BUSH WATCH...NEWS AND OPINION

Chavez lashes out at US at UN, Miami Herald
Taking responsibility, St Pete Times
After FEMA, reform the FDA, St Pete Times
...Bush jihadists have blind faith, Miami Herald
FL child svcs sided w/ schiavo not kids, Palm Beach Post
Need to investigate Bush detention power, Palm Beach Post
Flood waters burst Bush bubble, Palm Beach Post

SWAT team looks for stealthy enemy -- disease, Main
Hunger strike grows in Guantanamo, CST

Schwarzenegger aides to meet with gay leaders, Wyatt Buchanan

Schwarzenegger Says He'll Run Again to Push Reforms, Michael Finnegan and Robert Salladay
Timing of Schwarzenegger's Bid a Sign of Deep Woes, Michael Finnegan
Bush Calls for Cuts to Offset Relief Plan, Warren Vieth and Richard Simon
Louisiana Officials Indicted Before Katrina Hit, Ken Silverstein and Josh Meyer

Re-creating our health care system, Arne H. Carlson and Booth Gardner
Making a city that's so unique that everybody wants to come, Mark Trahant

Trucks, Filled with Gulf Supplies and Ice, Sitting in MD Parking Lot , Stearns
Farmers on Mississippi's Gulf Coast Face Devastating Losses , Krieger
One Family in New Orleans Views Bush Speech with Skepticism , Spangler
A Remarkable Reversal of Fortune for Iraq's Defense Minister , Allam
Scandal Leaves Brazil's Workers' Party Struggling to Survive , Chang
Japan's Leader Faces War Shrine Dilemma , Johnson

Martin criticizes UN, says failure to reform not an option, CBC News
Pakistan President's comments: cry rape and go to Canada, are condemned, CBC News

Flex muscles on trade, Canadians tell Ottawa, Brian Laghi
Response to Katrina dims Canadians' view of U.S., Jane Taber
The new face of New Orleans, Jill Mahoney and Alan Freeman
Canadians brace for violence in Afghanistan, Graeme Smith

Ontario sends volunteers to help Katrina victims, Kerry Gillespie
Sharon lauded for Gaza exit, Tim Harper
New Orleans 'will rise again', Tim Harper

US Consumer confidence plunges, BBC
Insurers being sued over Katrina, BBC
'Warming link' to big hurricanes, Helen Briggs, BBC
Iraq mosque struck by car bomber, BBC
Crunch UN summit enters final day, BBC
Explosion hits Lebanese capital, BBC
China seeks to save N Korea talks, BBC
Schwarzenegger seeks re-election, BBC
California bans school junk food, BBC

Terrorism measures: Blows to democracy , Lead article
The buck stops somewhere else , Toner
After the floods: trailer parks for a million, Baker
China will soon be world's biggest exporter , Elliot and Watts
The pitfalls of legislation pushed through in panic, Freedland
UN summit: To protect and defend , Lead article
t is national sovereignty that has given China and India their edge , Jacques
The PR campaign for Brand America , Harkin
Awkward squad gets a hearing , MacAskill

Iran's offer of nuclear know-how to Islamic countries alarms UN, Usborne
Glib statements will not lift anyone out of poverty, Tibbett
Taliban fights the forgotten war as Afghanistan goes to the polls, Huggler
Delta can pay Giuliani firm but not pilots' pensions, Griffiths
The holes in Blair's arguments, and how he sidesteps key issues, Staff

Changing Asia, Pfaff
Judging John Roberts, nyt
On helping the poor, nyt
Iran to offer new plan on its nuclear activities, Weisman, Hoge
U.S. and China put pressure on N. Korea, ap, reuters
Bush turns focus back to U.S. from Iraq, Stevenson, Bumiller, Sanger, Hulse

Millennium Goals: 'A Miserable Performance,' Mbeki Scolds UN Summit , Fray
Afghanista: Elections May Be Less Than Free , Lobe
Development-Kenya: Going, Going, Gone , Mulama
United Nations: Summit Ignores People's UN , Marincola
Development: Workers Without Borders , de la Torre
Latin America: Gender Equality in Education not Matched in Labour Market , González
Development: Institutions to Follow Up Helsinki Process , Godoy
Kyrgyzstan: Freedom of Speech Comes and Goes , Asekova
Development: Vietnam's 'Food Bowl' Wetlands Under Stress , Tran
UAE : Reporter's Arrest Brings More Press Freedom , Janardhan

