Keith Olbermann did a good job pulling together all of the facts to expose how low this Bush Administration has sunk in this Bush and Kerry flap over the US soldiers.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/1...arty-in-power/
Being sent to die for a lie is the sleaziest thing a government can do to its soldiers. The Republicans are guilty of that lie. The Democrats are guilty of that lie. Had I known Lyndon Johnson allowed Israel to attack the USS Liberty, I too would have been out in the streets in the 1960s protesting then what our government has become.
With the Republicans controlling the White House, the DNC control of the House and Senate will be gridlock and give the rest of America time to develop a game plan to take them all down, clean the house and flush the toilet.
How can one tell that multipolarization is happening out of sight of American voters? Simply, when China holds a summit in Beijing with most of the leaders of Africa. Why would they do that? Africa is rich in natural resources that China will need for its booming economy. Pooh, and Cheney is frothing at the mouth to attack Africa right after Iran. Cheney and this thug buddies were planning on 25% of US oil supply coming from Africa since is it so much closer. Since that little game plan appears to be changing, I would not trust the US government if I were Hugo Chavez. Russia is now the number one producer but who appears to be sitting on the mother lode is Venezuela.
“China defends its expansion into Africa
By Richard McGregor in Beijing
Published: October 26 2006 14:19 | Last updated: October 26 2006 14:19
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d2ff4fb0-64e...0779e2340.html
China has rejected criticism it is ignoring environmental and anti-corruption standards in its courtship of Africa ahead of an unprecedented summit in Beijing involving more than 40 leaders from the continent.
China said Thursday that all 48 African countries invited to the two-day summit next week would send representatives, with most confirming their heads of state would attend.
The five remaining nations in the 53-strong African Union which recognise Taipei ahead of Beijing have also been invited to send observers.
The summit will attempt to give some political ballast to a relationship that has developed rapidly over the past five years, driven by China's need for raw materials, especially oil, from the resource-rich continent.
But China's expansion in Africa has also drawn criticism for overlooking human rights abuses in countries such as Sudan and declining to adopt a lending code followed by many global banks on social and environmental standards.
Wei Jianguo, a vice-minister for commerce, defended China's engagement with Africa, saying its soft loans, infrastructure projects and commercial investments were "like sending firewood in the snow".
"Chinese investments have greatly benefited the local people and have been popular among them," said Mr Wei. "And compared to western products, Chinese products enjoy a better price-to-performance ratio and better meet the needs of consumers."
China had invested about $6.27bn in Africa by the end of last year, about 10 per cent of all overseas investment. It has also financed ports, railways and other infrastructure projects.”
The largest impact has been in two-way trade, which jumped from about $10bn in 2000 to an expected $50bn this year. The trade balance is slightly in African's favour.
Why would Africa side with China over the US? The correct answer is because of our arrogant government and abusive policies, in a nutshell. Just think folks, we are financing China in their goals of having significant influence in Africa every time you hear the cash registers at WalMart.
China Pledges Billions to Africa
Nov 4, 4:42 PM (ET)
By JOE McDONALD
BEIJING (AP) - China launched a sweeping effort Saturday to expand its access to Africa's oil and markets, pledging billions of dollars in aid and loans as dozens of leaders from the world's poorest continent opened a conference aimed at building economic ties.
African leaders at the two-day meeting said they welcomed Chinese investment and business ties, but Beijing also faces criticism that it is treating Africa like a colonial territory and supports regimes with poor human rights records.
President Hu Jintao pledged to double China's aid to Africa from its 2006 level by 2009. Speaking at the conference's opening ceremony, he promised $3 billion in loans, $2 billion in export credits and a $5 billion fund to encourage Chinese investment in Africa.
"Chinese assistance to Africa is sincere, unselfish and has no strings attached," Premier Wen Jiabao said at a gathering of Chinese and African entrepreneurs held as part of the conference.
Bush and the Republicans are scared because this election is a referendum on their policies and this bogus Global War on Terror they have been cooking up for many years. Oil is their target and has been all along rather than sane policies that would negate the need to make war for oil.
Rather than address and control the excesses of the Big Defense and Big Oil interests, they just rolled over for them and all of us are now paying the costs for that folly and will for the next 20 to 30 years.
Rather than develop equal balance that recognizes that the world is changing with or without US leadership, they chose a path of war to pretend they are the moral leaders. The world is not buying it, Bush cannot sell it, and the world is way past ready for Americans to wake up and get it.
Former US Army Ranger Kevin Tillman figured it out. The United States has become a nation that pretends to be what it is not and condemns in others what our government really is.
The question is – does this US government really represent the will of We the People? I know that for the vast majority of Americans that answer is no.
On November 2, both Russia and China refused to back sanctions on Iran. Multipolarization is a bitch when our leaders pretend it does not exist and prefer instead to pursue a bogus war plan on a bogus Global War on Terror.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1003347326
“Andrew Sullivan, the conservative writer who was once a key media supporter for the Iraq war, denounced the latest Bush statement on CNN on Wednesday night, stating that the president is so delusional, "This is not an election anymore, it's an intervention."”
Andrew Sullivan is right; this is an intervention to stop a madman who has a game plan that he cannot sell and when he does sell it all you can find are the lies to mislead.
George W. Bush does not have the moral virtues to be our leader and when I watch him on TV he lacks the mental stability too. It shows in his actions that he can’t sell it with lie, after lie, after lie.
VOTE THEM OUT!
IT IS TIME FOR A NEW GAME PLAN!
Best regards,
Karl