An Open Letter to SMU Petition Signers

I am Andrew J. Weaver, the person who organized and maintains the petition at www.protectSMU.org. I am an ordained United Methodist minister
and research psychologist living in New
York City. There are over 11,200 petition signers
representing every state, including 28 United Methodist bishops, several hundred
graduates of SMU and thousands of clergy, church members, and people of
conscience. Many thanks for your support!

Below is a
press release about the current situation regarding the Bush proposal to build a
library and partisan think tank at Southern Methodist University. We need your
help to get this story to everyone you know. We need you to contact the UMC
bishops, especially those in the South Central Jurisdiction (see below:
nationwide toll free numbers). State your concern in a courteous but firm manner
that elected delegates have a right to vote under church
law.

PRESS RELEASE

George W.
Bush Foundation tries to bypass church law to build presidential library at
Southern Methodist University

January 30, 2008
For
immediate release

In a conference call
held on January 9, 2008, the eleven active United Methodist bishops in the South
Central Jurisdiction were asked to issue an interpretation of United Methodist
church law that would circumvent a vote by lay and clergy delegates and permit
the immediate establishment of a partisan Bush institute at Southern Methodist
University (SMU) along with the planned Bush presidential library. The request
to the bishops came from the George W. Bush Foundation.

The controversial
institute, dedicated to promoting the domestic and international views of George
W. Bush, would not be under the supervision of SMU and would hire without regard
to university policy. No other university with a presidential library has
permitted such an institute on its campus.

Bishop Kenneth W. Hicks of
Little Rock, Arkansas, said, “My reason, conscience, and experience tell me that
the bishops do not have authority to circumvent the right of the 290 delegates
to the Jurisdictional Conference to vote on a 99-year proposal for land use of
this nature. I encourage my fellow bishops to honor the voting rights of the
Jurisdictional delegates.”

The South Central Jurisdiction of The United
Methodist Church owns SMU and has the final say about the use of university
property. In addition to the Bush presidential library, the Bush Foundation is
seeking to establish at the university a controversial partisan institute
devoted to “promoting the views of George W. Bush on international and domestic
matters,” as stated by Marvin Bush, the president’s brother. The Foundation
acknowledges that the institute would not be under the supervision of the
university and that hiring would be without regard to university policy.

In the conference call, the eleven active bishops were asked to
interpret church law to declare that the decision of the Mission Council, a
21-member interim body which approved the use of SMU land for the institute
after heavy lobbying in March, 2007, is final. This would permit the Bush
Foundation to avoid submitting the matter to the 290 Jurisdictional Conference
delegates meeting in Dallas in July, 2008, where the outcome of such
a vote is in doubt.

The delegates represent 1.83 million United
Methodists living in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Arkansas, and Louisiana. If a majority vote against leasing
university property for a partisan Bush institute, it cannot be built at SMU.
The Foundation hopes to rely on the bishops’ interpretation in order to break
ground for the institute before the delegates meet this summer.

However,
Reverend David Severe, Director of Mission and Administration for the South
Central Jurisdiction, wrote to an SMU professor on October 6, 2007, that “All
actions taken by the Mission Council interim the Jurisdictional Conference must
be ratified by the next Jurisdictional Conference session.”

He cited
church law from the 2004 Jurisdictional Journal: “The Council shall be subject
to the following and specific limitations of authority: All actions taken by The
Council shall be valid and in full effect within the South Central Jurisdiction
until the next regular session of the (Jurisdictional) Conference…. The
chairperson of the Council shall submit to each regular quadrennial meeting of
the Conference a written report of all actions taken by the Council during the
quadrennium.”

“To not protect their right to vote on the use of land by
the George W. Bush Foundation is a violation of the democratic and open
processes of our church,” said Bishop Hicks. “I am worried that the
disenfranchisement of Jurisdictional Conference delegates will undermine our
ministry together as a church.”

“I can understand why the George W. Bush
Foundation does not want the Jurisdictional Conference to vote on this issue,”
said Andrew Weaver, a United Methodist pastor and graduate of SMU. “In recent
months, colleagues and I have spoken to dozens of delegates who are increasingly
questioning the wisdom of placing a partisan think tank on the grounds of a
United Methodist institution. The George W. Bush Foundation wants to prevent the
vote because it fears the outcome. It appears that the Bush Foundation has no
respect for the laws and procedures of the president’s own
denomination.”

