - "Bush's job rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent" US Troops: 72% Say End War in 2006 - "Majority of troops oppose use of harsh prisoner interrogation" Bush Says 'We're Doing Fine' - "The gap between wealthy and poor also has widened" Iraq Vets to Testify before Congress - "Group to tell Congress to stop war funding, bring troops home now" White House Rejects Special Counsel - "A special counsel to investigate the Bush administration's eavesdropping program." Coast Guard Worries Reanimate Ports Debate - "I am more convinced than ever that the process was truly flawed" Enron Trial Avoids the Real Ripoff - "Cheney adopted seven of Ken Lay's suggestions" The Case for Impeachment - "Why we can no longer afford George W. Bush." Human Rights Hypocrisy - "The US has a history of scuttling Commission investigations" Graduates versus Oligarchs - "Income at the 99.99th percentile rose 497 percent. No, that's not a misprint." Younger Workers Losing Ground - "Median income fell eight percent for householders under 35" Halliburton - "The Pentagon's own auditors had identified more than $250 million in charges as potentially excessive" Pension Reform Bill Faces Tough Talks - "Employers already have begun to lobby legislators on several issues" Homeland Security Protested Ports Deal - "Maybe we need to get a second opinion" Death in US Custody - "Commanders have failed to report deaths of detainees in the custody of their command" It's the Corporation, Stupid - "A corporation is like a shark, designed to do two things: kill and eat." Port Deal - "Dubai is paying her husband...presents both a financial and ethical conflict of interest for Senator Dole" It Didn't Work - "One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed." On the Brink in Iraq - "The utter failure of the Bush administration's policy is revealed with starkest clarity" Increase in Illegal Political Activity - "The agency said it was seeking to revoke the exemptions" Latest Claims - "Votes were time- and date-stamped as cast two weeks before the election" Drug Plan Sales Tactics Probed - "Seniors allegedly steered into HMOs" Ports - "Politicians and lobbyists hunt together, dine together, drink together, play together, pray together and prey together" White House 'Discovers’ 250 Emails Related to Plame Leak - "The emails are said to be explosive" FBI 'Warned Military on Guantánamo Techniques' - "Some aggressive interrogation techniques were illegal" UAE Gave $1 Million to Bush Library - "A sheik from the United Arab Emirates contributed at least $1 million" Contractor Pleads Guilty in Cunningham Case - "Mitchell Wade pleaded guilty on Friday to bribing former congressman" Playing with Pension Reform - "Falling victim to lobbying, partisan politics and all the other usual suspects." Lobbyist's Ties to Lawmaker - "It was like something done behind closed doors in the middle of the night." Port Security Scandal - "Our government takes its orders from corporate interests" Medicare Numbers at Odds with US Claims - "The government's efforts to make a flawed plan look successful." White House Ties to Firm Taking Over Ports - "It always raises flags" when administration officials have ties to a firm" Cheney's Canned Kill - "Cheney's hunting trip strikes me as emblematic of the Bush Administration's callousness" Port Deal - "Bush yesterday strongly defended an Arab company's attempt to take over the operation of seaports" Lay Hid Bad news - "Lay and Skilling are accused of repeatedly lying to investors about Enron's financial health" Propaganda Spending - "We need a full accounting of the Bush administration's spending on advertising, PR, and fake news" Nearly 100 Dead in US Custody - "At least 98 deaths occurred, with at least 34 of them suspected or confirmed homicides" Overtime Suits - "A lot of companies tried to drive up their short-term results by misclassifying employees" US Church Alliance Denounces Iraq War - "We lament with special anguish the war in Iraq" Privacy Guardian Is Still a Paper Tiger - "The White House civil liberties board has yet to do a single day of work" Iraq Vet Takes on Politics - "She believes the decision to invade was an error, and a badly executed error at that." Pentagon Lawyer Broke Ranks on Detainees - "The authorized interrogation techniques could rise to the level of torture" 37 Million Poor - "Under President George W Bush an extra 5.4 million have slipped below the