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http://www.thepowerhour.com/
GOP Convention in VIOLATION of it's own DOD Directive issued 8/02/04
Posted by rob-ok-vin
Added to homepage Sat Aug 28th 2004, 09:15 AM ET
In direct violation of DOD policy issued August 02, 2004, the Republican National Convention is touting 3% of it's 4800 delegates (144 delegates) as active duty military personnel. The new initiative, put out and signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz outlines the policies regarding active duty military personnel. Among the policy's prohibited behaviors or activities is listed in DOD Directive 1344.10 under section 4.1.2.3 is:
4.1.2. A member on active duty shall not:
4.1.2.3. Participate in partisan political management, campaigns, or conventions (unless attending a convention as a spectator when not in uniform).
This new policy, enacted after the Democratic Convention (July 26-29), clearly states the prohibited and acceptable behaviors of military personnel in regards to political affiliation and endorsements.
The Republican National Party is touting these military delegates in direct violation of their own Defense Department directive. These delegates face disciplinary action under the DOD directive:
4.4.4. A member who violates any of the prohibitions in sub-paragraphs 4.1.2., 4.2.1., 4.3.1., or 4.3.4., or enclosure 3, of this Directive may be subject to disciplinary or adverse administrative action under Service regulations.
This is unbelievable breaking news which has not, to my knowledge, been covered in any other media outlet. This is a DU exclusive.
Let's get this story out to the mainstream media before the start of the RNC and put the focus on this administration's further violations of it's own policies and procedures.
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I watched this on cspan. The people filled a four lane road and it took over 4 hrs to film them all marching by. There were more like 2 MILLION marchers , so don't fall for this misleadingly low number of 200,000 they are trying to pawn off on us.
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quote:
Originally posted by KnewEyes
I watched this on cspan. The people filled a four lane road and it took over 4 hrs to film them all marching by. There were more like 2 MILLION marchers , so don't fall for this misleadingly low number of 200,000 they are trying to pawn off on us.
THERE WERE LITERALLY MILLIONS of people marching on that day.
The Fasciste always like to under report the total number, so Average Joe and Joan will think it's no big deal.
Here's a good record of Dumbya's real record on the economy in the last four years.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/01/BUGMG8HJ9D1.DTL
Four harsh years
David Lazarus
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
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The Republicans, ever on the prowl for innovative ideas, will spend tonight erecting a newfangled runway leading from the stage at their New York convention to a special podium in the middle of the floor.
Thursday evening, President Bush will stroll down the runway like Miss America, smile for all those judging his poise and appearance, and talk about his hopes for world peace.
What he probably won't say is that these past four years have been unusually harsh for average Americans.
"It's been an extremely disappointing period for our economic well-being, " said Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Brookings Institution in Washington. "On balance, President Bush's policies have done more harm than good."
That's obviously not what the Republicans will be trying to convey when the leader of the free world takes his promenade before admiring onlookers.
"It will underscore that this is the man in the arena," said Leonardo Alcivar, press secretary for the convention. "This is the man who led strongly during a period of change and in which our nation's character was tested."
Aides have suggested that, along with making the world a safer place, Bush's speech Thursday will center on restructuring the Social Security system, the tax code and health care.
These are all fine goals, just as they were when Bush declared them to be among his priorities during the last presidential campaign.
Meanwhile, here are some examples of what actually transpired for the U.S. economy during Bush's term in office.
-- There are currently 1.1 million fewer jobs than in January 2001, placing Bush on track to be the first president since the Great Depression to end his term with a net job loss.
-- Inflation-adjusted median household income has fallen by $1,535, or 3. 4 percent, during the past three years to $43,318, according to Census figures released last week.
-- Average hourly earnings rose by 1.9 percent during the past 12 months, according to the Labor Department. Consumer prices, however, have climbed by about 3 percent.
-- Home ownership is up thanks mainly to low interest rates. But easy credit has also led to record consumer debt ($2.038 trillion) and record personal bankruptcy filings (1.7 million in 2003).
-- The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, according to Census figures. The rate of child poverty climbed to 17.6 percent, while nearly a quarter of all African Americans are now below the poverty line.
-- Earnings by women declined last year for the first time since 1995, falling 0.6 percent to an average $30,724 annually. Women now earn 76 cents for every dollar earned by men, a penny less than in 2002.
-- The number of Americans lacking health insurance increased to a record 45 million last year from 43.6 million in 2002.
