To Sen. Coleman, et. al.,

ALL THE WAY WITH A RED HOT POKER!!!!!

The bbc has a video link at their site. I saw it and it was f'ing GREAT ! Funny how it took a Scot to finally deliver the smackdown these scoundrels deserve. If they allow Ahnold to run for prez, then Galloway has got my vote.

That's a great post, Brad. On your final question, I wouldn't presume to answer for the evil-doers, but from where I sit the answer appears to be "NO" ... Cheers for George Galloway, the Respect Party and telling the truth no matter what!

What? Now we have to outsource decency and courage?

Where the h--l are the Dems?

JS -

You mean those cowardly "lions?"

I wish that lambasting HAD come from one of our own. The outrage, the outrage, the OUTRAGE...

One thing he didn't mention: the smear was accomplished with the connivance of Bliar's people.

AT LAST....someone gutsy enough to tell it like it is and where it counts. I want to shake George Galloway's hand and shout "job well done"! But like everything else that doesn't suit this administration's web of deceit, I fear these facts will get swept under the rug and forgotten.

Here is a link to the video of the complete testimony:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/.../uk_politics/4556113.stm

What I found amazing about Mr. Galloway's testimony, was not so much what he said, although my heart sang as he delivered the truth at last, what impressed me was the way he delivered the truth.
I don't think I have ever seen a more composed and passionate response made by anyone under oath. And I know I have never before heard more articulate and fluent use of the language.
I think this was a landmark speech that will be remembered by the British and in particular the Scottish people in the same way as Churchill's 'Fight them on the beaches...' and Kennedy's Inaugural address is remembered and taught to small children as an illustration of how educated men defend themselves and their ideals.
How much more powerful were Mr. Galloway's words, than all the bombs that were dropped on innocent Iraqi people.
I wept when he said, “I gave my political life's blood to try to stop the mass killing of Iraqis by the sanctions on Iraq which killed one million Iraqis, most of them children, most of them died before they even knew that they were Iraqis, but they died for no other reason other than that they were Iraqis with the misfortune to born at that time.”
The children have committed no crime, sold no oil, chanted not a word of defiance against the American people. They have only cried, and many have died, in all innocence and with out understanding why they have been orphaned and left without siblings.
How will we reply to these babies, in years to come, when they ask the British, American and Australian people why we did not stop the men of war when they sent men to kill their fathers and brothers? Will we say, that a man from Saudi Arabia, who led his men from Afghanistan, attacked America and killed our fathers and brothers first? Will we continue to try to make two wrongs into a twisted idea of what is right? Won't they then ask us why then did we attack Iraq? Why not Saudi Arabia? Why not look harder for this Afghani man?

Will

How remarkably wonderful to hear the truth! Since no one in our own government or media has the "balls" to speak truth it must be spoken by others. Why don't all those sniveling, self riighteous, spineless
bastards just crawl back under their rocks and let people like Galloway lead the way!
Bravo Galloway!!!

Write a well-deserved thank-you note. I did.

gallowayg@parliament.uk

It's about time someone stood up to these know-nothing scumbags who masquerade as legislators and perform as puppets for the Bush planet-eating machine. If these Senators actually thought they could get good press by dragging Georgie boy before their Committee, they really are as stupid as everyone assumes. Given how easy it is to paint the Oil-for-Food fiasco as the political greed frenzy it was, one can only imagine the Senators have about as good a handle on the issue as the pea-brains who implemented US policies in Iraq which have squandered far more US taxpayer money than the UN scheme. It's clear the permanent UN security council members and many other knew of the ongoing oil fraud. Everyone knew. There was just no way to document it as the UN avoided audits of any section of the program like the plague. Anyway, the point is that old Georgie Boy spit in their face and shat on their heads and I only hope the morons who comprise the US electorate wake up and realize how stupid they've been and cut their own heads off.

here is the whole testimony of George Galloway. Finally, someone who is willing to stand up to those criminals, and call them criminals....

rtsp://video.webcastcenter.com/srs_g2/govtaff051705.rm?start="2:02:00"

I have to agree, some of these senators are out of their mind. Many others are deceived by a very strange and evil man Senator Bill Frist, who apparently got his thrills from operating on cats!

