Democracy for New Hampshire - Terrorism

"Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:22:54 -0400

Not in the Teoc Community in Carroll County, Mississippi. That's not one of the places John McCain has bothered to visit in his quest for the Presidency. Brother Joe has. And, according to the Wall Street Journal, there was a time when John Sydney visited there, too.

Sen. McCain's family lived primarily on military installations around the world. But they remained attached to Teoc, visiting repeatedly during Sen. McCain's childhood, often for long periods. When they went to the farm in the 1940s and 1950s, the future Sen. McCain and his brother stayed in the rambling house, now abandoned, of their great-uncle, Joe McCain, who had become the plantation's owner.

Sen. McCain's younger brother, also named Joe, said that though their father "moved around as the son of a naval officer, he too always thought of Teoc as his 'blood ground' and loved visiting there."

But, no longer.

Olbermann on Palin Pallin' with Terrorists

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:47:49 -0400

So, I don't know why the special comment from last night hasn't been put up yet.

Olbermann Special Comment

Maybe, it's too long at eleven minutes to be handled by YouTube.

Political comedian/musician ROY ZIMMERMAN in NH!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:35:38 -0400

The Northwood Theater Workshop announces the next installment of its ongoing concert series.

Tuesday, July 29, at 7pm, acclaimed liberal singer/songwriter/comedian Roy Zimmerman will be appearing at the theater for the New Hampshire stop of his "Thanks For The Support" 50 state summer tour. Zimmerman, from San Francisco, writes and performs comedic songs about "ignorance, war, and greed".

Examples of his work can be found on his YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/royzimmerman

Zimmerman has shared the stage with the likes of George Carlin, Bill Maher, Kate Clinton, Dennis Miller, Sandra Tsing Loh, kd lang, Andy Borowitz and Paul Krassner, and played a series of shows swapping songs with The Pixies' Frank Black. In the 90's he founded, performed with, and wrote all the material for the folk quartet "The Foremen" who were signed with the major record label Warner Bros/Reprise.

"Roy's lyrics move beyond poetry and achieve perfection." -Joni Mitchell

All the President's Nazis

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:03:31 -0400

SOURCE: Huffington Post

All the President's Nazis (Real and Imagined):An Open Letter to Bush

Posted May 15, 2008 | 07:48 PM (EST)

By Larisa Alexandrovna

Dear Mr. Bush,

Your speech on the Knesset floor today was not only a disgrace; it was nothing short of treachery. Worse still, your exploitation of the Holocaust in a country carved out of the wounds of that very crime, in order to strike a low blow at American citizens whose politics differs from your own is unforgivable and unpardonable. Let me remind you, Mr. Bush, of your words today:

Air Force--A Service in Search of a Mission?

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:32:06 -0400

It was a rather peculiar diatribe by the Secretary of Defense, especially considering that, oh so many ages ago, he'd been a member of the Air Force himself. Even more puzzling, considering that the Air Force is running at least four mega bases in Iraq, including the Balad Air Field, which rivals O'Hare in traffic, was Robert Gates' assertion that the Air Force is not pulling its weight in the Iraq and Afghanistan endeavors.

What was he thinking?

Shea-Porter Pushes for the Cyber Command

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:40:22 -0400

SOURCE:Boston Globe

Pressing to develop Navy land in Maine
Congresswoman courts Air Force Cyber Command
May 4, 2008
KITTERY, Maine - As the Navy explores private development of the former Portsmouth Naval Shipyard prison, US Representative Carol Shea-Porter is pushing to bring the US Air Force's Cyber Command to the long-neglected castle-like structure.

Air Force--Disaster over Iraq

Sat, 03 May 2008 15:00:23 -0400

If you agree that we organize governments at all levels to deal with (prevent and/or mitigate) the vagaries of man and nature we don't want--i.e. man-made and natural disasters, which may be categorized under the seven Is:

incineration

inundation

invasion

infestation

incarceration

injury

ignorance

--then it seems fair to conclude that, since every one of those conditions has been promoted and exacerbated in Iraq, that benighted land is a prime example of government gone wrong. And, though it doesn't get much coverage, the United States Air Force is largely at fault.

