Does it matter which party is in power anymore?
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that three men who had been detained by the United States military for years without trial in Afghanistan had no recourse to American courts. The decision was a broad victory for the Obama administration in its efforts to hold terrorism suspects [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bush’
Does Obama Now Have the Power to Kidnap and Hold Suspects with No Trial?
Posted: 18th June 2010 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: afghanistan, bagram, Bush, civil, court, detainees, gauantanamo, habeas corpus, Obama, rights, trial
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Why Obama Gets a Media Pass for His Actions
Posted: 27th October 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: Bush, golf, Obama, vacation, washington
A four-hour stop in New Orleans, on his way to a $3 million fundraiser.
Snubbing the Dalai Lama.
Signing off on a secret deal with drug makers.
Freezing out a TV network.
Doing more fundraisers than the last president. More golf, too.
President Barack Obama has done all of those things — and more.
U.S. Image Abroad Surges Under Obama
Posted: 24th July 2009 by The Dude in PoliticsTags: America, Bush, France, Germany, image, Israel, Muslims, Obama, poll, popularity, U.S., United States
Obama Warns Iran to Comply or Get Delt With
Posted: 10th July 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: ahmadinejad, Bush, election, g8, Iran, Italy, mousavi, Obama, protests, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran, U.S.
L’AQUILA, Italy – U.S. President Barack Obama warned Iran on Friday the world will not wait indefinitely for it to end its nuclear defiance, saying Tehran had until September to comply or else face consequences.
Obama, speaking at the end of a G8 summit in Italy, said leaders had sent a message condemning the “appalling” events [...]
The Day That Guns Came to Church in Louisville
Posted: 29th June 2009 by The Dude in Oddly Enough, ReligionTags: America, Beretta, Bethel, Bush, Christian, church, God, guns, kentucky, Louisville, peace, rifle, sanctuary, time, U.S. Constitution, weapon, youtube
At 4:55 p.m, five minutes before New Bethel Church’s highly publicized “open-carry service” was set to begin Saturday evening, Lynne Smith walked into the sanctuary with her husband and two friends and took a seat in the front row. Asked what weapon she had with her, Smith had to stop and think about which gun [...]
YouTube Classic of the Week – Colbert Roasts Bush
Posted: 10th June 2009 by The Dude in EntertainmentTags: 2006, Bush, C-SPAN, cable, classic, colbert, Colbert Report, daily show, dinner, network, roast, week, white house, youtube
Stephen Colbert’s feisty performance at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner generated a lot of heat on YouTube, where it was heavily downloaded. At the demand of cable network C-SPAN, which initially broadcast the dinner, it was removed from YouTube’s servers. Clips from Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report and The Daily Show were among [...]
The North Korean Threat to Japan: Clearing the Path to United States?
Posted: 26th May 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: aq khan, axis of evil, Bush, CIA, dictator, government, Japan, Kim jong Il, North Korea, Obama
A ruling party lawmaker today urged Japan to break the terms of its pacifist constitution and pre-emptively attack North Korea following the Stalinist state’s nuclear bomb test.
“North Korea poses a serious and realistic threat to Japan,” stated former defense chief Gen Nakatani in Tokyo at a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party officials. “We must look [...]
Straight From Gitmo to a Neighborhood Near You
Posted: 21st May 2009 by Veritas in Crime, PoliticsTags: bay, Bush, Cheney, criminal, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Obama, prison, Taliban, terrorist
Come say Hello to your new neighbors
Gitmo detainees. What to do with them is a subject of much debate. So Gitmo has to go. Fine.
I am not sure sending them to another country to prison is the answer. I mean, do we really trust them to be diligent with such a responsibility?
Putting them in U.S. [...]
Ex-Bush Admin Official: Many at Gitmo are Innocent
Posted: 20th March 2009 by The Dude in PoliticsTags: afghanistan, Bush, detainees, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Innocent, intelligence, terrorists
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Many detainees locked up at Guantanamo were innocent men swept up by U.S. forces unable to distinguish enemies from noncombatants, a former Bush administration official said Thursday.
“It did not matter if a detainee were innocent. Indeed, because he lived in Afghanistan and was captured on or near the battle area, [...]
Attorney General Signals Marijuana Policy Shift
Posted: 19th March 2009 by The Dude in Lifestyle, Mother NatureTags: Bush, California, federal law, Holder, marijuana, medical, policy, state law
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder signaled a change on medical marijuana policy Wednesday, saying federal agents will target marijuana distributors only when they violate both federal and state law.
That would be a departure from the Bush administration, which targeted medical marijuana dispensaries in California even if they complied with that state’s law.
“The policy is [...]
Obama to Reverse Bush-Era Stem Cell Policy
Posted: 8th March 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: Bush, embryonic, Obama, reverse, stem cell, stem cell policy
President Barack Obama’s announcement Monday that he is overturning his predecessor’s policies toward embryonic stem cells also will include a broad declaration that science _ not political ideology _ would guide his administration.
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