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Past Links to Controversial Topics
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Austin's Folly: Turning Cars into Power Stations
Austin's mayor Duncan has already spent $1 million promoting his scheme to have cars suck up electricity at night so they can act as power stations in the daytime. zFacts supports conservation, but this just makes conservationists look like idiots. read more
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Un-de-Baathification four years later
It's just like unscrambling eggs. In May 2003, the Coalition Provisional Authority, sent Saddam's army home with their guns and sacked the rest of the Baathist party. Out of work, many joined the insurgents. This was known ... read more
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Kissinger explains how Bush/Cheney/Neocons lost Iraq
(1) Didn't send enough troops. [Took 4 years to figure that out.]
(2) Held sectarian elections which led to civil war.
(3) "Deflected US forces from their military mission."
(4) Trained Iraqi forces fighting under the wrong "banner". [Under Sadr & insurgents.]
This covers their invasion strategy, political strategies, and exit strategy.
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Comprehensive oil-industry study finds Arctic oil reserves are only about one quarter the size previously thought, and that Alaska is not of strategic importance to the US, but is a lucrative niche market for "established players" who should earn more than a 20% annual return because of low competition.
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 While Katrina strikes
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zFact: In November 2001, the President's Council of Economic Advisors predicted 147.5 million jobs for July 2008. Now they are predicting 139 million. They had expected the payroll jobs we had before the recession to return.
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Two views of Iraq after Saddam The National Security Archive at George Washington University has released slide shows from two different administrations.
In 1999, DOD foresaw chaos following the removal of Saddam; but in 2002, serenity was predicted.
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Bush declares war on Al Sadr. The 17,500 troops headed for Baghdad will target Al Sadr. Bush is also bringing in Kurdish troops to fight Al Sadr's Shiites. This will only lead to more bloodshed when the Americans leave.
This is not a new policy, it's just a second try at "Operation Together Forward," which failed in October. Previous surge of 12,000 troops to Baghdad
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zFact: With Wilma, 2005 tied 1933 for most storms. But 1933 had no category 4 or 5 storms. After Wilma came alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon and finally Zeta. What's going on ?!
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Comprehensive oil-industry study finds Arctic oil reserves are only about one quarter the size previously thought, and that Alaska is not of strategic importance to the US, but is a lucrative niche market for "established players" who should earn more than a 20% annual return because of low competition.
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 Rumsfeld
"Six days, six weeks, I doubt six months." —Rumsfeld more
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Can Cheney's neocons fix Iraq? Check their track record. Then look at what they're up against. Maliki, the "Islamic Revolution" party and Sadr have Bush arming and training them and the US army doing what it's told. Bush has lost Iraq, not to the Sunni insurgents, but to Maliki and the Shi'ites backed by Iran. (You read it here first.)
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Emperor's new clothes (for the election). He's got new tactics and a new timetable! But, Bush has said time and again "We're constantly changing tactics." And, we had a timetable for their constitution, their elections, their new army and new police, their oil production. Bush is steering a course for the impossible, oblivious to the storm that blows us ever further from his "unchanging goal."
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Senator Chuck Hagel (R) "The American people are not going to continue to support, sustain a policy that puts American troops in the middle of a civil war."
Senator John Warner (R) said Sunday that even in the last week, there has been an "exponential increase in the killings and the savagery... You can see some movement forward, but a lot of movement back. ... We have to rethink all the options."
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"GOP pressure growing for Bush to change course in Iraq"
From a far-right Dallas conservative, who calls Iraq a "quagmire." It used to be that if you didn't want to "stay the course" you were a cut-and-run Democrat.
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zFact:Hostile fatalities are now running slightly higher in year 4 than in year 3 (on a per-day basis). 94% of hostile fatalities have occured after Bush declared "major combat operations have ended." zFact:In June, 55 times more Iraqis were killed in their civil dust-up than in our war on terror. zFact:The FY 2006 (though Sept.) cost of the war to the U.S. comes to $3,801 per Iraqi—more than twice Iraq's annual GDP. Get the report. Click the graphs.