poverty line." Tollbooths on the Internet Highway - "Americans feel strongly about an open and free Internet." Industries Get Protection from Lawsuits - "This is the most aggressive federal government in the history of the United States" Ethics Hall of Shame - "An unprecedented wave of corruption, cronyism and special-interest sleaze" Prosecutors Seek 10 Years for Cunningham - "Cunningham, in effect, erected a 'for sale' sign upon our nation's capital" Bush's Policies Don't Promote Growth - "Bush's tax policy has created a ballooning federal budget deficit" Our Nation's Principles - "Congress had no business authorizing an unspecified war against an unspecified enemy" Gonzales Won't Step Aside - "Gonzales brushed aside requests on Thursday that he remove himself" Moving Mountains - "Mountaintop-removal mining is devastating Appalachia, but residents are fighting back." DeLay Sees His Pet Project Fade - "House members are not eager to be associated with their former boss." Asbestos Bill Is Sidelined - "The bill would restrict asbestos victims in bringing their claims to court" Nuclear Contamination Penalties - "He and other jurors had found that the company had committed environmental crimes." Full Extent of Abuse - "Bush administration officials had already been fending off a new wave of anger" Abramoff Bragged of Ties to Rove - "The disgraced lobbyist helped get Bush to meet the leader of Malaysia" A Surge in Whistle-Blowing - "Young soldiers were scapegoated, while superiors misrepresented what had happened" Guantánamo a US Torture Camp - "Amnesty International said the report was only the 'tip of the iceberg.' " The Forgotten Victims - "Military under fire for "abandoning" more than 1,000 veterans with mental problems" Doing the President's Dirty Work - "FISA was written to prevent the president from violating Americans' constitutional rights" Man Shot by Cheney Has Mild Heart Attack - "200 other pieces of birdshot...might still be lodged in Whittington's body." Senator Dick Durbin on Asbestos-Related Illness - "The persons diagnosed with mesothelioma have limited time to live." Abramoff's Close Ties to Rove - "The White House said Rove shared a common past with Abramoff" The War on Privacy - "Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life. It already has." Lawyers Group Slams Bush on Eavesdropping - "The program bypassed secret courts" Iraq: Billions Wasted - "Billions of dollars are unaccounted for...waste, fraud and war profiteering." Bush Would Cut Health Programs - "His proposed budget for next year would zero out popular health projects" Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter - "The vice president's office had made no announcement" Bush to End Seniors' Food Program - "Choosing between utility bills and prescription drugs and whether they get to eat" Cheney's Role in Leak - "Mr. Wilson has asserted that his wife's identity was exposed in retaliation for his public criticism." Contractor Fraud Trial - "$74,000 generators were billed at $400,000" Innocent, but in Limbo at Guantánamo - "Though the five are not considered enemy combatants, the men can be held indefinitely" Political Heat over Disasters Rising - "Bush believed that New Orleans had 'dodged a bullet' after the storm" US Is Abusing Captives - "It was brutality purposely applied to them to make them stop" First Photo of Bush and Abramoff - "The President came over and shook hands with me, and we chatted and joked" Doubt on Case for War - "Paint a U.S. spy plane in United Nations colors...tempt Hussein's forces to shoot at it" Cheney - "Cheney Wants to Swing the Pendulum Back on the Executive Power Issue" Abramoff's Charity Began at Home - "The lobbyist admits he used nonprofits to evade taxes, pad his pockets and bribe officials." More Tied to Abramoff - "We can't ask the most vulnerable Republican…to put something in writing that can be made public" Republican Speaks Up, Leading Others to Challenge Wiretaps - "Now they are speaking up - and growing louder." The Shoe (Bomb) on the Other Foot - "Will the White House get away with using intelligence as a political weapon?" Can We Come Home Now? - "We just wanted our lives back, and Doug knew, as I do, that this can never happen." VA Nurse Investigated for 'Sedition' for Criticizing Bush - "Bush, Cheney, Chertoff, Brown, and Rice should be tried" Standing Up for Employee Healthcare - "When you believe something is right, you have to