Tijuana has decided to regulate prostitution, requiring monthly exams, El Universal
Zapatista rebels moving out of their jungle hideouts and into the cutthroat world of politics., El Universal
Border town center of bilateral dispute, 40,000 migrants crossed over there, El Universal
Top state cop assassinated, body guards killed in Michoacan , El Universal
López Obrador meets with Bustamente, can't campaign in California, El Universal
Unity between Central American Gang Members Confirmed, Prensa Latina
Nicaraguan Political Sectors Resume Dialogue, Prensa Latina
Ex dictator 'Baby Doc' Duvalier to return to Haiti to run for president, Haiti INfo
Soldiers guard gas stations in Dominican Republic, Prensa Latina
Chile invests in education and healthcare, Santiago Times
Peru death squad killers paid $50,000 during Fujimori's rule - report, Reuters

Sharon: No W. Bank elections before Hamas disarms, Aluf Benn
Hundreds of PA police deploy on Gaza-Egypt border, Al;uf Benn
Islamic Movement leader calls worshippers to Al-Aqsa mosque to protect it, Yoav Stern
A mosque once stood here, hundreds abandoned, destroyed, put to other uses in Israel, Meron Rapoport
Claim that Israel is eliminating, privatizing social welfare is wild exaggeration, Avraham Tal

Depuy Prime Minister survives Beirut car explosion, Israel blamed, Agencies
UN summit concludes, AFP
Sunni cleric condemns Iraq violence; Bloody scenes, agencies
Idea of closer Israel ties met with scorn by many in the Arab world., Agencies
Police chief killed, other attacks, ahead of Afghan polls, AFP

Sharon Doesn’t Want to Serve Time in UK Jail, Blair embarrassed, AFP
Iraq and Palestine: some support in the opposite camp is essential to liberation, Alrumaihi
Chavez Takes Bush to Task Over Iraq War, AP
Sudan’s former southern rebels May Seek Arbitration Over Cabinet Dispute, Agencies
Iran Readying for Conflict With US, Amir Taheri
Israel to Create Gaza Security Zone on Gaza Land, Hisham Abu Taha

OPEC impotent when it comes to oil prices, has increased production six times, Michael Glackin
Heavy-handed cowboys make the terror threat greater and more diffused, Rami G. Khouri
Lebanon will no longer be a playing field where the region's scores are settled, Shawn M. Jackson

Iran’s active diplomacy at UN , Agencies
Islamic vigilance is an obstacle to global arrogance: Majlis speaker , IRNA

Afghanistan sees new elections, old faces, Shahzad
Wheeling and dealing over Iran, Lobe
Epiphany for a president, Liu

Musharraf says he, Singh keeping confidentiality, The Hindu
Manmohan: I will remain engaged with Musharraf, The Hindu
Indo-Pak relations: Pressing on with detente, The Hindu
Indo-Pak relations: No move forward, Kashmir Times
If forced, India will vote with US on Iran in IAEA, The Hindu
Don't give in to US pressure on Iran: Karat, The Hindu
Iran: India gets a breather, The Hindu
No crisis in ties with Washington over Iran, says Manmohan, The Hindu
Iran: India and Russia for consultation, The Hindu
Indian gesture to Afghanistan, Frontline
Farmers in debt: Of chit funds and loan lotteries, The Hindu
Empowering the rural poor, Frontline
Inducing consolidation by banks, The Hindu
Education: Legalizing exploitation, Frontline
Power of literacy, Frontline
G-4 plans to revive bid for UN reforms, Deccan Herald
Russia and China: Strategic games, Frontline
The All-Too American Tragedy of New Orleans: Empire, Inequality, Race and Oil, Free India Media
Hurricane Katrina and holocaust: Slow response or deliberate extermination?, Free India Media
A constitutional crisis in Iraq, Frontline
Chavez as the next target, Frontline

