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"The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Monday urged President Bush to strongly condemn a U.S. religious broadcaster's call to assassinate Venezuela's leftist president, saying Washington needs to cool down the rhetoric against this South American nation and major oil producer.
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``We must make it clear that talk of isolating Venezuela, talk of assassinating its leader, this is unacceptable, and it must be denounced roundly by our president and by our secretary of state,'' Jackson told The Associated Press in an interview shortly before meeting Chavez."

Once again, Jesse Jackson has shown good sense where the Bush administration prefers to act like a bunch of dumb hicks.

Various Shades of the American Spirit

While Pat Robertson shows what it means to be an American Conservative Christian and a Pragmatist, studies shows that obesity is expanding in America, the concert given by Joan Baez in Crawford is loved and loathed, peace protesters in Pittsburgh get tasered for lying in the steet, and life goes on in this best of all possible worlds.

Two Bliars for the Price of One?

Mr Menezes' family want Sir Ian to resign for incorrectly linking the shooting to the attempted bombings early on.

On the day of Mr Menezes' death, Sir Ian said the shooting was "directly linked to the ongoing and expanding anti-terrorist operation".

Sir Ian has told the News Of The World it was 24 hours before he learned the Brazilian was wrongly shot dead.

The family's lawyer has expressed "incredulity" that he made statements without knowing facts.

Sir Ian has said he will not step down over the Menezes case

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[A] spokesman for Tony Blair said he fully backed Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair over his handling of the case.


Ay, there's the rub. The Scotland Yard police chief blunders horribly at the least, lying at the worst, and yet he is not accountable!

The Prime Minister blunders horribly at the least, lying at the worst, and yet he is not accountable.

Perhaps the Brits will finally realize something: that having liars in your government does not advance your image worldwide!

Sir Iain Bliar Should Resign

Much like Tony, Sir Iain's way of assuming responsibility is by passing the buck or denying the charges. Given the current state of British political depravity, he will probably get away with it, too.

But let's look at the case in an objective manner.

First, we have all these staid Brits explaining about how the "shoot-to-kill" order is necessary and how there will be "accidents". I had thought that the Brits knew better than this, having seen how badly it works in the states.

Second, we have the facts of the case: a nice guy takes the subway, runs for the approaching train, is overpowered immediately by one policeman and then is shot in the head repeatedly by another. Murderous action for no real reason other than the "jitters". These men should be immediately reprimanded and indicted. Oh, and by the way, the "kill him" order was given by a woman, how up-to-date we are!

Third, we have Sir Iain backing these guys to the hilt. Do tell, Sir Iain, are you "justifying" such murderous acts? Then you should resign, good Sir, and take Tony with you.

My naive images of a civilized Britain are forever dispelled.