stick your neck out" Abramoff’s Contacts with Bush - "Bush met…Abramoff almost a dozen times…and invited him to Crawford, Tex." Changing Winds on Surveillance - "Some brave Republicans stared the president down and said: Stop." Big Firms Pushed to Bear Health Costs - "Employers offering health benefits has been dropping steadily this decade" Official Faults Use of Data on Iraq - "Intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made" Ex-FEMA Chief Blames Homeland Security - "The administration's fixation with fighting terrorism may have been to blame" Old Report of LA Terror Plot - "Rep. Brad Sherman…described Bush's speech as a political stunt" Bush's Job Approval Stuck near Bottom - "Bush's job approval is now at 40 percent" Consensus Grows for Curbs on Surveillance - "Nothing I've heard convinces me that this was something that was legal" The Next War - Crossing the Rubicon - "It intimidated and bribed the 'international community' into attacking Iraq" White House Knew of Levee's Failure - "He personally notified the White House of this news that night" Benefits Go the Way of Pensions - "When I retired I had a letter that said I would receive health care for life at no cost" Bill Rigged for Drug Firms - "A backroom legislative maneuver to protect pharmaceutical companies from lawsuits" The President, the Stripper and the Attorney General - "As you know...the president is not a lawyer" Abramoff Paid for Aide's Trip - "House rules prohibit lawmakers and staff from taking trips paid for by registered lobbyists" Energy Gaps Seen in Bush's Budget - "The reality in no way meets the rhetoric" Calls for Wiretap Inquiry - "The administration has deepened her apprehension about whom the agency is monitoring" White House Can't Sweep Aside Abramoff - "The scandal...has shaken up Capitol Hill" Detainees Not Tied to 'Hostile Acts - "Some of these detainees were turned over to US forces by bounty hunters" Cheney Spearheaded Effort to Discredit Wilson - "The vice president was obsessed with Wilson" US Plans Massive Data Sweep - "Little-known data-collection system could troll news, blogs, even e-mails" Bush Faces Republican Revolt over Spying - "Republicans are threatening to force a legal showdown with...Bush" DeLay Lands Coveted Appropriations Spot - "DeLay...in charge of giving out money is like...Brown...in charge of FEMA " Trapped Like a Rat - "When one speaks truth to power, especially arrogant power, that is usually the effect" Torture Queries - "Republicans easily defeated three resolutions seeking information" Body Armor - "How can it be that the Army is charging wounded soldiers for replacing damaged body armor?" Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information - "Libby testified that Cheney told him about Plame" Paradigm Shift - "Both were active in recent, large-scale union organizing campaigns that succeeded in the South" Boehner Rents Apartment Owned by Lobbyist - "His firm overtly promotes its connections to influential lawmakers" Take from the Poor, Give to the Military - "The Bush budget demands draconian cuts in 141 domestic programs" Warrantless Wiretapping - "In a nation built on freedom, the President is not a king, and no one is above the law." Social Security Sleight of Hand - "Bush stuck a big Social Security privatization plan in the federal budget proposal" Lawmaker Seeks Probe of Logging Study - "The Bush administration tried to stop him from talking about global warming" A Scolding for Bush - "For war, billions more, but no more for the poor" Torture Ban Won't Work - "The Bush legacy of legalized torture." Bush Lied, Again - "Boehner...once distributed checks from the tobacco lobby on the floor of the House of Representatives." A Trillion Little Pieces - "The administration that produced shattering deficits is at it again" Gonzales Defending His Credibility - "Credibility attacks left Gonzales acting as defender-in-chief" GOP Senators Add Heat on Spying - "The administration's legal position 'just defies logic and plain English' " Sucker Trick - "The prestidigitation of the AG (the "Amazing Gonzales") was on full display" Bush Mouthpiece Defends Illegal Spying - "Gonzales would not tell...whether Bush has authorized other secret programs" Abramoff's Grand Aims Came Early - "Jack was a freebooting pirate as far as I was concerned" The Betrayal of Valerie Plame - "A judge's rulings make it clear that Scooter Libby did lie to the grand