China Urged to Press N. Korea for Nuclear Deal, Seattle Times
DaimlerChrysler to Build Chrysler 300 Sedan in China, Detroit Free Press
China's Google Baidu is really China's Baidu Google, Inquirer
China's Economy Roars Ahead , BBC News
China Strives to Control Population, Xinhua

US: Contractor Entangled in Abu Ghraib Plans to Drop Interrogation Work, McCarthy
US: Halliburton Subsidiary, KBR, Clinches More Hurricane Recovery Work, Defense Industry Daily
US: Spitzer Says 8 Former Insurance Executives Are Indicted, Associated Press

A Perfect Storm?, Tomasky
The Return Of Jack Kempism, Meyerson
John The Practiced, Samuel
One More Secession, Meyerson
Robed Men Tell No Tales, Roosevelt
Hasta La Vista, Popularity, Meyerson
Swept Away, Dreyfuss

The crony who prospered, Benjamin
Globalization made America dangerously dependent on foreign companies, Leonard
The breach of a myth, Blumenthal

Where did all the baby boys go?, Shiga
Toxins transferred to unborn children, Staff
Embryonic stem cells repair broken hearts, Gosine
US death rate falls, but not for all, Staff

U.S. Military in Paraguay Prepares To “Spread Democracy”, Dangl
US Labor Leaders: Missing in Action, Scipes
Culture Of Greed, Scheer
Giving Democracy a Bad Name: Afghanistan’s Parliamentary Elections, Kolhatkar, Ingalls
Britain's Blowback, Meacher
Perils of Normalization With Israel, Baroud

House Intel Cmte Wants CIA 9-11 Papers, Yahoo/AP
21st Century NO Goes Wi Fi ?, WaPo
Book: Neocon Abuse of Power, Ed Asner
NO: Toxic Gumbo, Alternet
Bush: Buttoned Up Wrong?, Daily Kos
Atta Papers Destroyed by Pentagon, Wapo
NO: Lights On For Bush Speech, Then Off, MSNBC
Levees: Bush to Blame Environmentalists ? , Kos
Bush NO Min Wage Busting Illegal, Kos
Bush Appointees: More Incompetence , UPI
Bill Clinton: A Leader for Our World ?, WaPo
Jebbie, Jr. : Just Lke Uncle Dubya, Gainesville.Com
The Real UN Scandal, Asia Times
Pssst, Remember Anthrax ?, NYT
UN to Review US Torture Flights , IrelandOnline
Vid:Pete King Another VoteFraWd Minion?, WRH.Com
Congress Jumps on Niger Forged Papers, House.gov
Look At Bush Record. Indict!, BuzzFlash Contr.

John Roberts's Glaring Innocence
15 Sep 2005 at 3:44pm
Has any present Supreme Court justice seen a cop lying on the witness stand? by Nat Hentoff
How to Be Broke and Live Large
15 Sep 2005 at 2:45pm
San Franciscans write the book(s) on living lean by Anya Kamenetz
Fiore: Petrotheism, the Quest for Fuel
15 Sep 2005 at 9:21am
by Mark Fiore

Common Dreams

Those of Us Who Know...
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Those of Us Who Know That America’s Worth Fighting for Have to Take It Back Now from Those Who DonÂ’t
The Deafening - and Dangerous...
by David Sirota
The Deafening - and Dangerous - Silence on Taxes
Bush Late by Hundreds of...
by Matthew Rothschild
Bush Late by Hundreds of Lives
He Still Doesn't Get It
by Baltimore Sun
He Still Doesn't Get It

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ActNow!: Support the St. Patrick's Day Four
by Peter Rothberg
16 Sep 2005 at 12:42pm
Help fight federal efforts to chill antiwar dissent.

AlterNet.org

Peek: Bush the 'bad dad' and a press that OKs it
by Array
Bush's version of the 'strict father' as illustrated by Lambert, plus a slowly withering press.
Peek: Saddled with wombs
by Array
Oh dear, those crazy feminists are gettin' all uppity about Roberts. Again!