How could someone this insane be heading up the majority!???

Plus, read this article. Dick Cheney and Karl Rove's Halliburton scandal has been exposed and tarnished all through the mud.

http://www.guardian.co.u...y/0,3604,1438564,00.html
http://www.conspiracypla...d=118&contentid=2175

""We would like to know why this audit report - and audit reports on nine additional task orders - are being withheld from Congress," they wrote.
"We also want to know what steps you are taking to recover these funds from Halliburton."

In a second public letter yesterday, Mr Waxman accused Bush administration officials of deliberately withholding information on overcharges by Halliburton from UN auditors - at its behest. Some $1.6bn of the $2.5bn Halliburton contract was funded from Iraqi oil revenues overseen by the UN.

"The evidence suggests that the US used Iraqi oil proceeds to overpay Halliburton and then sought to hide the evidence of these overcharges from the international auditors," the letter says.

The audit, released by the congressmen on Monday, offers the most definitive glimpse so far of overbilling by Halliburton, once run by the vice president, Dick Cheney.

In the most startling transaction, it charged the Pentagon $27.5m to ship $82,100 worth of cooking and heating fuel to Iraq from Kuwait - 335 times the actual cost of the liquified petroleum gas, a charge the Pentagon auditors said was "illogical".

The firm and its subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), face several investigations, including a fraud inquiry from the justice department. A preliminary Pentagon audit, focused on the immediate aftermath of the US-led invasion, found KBR overcharged the Pentagon by $61m for kerosene and other fuels.

Critics of Halliburton are convinced this represents just a fraction of the overcharges.

The audit released this week covers only one of 10 task orders undertaken under the $2.5bn no-bid contract awarded immediately after the invasion of Iraq.

However, the overcharges identified in the single task order already dwarf the $61m (£32m) in previously discovered overcharges. Halliburton charged army corps of engineers $875m (£457m) to supply fuel from May 2003 to March 2004. Auditors questioned $108.4m (£56.6m) of those costs.

As the Congressmen note, the auditors criticised charges in nearly every area, saying the firm misled auditors and failed to supervise sub-contracts. "Halliburton failed to demonstrate its prices for Kuwaiti fuel were 'fair and reasonable'," the auditors say. They also note Halliburton refused repeatedly to provide information on costs of obtaining fuel from Turkey and Jordan, or reveal how it selected its contractors in Kuwait.

A Halliburton spokeswoman, Wendy Hall, said it was forced into paying, and charging, high costs because of the security situation following the war. "Transporting fuel into Iraq was a mission fraught with danger, which increased the prices that firms were willing to offer for trans portation," she told reporters. "The report fails to take into account the fact KBR performed an urgent mission at the army's request and the mission took place in a wartime environment."

The lawyer for an army corps of engineers whistle-blower said that his client was set to be interviewed for a second time by Pentagon investigators on April 4 over her claims of contracting abuse involving KBR. "

The dead mainstream media may not care, but BBC news sure does and they also know the bunch of thugs manufactured all of the WMD and IRAQ threats!

Matt

Positively Churchillian. I hope the whole world was watching...if not, there's always instant replay.

This is 'way OT, but you really aren't going to believe the news. Bush wants to sell Hawaii to Japan to pay for his "war on terror!!!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

It just got me thinking, if that article wasn't satire I bet alot of people would move to hawaii. Instant secession!

BRAVO..THE TRUTH HURTS, BUT DAMN REFRESHING WHEN SOMEONE FINALLY HAS THE BALLS TO SPEAK IT!

Benon Sevan #12 -

"The morons who comprise the US electorate..."?

Thank you, kind sir. I do believe you are addressing them. And the "moronic" US electorate did not actually, EVER, vote this administration into office. Read a bit more at this site, please!

I love you, George...

Matt #17 -

We were wistfully thinking that he might agree to sell Maine to Canada, but no...Massachusetts is more "valuable," I suppose.

Oh my GOD I am so overwhelmed with feelings of love and relief that someone had the guts to pierce the stranglehold of paranoia in the American media and hand it to the Bush Administration on a plate.

Thank God for George Galloway. I wish he were in the US Congress.

Can anyone recommend a "one stop shop" for info on what the administration knew about WMD? With good sources?

