Epstein Secrets

billion reconstruction effort was largely a failure with most of that money spent on security or lost to waste and fraud, it said. Former President George W. Bush's administration cited its belief that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's government held weapons of mass destruction to justify the decision to go to wa

a dangerous dictator and his supposed stocks of weapons of mass destruction. It was also to create a functioning democracy and thereby inspire what Bush called a "global democracy revolution." The effort was supposed to be cheap -- to require few troops and even less time. Instead, it cost the Unite

ber 2003, Rumsfeld told a press conference about President Bush's request for $21 billion for Iraq and Afghan rec

T's REMEMBER: Ten years ago when President George W. Bush announced the invasion into Iraq in March 2

ICANS should not disappoint you. I give this new series.... a solid "A." As most of you know, I am a big fan of Bill Moyers and this week's show on Moyers & Company was an encore: Ending the Silence on Climate Change with scientist Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communicatio

dential campaign to fly back to Arkansas to oversee execution of a fellow who was mentally deficient. " "Justice for all" is a breath mint Governor George W. Bush popped into his mouth after that poor Bible-believing Christian pleaded vainly for mercy before they strapped her down to die in that anteroom of He

ice for all" is a breath mint Governor George W. Bush popped into his mouth after that poor Bible-belie

ustice for all" is a breath mint Governor George W. Bush popped into his mouth after that poor Bible-

d be done in 1911, we can certainly do it in 2013. M many of you know I am a huge fan of television journalist Bill Moyers and this week's show on Moyers & Company was — And Justice For All. Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court's landmark decision in the case of Gideon v. Wainwright established the constitutional

middle-class incomes were barely higher than they had been a decade before — and the poverty rate had actually risen. Like Ronald Reagan, President Bush began his term in office with big tax cuts for the rich and promises that the benefits would trickle down to the middle class. Like Reagan, he also

rty rate had actually risen. Like Ronald Reagan, President Bush began his term in office with big tax cuts for th

during the Reagan administration. What George H.W. Bush once called "voodoo economics" fast became t

community, they think that the act of making lots of money is an act of social good in itself" Matt Taibbi And last week in Bill Moyer's show on Moyers & Company: Plutocracy Rising, he speaks with journalists Matt Taibbi and Chrystia Freeland on how far America's super-rich will go to keep the One Percent in

the cliff is for Obama and the Democrats to make more concessions. As such, Boehner passed the ball to the Senate pressuring them to extend all the Bush tax cuts and continue all current spending (lifting the debt limit along the way) -- unless or until a "grand bargain" on the budget is agreed to be

what many of the same people now opining about the evils of deficits said back when we had a surplus. People forget that back when we had a surplus, George W. Bush campaigned on the basis that the surplus of the late Clinton years meant that we needed to cut taxes — and Alan Greenspan provided crucial support,

le forget that back when we had a surplus, George W. Bush campaigned on the basis that the surplus of

ratic system. Thomas Jefferson said, "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government." On a recent episode of Moyers & Company, Bill Moyers said, "In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of media in America. In 1990 the number had dropped to 23. In 1997, 10. And today

of the President's options are bad. Bombing a foreign country is -- an act of war, however you spin it. And as Collin Powell once caution, President George W. Bush "if it=breaks you will own it", the same is true in Syria. It is estimated that 70,000 people have already died in Syria as a result of this current

are bligh=s on humanity, should be acknowledged and not white-washed, so that they never happen again. A= a result, the same should be said for the Bush/Cheney Presidency, even though like President Obama said, I personally believe that George W. Bush is a good man. And obviously his mother agrees wi

d as Collin Powell once caution, President George W. Bush "if it=breaks you will own it", the same is

eap seats. style="text-align:center")****** 3 EFTA_R1_01956084 EFTA02674544 As mos= of you know, I am a big fan of Bill Moyers and last week on Moyers & Company, political scholars Norman Ornstein and=Thomas Mann explained to Bill that Congress' failure to make progress on gun=control last week — despite sup

st think tank that's been pushing these types of laws all around the country for years and years. They even tried to get one nationally included in George Bush's No Child Left Behind with the Santorum amendment. And so they wrote this law and they passed it on locally to the Louisiana Family Forum, which is o

n tried to get one nationally included in George Bush's No Child Left Behind with the Santorum amendmen

.40.") March 1, 2013 Fighting Creeping Creationism htto://billmovers.comkoisodefull-show-fighting-creeping-creationism/ BILL MOYERS: This week on Moyers & Company... ZACK KOPPLIN: Evolution and climate change aren't scientifically controversial, but they are controversial to Louisiana legislators. And basical

ng on the political fallout: Ronald Reagan and Edward Kennedy offered sympathy to the families of the dead troopers and called for "national unity" Bush was most outspoken, saying, "I unequivocally support the president — no ifs, ands or buts. . . . He made a difficult, courageous decision."A few hou

e wars in either Afghanistan or Iraq when George W. was President. And again to Republican's question

Banks Have Bounced Back" Bill Moyer's interview with Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jamie Raskin: http://billmoyers.com/episode/the-one- percent-court/ Moyers & Company "The One-Percent Court" Joke of the Week LAST WEEK'S JOKE WAS: Marriage is like a deck of cards... "In the beginning all you need is two hearts an

rgest ever... Something is wrong with this picture and I am not sure that I have the answers either, but I do know that doubling down on the failed Bush/Cheney policies will only make things worse, as they did during the eight years under their Administration." To my pleasant surprise and liking, th

c commentator, after serving as White House Press Secretary in the Johnson administration from 1965 to 1967), whose in this week's television show, Moyers & Company on PBS, he interviewed Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who's been an independent in Congress for 21 years — longer than anyone in American history.

will be out later this year. Thomas Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and a senior fellow in Gov

il 26, 2013 Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann Explain Why Congress is Failing Us As most of you know, I am a big fan of Bill Moyers and last week on Moyers & Company, political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann told Bill that Congress' failure to make progress on gun control last week — despite support fo