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Afghan Warlord Gul Agha Sherazi - "The Buldozer" - Obama and the Narco-State of Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: drugs, drug money, opium, fields of joy, Obama, usa, crime, cover-up, ethics )

David
- 172 days ago - abc.net.au
It's one of the world's most dangerous places where friendships can be fickle and America's strategy of playing favourites means either a palace or a prison cell. Getting things done means getting cosy with some pretty unsavoury types. Obama bows out?
NAACP Launches "I Am Troy Davis" Campaign and Unveils Plans re: The Death Penalty and Prejudice
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, NAACP, MaryNeal, DeathPenalty, LethalInjection, Georgia, GovPurdue, PresidentObama, PresidentialPardon, PrisonerTorture, AIMI, AfricanAmerican, equaljustice )

Mary
- 180 days ago - my.nowpublic.com
The NAACP is launching a campaign called "I AM TROY" to save the life of Troy Davis, an innocent African American man on death row, who will be executed unless Gov. Purdue or the Supreme Ct. steps in. PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD PARDON TROY DAVIS IF THEY DON'T
72-Year-Old Woman Tasered: By TX Police on VIDEO
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: ElderAbuse, AustinTXPolice, Tasers, NonLethalWeapons, Dementia, KathrynWinklein, MaryNeal, assistancetotheincarceratedmentallyill, AIMI, policebrutality )

Mary
- 178 days ago - my.nowpublic.com
Elderly people with dementia don't stand a chance against an Austin, TX police officer with a Taser. Kathryn Winkleen, age 72, was tasered for talking rudely to a policeman who pulled her over during a traffic stop. SEE THE RAW FOOTAGE. Many deaths have
In Stark Legal Turnaround, Obama Now Resembles George W Bush, The Foolish President of the Fools Who Elected Him
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama sells out, does he?, maybe, maybe not, who pulls his strings?, democrats?, republicans?, americans?, choices, ethics )

David
- 171 days ago - mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is morphing into George W. Bush, as administration attorneys repeatedly adopt the executive-authority and national-security rationales that their Republican predecessors preferred. Scary thought!
Supreme Court: You Get No DNA Tests to Prove Innocence! You'Ve Been Convicted Already
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: crime, U.S.SupremeCourt, InnocenceProject, WilliamOsborne, TroyDavis, DarrellLomax, LethalInjection, DeathPenalty, DNATest, maryneal )

Mary
- 171 days ago - my.nowpublic.com
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 against prisoners having rights to post-conviction DNA testing that could prove innocence of crimes for which they were sentenced to prison terms or execution. SHUT UP ABOUT TESTS AND STICK YOUR ARM OUT, GUILTY OR NOT!
What the U.S. Can Do to Actually Help Iran (Hint: It's Not Decrying Sham Elections)
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: iran, Iran politics, usa, obama, government, ethics )

David
- 175 days ago - alternet.org
If Obama is truly supportive of the Iranian people's desire for change, it will stop providing the Republic with anti-American fodder.
U.S. Announces New Efforts to Combat Mexican Drug Trafficking Trade
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, USA, Mexico, drug cartels, Drug trafficking, crime, corruption )

Dee
- 181 days ago - abcnews.go.com
The U.S. Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security have announced a broad new plan to reduce the amount of drug activity in the Southwest, calling for increased coordination between federal, state, and local agencies and strengthening--
We The People Stimulus Package: VIDEO   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: culture, society, rights, ethics, freedoms, government, congress, constitution, ethics, economy, government, money )

Kat
- 182 days ago - youtube.com
Bob Basso author of "Common Sense" plays the role of Thomas Paine to ignite the fire of change in America. Patriotism and Pride for America lead Thomas Paine to help take back America!
BREAKING NEWS: Big Breakthroughs for Single Payer Health Care
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare single payer non-profit insur, socialsecurity, economy, bugger off big insurance, bye bye bankrupsy, good health, good news )

David
- 182 days ago - opednews.com
Less than a month after 13 single payer advocates were arrested protesting the exclusion of single payer, it is at the table in both Houses, making progress while the multi-payer pro-insurance reform is faltering. Today, single payer is breaking through.
The Public's Growing Acceptance of Torture Is Equivalent to the Suicide of America's Soul
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: torture injustice, politics, terrorism, martyrdom, government, ethics )

David
- 186 days ago - care2.com
With thanks to the author, Scott P. Care2 blog...(visit site)..."But was it legal? I think it is almost inarguable to say that it is not. At the bare minimum, cruel and inhuman punishment, let alone torture, is illegal under American law"!
 
 
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