Democracy Now!

George Galloway vs. Christopher Hitchens on the Bush Administration Response ...
by sharif
16 Sep 2005 at 6:21am

Talking Points Memo

Rep. George Miller (D-CA) has...
by Josh Marshall
17 Sep 2005 at 12:08am
Rep. George Miller (D-CA) has just posted an update on the president's Gulf Coast Wage Cut over at TPMCafe. It seems the president was...
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) gives...
by Josh Marshall
16 Sep 2005 at 9:57pm
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) gives the big thumbs down to the president's Gulf Coast Wage Cut.
Hmmm. Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ)...
by Josh Marshall
16 Sep 2005 at 9:03pm
Hmmm. Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) seems to be a bit wobbly on the Gulf Coast Wage Cut. TPM Reader SF got a sorta weasly...
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) gives...
by Josh Marshall
16 Sep 2005 at 8:39pm
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) gives W. a big slap on the back for pushing through the Gulf Coast Wage Cut.
Can we get a show...
by Josh Marshall
16 Sep 2005 at 7:45pm
Can we get a show of hands on where every member of Congress stands on this one? Fine, maybe we'll use a slightly more...
As with the DeLay Rule...
by Josh Marshall
16 Sep 2005 at 9:39pm
As with the DeLay Rule and Social Security privatization, it seems we've got more than a few Gulf Coast Wage Cut letter-writers.
Roll Call (sub.req.): Cheney to...
by Josh Marshall
16 Sep 2005 at 9:17pm
Roll Call (sub.req.): Cheney to undergo "elective surgical procedure to treat an aneurysm in the artery behind the right knee that was discovered earlier this...
Just the kind of guy...
by Josh Marshall
17 Sep 2005 at 2:28am
Just the kind of guy you want to give a lot of power to. We mentioned a few days ago a woman named Elizabeth Reyes who...

TAPPED

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16 Sep 2005 at 3:20pm
PARTY LIKE ITS 1999! I'm across town now, in the far more comfortable environs of the Sheraton Hotel near Times...

Shielding a basic freedom
17 Sep 2005 at 3:00am
It is time for those in U.S. Congress who talk about freedom so eloquently and so often to stand up for this basic principle with regard to a federal shield law for reporters.
Other Views: Christian Science Monitor, Gulf News, JoongAng Daily
17 Sep 2005 at 3:00am
Opinions from around the world.
William Pfaff: Changing Asia
by William Pfaff
17 Sep 2005 at 3:00am
Koizumi's election victory is a harbinger of change that is not likely to be limited to the Japanese economy.
Thomas L. Friedman: People who know math matters
by Thomas L. Friedman
17 Sep 2005 at 3:00am
American parents had better understand that math students in competing countries are not resting on their laurels.
Jihad's fresh face
by Waleed Ziad
17 Sep 2005 at 3:00am
Terrorists demonize not just the West, but mainstream Islamic culture and philosophy as well.
In 4-Year Anthrax Hunt, F.B.I. Finds Itself Stymied, and Sued
by SCOTT SHANE
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The failure to solve the "Amerithrax" case is a grave disappointment for the F.B.I. and the Postal Inspection Service.
Governor of California Is Seeking Re-election
by JOHN M. BRODER
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger, to the surprise of almost no one, declared that he would seek re-election as governor of California.
Cheney Faces Surgery Next Week
by ANNE E. KORNBLUT
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Vice President Cheney will undergo surgery next week to repair a weakness in a blood vessel behind his right knee, his spokesman confirmed.
Israel to Disrupt Palestinian Vote if Hamas Runs
by JOEL BRINKLEY
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to withhold cooperation from Palestinian legislative elections if Hamas takes part.
Deadly Attacks Continue as Afghans Prepare to Vote
by SOMINI SENGUPTA
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
With two days to go until Afghanistan's parliamentary election, a seventh candidate was shot dead.
China Proposes a Deal to End North Korean Nuclear Standoff
by JOSEPH KAHN
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
There were mixed signals about whether the United States and North Korea were prepared to come to terms.
Evidence Grows That Canada Aided in Having Terrorism Suspects Interrogated in...
by CLIFFORD KRAUSS
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
A judicial inquiry is turning up evidence that Canadian agencies used information that was obtained from Canadian citizens under torture by foreign intelligence agencies.
FEMA, Slow to the Rescue, Now Stumbles in Aid Effort
by JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ERIC LIPTON
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
FEMA is faltering in its effort to aid hundreds of thousands of storm victims, evacuees, local and federal officials say.
Republicans Join in Call for Release of Report on C.I.A.
by DOUGLAS JEHL
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The internal agency report criticizes George J. Tenet and others for lapses on terrorism in advance of the Sept. 11 attacks.
In 4-Year Anthrax Hunt, F.B.I. Finds Itself Stymied, and Sued
by SCOTT SHANE
16 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The failure to solve the "Amerithrax" case is a grave disappointment for the F.B.I. and the Postal Inspection Service.