Shaheen on National Security

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:16:34 -0400

Let me start with the observation that I did not invite the missive from the Jeanne Shaheen campaign to be dropped in my in-box, nor did I forward my address in anticipation of getting either policy missives or requests for donations. So, in a sense, this is the internet version of the robo call and the extension of the opt-out policy to this medium of communication is not welcome, since it's the strategy spammers rely on to validate that the addresses they have purchased are active.

Analysis of the communication follows after the break.

Oscar-winning Documentary includes Franklin Pierce Law Center's John Hutson

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:06:37 -0500

Taxi to the Dark Side has just won this year's Oscar for Best Documentary. This powerful film about US military policy and prisoner detention practices has global implications but also has immediate local connections: an interview with John Hutson, regarding torture and interrogation techniques is featured in the film. Hutson is currently Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center and Chair of the greater Concord Chamber of Commerce,

Red River Theatres is proud to announce a special TWO NIGHTS ONLY screening of Taxi to the Dark Side, March 4 at 8 pm and March 5 at 7pm. And on March 5 only, we invite you to join us for a post-film discussion with Retired Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, and current Dean of Franklin Pierce Law School, John Hutson.

Info at www.redrivertheatres.org; tel: 224-4600.

Candlelight Vigil in Market Square in Portsmouth

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:58:43 -0400

Wednesday, March 19, at 6 pm: A candlelight vigil in Market Square in Portsmouth on the actual date of the beginning of the Iraq war five years ago. We will have some signs and candles, or bring your own. For more information contact Seacoast Peace Response at info@seacoastpeaceresponse.org or 603-749-9159.

"Was 9/11 an Inside Job?"--Lecture

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:53:02 -0500

The Monadnock 9/11 Truth Alliance and Student Scholars for 9/11 Truth is hosting an event with founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, James H. Fetzer

The application of scientific reasoning to 9/11 demonstrates that virtually everything we have been told about the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville is not only untrue but provably false.
Was there more to the "collapse" of the Twin Towers than plane impacts and fires? Was the Pentagon hit by a Boeing 757? What happened in Shanksville? Were 19 Islamic terrorists responsible for this attack? Who is Philip Zelikow and why should his area of expertise matter to you? What happens when independent experts and scholars who don't have an axe to grind look at the evidence? 100+ slides and video clips.
Contact: Justin Martell - 860-575-4293

Reality Bites--Bomb, bomb Iraq

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:22:56 -0500

Although it's John McCain that's gained notoriety for crooning "bomb, bomb Iran" to the tune of the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann," the fly-boy mentality is alive and well in today's Air Force. But, there's a new twist. The traditional insensitivity of people who fly way up in the sky and get a thrill out of dropping their deadly load, has been passed on to some really pedestrian, ground-based fellows, manning computer terminals in the vicinity of Las Vegas, Nevada to control predatory drones that dispatch individual with 500 pound bombs and missiles. Talk about over-kill.

Tom Engelhardt and a few others have taken the trouble to bring us up to date on the evolution (devolution?) of the air war from Guernica to Arab Jabour, courtesy of the United States Air Force.

Dodd speaks about the Bhutto assassination

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:14:39 -0500

Reid and Company Target the True Enemy: ‘Dodd and His Allies’

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:19:12 -0500

SOURCE: SALON.COM

by Glenn Greenwald

During yesterday’s chat with Washington Post Congressional reporter Paul Kane, this extremely revealing exchange occurred, regarding the view of Harry Reid and other anonymous Democrats of Chris Dodd’s actions this week, whereby Dodd disrupted their collective desire for quick, smooth, trouble-free passage of Bush’s surveillance and immunity bill:

Cyber Warriors

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:41:21 -0500

Tim Roemer, a former Democratic representative from Indiana, who served on the Sept. 11 commission, is president of the Center for National Policy. In an article in today's Washington Post on how to fix intelligence oversight, he makes the point that Congress has little idea of what's actually going on because:

The intelligence-authorizing committees in the House and Senate -- the ones we look to when something goes wrong -- have, ironically, the least say over how intelligence dollars are spent. Instead, the defense appropriations subcommittees have final say over intelligence funding levels.
Authorizers are often circumvented or ignored by the intelligence community, which seeks to deal directly with appropriators. The defense appropriations subcommittees, understaffed and preoccupied with a $600 billion defense budget, simply don't have the time or resources to devote sufficient attention to intelligence funding -- one of the most important spending priorities for our country's national security.