“The placement of a partisan institute to promote the
policies of George W. Bush at Southern Methodist University would be a tragedy,”
said retired Bishop C. Joseph Sprague of London, Ohio.
“The policies of the Bush administration are in direct conflict with the Social
Principles of The United Methodist Church on issues of war and peace, civil
liberties and human rights, care for the environment, and health care. Our
United Methodist identity and its moral authority would be seriously compromised
were it to be identified with the policies of George W. Bush in this
way.”

Schubert M. Ogden, University Distinguished Professor of Theology
Emeritus at Southern Methodist University, observes: “While the wisdom of
establishing a library and a museum is debatable, establishing a partisan
think-tank will unquestionably damage the integrity and the reputation of SMU.
The partisan mission of the proposed institute is profoundly incompatible with
SMU’s own mission as a university and could be made a part of it only by
damaging it and soiling its good-standing in the academic community. In any
case, The United Methodist Church has the right to an open, honest debate on the
issue, and the elected delegates to the South Central Jurisdiction should in no
way be deprived of their legal right to vote.”

George Henson, who teaches
Spanish at SMU, stated, “It does not surprise me that the Bush Foundation is
attempting to circumvent United Methodist law in order to place the Bush library
and institute at SMU. A highly partisan think tank like the one planned for SMU,
which exists completely outside the purview of normal academic controls and
practices, is bad enough. The fact that United Methodist bishops are being asked
to collaborate with Bush’s representatives to circumvent the approval process is
disgraceful. I am worried about the message this sends to our
students.”

THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER
AND HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:

Below is a list
of all the duly elected members of the South Central Jurisdictional Conference,
representing the 1.83 million United Methodists in the region. These
representatives will meet in Dallas, July 15-19. They can say NO to Bush and
refuse to allow him to use the land at SMU, if they are allowed to vote. About
35 percent of the delegates are progressives who will likely vote against the
partisan Bush institute. We need to inform and recruit 16 percent of the
moderate delegates to block the project.

Link:
http://scj.umportal.org/myFolder/contentManagerImages/52/SCJ_Delegates_2008.pdf

Call
your Annual Conference office and ask for the names and addresses of the
delegates from your Conference to the Jurisdictional Conference. This will
include both General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference delegates. If
these United Methodist Christians truly understand what Bush is requiring, they
will vote against the project.

Write these delegates (or call them) and
ask that they not ratify the report for the Jurisdictional Mission Council which
includes the Mission Council’s approval of SMU leasing part of its property
(owned by the South Central Jurisdiction) for the building of the George W. Bush
library and partisan institute. The 2004 South Central Jurisdictional Journal
says (p. 101): “The Council shall be subject to the following and specific
limitations of authority: All actions taken by The Council shall be valid and in
full effect within the South Central Jurisdiction until the next regular session
of The (Jurisdictional) Conference…..The chairperson of The Council shall
submit to each regular quadrennial meeting of the Conference a written report of
all actions taken by The Council during the quadrennium.”

This specifies
that decisions may not extend beyond the next regular session of the
Jurisdictional Conference unless approved by the action of The Jurisdictional
Conference, “not the bishops”.

Read the research articles below to give
you more information regarding the history and inside workings which led to this
unfortunate decision. Also forward this article to your Jurisdictional
Conference delegates.

Links to information on the SMU Bush
project:

http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/media/storage/paper949/news/2008/01/17/Opinion/The-fantastic.Failure.Institute.Will.Undermine.Smu-3155803.shtml.

http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/media/storage/paper949/news/2007/09/25/Opinion/Slavery.Torture.And.Methodist.Dna-2989642.shtml.

http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/media/storage/paper949/news/2007/02/27/Opinion/Trustees.Should.Follow.Lead.Of.First.Lady-2745030.shtml.

http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=196.

http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=171

4. We need
your help to build a legal and educational campaign fund. Given the most recent
actions by the George W. Bush Foundation, we need to secure funding for lawyers
to help us, as well as to educate the church about this issue. Contributions can
be sent to Rev. Robert Weathers, 2420 Willington Avenue, Fort
Worth, Texas 76110. Rev. Weathers is a highly
regarded member of the Central Texas Conference and a former District
Superintendent. Please made checks out to “Protect SMU
Fund.”

