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I should've known it would happen. What was I [i]Thinking... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/307 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:01:33 On this 8th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks on America, let us indeed Remember - but let us not [i]cherry-pick[/i] what we recall.

Let us remember the fallen. Let us remember the brave. Let us remember the nobility and the sacrifice of those who fought to take control back of Flight 9... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/306 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:56:06 Ok, bear with me a moment.

Tonight the President will deliver a critical Speech on Health Care to a joint sessions of Congress, and in it he will outline [i]exactly[/i] what it is he expects Congress to deliver to his desk. It's expected to be a speech that will either make or break his Health C... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/305 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:16:46 On This Week Republican Mike Pence made a [a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fBdFttNnYw"]Startling[/a] Statement.

[blockquote]Pence: There's not a Public Option in the Federal Employee Benefits plan. The reality is that Federal Employees, all 10 Million of us, get to choose between five di... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/304 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:38:25 Version [a href="http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2009/7/27/151025/855/28#c28"]with Subtitles[/a].

The first issue is that the 9-11 caller does not ever say "Two Black Men", in fact only in response to the dispatchers question does she say "One looked kinda Hispanic". She also admits that she se... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/303 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:00:48 Reposted from [a href="http://vyan.blogspot.com/2009/06/busting-open-christian-nation-myth.html"]My Blog[/a]

This weekend Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich (who was forced to leave his post due to an scandal with infidelity) spoke for three hours in Virginia and "Rediscovery God in Am... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/302 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:16:39 [blockquote]Dr. Warren Hern : There is no middle-ground with people who want to kill you. The Only Difference between the American Anti-Abortion Movement and the Taliban - [i]is about 8000 Miles[/i].[/blockquote]
In following up on the Tiller Assassination story I realized that elements seemed fam... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/301 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:34:21 I know this plea will go unheeded, yet I make it still... STOP THE MADNESS!

Just as we saw during the 2008 campaign with "Marxist/Social/Muslim-ism", wild and unfounded accusations of "judicial activism and racist" are now flying about like spittle from a just punched boxer.

It's got to stop. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/300 Sun, 31 May 2009 18:39:34 In the last day quite a bit of [i]hubbub and hullaballo[/i] has surfaced over a [a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5395830/Abu-Ghraib-abuse-photos-show-rape.html"]Telegraph UK[/a] report that alleges the reason that Obama did not release the latest set of Abu Ghraib ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/299 Fri, 29 May 2009 12:25:05 Reports of children being raped to force their parent to give information have long been alleged by award winning [a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/15/hersh-children-raped.html"]journalist Sy Hersch[/a] ([a href="http://stream.realimpact.net/?file=clients/aclu/conf2004/20040707_aclu_America... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/298 Thu, 28 May 2009 15:37:14 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y8BT_NNs28

Most of this discussion with Charles Duelfer, the man who proved that Iraq DID NOT have WMD"s, shows that Dick Cheney despites all his claims that water-boarding "yielded valuable information" was attempting desperately to prove some type of oper... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/297 Fri, 15 May 2009 10:59:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_mMwCNl0M

In yet another example of Ambush Journalism Fox News sent [strike]one of their "Producers"[/strike] Boston AM Radio guy Ken Pittman challenged Janeane Garofalo over her "Racist Redneck Tea Bagger" comments, and almost manage to make me think she might ha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/296 Tue, 12 May 2009 13:04:19 Video of Pelosi Press Conference on Classified Briefings
http://www.youtube.com/v/1635icvGnjo

Pelosi's consistent claim in light of arguments that she was informed about "Enhanced Interrogation" techniques is A) That she wasn't told the techniques were [i]already in use[/i] and B) That She could... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/295 Sat, 09 May 2009 11:42:32 It's well past time we put a final punctuation mark on this entire "Enhanced Interrogations are not Torture" nonsense - [i]Once and For All[/i].

It doesn't matter what the [a href="http://twurl.nl/wz8n72"]Polling Data[/a] says (Karl), what matters is what the Law Says. The simple fact is that the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/294 Thu, 07 May 2009 12:48:19 Approximately 8 mins into this discussion on the CIA use of Torture, former CIA Bin Laden Desk Chief Micheal Scheuer (Author of Imperial Hubris) argues that prosecuting Bush Officials for the [a href="http://vyan.blogspot.com/2009/04/criminal-torture-conspiracy.html"]Criminal Conspiracy of Torture[/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/293 Fri, 01 May 2009 14:11:37 Crossposted from the [a href="http://vyan.blogspot.com/2009/04/criminal-torture-conspiracy.html"]Truth 2 Power[/a] Blog and [a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/30/221546/515?mode=edit"]DKos[/a]

With the release of the Yoo/Bybee memos and the [a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/292 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:15:38 Music by Darryl Zuber & Ron Meyer, Arrangement & Lyrics by Vyan. All Instruments, Vocals and Video Editing by Vyan © Copyright 2008

Do you Waste (Waste)
All the time that you have
Do you Take (Take)
Everything you can get
Do you Fake (Fake)
Every feeling you show
Do you Hate (Hate)
Everyon... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/291 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:20:19 In this performance on MSNBC Liz Cheney, daughter of the Former Vice President, was absolutely stunning in her delivery of rapid-fire talking points in an attempt to obfuscate the fact that under her Father and President Bush this country engaged in Totalitarian Methods and War Crimes - and in the p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/290 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:53:28 One question, how do you serve as a Federal Judge, or Teach Law at Berkeley - if you've been disbarred for ethics violations by the OPR?

Here's another question, if the legal memos were invalid (and the conclusion were manipulated by the White House) - then Water Boarding was ALWAYS torture and a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/289 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:26:55 For all the Bushies who think that Gitmo should remain open - this former Military Prosecutor explains that the case files are a shambles and that there IS NO EVIDENCE against many who've been held there and mistreated for years - including some who are children.

Vyan... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/288 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:19:13 In an [a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123318955345726797.html"]WSJ Op-ed[/a] former OLC Attorney John Yoo blasts President Barack Obama for removing [i]the One and Only Effective Tool[/i] for protecting America from the horrors of Terrorism which is - well - [i]using Terrorism.[/i]

[bloc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/287 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:33:29 Hope for a better future has come to America. We now have a chance to realize true change in our national character, a chance to finally become the country we always promised we can be, and sometimes pretended we already were.


Finally.

As an African American, I know that the enormity of the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/286 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:20:39 Crossposted [a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/15/14828/4629?"]on Dailykos[/a]

There's a new show that premiered this week. It's a show were a bunch of big muscled womanizing lunk heads think they're in competition to become "Mr. Awesome." As it turns out, while they chase the scanti... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/285 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:59:04 [div class="intro"][p]You're not likely to hear this in the corporate media, but as of yesterday Obama has taken a massive lead on McCain in the one area that truly matters.[/p] [p]The Electoral College (via [a href="http://www.electoral-vote.com/"]Electoral-Vote.com[/a])[/p] [p][a href="http://i3... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/284 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:59:59 [div class="intro"][p]With the final concession and endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the Nomination process has ended and the General Election has finally begun.[/p] [p]So, as we start the last leg in the fight for the White House just where do we stand with Obama v McCain?[/p] [p]Although they bee... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Vyan/283 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:35:17