Hammer Tom DeLay: A Message from Howard Dean
Representative
Tom DeLay of Texas needs to be stopped. He is at the center of a
machine that launders corporate influence in our political process. And
now his machine is at the center of investigations by a grand jury in
Texas and the House Ethics Committee in Washington into ethics
violations and criminal activity.
But the DeLay racket reaches even into the Ethics Committee itself. We must act now to make sure the job gets done right.
The
House Ethics Committee must appoint an outside counsel to lead the
investigation. Add your name to the call for accountability:
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/stoptomdelay
Four
of the five Republicans on the House Ethics Committee, which will
review the charges against DeLay next month, have received over $35,000
from an arm of the DeLay operation. They are in no position to conduct an independent investigation.
The
examination of Tom DeLay's political money machine should be free from
the influence of that machine. That can only happen with an
independent, outside counsel leading the probe.
We will
deliver your petition to the House Ethics Committee. And we will take
your messages to Texas to give DeLay's constituents your thoughts about
the man they will have the chance to vote out of office in November.
Sign the petition now:
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/stoptomdelay
The
charges against DeLay filed in the Ethics Committee include trading
favors for contributions, laundering illegal corporate contributions to
influence Texas legislative races, and improperly directing the
Department of Homeland Security to conduct a political witch hunt
against Texas Democrats.
Tom
DeLay has done more than any other person to construct a system where
our representatives sell the privilege of writing legislation to the
highest bidder. His contempt for his opponents and win-at-all-costs
approach pollute our political life - and may have broken the law.
Join the call for a proper investigation of Tom DeLay.
Please
forward this message to your friends and spread the word - we are tired
of business as usual and we demand a real investigation into the man
who has been called the "chief enforcer of company contributions to
Republicans."
Thank you.
Governor Howard Dean, M.D.
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Friday, August 6
Hammer Tom DeLay: A Message from Howard Dean
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Linda Thieman
on Fri 06 Aug 2004 05:38 PM CDT
Gay Wedding Announcement Reaches Small-town Iowa
by
Linda Thieman
on Fri 06 Aug 2004 12:41 PM CDT
Gay Wedding Announcement Reaches Small-town Iowa
This item was posted in the comments section of Blog for Iowa earlier today by SousyHawk, a Democratic activist and Paul Johnson for Congress supporter over at the U of I: The Register ran [this] bit in Borsellino's column: Panora native Tobin Wirt got married this summer, and his hometown paper - the Guthrie County Vedette - carried the announcement, with a photo. Wirt lives in Massachusetts, and he married Robert King. Scott Gonzales is the owner and editor of the paper, and he said this was a first. He didn't have a problem with it because Wirt got the info in within 90 days of the wedding "and that's our policy." According to the announcement: "Wirt is the son of Keith and the late Betty Wirt of Panora and is a 1973 graduate of Panora-Linden High and a 1979 graduate of UNI. King is the son of Lawrence and the late Jean King of Duxbury, Mass., and a 1980 graduate of the University of Massachusetts. The pair has operated restaurants on Cape Cod for two decades and recently sold their latest venture and are enjoying some time off." ------------- SousyHawk went on to say: Mr. Wirt posts on our "Hawkeye Report" site as "Grant Wood". Stop by and wish him congratulations! Click here. Thanks, Sousy! We sure will!
Our Fearful Mis-leader Mis-speaks Again!
by
Linda Thieman
on Fri 06 Aug 2004 07:54 AM CDT
Our Fearful Mis-leader Mis-speaks Again!
Signing a defense spending bill yesterday, George W-for-I-Wonder-Where-he-got-his-education Bush declared that America's terrorist enemies "never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people" - then he added, "And neither do we." Bush often admits to being linguistically challenged. When asked about the comment, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said, "Even the most straightforward and plain-spoken people misspeak." McClellan earned his pay the hard way, keeping a straight face the entire time, although heaven appeared to have come crashing down when he called the mendacious Pinocchio "straightforward." Source: WPVI.com
Doctors Without Borders Leaves Afghanistan and Rumsfeld Leaves the Public Eye
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Linda Thieman
on Fri 06 Aug 2004 04:58 AM CDT
Doctors Without Borders Leaves Afghanistan and Rumsfeld Leaves the Public Eye
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