5.
Continue to encourage your friends and colleagues to sign the petition. Each
person is important. We need to tell officials of the UMC at every level that we
find this association with George W. Bush
unacceptable.

With best
regards,
Rev. Andrew J. Weaver, Ph.D.

South
Central Jurisdiction Bishops

DALLAS EPISCOPAL AREA
Bishop Alfred L.
Norris
P.O. Box
866128
Plano, TX 75086-6128
Nationwide Toll Free
Number: (800) 969-8201
Phone: (214) 522-6741
Fax: (214) 528-4435
Email:
bishop@ntcumc.org
NORTH
TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

FORT WORTH EPISCOPAL AREA
Bishop
Ben R. Chamness
464 Bailey
Avenue
Fort Worth, TX
76107-2153
Nationwide
Toll Free Number: (800) 460-8622
Phone: (817) 877-5222
Fax: (817)
332-4609
Email: bishop@ctcumc.org
CENTRAL
TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

HOUSTON EPISCOPAL AREA
Bishop Janice Riggle
Huie
5215 South Main
Street
Houston, TX
77002-9792
Phone:
(713) 521-9383
Fax: (713) 529-7736
Email: Bishop.Huie@txcumc.org
TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

KANSAS EPISCOPAL
AREA
Bishop Scott J. Jones
9440 East
Boston, Suite 160
Wichita, KS
67207-3603
Nationwide
Toll Free Number: (800) 745-2350
Phone: (316) 686-0600
Fax: (316)
684-0044
Email: kansasbishop@kswestumc.org
KANSAS EAST ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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CONFERENCE

LOUISIANA EPISCOPAL AREA
Bishop William W.
Hutchinson
527 North
Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA
70802-5700
Nationwide
Toll Free Phone: (888) 239-5286
Phone: (225) 346-1646 ext 212
Fax: (225)
387-3662
Email: lcumc@bellsouth.net
LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

MISSOURI EPISCOPAL
AREA
Bishop Robert C. Schnase
3601 Amron Court
Columbia, MO 65202
Nationwide Toll Free Phone:
(877) 736-1806
Phone: (573) 441-1770
Fax: (573) 441-0765
Email: DCurry@moumethodist.org
MISSOURI ANNUAL CONFERENCE

NEBRASKA EPISCOPAL
AREA—THIS IS THE BISHOP WHO ABSTAINED—THANK HER
Bishop Ann Brookshire
Sherer
2641 North 49th
Street
Lincoln, NE
68504-2899
Nationwide
Toll Free Phone: (800) 435-6107
Phone: (402) 466-4955
Fax: (402)
466-6793
Email: bishopsherer@umcneb.org
NEBRASKA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

NORTHWEST
TEXAS-NEW MEXICO EPISCOPAL AREA
Bishop D.
Max Whitfield
11816 Lomas
Boulevard, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112-5614
Nationwide Toll Free Phone:
(800) 678-8786
Phone: (505) 255-9361
Fax: (505) 255-8738
Email: mbelu@nmconfum.com
NEW MEXICO ANNUAL CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

OKLAHOMA EPISCOPAL
AREA
Bishop Robert E. Hayes, Jr.
PO Box 60467
Oklahoma City, OK 73146-0467
Nationwide Toll Free Phone:
(800) 231-4160
Phone: (405) 530-2025
Fax: (405) 350-2040
Email: cberry@okumc.org
OKLAHOMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OKLAHOMA INDIAN
MISSIONARY ANNUAL CONFERENCE

SAN
ANTONIO EPISCOPAL AREA
Bishop Joel N.
Martinez
PO Box
781688
San
Antonio, TX 78278-1688
Nationwide Toll Free Phone:
(888) 349 -4191
Phone: (210) 408-4500
Fax: (210) 408-4501
Email: bishop@umcswtx.org
RIO GRANDE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SOUTHWEST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

ARKANSAS EPISCOPAL
AREA
Bishop Charles N. Crutchfield
2 Trudie Kibbe Reed Dr
Little Rock, AR 72202-3770
Nationwide Toll Free Phone:
(877) 646-1816
Phone: (501) 324-8001
Fax: (501) 324-8021
Email: bishopcnc@arumc.org
ARKANSAS ANNUAL
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Were you embarrassed by the state of the union lovefest?