jury" UAW Chief Urges GM Dividend Reduction, Executive Pay Cut - "We support...cutting the board's compensation." Split on Spying - "Increasing numbers of prominent conservatives are breaking with the administration" Deaths Tied to Diesel - "Study focusing on trains, boats aims to influence EPA rule making." Surveillance Program Violated the Law - "The senator...said that it was clear to him that the law had been violated." Budget Favors Defense Not Medicare - "Medicare takes biggest hit in $2.7 trillion plan" John Boehner Disaster - "Election of Boehner as House Majority Leader Is an Affront to Voters" The looniest of all 9/11 conspiracy theories - "Let us not tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories" Prosecutors Come Out Slugging - "Prosecutors inflicted considerable damage against...Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling" US Official Admits Iraq Aid Theft - "The signs are it could make embarrassing reading for many of those involved." More Allegations of Libby Lies - "Judge's report shows Cheney aide is accused of broad deception" Bush Is Wrong and Chirac Is Right - "The collapse of the neocon mission and the end of a one-superpower world" Washington's Blindness - "Bush looked both tired and defensive as he made yet one more sales pitch for his failed Iraq policy" The End of the Internet? - "Powell and his GOP majority eliminated longstanding regulatory safeguards" CIA Leak Case - "He had heard directly from Mr. Cheney about the Central Intelligence Agency officer, Valerie Wilson" Bring Regime Change Home - "Let's remove them...before we suffer another 9-11, another Katrina, another war like Iraq." The Joyless Economy - "Average hourly earnings...adjusted for inflation, are lower now than when the recovery began. " GAO Concern about Bush's Health Proposal - "This report screams 'buyers beware' " Anybody Have a Leech? - " Most Americans will get nothing, and many could lose their insurance" Deal before War Revealed - "PM promised to be 'solidly behind' US invasion with or without UN backing" Former US Official’s Corruption Guilty Plea - "Bribery, conspiracy, money laundering and other charges" Capitol Police Apologize to Activist Sheehan - "The wife of a House Republican...was told to leave the chamber" Bush Discussed Drawing Saddam into War - "Using American spy plane in UN colors" 'Marlboro Man' Against War - "I could tell you stories...that would make the hair stand up on the back of your neck" March of the Straw Soldiers - "Bush threw out a dizzying array of misleading analogies, propaganda slogans and false choices" Investigate the Coup d'Etat in Haiti - "Determine the role of the Bush Administration in this travesty of justice" What Isolationism? - "Contriving phony charges of isolationism…is not only dishonest, it is reckless and irresponsible." The State of Energy - "Bush is in retreat" Woolsey Statement regarding Cindy Sheehan - "By Representative Lynn Woolsey" Two Presidents - "Five difficult years in office have left the White House straining under the weight of its own contradictions" The Biggest Secret - "The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration" GAO Faults Federal Government for Katrina Response - "The federal government failed to exercise adequate leadership" Same Old Song - "Bush's State of the Union address played like a greatest hits of empty policy promises" Put the Politicians in the Enron Docket - "There was perfect quid pro quo symmetry to Wendy Gramm's lucrative career" What Really Happened - "He…shoved me up the stairs…By the way, his name is Mike Weight" Gonzales Is Challenged on Wiretaps - "Feingold says attorney general misled senators in hearings." Where's the Budget Outrage? - "They hope that the...names Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff will become...unmentionable" Is America Actually in a State of War? - "He will justify all of his policies, including the illegal ones" Bush Administration Ignored 9/11 Warnings - "Your government failed you" Asbestos Trust Fund Will Hurt Victims - "The federal trust fund is a corporate bailout in sheep’s clothing" Corruption Scandals - "They were ignoring Boehner's own links to lobbyists" Release Records on Abramoff - "Abramoff was a major fund-raiser for Bush's 2004 re-election campaign" Military Hides Cause of Women Soldiers' Deaths - "It was there that male soldiers assaulted and raped women soldiers." The Question Journalists