Yup.........America is ***STILL*** In Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans
are ***STILL*** on Vacation and are FAT & HAPPY, and the Mizerable
Democrat Congress is ***STILL*** Rated LOWER than Pond
Scum.........Ain't It A HOOT?........Heehee.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swcjg4WmoXk

I mean just listen to it, it's an all American song, how many songs have
the words NFL, fake tits, and Taco Bell.

God Bless America? That song is gay. Even gay guys think it's
gay..."OMG! Evan, its that horrendous gay song again"

God Bless The USA? Lee Greenwood is a goddamn chicken hawk coward, he
doesn't know shit, and sings worse than Roseanne.

God also thinks these songs are stupid, he is in heaven saying, "Ah shit
they're doing those stupid ass songs again"

Dog fighting is gambling. Each state should offer a reward of $2
million for information leading to a crackdown and arrests. They want
the money, and scum like this will turn on each other in a heartbeat.
Problem solved.
Call the governor of your state and suggest it, and this will become
a problem of the past.

Privacy advocates hail e-mail ruling
BY DAN HORN | DHORN@ENQUIRER.COM

The question has been around since Americans first began using the
Internet to send love letters, business correspondence and friendly
reminders to stop at the grocery store on the way home from work.

How private is a message sent via e-mail?

The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati came up with an
answer Monday when it ruled that federal prosecutors should get a
search warrant before snooping into someone's e-mail.
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The 6th Circuit's ruling is among the first federal court decisions to
define what is - and is not - private in the age of the Internet.

The decision was a victory for Steve Warshak, the owner of the
Cincinnati-based Berkeley Nutraceuticals and the target of an
indictment accusing him of fraud and money laundering.

Warshak claimed federal prosecutors violated his constitutional rights
when they convinced a federal magistrate to give them access to his e-
mail accounts without first notifying him or obtaining a search
warrant.

Pace: Another Troop Boost Possible
Associated Press | July 17, 2007
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military's top general said Monday that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is weighing a range of possible new directions in Iraq, including, if President Bush deems it necessary, an even bigger troop buildup.

Making no predictions, Marine Gen. Peter Pace revealed that he and the chiefs of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force are obliged to consider various troop-level scenarios before September, when Bush will receive an assessment of the Iraq situation from his top commander there, Gen. David Petraeus.

"We're (doing) the kind of thinking that we need to do and be prepared for whatever it's going to look like two months from now," he said in an interview with two reporters traveling overnight with him from Washington aboard an Air Force C-17 cargo jet.

"That way, if we need to plus up or come down" in numbers of troops in Iraq, then the details will have been studied and the military services will be in position to carry out whatever policy Bush chooses, Pace said.

He mentioned no potential range of increases or decreases in force levels. Another possibility being considered, he said, is maintaining the current level of troops for some period beyond September.

In a separate interview later at the U.S. Embassy after conferring with Pace and Petraeus, Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the No. 2 commander in Iraq, said he did not foresee requesting more troops.

"Right now I can't find an assessment where I would say I need more troops," he said, adding that he is confident that by September he will be able to give Petraeus his advice on how the troop buildup is working.

"My assessment right now is, I need more time" to understand how the current offensive targeting al- Qaida in Iraq terrorists is working and how it could lead to political progress in the months ahead, Odierno said. "I'm seeing some progress now here in Iraq. We have really just started what the Iraqis term 'liberating' them from al Qaida. What I've got to determine is what do I need in order to continue that progress so that the political piece can then take hold and Iraqi security forces can hold this for the long term."

There are now about 158,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, reflecting a boost of approximately 30,000 to carry out the new strategy that Bush announced in January. The strategy is focused on providing better security for Iraqis in Baghdad, but the intended effect -- a political reconciliation between the Sunnis and Shiites -- has yet to be achieved, and many in Congress are clamoring to begin withdrawing troops soon.

Some on the Joint Chiefs had argued against the troop boost in January, in part out of concern that it could not be sustained long enough to have the desired effect and that it put too much strain on the military.

The chiefs for a number of weeks have been studying the timing of a possible U.S. military transition away from today's combat-oriented mission to one focused mainly on support functions like training the Iraqi security forces while also protecting Iraq's borders and continuing the fight against terrorists.

Pace said the chiefs intend to be ready with recommendations on that for Bush by September.

Without opining on any new course of action in Iraq, Pace stressed in the interview his concern that multiple combat tours for many in the Army and Marine Corps could tear at the fabric of the military. He said that is one reason he is visiting the troops now - to hear their concerns, assess their morale and to explain to them why he advocated extending Army tours from 12 months to 15 months.

He said he also would stop in Germany this week to meet with family members of military units that are affected by tour extensions. These visits are intended to give him a sense of how the military as a whole is holding up under the strain of the Iraq war, now more than four years old, and will be one important factor in what the Joint Chiefs collectively recommend to Bush in September, Pace said.

On this week's visit Pace planned meetings with Petraeus and other top commanders in Baghdad as well as with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker.

Over the next several weeks the Joint Chiefs will do their own Iraq assessment, which at this stage is being developed separately from Petraeus' assessment in order to "stay out of `groupthink,'" Pace said.

When he returns to Washington in September, Petraeus will brief the Joint Chiefs on his thinking, and the chiefs will take that into account when they make their own recommendations to Bush, Pace said.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072107A.shtml

House to Defy Bush With Defense Bill
By Anne Flaherty
The Associated Press

Friday 20 July 2007

Washington - House Democrats next week will introduce a $460
billion military spending bill they will use to challenge the war in
Iraq, try to close Guantanamo Bay prison and increase oversight of
defense contractors.

The annual legislation is considered a must-pass bill to fund the
military's fleet of vehicles and aircraft, research efforts and
servicemember payrolls. It covers the 2008 budget year that begins
Oct. 1.

Overall, the bill is on track to give President Bush much of what
he wants. The measure includes nearly $100 billion in procurement
spending and would fund several of the Pentagon's big-ticket items,
including $3.2 billion to buy 20 F-22 Raptor aircraft.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6377

Bush Executive Order: Criminalizing the Antiwar Movement

by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, July 20, 2007

The Executive Order entitled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who
Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq" provides the President with
the authority to confiscate the assets of whoever opposes the US led
war.

A presidential Executive Order issued on July 17th, repeals with the
stroke of a pen the right to dissent and to oppose the Pentagon's
military agenda in Iraq.

The Executive Order entitled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who
Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq" provides the President with
the authority to confiscate the assets of "certain persons" who
oppose the US led war in Iraq:

I wonder how many of those participating are dead or maimed now.

http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2780606.ece

Is Steve Earle America's greatest living songwriter?

[Zeppnote: Yes]

He's survived seven wives, 50 arrests and a monstrous drugs habit.
He's lambasted the War on Terror and infuriated the political
establishment at every turn. Meantime, his music just gets better and
better, as his long-awaited new album proves.

Interview by Robert Chalmers
Published: 22 July 2007

It was early one morning, in the lobby of a Stockholm hotel, Steve
Earle recalls, that he told Elvis Costello how he was planning to
spend the next 24 hours. "Costello listened to me," Earle says, "and
told me I was fucking crazy. He has known me a long time; I believe he
was genuinely concerned for my safety." Also present at this meeting
was Bobby Muller - the President of Veterans of America, and
co-founder of the Nobel prize-winning charity International Campaign
To Ban Landmines, in whose support both musicians had been performing
the previous evening.

Governors address climate change

By JOHN FLESHER, Associated Press Writer

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - States should develop creative approaches to climate
change, just as they have with challenges such as health care, despite their
different economic interests, governors said Saturday.

"No individual state is going to solve the climate change problem, but we
can do our part," Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said. "In the absence of
national or international consensus or progress, we have the opportunity to
show the way."

Talks on state-level climate policy were planned for the annual National
Governors Association meeting this weekend at a resort on Lake Michigan,
where receding water levels have touched off debate over the effects of
global warming on the Great Lakes.

Stephen Johnson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and
the European Union's environmental affairs counselor joined the discussion.
More than a dozen states are asking the EPA for greater authority to
regulate greenhouse gases, particularly automobile exhaust emissions.