hour after hour of Dubya yammering on-and-on

TIRED OF BUSH-SPEAK---Do you feel, like many others, that the President isn't saying what you'd like to hear? Well, now you can do something about it. The Dubya Deconstruction Toolkit lets you take the President's own words and rearrange them to say whatever you like. The toolkit consists of over 300 words and phrases from Bush's very own lips. We stifled our gag reflex and listened to hour after hour of Dubya yammering on-and-on to create this collection.�(Raino.com via Craiglist)

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U.S.-based oil and gas companies have nearly 900 subsidiaries located in tax haven countries, such as the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.

U.S.-based oil and gas companies have nearly 900 subsidiaries located in tax haven countries, such as the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. (Center for Public Integrity)

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Graphic Designer Fired After Heckling Bush

A man who heckled President Bush at a political rally was fired from his job at an advertising and design company for offending a client who provided tickets to the event.

The fired graphic designer said Saturday he won't try to get his job back.

``I'm mad less about losing the job -- I'm more mad about the reasons,'' said Glen Hiller, 35, of Berkeley Springs. ``All I did was show up and voice my opinion.''....

....The father of two young girls had worked at the design firm for five months, doesn't plan to appeal the firing, and holds no grudge against his boss.

``To some degree I can see her point of view,'' Hiller said. ``Advertising is all about having the perfect tan and driving a cool car. It's all about image.'' (AP)

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Bush Began to Plan War Three Months After 9/11

Bush Began to Plan War Three Months After 9/11---Woodward describes a relationship between Cheney and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell that became so strained Cheney and Powell are barely on speaking terms. Cheney engaged in a bitter and eventually winning struggle over Iraq with Powell, an opponent of war who believed Cheney was obsessively trying to establish a connection between Iraq and the al Qaeda terrorist network and treated ambiguous intelligence as fact...Before the war with Iraq, Powell bluntly told Bush that if he sent U.S. troops there "you're going to be owning this place." Powell and his deputy and closest friend, Richard L. Armitage, used to refer to what they called "the Pottery Barn rule" on Iraq: "You break it, you own it," according to Woodward. (Washington Post)

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Bush Pushes Renewal of Patriot Act

Bush Pushes Renewal of Patriot Act---"Key elements of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "Some politicians in Washington act as if the threat to America will also expire on that schedule."
Although it was supported by a large majority of lawmakers when it came up for a vote in Congress in the weeks after the attacks, the Patriot Act has become controversial. (Reuters)

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Bush Move on Mideast May Sway Jewish Vote

Bush Move on Mideast May Sway Jewish Vote---When President Bush announced a major shift this week in Middle East policy, the news was heralded on the Republican Jewish Coalition website with smiling photos of Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a headline declaring, "President Bush Backs Israel, Yet Again."
(L.A. Times)

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Cheney, Rove on Hit List

Cheney, Rove on Hit List---"I'm tired of these Republicans who spend so much time denigrating Democrats and other people's commitment to the defense of our nation," said Kerry, a Vietnam veteran, in what appeared to be an unplanned comment.

"I'm tired of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney and a bunch of people who went out of their way to avoid their chance to serve when they had the chance."

"I went," he added. "I'm not going to listen to them talk to me about patriotism and how asking questions about the direction of our country somehow challenges patriotism. Because asking questions about the direction of our country is patriotism." (L.A. Times)

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Rove Rues 'Mission Accomplished' Banner

Rove Rues 'Mission Accomplished' Banner---Last October, Bush said the White House had nothing to do with the banner; a spokesman later clarified that the ship's crew asked for the sign and the White House staff had it made by a private vendor. It wasn't clear who paid for the sign. (AP)

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Bush Asked for Iraq War Plan in Nov. 2001

Bush Asked for Iraq War Plan in Nov. 2001---The admission from the White House about the early timing of a discussion about war strategy came after the administration was questioned about a new book by journalist Bob Woodward. (Reuters)

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Cheney Took in $178,437 from Halliburton in 2003

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg complained that Cheney is "still getting paychecks from Halliburton."
"That's wrong," he said. "Dick Cheney is being paid almost the same amount by Halliburton as he is making as vice president of the United States."
He said other top officials, such as Treasury Secretary John Snow, ended their deferred compensation plans upon taking office. "Vice President Cheney should have done the same," he said. (Reuters)

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