-- The White House is projecting a record budget deficit this year of $445 billion. When Bush took office, the federal budget had been balanced for three straight years and was running a surplus of $236 billion -- the largest in U.S. history.
Brookings' Mann said Bush is not directly to blame for all these woes. He noted that Bush inherited a weakening economy when he first took his seat in the Oval Office.
"But it turned out to be a very mild recession," Mann said. "In the years since then, the performance of the economy has been much less than what we're used to seeing after such a downturn.
"Bush may not be to blame for our current troubles," he added. "But his tax cuts are largely responsible for deficits as far as the eye can see, and you could say he did very little to head off the various other trends that were developing."
Brian Riedl, budget analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation, acknowledged that "the economy has been through a rough four years."
But he stressed that the U.S. economy is too vast for a single person to be blamed for lackluster performance. "It's absurd to suggest that all short- run economic trends are the fault of the president," Riedl said.
Be that as it may, there's still that nagging question, first posed by Ronald Reagan in 1980, about whether people are better off now than they were four years ago.
"If I kept my job, I'm probably better off," Riedl answered. "If I lost my job, I'm probably worse off."
Personally, I think both Mann and Riedl are right.
The U.S. economy is indeed bigger than a single person, no matter how highly placed. That said, economic stability is a fair and reasonable yardstick by which to judge a president's stewardship of the nation.
Bush sought the White House at a time of peace and prosperity. He now has U.S. forces committed to wars in two nations -- with no end in sight for either -- and is presiding over an economy that's seen setbacks for all but the wealthiest citizens.
When Bush addresses his party and the nation, he can't be faulted for focusing on the future -- that's what this race is about. At the same time, though, Americans have every right to hold the president accountable for the current state of the nation.
"There's only one reason to look backward, and that is to determine who best to lead us forward," Bush told supporters in Ohio last weekend. "I'm here to tell you that ... we've done a lot, we have more to do."
Hopefully he'll have more to say on the subject tomorrow. Otherwise, this week's events amount to little more than a beauty pageant. With a single contestant.
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http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=8721
Protesters form 3-mile-long unemployment line
Thousands of demonstrators brandishing "pink slips" formed a symbolic unemployment line Wednesday morning that stretched from Wall Street to Madison Square Garden, in a move aimed at blaming President George W. Bush for massive U.S. job losses.
The protesters, organized by nonprofit group People for the American Way and the New York state AFL-CIO, distributed pink flyers that read "The Next Pink Slip Might be Yours!" and listed unemployment statistics, according to news reports. The three-mile-long queue was intended to represent 1.2 million jobs lost since March 2001 and the more than 8 million Americans who remain unemployed, according to the group's Web site. The organization said 5,000 people showed up for the demonstration.
According to news reports, the action was peaceful, in contrast with anti-GOP demonstrations Tuesday that erupted into clashes between police and protesters, hundreds of whom were arrested. |
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Mech
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Alex Jones in his 9/2/04 video report stated that the official number for the RNC was 400,000
...an absolute RECORD for any presidential election convention.
But oh no...the fascist, globalist, anti-american international corporate-owned press won't tell you this.
NYC was a total police state and Alex was threatened with arrest 3 times and had one of his video cameras smashed by black uniformed police.
You call that FREEDOM?...BULLS#!+
Now we are seeing what the BUSH CABAL has turned America into...a festering unaccountable POLICE STATE run by Military-industrial complex THUGS who never served in the military. (excuse me.. REAL national guardsmen).
The people of America (awakened America) have spoken!
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:30 am
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You probably heard about the texas national gaurd thing right Mech??Nov.1st??? |
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Mech
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:40 am
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I believe so.
Think we should tell all the NEO-CONS out there reading this forum?
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CDsNuTz
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:13 am
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Think they could handle it???  NO!!!! |
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Swamp Gas
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:12 pm
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Come on CD and Mech, the Suspense is killing us!
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Mech
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Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:30 pm
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Yup...
GENERAL PRIMAKOV (Ex Russian KGB) heading up elements of HOMELAND SECURITY to shore up martial law or public CHECKPOINTS in brainwashed BUSH America. (The new soveit union).
Amazing how all this is happening so fast.
But lets see them take all of our guns.
NOT HAPPENING.
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Mech
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Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:28 pm
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Even though its a bit cheesy and dated...I suggest everyone see this movie.
Pretty much describes what the NWO takeover will be like. |
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