Don't Ask Bush - "President Bush lied." The Bush Administration's First Scandal - "Enron's ties to Washington lawmakers were stronger than...lobbyist Jack Abramoff's." Budget to Hurt Poor - "Millions of low-income people would have to pay more for health care" Is the World on a Path to Doom? - "With an Assist from the White House?" A Tale of Two Companies - "The stark differences in how the companies treat workers." NASA Tried to Silence Him - "They feel their job is to be this censor of information going out to the public" Bush at War with Americanism - "Torture, wiretaps, planted news stories, secret prisons...war justification" Spies, Lies and Wiretaps - "The secret program violates the law as currently written." FEMA Workers Accused of Bribery - "The two were arrested hours after accepting envelopes containing $10,000 apiece." US Releases Five Iraqi Women - "U.S. forces still hold at least four women" Impeach or Indict Bush and Cheney - "We have it in our power to begin the world over again" Army Seized Wives as Tactic - "A secretive task force locked up the young mother of a nursing baby" Most Think Bush Is Failing - "Fewer people consider Bush to be honest and trustworthy" Prosecutor Will Step Down - "A special prosecutor would not be especially welcome at the White House" Medicare Drug Problem - "Problems with Part D will change over time and they will get worse" Nuclear Energy Plan Would Use Spent Fuel - "Many countries gave up civilian reprocessing years ago." GOP Freezes Jobs List - "In the wake of the Jack Abramoff political corruption scandal." More Americans Favor Impeaching Bush - "There will be an open-and-shut case for a high crime of breaking the law" Medicare Drug Bill Tied to Abramoff - "Tom DeLay offered him a bribe in return for his vote on the bill." Possible Cunningham-DeLay Tie - "We didn't have $10,000 to give away three years ago" White House Rebuffed Effort to Relax Standards - "Officials said at the time that the legislative proposal was unnecessary" 'Medical Negligence' - "More than one-fifth of US troops returning from Iraq may suffer from PTSD" US "Outsourced" Torture - "The United States flew detainees to countries where they would be tortured" The Real State of Our Union - "Bush promised to bring 'dignity' to the White House but...he brought Jack Abramoff " Bush on Trial for Crimes against Humanity - "You can't build security on evil" Closed-Door $22 Billion Deal - "It happens in the dead of night when lobbyists get a [Republican lawmaker] in the corner" Pressure on India Mounts in Advance of Bush Visit - "Welcome to a 'war criminal' " The Great Rip-Off - "The situation is even more frantic for low-income Medicaid patients" Nuclear Power Plant Cover-Up - "Geisen and Siemaszko could face up to 25 years in prison" When George Met Jack - "TIME has seen five photographs of Abramoff and the President" The Medicare Drug Mess - "They either were denied coverage or were asked to pay hundreds of dollars" Human Pesticide Testing Plan - "The loopholes...allow continued testing on pregnant women, infants and children" Homicide - "Welshofer told him he thought the Army's interrogation guidelines were being broken every day." Top Brass Culpable for Abuse - "I wish I had done more to stop it" Judge Alito's Radical Views - "He wants to reduce the rights and liberties of ordinary Americans" Will Work for Less - "We're in a cycle right now where corporations have the advantage, and unions don't" Congressman Ney No Stranger to Lobbyists - "Rep. Bob Ney. Under Investigation for Taking Bribes" Sen. Burns Can't Escape Abramoff's Shadow - "Burns is front and center in the Abramoff scandal" Officials Challenge Balloting Security - "In controlled test, results are manipulated in Florida system." The Other Big Brother - "The Pentagon has its own domestic spying program" CIA Role a Mystery at Court-Martial - "The CIA is 'the ghost at the banquet' " Matriotism - "No, I am not giving my child to the fake patriotism of the war machine" Political Spying - "Agents rummaged through the trash, snooped into e-mails,...and listened in on phone conversations" Fishing in Cyberspace - "The government believes that it can invade your privacy without repercussions." Corporate Policies - "Driving...workers out of...jobs, stripping them of health care and killing pension plans" Hearing on Illegal Spying - "The president is openly violating our nation's laws" Disregard for the Law - "Bush's latest tool for disrespecting the Constitution" Republican Leaders Say They're Reformers! - "Mr. Blunt is quite literally wedded to influence peddling" Breaking Ranks - "The worst ineptitude in governance, decision-making and leadership I've seen in 50-plus years" Bugged and Tortured by Bush - "It's not really terrorists George W. Bush wants to bug and torture. It's YOU." Dark Tactics of Interrogation - "Mowhoush, 57, suffocated in the sleeping bag as Welshofer sat on him." Pentagon Analyst Sentenced - "A former Pentagon analyst was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison" Medicare's Botched Drug Benefit - "Needy beneficiaries have been charged excessive fees or denied coverage altogether" Group Sues Labor Department - "Entitled to $32 million in back pay" Leaked British Government Memo - "Leaked memo reveals strategy to deny knowledge of detention centers." Legality of Wiretaps - "The Bush administration appears to have violated the National Security Act" The Congressman and the Hedge Fund - "Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress." Republicans Gone Wild - "Smith confessed to the allegation of bribery and then withdrew the confession." Plan for Rules on Lobbying - "This is a culture of corruption" Wiretapping Ban - "After you get a thousand numbers and not one is turning up anything, you get some frustration" Spying on Ordinary Americans - "Bush's secret program of spying on Americans" Human Rights Watch World Report - "US Policy of abuse undermines rights worldwide." The Forgotten Wounded - "This was never in the slick pamphlets they showed us!" 2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale - "The review concluded that Niger was 'probably not planning to sell uranium to Iraq' " Does the President Really Know Best? - "Bush's illegal wiretapping program isn't just reckless and immoral" White House Silent on Abramoff Meetings - "Abramoff was one of Bush's top fundraisers, having brought in at least $100,000" ACLU Sues to Stop Illegal Spying on Americans - "Surveillance of Americans is a chilling assertion of presidential power" The Latest Bush Mega-Catastrophe - "And now he is visiting disease and death on tens of millions of our elderly" NSA Spying Evolved Pre-9/11 - "By law, the NSA is prohibited from spying on a United States citizen" Data after Sept. 11 Led FBI to Dead Ends - "But virtually all of them...led to dead ends or innocent Americans." Murtha and the Mudslingers - "Not to worry. The Swift Boat Veterans simply smeared him." Bush Seeks His Enemies' Help in Iraq - "US officials in Baghdad are now pursuing contacts with both declared enemies" Ohio Republican Tied to Lobbyist to Cede Post - "Rep. Bob Ney...said Sunday he will step aside" US Constitution in Grave Danger - "A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government." Problems with Medicare - "People are being told they need to pay hundreds of dollars" Labor Coverage - "Up until the 1980s, most major newspapers...had a regular labor reporter." The Web Widens - "Ney personally lobbied the then Secretary of State Colin Powell to relax U.S. sanctions on Iran." Mother of All Budget Busters - "The war in Iraq will not be several hundred billion, but...US$1 trillion" Soldiers Can’t Even Buy Own Armor - "Beneficiaries might not receive the death benefits" DeLay Losing Support in Own District - "DeLay is charged with money laundering" Ashcroft, The Lobbyist - "It seems a little demeaning of the office, honestly" The Imperial Presidency at Work - "Bush, however, seems to see no limit to his imperial presidency." Challenge to Bush Initiative Reinstated - "Bush sidestepped Congress by issuing executive orders" Kickback Mountain - "Boehner's been swimming for years in the same pay-to-play pool as DeLay and Blunt." Speaker Pressures Rep. Ney to Resign - "There are people that have pled guilty who have conspired to bribe him." Men Intoxicated with Power - "Risen's book throws new light on just how Bush and Blair led their countries into war." Army Dropped Abuse Probe - "No Americans involved in the case were questioned" Bush Rejects Call to Shut Gitmo Prison - "760 prisoners brought to Guantánamo...nine have been charged with a crime" Europe Complicit in CIA 'Dirty Work' - "There are those who do the dirty work...those who...close their eyes" Pakistan Condemns Purported CIA Air Strike - "Our investigations conclude that they acted on a false information" Trader