What are we becoming?

On CNN's the situation room, Jack Cafferty looks at how the House passed legislation that includes a war crimes immunity clause. He rightfully asks, "what are we becoming?"

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Stephen Colbert Mocks Senate Compromise

In his latest WORD segment, Stephen Colbert goes after the "Rebel Republicans" compromise with the Bush Administration over enemy combatants.

"...Governing is a lot easier when your checks and balances come from people who don't want to check or balance you...after all, why let the opposing party fight your legislation? You have way more control when you're your own opposition. And folks, it's a strategy that can work on any issue...instead of letting your political enemies come out against it, you seize the high moral ground by getting a member of your own party to oppose you…then you can reach a reasonable compromise. After all, if you're your own party's opposition, what position can your real opposition take? Submission"

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VIDEO: SNL 9/11 TRUTH!?

UPDATE: Google has removed the video.
An unexpected reference to insider trading and other suspicious stock market activities prior to 9/11 featured in SNL skit.
For those who may not be aware of the suspicious insider trading in the lead up to 9/11: 911 Research Insider Trading Article
This issue is also cataloged by a number of other sites, both mainstream news sources and independent journalists, and is universally adhered to as one of the smoking guns indicating foreknowledge of 9/11.
Strange how SNL would slip in such a reference, why would they do that?
Notice no laughter following the assertion in the skit...

Here's a partial transcript of the portion of the video.

"Back in the summer of 2001, I wanted to move some money into defense-related and home security stocks, but your brokers talked me out of it. Is that because you and your friends were buying those stocks and wanted to keep the price down?"

"Exactly. We felt that with the 9/11 terror attacks coming up later in the summer, that sector of the market would probably triple in value... and once again, we were right."

"You knew in advance about 9/11?"

"Basically."

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Cafferty: "This is the same jive we were fed in the run-up to Iraq"

Jack Cafferty discussed the new Time article "What Would War With Iran Look Like" yesterday and questioned the intel reports we are hearing on the nuclear capabilities of Bush's next target. They always say history repeats itself, but did we ever expect that repetition to occur within only three short years?

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The U.S. vs John Lennon

A new documentary on the life of John Lennon.
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Sen. Ted Kennedy supports Net Neutrality

Look, all I know is Ted Kennedy would totally beat Ted Stevens ass.
In fact, that's how this whole issue should be settled.
Net Neutrality Cage Match. Kennedy vs Stevens. Live stream on Youtube.


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Video: CBC News Investigates 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

In a segment titled: "9/11 Five Years Later: Facing the Fallout" The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation takes a look at the 9/11 conspiracy theories to see if there's anything to them. Features interviews with Lee Hamilton (co-chair of the 9/11 Commission), Dr. David Ray Griffin (author of "The New Pearl Harbor"), Dylan Avery (one of the producers of "Loose Change"), and family members of the victims.

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President Bush uses Little Richard as translator

From the Daily Show with Jon Stewart: GW's 9/11 speech is explained by celebrity translator Little Richard. Brilliant!

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9/11: PRESS FOR TRUTH [THE FULL MOVIE]

Based on Paul Thompson's Timeline, and on the efforts of the 9/11 family steering committee, this documentary presents the hard questions that the mainstream media are afraid to ask, and uncovers the truth of what happened on 9/11.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper has printed a list of stories we in the media seem to have largely ignored over the past year. The story is gleaned from an annual list developed by Project Censored, a media research group out of Sonoma State University that tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters.

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Keith Olbermann to Bush: Have you no sense of decency?

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Olbermann: "More over, Mr. Bush, you are accomplishing in part what Osama Bin Laden and others seek--a fearful American populace, easily manipulated, and willing to throw away any measure of restraint, any loyalty to our own ideals and freedoms, for the comforting illusion of safety."

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The Bush administration has declared itself immune from whistleblower protections for federal workers under the Clean Water Act, according to legal documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The opinion and the ruling reverse nearly two decades of precedent, and will silence 170,000 federal employees.

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On 9/10-11, ABC will air a "docudrama" called "Path to 9/11," billed as "an objective telling of the events of 9/11." In fact, the film was written by an unabashed conservative who twists the facts to blame President Clinton. The show's official blog attracted comments criticizing the film and the writer and director published defensive posts...

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UPDATE: ABC brought it back