Steve,

You would probably scare us more with what was shared at the conference today. Any chance that you could provide us with transcripts at some point in the future.

Dear Steve,

I second Mark's request for a transcript of your conference...

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Actually, Steve, I'm glad to see you concentrating
on something other than Bolton. I'm looking
forward to the grand comedy of a Bolton recess
apointment. Bush and Co. will have shown once
again that they "win" at any cost, even if the
cost is sending a totally discredited Bolton to
the UN.

There was a long front page article in The
Wall Street Journal today (June 22) titled
"As Economy Shifts A New Generation Fights
to Keep Up". This article describes the decline
in well paying factory jobs as a result of
offshoring and other factors (like automation).
The conclusion of the article is that an
educated fraction of society is doing will, but
everyone else is increasingly working at WallMart
wages.

The middle class is slowly being hollowed out.
The US is in the grips of a "Free Trade" religion
but few ever asks "Free Trade" for whose benifit.
What is the point of being able to buy cheap
stuff if the access to cheap stuff also means
that your earning power is impacted far more
than your saving (which is generally the case).

Speaking as a computer scientist, even for those
of us who are "knowledge workers" things are
far from rosey, since many "knowledge worker"
jobs are being offshored.

For a rambling discussion of these topics,
along with many, many annotated references
see http://www.bearcave.com/misl/misl_other/economics.html

I would also like a transcript of today's conference.

Take it easy on yourself. If we had people working as hard as you have on Bolton to uncover the facts of the Cheney White House energy meeting, the lies that led us into Iraq, Bush/Cheney's undermining of Geneva Convention standards, apocolyptic environmental policy and the erosion of our international reputation we would be a better nation. Thanks

Hugh Crossin -- Amen to that!

Trent Lott has called for the White House to release the Bolton documents per Think Progress.

I'm kinda glad you're doing stuff other than Bolton, too. I don't wanna see you burn out on us.

You could be anti-Iraq invasion in the process as well.

I'm repeating myself, but why isn't there a major Rove blog.. or is there?
Rove doesn't get nearly the attention he warrants.

Sounds like an interesting line-up.

Wished I'd caught it.

I hope you had a chance to catch the FRONTLINE episode posted online today at http://www.pbs.org/frontline - and excellent example of a. journalism, b. why public broadcasting should be supported, and c. what a nightmare iraq has turned into...

thanks again for all the hard work.

boxer2008.!

Hi Steve,
You are some BUSY guy, I must say!

Just curious... did c-span record your conference today? If so, do you know when they will broadcast it?

Thanks,

Oh, and thanks for all the hard work you've put into the Bolton nomination. You are a national treasure!

I'll second wanting the cspan replay (if available) of your econ conference.

The more the merrier --

Senator May Block Successor to Defense Policy Chief Feith (Wash Post)

Feith of course resigned ealier this year under pressure from an FBI investigation and two Congressional investigations - his underling Larry Franklin stands accused of spying for Israel.

Yeah, that same Feith who set up the infamous Office of Special Plans at the Pentagon charged with the prewar and postwar planning of the war in Iraq.

The number three man at the Pentagon who went there from the pro-Likud Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) and the Project for a New American Century.

The same Feith who briefed the White House behind the back of CIA chief Tenet with 'intelligence' supplied by Ahmed Chalabi.

The same Douglas Feith who, along with Richard Perle and David Wurmser, called for regime change in Iraq in 1996.

The same Douglas Feith who wrote memos detailing the supposed links between Al-Quaeda and Iraq.

..

Senator Levin is right on track here:

"This should not be necessary," Levin said in a phone interview yesterday. "But the Senate is entitled to these documents, and I don't know any other way to get them.

"This is what's happening with Bolton," he added. "It's happening too many times around here -- putting holds on nominations. It's a pity this is the way the Senate has to deal with this administration."

..

Any investigation into the 'fixing of the intelligence around the policy' would have to zero in not only

- on the Downing Street Memos but also
- on John Bolton and the President's ridiculous stalling on the NSA intercepts.
- on Douglas Feith and all of the investigations related to himself and his underlings.

I think, what has been lost in the comments above and in the post, in general, is:

Bush and his henchmen need to be tried and executed as War Criminals.

There, now you are all back on the right track.

right on God, but why don't we just skip the trial, since you are signing the indictment!

> Bush and his henchmen need to be tried and executed as War Criminals.

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