Was your congressional representative and were your senators among the cheering throngs last night for the smirking, prissy cheerleader-in-chief?

Mine were and it was sickening.  

It was just another example of the Tom DeLay, New Gingrich and right-wing drug-crazed radio jocks bullying bellicose behavior. They have nothing of which to be proud, so they make noise cheering it.

We need to allow the rich to keep their tax cuts. After all, look how well it has worked out now.

Were your representatives among the cheering?

Were they cheering that during the past seven years the tax cuts for the rich have helped lower the median annual household income by more than $1,000 a year?

Or were they cheering that those tax cuts have helped destroy a budget surplus and saddled us with a $734 billion deficit?

Were they cheering that those tax cuts to create jobs in reality led to an economy where job growth is almost stagnant – from 1.76 million jobs created per year in the eight years before Bush to 369,000 jobs per year over the last seven years?

Maybe they were cheering that the Canadian Loon, or dollar, is now worth more than the U.S. dollar.

Were they the ones cheering Bush blaming Congress for denying health
care when it was the private insurance company’s denial of service that
recently killed a yound person needing a transplant? Were they cheering
the obscene insurance company profits – partially due to 47 million
Americans who have no health coverage? Were they cheering that that
figure is 8.5 million persons higher than when Bush strutted into
office? 

Bush smirks as he calls for less dependence on oil, while whimpering to allow more drilling in wilderness areas, the price of gasoline is more than $3.00 per barrel in much of the nation, and heading back up there for the rest.

So, Rep. Michael Burgess, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Sen. John Cornyn were cheering $3.00 per gallon gasoline.

Thanks, guys.

Yes, you are part and parcel of the “success” of Boy George Bush. I pray the voters remember just who was cheering the smirking Bush boy tonight and they do something about it.

Unapologetic “Yellow Dog Democrat” takes on Bushman Burgess for Texas 26th Congressional seat

Was your congressional representative and were your senators among the cheering throngs last night for the smirking, prissy cheerleader-in-chief? Mine were and it was sickening. Just another example of the Tom DeLay, New Gingrich and right-wing drug-crazed radio jocks bullying bellicose behavior. They have nothing of which to be proud, so they make noise cheering it.

We need to allow the rich to keep their tax cuts. After all, look how well it has worked out now.

Were your representatives among the cheering?

Were they the ones cheering Bush blaming Congress for denying health care when it was the private insurance company’s denial of service that recently killed a yound person needing a transplant? Were they cheering the obscene insurance company profits – partially due to 47 million Americans who have no health coverage? Were they cheering that that figure is 8.5 million persons higher than when Bush strutted into office?

Were they cheering that during the past seven years the tax cuts for the rich have helped lower the median annual household income by more than $1,000 a year?

Or were they cheering that those tax cuts have helped destroy a budget surplus and saddled us with a $734 billion deficit?

Were they cheering that those tax cuts to create jobs in reality led to an economy where job growth is almost stagnant – from 1.76 million jobs created per year in the eight years before Bush to 369,000 jobs per year over the last seven years?

Maybe they were cheering that the Canadian Loon, or dollar, is now worth more than the U.S. dollar.

Bush smirks as he calls for less dependence on oil, while whimpering to allow more drilling in wilderness areas, the price of gasoline is more than $3.00 per barrel in much of the nation, and heading back up there for the rest.

So, Rep. Michael Burgess, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Sen. John Cornyn were cheering $3.00 per gallon gasoline.

Thanks, guys. Yes, you are part and parcel of the “success” of Boy George Bush. I pray the voters remember just who was cheering the smirking Bush boy tonight and they do something about it.

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Unapologetic “Yellow Dog Democrat” takes on Bushman Burgess for Texas 26th Congressional seat

Ken Leach says it is time the middle class in Texas’ 26th Congressional District had a representative in Washington.