Tapes Excluded from Enron Trial - "Skilling faces 35 counts of conspiracy, fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors." Impeachment Calls Grow Louder - "Americans of almost every stripe don't want a President who puts a crown on his head." Interrogation Tactics Were Opposed - "Pentagon task force was told not to use techniques approved in 2002" Bush Authorized Domestic Spying Before 9/11 - "The NSA surveillance began well before 9/11" Health Cost for Wal-Mart - "Don't dump the employees that you refuse to insure into our Medicaid systems" Shadow Zones in Bush's Iraq Policy - "Coalition of the Not-at-all-Willing" "Constitutional Crisis" - "The Bush administration has created a "Constitutional crisis" NSA Used Police to Track Peace Activists - "We are absolutely no threat to anyone, and they know it." Lobbyists Face Their Watergate - "DeLay began pressuring lobbying firms to hire or promote more Republicans" Gold-Diggers Hit the Wall - "He grabbed the workers' pension fund and tripled the cut of the last unprotected redwoods" The Impeachment of George W. Bush - "Violating his oath of office, the Geneva Conventions and the War Crimes Act" Alito and the Ken Lay Factor - "Bush considers his commander-in-chief authority boundless" Judge Alito - "The nominee has taken the side of big corporations against the 'little guy,' supported employers against employees" General Asserts Right on Self-Incrimination - "Miller has long been in the spotlight of the Abu Ghraib abuse investigations" Defeat - "The very existence of Guantánamo is a most serious defeat for democracy" Mine-Safety Enforcement Eased - "A $55 fine for a coal company means nothing when they're making millions" Rise and Fall of True Believers - "Bush, as he did with Enron...is reportedly looking to distance himself" "Jazeera Bombing" Leak - "A plan by US President George W. Bush to bomb Arabic television station al Jazeera." Bush's Con Jobs - "Bush has destroyed America's economy along with America's reputation" Gitmo - "The hypocrisy of defending democracy around the world while continuing to curtail fundamental due process" CIA Jails - "There were similar US detention centers in Ukraine, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria" Blunt, Boehner Share Lobbyist Ties with DeLay - "Boehner is even closer to lobbyists than Blunt" Evidence of Wider Problem - "Nine in 10 said it should be illegal for lobbyists to give members of Congress gifts" The Abramoff Torpedo - "To feign disgust...amounts to taking Americans for imbeciles." Blair Must Be Impeached - "The impeachment of Mr Blair is now something I believe must happen" Ending Promises for Retirement - "Their C.E.O. has given himself a huge compensation package." Bush Impeachment - "The actuaries were not allowed by the White House to tell us the real cost" Drug Plan Hits Snags - "Medicare beneficiaries...were often overcharged, and some were turned away" New Call to Impeach Blair over Iraq - "The mission has not been accomplished." Bush Plan to Hit al-Jazeera - "Heavy-handed US military tactics...lost us much public support inside Iraq." Losing the War on Terrorism - "Bush has lost the support of most Americans" Troops Seize Iraqi Journalist - "Firing bullets into the bedroom where he was sleeping with his wife and children" Heck of a Job, Hayden! - "Gonzales twice let the cat out of the bag" Bush's War on Professionals - "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration" Anti-War Activist Cheered - "Sheehan urges about 750 to help stop the war and impeach Bush." The Man Who Bought Washington - "Abramoff brought new excesses to the lobbying game" 2nd Firm Tied to DeLay - "The firm openly promoted the idea that it could deliver access to Mr. DeLay" A Donor Who Had Big Allies - "DeLay and two others helped put the brakes on a federal probe of a businessman." Wiretappers That Couldn't Shoot Straight - "The White House's...outrage about the Times scoop is a smokescreen" Alito's Credibility - "The more we learn about him, the more questions we have about the credibility of his assurances" Under Fire, DeLay Steps Down - "His about-face came amid growing pressure from fellow Republicans" Basis for Spying in US Is Doubted - "One congressman said he was actively misled." Demanding the Rule of Law - "The polls show...a majority of Americans wanting impeachment proceedings if Bush lied"
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