Archive for November, 2007

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Two different men were interrogated by U.S. Officials in 2001-02. One was tortured and gave false information, which lead to the Iraq War. The other was not and helped destroy Al Qaeda in Afganistan.

Read more about Al-Libi (who was torture, including by water-boarding), and Abu Jandel, who was Osama’s personal bodyguard.
After seeing actual pictures of the WTC Ground Zero site, Jandal eventually volunteered to help - true story:
Two Methods of Interrogation
“I think the sheik went crazy.” 

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Monday, November 19th, 2007

Graph of U.S. Public Debt vs. GDP — Guess Which Presidents Are “Fiscally Responsible”?

Notice how the “convential wisdom” is totally wrong. Reagan and Bush have presided over the largest increases in government since WWII.
From IntelligentGuess.com

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Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Be… All That You Can Be. — Yeah, like being homeless… Veterans Comprise 25% of America’s Homeless - MSNBC

…Even though they only constitute 11% of the overall population.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21678030/

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