Two of Dr. Tiller's patients remember him here and here.
Don't forget that Obama caved last month to religious right and GOP demands that it withdraw a new domestic terrorism report that indicated, among other things, that radicals might use abortion as a justification for committing acts of domestic terrorism.
Kossack Federick Clarkson, who helps run Talk to Action, has written of how anti-abortion extremists have linked with rightwing domestic terrorists.
Update:
Randall Terry, the founder of anti-abortion group Operation Rescue who led protests against George Tiller's clinic in Wichita, Kansas in 1991, issued a statement about today's killing of the abortion doctor.
In his comments, Terry does not grieve for Tiller or denounce the murder but seems more concerned about President Obama's reaction and what it bodes for the pro-life movement.
"George Tiller was a mass-murderer. We grieve for him that he did not have time to properly prepare his soul to face God. I am more concerned that the Obama Administration will use Tiller's killing to intimidate pro-lifers into surrendering our most effective rhetoric and actions. Abortion is still murder. And we still must call abortion by its proper name; murder.
This is for you, Randall Terry:
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The forecast for tribal survival in the 21st century.
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Frank Rich - Who Is to Blame for the Next Attack?: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/31-6
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Beginning tomorrow, a passport or special driver's license will be required for all U.S. citizens entering Canada or Mexico.
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Obama's Department of Pre-Crime
The Obama presidency has been filled with disappointments already, but the biggest and most dramatic may be his reversal on basic questions of morality and law. Most recently, this has involved his proposal to detain people indefinitely on the suspicion that they may pose some sort of "national security" threat but without any trial before an impartial judge or jury. President Bush was already trying to do this, but Barack Obama is taking the entire situation a couple of steps further along by institutionalizing it.
There are, admittedly, people currently in U.S. custody who can't be prosecuted for past crimes because the Bush administration made such a mess of things — detaining them without counsel or trial, torturing them, and so forth. Under a just system of laws, they would have to be released even if they are a likely threat, but Barack Obama doesn't believe in the principle of law enough to do that. Instead, he intends to construct a "system" or "legal regime" in which preventative detention becomes a standard for people who can't be tried but who are suspected of being a threat some time in the future — in effect, a "legal regime" of "precrime" where people are imprisoned for crimes they haven't committed yet.
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2009/05/obamas-department-of-pre-crime.html
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United Nations: U.S. human rights record "deplorable" - including the continuing failure to investigate torture by the Obama administration
The United Nations has released a new report on human rights that has found the record of the United states to be "deplorable." With the continuing refusal of the Obama Administration to investigate war crimes and to support the Bush policies in court, we have lost an opportunity to show the country has committed itself to change these policies and demand accountability for those who implemented them.
"there have been chronic and deplorable accountability failures with respect to policies, practice and conduct that resulted in alleged unlawful killings — including possible war crimes — in the United States' international operations."
"credible reports" of at least five deaths caused by torture at the hands of the CIA. Yet, Attorney General Eric Holder continues to block any investigation into such cases or the torture program as a whole. This was not missed by the United Nation report, which states "U.S. prosecutors have failed to use the laws on the books to investigate and prosecute (contractors) and civilian agents for wrongful deaths, including, in some cases, deaths credibly alleged to have resulted from torture and abuse."
Story here.
Thanks, Obama.
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No change
Members of 9/11 victims' families, who filed a lawsuit seeking to pin blame on the Saudi royal family for financing attacks against the United States, just acquired a significant new opponent: the Obama administration.
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/05/31/obama-sides-with-saudis/
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Well at least they sewed the head back on
Saudi Arabia beheads killer and then displays his body in "crucifixion"
Story here.
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Newsweek has a highly critical article about Oprah's peddling of quackery, and it's about time one of the big media players pointed out that she is promoting dangerous fake therapies…all with a happy smile, of course, and a message of positive self-esteem for women. It's still credulous glop, though.
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Never underestimate the power of cookies
Ali Soufan, a former FBI interrogator, says that Osama bin Laden's bodyguard, Abu Jandal, talked about the 9/11 attack only after he was given sugar free cookies. Jandal is diabetic and was unable to eat the regular cookies given to him with his tea. Noticing this, Soufan offered the suspect sugar-free cookies at their next meeting. Soufan says it was this act of kindness, not rougher methods, that opened up a dialogue between the two. "We had showed him respect, and we had done this nice thing for him. So he started talking to us instead of giving us lectures," Soufan said. - - time
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NY Times: President Obama will push General Motors into bankruptcy today.
Michael Moore Op Ed: Goodbye, GM: http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/01/op-ed-michael-moore-goodbye-gm/
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Just one week before the Lebanese elections, Israel launches "doomsday" drill: http://news.antiwar.com/2009/05/31/israel-launches-doomsday-drill/
Prime Minister Benjamin Whatayahoo vowed on Sunday there would be no let-up in Israel's much-criticised blockade of Gaza, warning that the ceasefire with the territory's Hamas rulers remained fragile: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090531/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaisrael
Also, the Knesset just voted by a large majority (47 to 34) for a law that threatens imprisonment for anyone who dares to deny that Israel is a Jewish and democratic state.
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4,306 soldiers killed in Iraq; 690 in Afghanistan.
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Salon's Gabriel Winant profiles "The Factor"'s four-year campaign to demonize George Tiller:
O'Reilly's language describing Tiller, and accusing the state and its elites of complicity in his actions, could become extremely vivid. On June 12, 2007, he said, "Yes, I think we all know what this is. And if the state of Kansas doesn't stop this man, then anybody who prevents that from happening has blood on their hands as the governor does right now, Governor Sebelius."
Three days later, he added, "No question Dr. Tiller has blood on his hands. But now so does Governor Sebelius. She is not fit to serve. Nor is any Kansas politician who supports Tiller's business of destruction. I wouldn't want to be these people if there is a Judgment Day."
More here. O'Reilly demonized Tiller on 28 episodes of his show. I have no doubt his words wil be played endlessly on cable in some kind of hideous irony. This really could be the end to O'Reilly's dangerous, demonizing game.
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