June 2008

Get Tickets Early Wednesday to Bush Event on Friday

From the Monticello Website:

Free tickets to Monticello’s July 4 event will be distributed Wednesday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. – Free tickets to the July 4 event at Monticello that will feature the participation of President Bush will be made available to the public Wednesday (July 2).

Approximately 1,000 tickets to the 46th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday at the Monticello Visitor read more

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Upcoming Radio Shows With Jesse Ventura, John Dean

By David Swanson

Here are two upcoming live online radio shows you can participate in:

Monday, June 30, 8-9 p.m. ET: Jesse Ventura, Former Governor of Minnesota, Wrestler, and Navy SEAL, and author of new book “Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me,” in which he asks whether he should run for president this year.

Tuesday, July 8, 8-9 p.m. ET: John Dean, whose latest book is “Broken Government,” and whose past works include “Worse Than Watergate.”

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Should Monticello Allow Bush to Speak on July 4th?

Should a war criminal be permitted to speak on the Fourth of July at Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello?

Right Now, Wherever You Are: The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, a private nonprofit, owns and operates Monticello with a professed mission of preservation and education. Call Monticello right now and ask them to uninvite Bush: (434) 984-9822. Then let the Daily Progress newspaper in Charlottesville know that you’ve done that: enewstips@dailyprogress.com

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George W. Bush to Speak at Monticello on July Fourth

By David Swanson

The Unitary Executive is scheduled to disgrace the grounds of Thomas Jefferson’s house, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va., making a speech on the morning of July 4, 2008. The event is open to the public, and is Monticello’s annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony. Numerous immigrants will become citizens in an event besmirched by the presence of a war criminal, and held in the district of Congressman Virgil Goode, whose entire reelection campaign read more

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I Hate to Say We Saw It Coming, But

By David Swanson

I posted the following on TomDispatch at the start of the current (and last?) Congress:

Can Congress End the War?
Democratic Leaders May Prefer to Claim They Tried But Failed
By David Swanson

The shortest route to ending the Iraq war (and preventing additional wars) is almost certainly through Congress. Influencing the White House directly is unimaginable, and stopping the war through the courts unlikely. Clearly, Congress is the way to go. But what specifically can read more

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The Last Fourth of July

By David Swanson

On the first Fourth of July, the members of the Continental Congress signed a declaration of their disloyalty to the third George to rule the empire, denouncing his abuses of power. They complained of harassment by his troops, of his elevating the military above civilian power, of his denying people a fair trial by jury and instead transporting them overseas to be tried on false accusations, and in general of rendering the colonies almost as unpleasant and fearful a place to dwell read more

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Upcoming Radio Shows With Vincent Bugliosi, Jesse Ventura, John Dean

By David Swanson

Here are some upcoming live online radio shows you can participate in:

Thursday, June 26, 7-8 p.m. ET: Vincent Bugliosi, Author of ‘The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder’. Following a scheduling SNAFU and a wildfire, this is the third attempt to make this show happen.

Monday, June 30, 8-9 p.m. ET: Jesse Ventura, Former Governor of Minnesota, Wrestler, and Navy SEAL, author of new book “Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me.”

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Under Penalty of Punishment

By David Swanson

That’s a translation of subpoena: Sub Poena: Under Punishment. And if you or I refused to obey a subpoena we would certainly be under punishment.

In fact, it used to be that laws in this country could be applied to everyone, even presidents. When President Richard Nixon refused to comply with subpoenas from a prosecutor, the Supreme Court told him he had to. When Nixon refused to comply with subpoenas from Congress, the House Judiciary Committee passed an article of impeachment read more

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War Inc Blows

By David Swanson

I went to the trouble to get a copy of John Cusack’s film “War, Inc.” and I would have had more fun watching Congress declare national swamp moss appreciation week on C-Span.

SPOILER WARNING

I’m thrilled that the film’s release has put Cusack on TV talking against illegal wars and mercenary armies. He speaks very well off script. I’m thrilled that hunger for anti-war films gave “War, Inc” an early burst of interest and public pressure read more

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