As I have noted here many, many times incumbent Republican Michael Burgess has been an adamant supporter of President Boy George Bush’s failed policies. What Bush wants, he gets from Burgess, despite the ill effects on his district, particularly the middle class.

The fact that I personally think Burgess is a dangerous ideologue, sycophant to big money and a toady to the religious right in no way expresses the views of the Ken Leach campaign.

”We need to take our country back,” Mr. Leach said in announcing his candidacy. We need to move our country forward.”

“I want to be the instrument today that makes the difference today that will be remembered tomorrow.”

Leach says it is time to break the stranglehold Tom Delay and his vested interests have held on the district.
“When Tom DeLay railroaded his redistricting grab of congressional seats, the Texas 26th Congressional seat was thought to be a permanent seat for Republicans,” Mr.Leach’s website says. “however, the numbers do not add up to that. With a strong grassroots effort, this district can be won by a Democrat.

“It is not going to be easy, but with your help, it can be done.”

How can you help?

First of all, you do not have to be in the 26th to help out. He will need help from everyone.

Cash is of the essence to beat the smug GOP juggernaut. It will have to come from the

grassroots. Right now, the Leach campaign is accepting donations through Act Blue.

Go to Democracy for America and sign up so you can vote for him as one of their targeted candidates. You also can sign up there to volunteer for his campaign.

Click here to check out his stands on the issues and contact him through his website.

Here are some issues highlights -

• No American shouldhave to put off medical care because of lack of money to pay for a life-saving procedure. Each American should have universal health care.
• We salute and congratulate all of our military men and women for their hard work and sacrifices; however, Iraq is the worst diplomatic failure in our history and a product of our worst presidency. Congress should not vote any more funding for Bush’s War. Our troops should be brought home at the earliest possible moment.
• We must stop corporate welfare programs benefiting oil companies.

Mr. Leach is a navy veteran, with Vietnam service. He was in the Sales Promotion Department of American Petrofina, a civilian with the Dallas Police Department’s Planning and Development Division, and administrator with the Field Operations Division of the Fort Worth Water Department, before retiring and moving back to Gainesville.

He is a life-long Democrat and has been an active campaigner for Democratic Candidates since he was in grade school. He was a congressional aide in Congressman Frank Ikard’s Office.

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To all the republifascists and feckless dems who sold out (again) to Bush and Big Money

To:

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Sen. John Cornyn
Sen. Harry Reid
Rep. Michael Burgess

Re: Caving into White House demands to give phone companies immunity and allow warrantless wiretapping

So, protecting AT&T is more important to you than my rights as a U.S. citizen, eh?

Providing immunity to lawbreakers to cover official misdeeds is more important than accountability, eh?

Allowing warrant-less searches and wiretaps is more important a pledge to protect the Constitution?

It is very sad to see the U.S. Congress surrendering the rights of its people and giving away their protections so that the wealthy and powerful can run roughshod over the Constitution.

We, the little people you have abandoned, are supposed to take the attitude that if we have nothing to hide we have no worries. However, you give the powerful, rich and greedy a pass on the same rule.

Yes, you have conned enough people into cowering in fear and actually believing you are protecting them through your bullying, but some are actually starting to wake up. They remember when we stood tall and faced crises without making the populace afraid of its shadow.

I pray to God to forgive you for your shallowness and greed.

Here’s hoping your opponents can finish the job started during the last election.

You are a cancer on democracy.

Please resign, the lot of you!

Why John Edwards should be president of these United States

John Edwards is my choice for president.

I firmly believe he will replace the current regime’s reign of fear, terror and hatred with hope, compassion and a renewed, realistic optimism.

I don’t mean the optimism of Boy George “Gee I am not hurting and my friends are hurting so the economy is doing just fine” Bush, which requires a total suspension of belief . I mean a hope and an optimism that this is a country that does not have to surrender rights or live in fear to fight a common enemy – a country that stands up for its rights and freedoms as it fights those who would endanger it whether they be outside or inside enemies.

It is time America stood up on its hind legs and fought back against the attacks on our rights and courage by the Republifascists. Being the puppets of oppression is not the way to fight enemies of freedom.

At first, I did not commit because I was waiting to hear from Al Gore.

