Show Notes
HOWARD DEAN Barbecue/Party - TODAY - Matthew's Beach Park.
Join Mike this afternoon along with lots of Howard Dean supporters as we all pitch in to help move Bush out of the Whitehouse. (He seems to enjoy his Crawford place so much, I'd sure like to help him move into a more appropriate residence).
The event is Noon to 3:00 PM at Matthews Beach Park on NE 93rd Street and Sand Point Way NE.
If you haven't RSVP'd and want to come, stop by the check-in table to make your donation and sign up!
Coordinator, Bart Lovejoy and many others have worked very hard to put this thing together and look forward to a $7,000.00 fundraising goal. (So don't forget the checkbook).If they exceed the goal, this Seattle House Party (barbecue) for Dean will have raised more money for the campaign than any other - nationwide!!! What a cool thing it would be for me to announce on Monday night's show. Please come to the gathering and say "hi"!
Friday Night, August 8, 2003
10pm - Why is Saudi Arabia running an ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN? Have you EVER heard of a country "advertising itself?" I smell Karl Rove (and we're not talkin' Calvin Klein here).
11pm - Radio Left, Part 2 - New Yorker Magazine says liberals will never tune in to left wing talk radio. True?
Mid - Week In Review, plus Mike's visit to the Dean party at Matthew's Beach Park tomorrow.
Urge Your Representative to DEMAND the release of this information. What is Bush hiding? Daddy's money? Insist on a subpoena!---
Feds won't release terror financing list
By Ken Guggenheim
Aug. 6, 2003 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department rejected a request from senators Tuesday and refused to release a classified list of Saudi individuals or organizations suspected of financing terrorist groups.
A Treasury spokesman, Rob Nichols, said a department official misspoke when he told senators last week the list was unclassified, which would mean it was not restricted information.
"The last thing we want to do is tip off terrorists that we are on to them," Nichols said. "We don't want to disrupt ongoing investigations, covert actions or potential law enforcement actions."
Administration attorneys are reviewing the degree to which the classified information can be provided or shared with Congress in closed session, said a government official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The refusal to release the list marks the second time in two weeks that the Bush administration has rejected requests by senators to declassify information about Saudi ties to terrorists.
Democratic and Republican senators have urged the Bush administration to release at least part of a 28-page section of the congressional report on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that deal with foreign support for the hijackers. People who have seen the section said it examines interactions between Saudi businessmen and the royal family that may have aided the hijackers.
The Saudi government strongly denies helping terrorists in any way and says it is working closely with the United States to combat them.
Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saudi Arabia has been "especially aggressive" in responding to U.S. terrorism requests for help. In an interview broadcast Monday to Arab countries, Powell told U.S.-financed Radio Sawa the Saudis are finding caches of weapons and ammunition that were intended for terror attacks in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
But, Powell said, "There are always more things that all of us can do."
Specifically, Powell said, "We still have issues with respect to financing, and how money gets to charitable organizations."
At a Governmental Affairs Committee hearing last week, senators pressed the Treasury Department's Richard Newcomb about whether foreign relations interests caused the department to avoid action against groups suspected of financing terrorists. Newcomb is director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which notifies U.S. banks when they are to block assets of suspected terror financiers.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., asked whether the department's list of groups suspected of helping terror organizations was classified. When Newcomb said it was not, Levin requested the list. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., later repeated the request.
Nichols, the Treasury spokesman, said Tuesday Newcomb made an inadvertent error in saying the list was not classified.
The Governmental Affairs chairwoman, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was waiting for a formal response from Treasury before commenting, said a spokeswoman, Elissa Canlas. Levin's office issued a statement that he was also awaiting a response.
Nichols would not speculate about Treasury's response if senators were to subpoena the information.
Bush waxes nostalgic for napalm.
One man's firebomb is another man's napalm. This info just came out:
American jets killed Iraqi troops with firebombs – similar to the controversial napalm used in the Vietnam War – in March and April as Marines battled toward Baghdad.
Marine Corps fighter pilots and commanders who have returned from the war zone have confirmed dropping dozens of incendiary bombs near bridges over the Saddam Canal and the Tigris River. The explosions created massive fireballs.
"We napalmed both those (bridge) approaches," said Col. Randolph Alles in a recent interview. He commanded Marine Air Group 11, based at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, during the war. "Unfortunately, there were people there because you could see them in the (cockpit) video.
"They were Iraqi soldiers there. It's no great way to die," he added. How many Iraqis died, the military couldn't say. No accurate count has been made of Iraqi war casualties.
During the war, Pentagon spokesmen disputed reports that napalm was being used, saying the Pentagon's stockpile had been destroyed two years ago.
Apparently the spokesmen were drawing a distinction between the terms "firebomb" and "napalm." If reporters had asked about firebombs, officials said yesterday they would have confirmed their use.
What the Marines dropped, the spokesmen said yesterday, were "Mark 77 firebombs." They acknowledged those are incendiary devices with a function "remarkably similar" to napalm weapons.
Tuesday, August 5, 2004
10pm - Norman Soloman executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy discusses Bush, the war and the media.
11pm - The bishop is elected! The first openly gay bishop is elected into the Episcopal Church after a conservative smear campaign fails.
Midnight - It's "Get to know your Neighbor Night" or "Won't you Be My neighbor?" or "Look out: It's Night, night" or some such thing tonight. How well do you know YOUR neighbor?
Join Mike for DEAN FUNDRAISER THIS SATURDAY IN SEATTLE
You're invited to A Barbecue for Howard Dean!
Volunteer Barbecue & Celebration
CLICK TO DONATE OR FOR MORE INFO
WHEN: This Saturday, August 9th from Noon to 3:00 PM
WHERE: Matthews Beach Park on NE 93rd Street and Sand Point Way NE
WHY: To Raise Money and Get Ready for Howard Dean's Visit on August 24th! Come Celebrate Our Progress, and Plan for the Future
HOW: RSVP by making a donation to our event (CLICK HERE)
WHAT: Hot Dogs, Chips, Soda, Speakers for Howard Dean, Poster and Sign making for the August 24th Dean Rally, & (don't forget) Dean fundraising!!!
R.S.V.P. now!!! Space is limited!!!
CONTACTS:
Danny Burns - danny_burns@comcast.net
Bart Lovejoy - bartlovejoy@comcast.net
Bev Marcus - bevmar3@comcast.net
THE DETAILS:
RSVP by signing up and contributing online to secure your space for a minimum of $15.00 per individual, $25.00 for two (2) individuals, or $35.00 for three (3) individuals. You are encouraged to donate more! You can do this right now online!
Come Raise Money and Organize for Fall!
Scheduled Speakers & Events
SPEAKERS:
Greg Rodriguez
Betty Means
Mike Webb
Monday, August 4, 2003
10pm - University of San Francisco professor Steven Zunes discusses why the UN should be the interim leader in Iraq.
11pm - Is Matt Drudge the only guy who thinks Colin Powell ISN'T leaving the white house next term?
Midnight - More people are using cell phones as their main number and dumping their land lines. Do you still have a regular "home phone"?
Oh, yeah, tomorrow, it's a special day of prayer : CLICK
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