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 Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr - winning?
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Iraqi looters stripped a former British base, Camp Abu Naji, a day after the camp was turned over to Iraqi troops.
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17-Aug. Gas lines in Baghdad are now 60 to 80 cars long and some sleep in line overnight. Partly the shortage is caused by do-it-yourself electricity generation, because electricity service was down to 8 hours/day in June compared with 16-24 under Saddam.
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—Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad
The White House claims the press exaggerates Iraqi problems, but a leaked memo from our Embassy to Sec. of State Rice shows that in private the Administration confirms the press reports and more. If you want z Facts, read this memo.
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In the first 100 days of the 4th year of the war,
the U.S. suffered 178 hostile fatalities compared with only 135 in the first 100 days of the invasion and occupation. See the long-term trend.
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We're in a "war on terror." Bush says the Iraqis are not in a civil war--it's not bad enough yet to be war. zFact:In June, 55 more times Iraqis were killed in their civil dust-up than in our war on terror. This war is headed the wrong direction and has been since we reached Baghdad.
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The Administration is asking for $102 billion in budget authority for Iraq in FY 2006—Sept. 30. It comes to $3,801 per Iraqi, more than twice their per-person GDP. It's like spending $92,468/American per year. Get the report.
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Law enforcement? Not for the rich.
Better than another tax break, the federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax returns of the wealthiest Americans.
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 Civil War Refugees
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The Generals have a common theme: "incompetent strategically," "gross errors in strategy," "strategic blunder." The blunder, inadequate troop strength, was a direct result of his faith in shock and awe. [A 9th General joins the ranks] Media coverage is part of shock & awe strategy.
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Libby said Bush via Cheney authorized him to tell NY Times reporter Judith Miller that Iraq was "vigorously trying to procure" uranium. Had the public needed this information, the leak might be excused. But they knew the information was wrong and wanted Miller to deceive the public.
"Well, when the president does it, that means that it's not illegal." —Nixon
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Bush came to office opposed to nation building. The neocons, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, etc., used 9/11 to steer him into Iraq, but have failed him at every turn: WMD, Abu Ghraib, and oil to pay for it. Iraq is sliding into civil war. There is only one appropriate next step ...
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zFact:Fukuyama, explains that the hopelessly unrealistic neocons (Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc.) have turned Iraq into a "base for jihadist terrorists, with plenty of American targets to shoot at." (2/9/2006)
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zFact:: Bush did not dream up the Iraq war; his foreign policy was hijacked. Read key excerpts from America Alone. Fortunately, Bush is starting to change course, but neocons are stil a major force.
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Zfacts approaches current controversial topics by looking for decisive and well-documented facts. Topics are selected not simply because they are controversial and current. They must also be part of some policy debate and have some long-lasting social significance. Current controversial topics will always include: taxes, income and wealth, jobs, war, and the environment.
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George W. Bush on Leaks and Leaking
Q: "Given recent developments in the CIA leak case, particularly Vice President Cheney's discussions with the investigators, do you still stand by what you said several months ago, a suggestion that it might be difficult to identify anybody who leaked the agent's name?"
Bush: "That's up to. ..."
Q: "And do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have done so?"
Bush: "Yes. And that's up to the U.S. attorney to find the facts." - June 10, 2004.
"I would like this to end as quickly as possible so we know the facts, and if someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration." - July 18, 2005.
"There are too many leaks of classified information in Washington. There's leaks at the executive branch. There's leaks in the legislative branch. There's just too many leaks. And if there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of." - Sept. 30, 2003.
"I'd like to know if somebody in my White House did leak sensitive information. As you know, I've been outspoken on leaks. - Oct. 28, 2003.
"I want to know the truth, and I'm willing to cooperate myself." - June 3, 2004
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http://zfacts.com/p/281.html | 11/20/08 12:36 GMT
Modified: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:19:17 GMT
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