Then, frankly, I was totally turned away because the race was starting so early and all the arguments were over strategy and not policy.

In looking around, I tried to embrace the Kucinich. However, there never were any sparks.

As I systematically ignored the debates and the hype, little bits of campaign always managed to make it through the filters.

The more I heard of Edwards, the more I liked what he said. I also more and more liked the way he said it. It was apparent from the beginning that Edwards was not one to be Swiftboated. It also was apparent that Edwards would give you a straight answer, not one designed to appease. Do you want universal health care similar to Canada? He’ll tell you that’s not going to happen right now, but here’s his plan to do what he can right now for the millions of us without medical insurance.

John Edwards will get us out of the Bush War in Iraq. He is apologetic about his vote authorizing the madness of King Boy George. However, he is unapologetic and unequivocal about ending that quagmire of death, greed and corruption.

Finally, I don’t care what all the pundits and prophesiers say. There is a chance, a good one, that the floor can fall out from under the two top runners. The GOP is playing a Brer Rabbit routine with Hillary…”Oh, dear…oh dear….HOW can we beat the Hillary? Oh, woe is us if they nominate her.”

In truth, I believe Hillary Clinton is the only unifying force left to the Grand Old Pirates and their politics of fear and hatred. Disenchanted evangelicals, who finally are discovering that they were taken for a ride by Boy George Bush and his neocon pals will abandon plans to sit out this election if Clinton is nominated. GOP icons Mark Foley and Larry Craig might even win on that ticket (the Republicans are hoping you will forget about Mark Foley, Larry Craig and that Lott). Heck, GOP party stalwarts already have formed an anti-Clinton group with the initials CUNT (how’s that for family values?).

You better believe the Republifascists will be counting on a “Southern strategy” if Obama is nominated.

Edwards would be more like (and I cannot tell you much it thrills me to write this in a devilish way) a tar baby. No matter how much his campaign goads or rattles the Republicans the more they strike back, the more they will get stuck until they finally are trapped. For instance, when the GOP hisses “trial lawyer” Edwards will respond better fighting for rights than denying life-saving surgeries (has it dawned on you yet that all the charges people make against so-called “socialized medicine” can be found in our current “enrich the big corporations” medical system, such as denial of service – this handing out death sentences – and not picking your own doctor?).

Finally, Edwards has been in the trenches . . . the REAL trenches. Neither senators Clinton or Obama have ever had to look at life the way I am having to look at now. Edwards has seen it and knows how it feels.

I feel he feels for me.

I feel he should be president.

And, yes, I will try to find some money for him.

For more on John Edwards and how to join his campaign

• click here to go to his webpage, which also houses a blog and podcast
• click here to go to his YouTube page
• click here to see his Flickr photos
• click here to donate to John Edwards (or go to his website)
• click here for John Edwards’ MySpace page (like awesome!)
• click here for John Edwards’ Facebook page

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As though you needed more proof of Bush lies

Gee, ma, if he’s such a liar, why doesn’t someone do something?

Hold on to your horses, there’s more evidence of Boy George Bush Administration lies. Shocking, yes, I know.

Study: False statements preceded war

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press WriterWed Jan 23, 6:43 AM ET

A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The study concluded that the statements “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”

The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.

White House spokesman Scott Stanzel did not comment on the merits of the study Tuesday night but reiterated the administration’s position that the world community viewed Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, as a threat.

“The actions taken in 2003 were based on the collective judgment of intelligence agencies around the world,” Stanzel said.

Isn’t that cute? They even answer charges of lying with more lies.

Paging NANCY PELOSI! PAGING NANCY PELOSI! Your impeachment articles are waiting for you in the lobby.

(click here to read the rest of the story)

By the way, Boy George, where is bin Laden?

Justice for 9/11 victims was just another cheap neocon lie. Bush, Cheney, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Michael Burgess all decided a pointless war in Iraq, based on lies, was more important than justice for the victims of September 11th. Bush, Cheney, Hutchison, Cornyn, Burgess and others decided handing over billions of dollars to Haliburton and other war profiteers with no-bid contracts and no accountability was more important than finding the man behind the murder of more than 3,000 innocents (at the same time, they criticize, ridicule and mock the survivors who take them to task).

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