For example:
1. that the US had disproved the niger uranium story, which was why * said "we have learned from British intelligence that", because the UK still believed it while the US did not.
2. Curveball/Mobile labs.
3. Aluminum tubes - I thought I heard Boxer say at Rice's sec of state confirmation that 5 of 6 agencies had reviewed the aluminum tube info and said that it definitely could not be used for enriching uranium. I think Boxer aleged that Rice knew about the 5 of 6 opinion before she went on TV and said the opposite.

And anything similar. I think these sorts of items would be good to bring up when we call our Reps, Sens, the WH, the media, and our friends and family.

Cheney should have to add a little detail to what he meant by Iraq, in fact, reconstituting nuclear weapons. WTF? If they didn't have a program, how could they build a weapon? Mr. Cheney, could you share with us what it was that actually convinced you that there was a nuclear weapons site and the cabability to build a bomb. Any photos? Any evidence? We have a need to know.

Republican leadership should all be asked "When do you have enough power before you start to get to work for America?"

Fighting fire with FIRE
or Fighting George with George ,no less.
Bouncing off the walls with joy.

Saw the video. That guy was on fire.

http://www.iraqsnuclearm...Bogus_Nuclear_Weapon.htm

This is interesting. It appears to be someone's analysis of Cheney's statement that Iraq has nuclear weapons. The statement was just 1 day before the war. This person's pondering is a couple days after that. The author hypothesizes that, if they don't find nukes (because the case was apparently thin, according to the inspectors finding nothing) that the US would have to and would be willing to plant something to fake the evidence. The thinking here is that it would be an obvious lie about the intelligence if there was nothing in Iraq. So now it's an obvious lie. But it's not like the author seemed to think it would be. Even though Cheney's lie was obvious, there havn't been any consequences. No need to plant evidence. for the coverup. Just lie about the lie, and it's OK. The situation is absurd.

In the previous thread, Winter Patriot linked to a website that required us to scroll down to find the article he and Teresa had referenced. While scrolling down to the article, I came across this and couldn't resist linking to it here.

Galloway wins libel judgement

GEORGE Galloway today won £150,000 in damages from The Daily Telegraph over "outrageous and incredibly damaging" allegations that he was receiving payoffs from Saddam Hussein when the former Iraqi leader was in power.

http://news.scotsman.com...id=818&id=1384352004

Here's another apparent slice of hypocrisy from the criminal neocon gallery (but, of course, Rumsfeld didn't know about it or make any money from it...)

i waited for it live on BBC.... it was splendid... i have waited so long for someone to stand-up and spread the dirt of US manuevers in international media. i hope the americans were watching, they were superbly blinded by their own media cover-ups and fabrication.

Someone actually called this mob "Liars" in a Senate Subcommittee Hearing no less!

Is it possible? Who is that brave Democrat?

British PM George Galloway!
I did not know we had a Democrat in the British Parliment.

Do I hear the first crack of ice covering the bushmob secret sauce?

British MP. Let's hope he becomes the PM.

This is an excerpt from a post from AP here:

'Speaking to reporters after the hearing, both Coleman and the panel's top Democrat, Sen. Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan, questioned Galloway's credibility. Asked if Galloway violated his oath to tell the truth before the committee, Coleman said, "I don't know. We'll have to look over the record."'

I know where Coleman is coming from but what's with Levin??

Cole -

He should, but he's in the same situation as an Independent or a Green here - no major party to party with. And in the UK, that means no majority, no power.

Steve -

Levin's being politically cautious. Hedge your bets. Who ever said politicians applauded unvarnished truth? It terrifies them!

World must know the face of these worst devils of history who have killed millions for oil and for their own food.

Mr Galloway should not stop here rather tell us the whole truth.

BBC article
Mr Coleman said he didn't think Mr Galloway had been a "credible witness". If it was found he had lied under oath, there would be "consequences", he said.

It should also be noted that Norm Coleman was the recipient of an eight point swing over the beloved Walter Mondale in his election thanks to Diebold.
Who's his Daddy?

Invite on BradRadio while his in the country.

The reporter said to Coleman "Did he get the better of you", Coleman replies "its not a contest" NOW ! (LMFHO)

The worlds only "Superpower" shot down by partless pom ,crash and burn Team America inc.

