Quick Truths

From Randi Rhodes

Among the crucial stories that the Corporate Media has ignored over the past few days is Torture Czar Alberto Gonzales proclaiming that Constitution does not guarantee habeas corpus! He did this using logic that would also render the Bill of Rights moot.

The same day Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), now chairman of the Judiciary Committee, blew his top over Gonzales’ stonewalling about sending an innocent Canadian to Syria to be tortured. Randi has the clips.

At least 27 US troops were killed in Iraq over the weekend. Saturday was the third deadliest day since the invasion.

Support the anti-escalation resolution. Contact your senators and have your friends do the same.

POLLING: Americans do not want an escalation in Iraq if Congress passes the resolution.

VIDEO: Republican Chuck Hagel answers Cheney’s BS charge that the anti-escalation resolution undercuts the troops.

VIDEO: Project for a New American Century leader Bill Kristol goes after Congressional Dems for being “irresponsible.”

The Pentagon has pulled the plug on case workers for the wounded.

The Iraqi death toll climes ever higher. And more bombs are going off as I type.

Surplus US Military parts that made it to Iran and China have been traced back to the Pentagon.

One of the biggest Shiite militia leaders decides to make a show of playing nice. And why not, Americans are on the way to kill the Sunnis for him. A pretty good deal if you’re Sadr, Iran, Maliki or Osama.

As the Taliban re-constitutes in Afghanistan, they now are ready to begin offering social services, like their own brand of schools. Just another Bush “Mission Accomplished”.

3,000 more Americans arrive in Baghdad. Keep in mind Bush can keep moving around money that he already has in order to thwart the will of the people. We’ve already seen him under-equip our troops and under-fund our wounded.

On the eve of his State of the Union address, Chimpy is more unpopular than any president since Nixon.

Clinton pulls ahead of McCain in presidential polling and Bill Richardson also enters the 2008 fray.

High grade cocaine is pouring into the country thanks to an over-stretched, broken military.

And Lance Armstrong speaks out on Bush cutting cancer research for the second year in a row.