Positive Universe Abstracts

Dear MoveOn member,

This week, the Senate is planning to quietly hold a vote that would pardon President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping innocent Americans without warrants. According to Senator Leahy, the bill would “…immunize officials who have violated federal law by authorizing such illegal activities.”1

President Bush broke the law, and courts are starting to agree. Judiciary Committee [...]

BILL OF RIGHTS DEFENSE COMMITTEE ALERT: New Compromise TORTURE Bills Actually EXPAND Provisions for unconstitutional items…

www.bordc.org/newsletter/bordc-act-alert924.php

Amnesty Deeply Disturbed

www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=ENGUSA20060922001

Center for Constitutional Rights

www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/report.asp?ObjID=7OGEO1tfaE&Content=839

“Dirty War” Amnesty Law

www.consortiumnews.com

A Torturous Compromise:

www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2006/09/23/a_toturous_compromise/

Keep Watching for more Updates:

www.bordc.org/news/

Torture Exhibit A

www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/09/22/torture_exhibit_a.php

The Torture Deal

www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1357

But Disappointing Compromise Weak on Enforcement, Eliminates Access to Courts for Victims of Abuse

(Washington, D.C., September 22, 2006) — Key Republican Senators have rejected the Bush administration‚s [...]

The Free Press by Greg Palast September 23, 2006

“I’ve known Hugo Chavez for years, let me tell you that man knows a diablo when he sees one.” — Greg Palast

From The Progressive By Greg Palast

You’d think George Bush would get down on his knees and kiss Hugo Chavez’s behind. Not only has Chavez delivered cheap oil to [...]

Catholic Online America (www.americamagazine.org)

Armies inevitably refight the last war, and generals are often unprepared for the new war their enemy brings them. The law and ethics of war follow the same pattern. Years go by before lawmakers and ethicists recognize the worrisome changes that have overtaken warfare.

It took decades for the human costs of [...]

AlterNet, CA By James Foley

In the world today, one ancient religious ideology, monotheism, stands out as especially dangerous, repressive and loony.

Sam Harris’s book “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason,” which won the 2005 Pen Award for nonfiction, develops a smart, knowledgeable polemic about the growing dangers of all religious ideologies. Although [...]

Al-Jazeerah.info, GA By John Chuckman

Al-Jazeerah, September 22, 2006

For a country which takes excessive pride in flags, uniforms, and marching bands and spends more than the rest of the planet combined on its military, the record of America’s forces since World War II is depressing. In dozens of quickie invasions against weak opponents, Americans indeed have prevailed, [...]

The Tidings, CA

By Lisa M. Dahm

Caring for the immigrant, its specific challenges and opportunities was the topic of the 12th annual Public Policy Breakfast with Cardinal Roger Mahony, held Sept. 13 at St. Vincent School, Los Angeles.

About 100 people attended the breakfast, sponsored by the archdiocesan Justice and Peace Commission, including Catholic high school students, [...]