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| Debunking The Latest Conservative Health Care Smear: Death Book For Veterans | |
| http://mediamatters.org/research/200908240121 Following false accusations that Democrats' health care reform legislation would institute "death panels" for the elderly, H. James Towey claimed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the Obama administration revived a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) booklet on advanced planning directives that would "steer vulnerable individuals to conclude for themselves that life is not worth living," calling the booklet a "death book." As with the death panel smear, conservative media -- particularly Fox News -- have promoted Towey's false "death book" claim, ignoring facts that undermine Towey's rhetoric. | |
| Date: 25 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 768 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) debates Medicare on Fox and Friends | |
| On Fox News, 8/25/09 | |
| Date: 25 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 786 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 4 | |
| Obama Reappoints Bernanke for Second Fed Term | |
| President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he wants Ben Bernanke to get a second four-year term as head of the Federal Reserve, praising his 'calm and wisdom' in the face of a near financial collapse. (Aug. 25) | |
| Date: 25 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 770 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Rep. Blackburn: Wants to Run House Health Care Bill Through Shredder; Obfuscates on Death Panels | |
| Rep. Blackburn: Wants to Run House Health Care Bill Through Shredder; Obfuscates on "Death Panels" visit: http://firedoglake.com | |
| Date: 25 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 774 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Ex-CIA Officer: Torture Investigation a Must | |
| Former CIA case officer turned author Robert Baer says a probe into the interrogation of terror suspects is necessary to clear the air. He says in the future, interrogating suspects should be left to the FBI or U.S. Military. (Aug. 25) | |
| Date: 25 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 737 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Mainstream Media asks: is Report on Interrogations demoralizing CIA? | |
| The Justice Department has released a report detailing interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration, including mock executions. John Dickerson spoke with CBS News Nation Security Analyst Juan Zarate and Former CIA case officer and author Bob Baer. | |
| Date: 24 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 749 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Inspector General Report Reveals CIA Conducted Mock Executions. Democracy Now -1 of 2 | |
| The Justice Department is scheduled today to disclose a long-suppressed 2004 report by the CIAs inspector general detailing prisoner abuse. Among the findings are that CIA interrogators staged mock executions on prisoners. The report also describes how one detainee was threatened with a handgun and an electric power drill during the course of CIA interrogation. Newsweek magazine first reported details from the report on its website on Friday night. We speak with Michael Isikoff, investigative correspondent for Newsweek. | |
| Date: 24 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 769 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: No Rush | |
| Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) says health care reform is a little too difficult to do during an economic recession, so let's just put off the toughest decisions for another day. Plus, will John McCain condemn the | |
| Date: 24 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 761 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Calley Apologizes for 1968 My Lai Massacre -featuring Seymour Hersh who broke the story in 1969. | |
| Over forty-one years after the My Lai Massacre, when US troops killed more than 500 men, women and children in Vietnam, the former Army lieutenant who was convicted for his role in the killings has publicly apologized. William Calley was the only US soldier held legally responsible for the slayings. He was convicted on twenty-two counts of murder, and his sentence was later commuted by President Reagan. Last week, William Calley publicly apologized for the first time, saying, There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai. | |
| Date: 24 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 789 - Votes: 6 - Rating: 5 | |
| Report: Freedom = no health care coverage? | |
| Report on the hard challenge of Obama & the health care reform. | |
| Date: 24 August 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 765 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |