DEMOCRATS ABROAD KOREA
READING LIST

For development of progressive and liberal point of view talking points

1. Conservatives without Conscience John W. Dean

2. The Republican Noise Machine David Brock

3. Take It Back James Carville/Paul Begala

4. Reason Robert Reich

5. Worse than Watergate John W. Dean

6. State of War James Risen

7. Had Enough James Carville

8. America the Vulnerable Stephen Flynn

9. Rogue Nation Clyde Prestowitz

10. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them Al Franken

11. What Liberal Media? Eric Alterman

Two Excellent Books on the Religious Right

12. American Theocracy Kevin Phillips

13. Eternal Hostility Frederick Clarkson

General Reading on the Iraq War

14. Cobra II Michael R. Gordon and
General Bernard E. Trainor

15. The Assassins’ Gate George Packer

16. Fiasco (The American Military Thomas E.Ricks
Adventure in Iraq)

17. Plan of Attack Bob Woodward

18. Winning Modern Wars General Wesley Clark

19. A Pretext for War James Bamford

Readings Pertaining to the Failures of Bush, his Conservative Foreign and Domestic Policies

20. Soft Power Joseph S. Nye Jr.

21. Crimes Against Nature Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

22. After the Empire Emmanuel Todd

23. The Choice Zbigniew Brzezinski

24. Imperial America John Newhouse

25. The Bubble of American Supremacy George Soros

26. The End of the American Era Charles A. Kupchan

27. America Alone Stefan Halper & Jonathan Clarke

28. Bush League Diplomacy Craig R. Eisendrath and
Melvin A. Goodman

29. The Empire has no Clothes Ivan Eland

30. Bushwhacked Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

31. The Lies of George W. Bush David Corn

32. Big Lies Joe Conason

33. The Book on Bush Eric Alterman & Mark Green

34. The Politics of Truth Joseph Wilson

35. Against All Enemies Richard A. Clarke

Recent Historical Value

36. The Hunting of the President Joe Conason & Gene Lyons

37. A Vast Conspiracy Jeffrey Toobin

38. The Accidental President David A. Kaplan

A Good One on the Regan Era

39. Way Out There in the Blue Frances Fitzgerald

Recent Magazine Article of Interest Pertaining to the North Korean Issue

40. Newsweek, October 22, pages

Senate at 50-50?.... Recover Soon Tim Johnson!

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) underwent emergency surgery overnight after falling ill at the Capitol and was in critical condition early this morning, introducing a note of uncertainty over control of the Senate just weeks before Democrats are to take over with a one-vote margin.

Johnson, 59, was taken to George Washington University Hospital shortly after noon, after becoming disoriented during a conference call with news reporters. He underwent "a comprehensive evaluation by the stroke team," his office said. Aides later said he had not suffered a stroke or heart attack.

Nursing supervisor Quinn Collins said early today that the senator was out of surgery and in critical condition. Hospital officials and Johnson aides offered no further comment or details; a more complete statement was expected later this morning.

The two-term senator's illness -- which sent Senate Democratic leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) rushing to the hospital to check on Johnson -- underscored the fragility of Democrats' hold on the next Senate, which they won by the narrowest of margins in the Nov. 7 elections. Should Johnson be unable to complete his term, South Dakota's Republican governor, Michael Rounds, would name a replacement for the next two years

Bush STILL Insists on "Victory" in Iraq

WASHINGTON - Administration officials say their preliminary review of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group's recommendations has concluded that many of its key proposals are impractical or unrealistic, and a small group inside the National Security Council is now racing to come up with alternatives to the panel's ideas.

In interviews over the last two days with officials from the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon and foreign diplomats, Bush and his top aides were described as deeply reluctant to follow the core strategy advocated by the study group: to pressure Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki to rein in sectarian violence faced with reduced U.S. military and economic support...

And they took issue with the decision by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and the nine other members of the commission to make no mention of promoting democracy as an American goal in the Middle East, and to drop any suggestion that "victory" was still possible in Iraq when they presented their findings to Bush and to the public on Wednesday.

"You saw that the president used the word victory' again the next day," said one of Bush's aides. "Believe me, that was no accident."

Read More:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1210iraqbush1210.html

Bolton Resigns... Another Gone!

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Iraq war has cost US 350 billion dollars

The war in Iraq has cost the United States more than 350 billion dollars since the March 2003 invasion, according to an AFP review of Congress figures.About 290 billion dollars, including 254 billion for military operations, were allocated for the war in fiscal year 2006, which closed on September 30, according to a September 22 report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

The Congressional Research Service estimated the cost at 319 billion dollars, representing 73 percent of US spending for the "war on terror" launched after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

Young Conservatives of Texas

November 29, 2006

Contact: Tony McDonald, Chairman 512.923.6893

tony.mcdonald@yahoo.com


AUSTIN, TX – The Young Conservatives of Texas - University of Texas Chapter announced today that they will be displaying an “ACLU Nativity Scene” on the West Mall of the University of Texas campus on Monday and Tuesday, December 4th and 5th. The group’s intent is to raise awareness on the extremity of the ACLU, and bring to light its secular-progressive efforts to remove Christmas from the public sphere. The display, the first of its kind in the nation, will feature characters that are quite a bit different than the standard crèche.

“We’ve got Gary and Joseph instead of Mary and Joseph in order to symbolize ACLU support for homosexual marriage, and of course there isn’t a Jesus in the manger,” said Chairman Tony McDonald. “The three Wise Men are Lenin, Marx, and Stalin because the founders of the ACLU were strident supporters of Soviet style Communism. The whole scene is a tongue-in-cheek way of showing the many ways that the ACLU and the far left are out of touch with the values of mainstream America.”

The scene will also display a terrorist shepherd and an angel in the form of Nancy Pelosi.

“The ACLU and other left-wing extremist groups are working diligently to destroy American’s rights to the free expression of religion,” said Executive Director Joseph Wyly. “We’ve already seen in Chicago an attempt to censor the nativity by a city government this week. It’s just more evidence that there is a War on Christmas being waged by the far-left in this country.”

Young Conservatives of Texas, a non-partisan conservative youth organization, has been fighting for conservative values for more than a quarter century in the Lone Star State

http://yct-ut.org/index.php?id=events_pressreleases_show&prid=23


First, this is a horrendous attempt at humor by the conservatives…. Also, they are complete morons, because the ACLU supports freedoms for everyone including of religion. They just believe in the separation of Church and State.

I have another problem with this the Young Conservatives of Texas… they claim that they are “a non-partisan conservative youth organization” uuuuuhhhhhh, is U of T not teaching the kids the meaning of partisan.

The definition of non-partisan is: Based on, influenced by, affiliated with, or supporting the interests or policies of no single political party: a nonpartisan commission; nonpartisan opinions.

Sounds to me, like they aren’t huge fans of the Democrats, hmmm so non-partisan should probably not be used.

Here’s the ironic part, when the Young Conservatives of Texas get sued…. The ACLU will be the ones defending them. What a bunch of nasty people… idiots.

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December Meeting

What: Documentary Showing of OUTFOXED

Outfoxed examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know.
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When: Sunday December 17th @ 3:00pm

Where: Mike’s Cabin Bar

Directions:
Go to Sinchon Station (Line #2/Green).
Go out Exit 2 of the Sinchon Subway.
Go straight until you get to a big brown church (there's only one), which will be on your right.
When you get there, turn left going away from the church.
Go straight until you get to the end of the street which will be a three way.
You should see "sound ³ë·¡¹æ" on your left.
It is located in that building in the basement

I hope to see you there! Snacks will be provided. Come out and show support for our newly elected Congress.

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