Justice for a 'Death of Neglect'
by Colbert I. King
Next Tuesday marks the first anniversary of 27-year-old Jonathan Magbie's final encounter with the D.C. government. It will be no cause for celebration.
Bush Says Spending Cuts Will Be Needed
by Michael A. Fletcher and Jonathan Weisman
One day after pledging to undertake one of history's largest reconstruction efforts, President Bush served notice yesterday that rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast will require spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.
Schwarzenegger Declares He's Running for Governor Again
by John Pomfret
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16 -- Declaring "I am here as your warrior," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Friday that he will seek reelection in 2006, hoping to reverse a months-long slide in the polls and rejuvenate his campaign to pass three controversial ballot initiatives in November.

New Mammogram Finds More Cases
by Rob Stein
A new computerized version of mammography is significantly better than the conventional test at detecting breast cancer in many women, according to a major government study released yesterday.
La. Police Chief Defends Turning Back Evacuees
by Post
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16 -- A suburban police chief is defending himself against accusations of racism for ordering the blockade of a bridge and turning back desperate hurricane victims.
Man Convicted in Slaying of 6 Hunters
by Post
HAYWARD, Wis., Sept. 16 -- A jury on Friday convicted an immigrant truck driver of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of six deer hunters during a confrontation over trespassing, rejecting his contention that he fired in self-defense after one hunter used racial slurs and another shot at...
NATION IN BRIEF
by Post
HATTERAS, N.C. -- Ophelia left North Carolina on Friday, downgraded to a tropical storm but picking up speed for a possible run-in with the New England coast.

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Gunmen Kill Candidate in Sunday's Afghan Elections
by Post
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 16 -- Suspected Taliban militants on Friday shot dead a candidate in Afghanistan's national elections, and the Islamic guerrilla group warned people to boycott Sunday's voting or risk being hurt in attacks on U.S.-led forces.
Shiite Muslim Clerics Counsel Restraint
by Omar Fekeiki and Saad Sarhan
BAGHDAD, Sept. 17 -- Shiite Muslim clerics urged their followers on Friday not to be drawn into sectarian war, while insurgents kept up suicide bombings and assassinations targeting Shiite civilians and religious and political figures.
If Hamas Participates, Sharon Says Israel Won't Aid Palestinian Elections
by Glenn Kessler
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 16 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Friday that his government will refuse to assist the Palestinian Authority in holding legislative elections in January if the militant group popularly known as Hamas is allowed to participate.
Putin Won't Support U.N. Action Against Iran
by Peter Baker
President Bush won no support from Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday in his bid to bring Iran before the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions and acknowledged he has not yet forged an international consensus on how to deal with Tehran's alleged nuclear program.

Shifts in Pacific Force U.S. Military To Adapt Thinking
by Edward Cody
Reacting primarily to China's expanding diplomatic, economic and military power, new plans, scheduled to run over several years, have been designed to strengthen U.S. military forces in Asia and usher them into a new era.
France Resists Sale of National 'Treasures'
by Molly Moore
PARIS -- Just a rumor of plans by American food conglomerate PepsiCo to gobble up a French icon of health-consciousness -- the Danone yogurt and Evian water empire -- was enough to send many French politicians into a patriotic fervor this summer.

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