"partyless pom" typing and LMFHO

Peg says: One thing he didn't mention: the smear was accomplished with the connivance of Bliar's people. And she's right, and Bush, who Blair was daft enough to think he could manipulate, has destroyed Blair's credibility with a large swathe of the British public. Just like Bush has destroyed America's credibility across the world. Great stuff, George Galloway!

George Galloway: My hero!

George Galloway: My hero!

I felt Mr.Galloway as a person heavier than all the rulers of the muslim countries, who never been able to speak their conscience.Mr. Galloway is the vioce of the oppressed, he a confident and fearless fellow who won my appriciation. I was impressed with his style and confidence.

That was the finest spectacle I have seen in many years. It was a joy to watch Galloway tear Bush and the Senate a few dozen new ones! Galloway was magisterial, and left his accusers speechless more than once. Go, Galloway, go - show them the way to the gallows!

It's not often that the unabashed, honest truth is spoken in the U.S. senate. Mr. Galloway was the first to do so in a very, very long time.

To the criminals in Washington DC: Deal with it! America will remain free forever!

I'm a British guy from London, and I came across your blog by chance. Thank God that there are some decent Americans who are prepared to stand up for the truth. Whenever I look at Fox News on sattelite TV it sends a shudder down my spine - I feel like I've been sent back in time to Nazi Germany. I guess it's much harder to stand up these lying warmongering bastards in the US than it is in Britain.

So well done again! And thank you from the bottom of my heart.

How my 'respect' goes out to the scot, the truth on the world stage. great and thank you.

Mr Blair its your turn to cringe with a maiden speach in the new Parliament.

I've always been an avid supporter of Mr. Galloway but after watching him at the U.S Senate Im so proud of Mr. Galloway! I would like to recommend to everyone that they should read George Galloways book, 'youre not the only one' that was published in 2004. This book is a real eye opener. It will make you weep and fill you with rage when you read how the world has been deceived by Bush and Blair and how evil these people really are. It will also enlighten you about previous wars that have been fought based on lies, greed and hatred. You will come to repect and love this man even more for his principles and integrity!

Bravo Mr. Galloway!

Finally someone to remind the american criminals how many died as a result of their greed...
USA, forget about "spreading democracy" stay home and mind your own fucking business.

I just did a quick google news search and as usual- nothing in the US MSM about this great moment in history. More proof they are dead.

What a proud Scotsman i am today, George Galloway's performance yesterday was truly inspiring. He represents millions of people in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales who are totally opposed to the barbaric behaviour of the occuppying forces in Iraq. He will be in my prayers. The promotion of peace is the only way forward

I would like to say how pleased I am to see the reaction from Americans. I am not sure whether you realise how much we dislike your country in Europe as a reult of this war. The Bush/Blair relationship is something many of us despise with passion. On the other hand it might be of interest for many of you to realise that we hate Blair almost as much. We should all work very hard to repair the image the world has of the British and Americans. I am of the belief that this war has done a great deal to support and engender sympathy for the arab world from many people who would otherwise have little or no opinion on the matter.

George Galloway - whether innocent or guilty has made a great number of people very proud in voicing what many of us do not have the opportunity to say.

A truckload of documentation about War Lies, with corroboration of the Downing Street Minutes:

http://www.dailykos.com/.../2005/5/18/23956/5887#67

It's a variety of transcripts, memos, and minutes. I haven't had time to wade through all of this, and the formatting is a bit confusing, but the DKos member Apian has been totally on top of this information. Please take a look.

If only the UK had more Galloways and infinitely fewer subservient, devious Blairs the entire world would be much better off.

Wow, I was floored watching this man.. Galloway has given america just exactly what we needed..The truth always comes out if we are tenacious enough..I only wish he lived in america..Send him a thank you at office@respectcoalition.org or press@respectcoalition.org I even like the name of his party Respect the Unity Coalition..

:D u can imagine how i felt when galloway got those bloody hypocrits by the balls.its about time someone tell those stupid american republicans the truth and how narrow-minded they are.they should bow their heads in shame and shut up.

For those that give a damn...

Contact your local media... inform them of the Galloway case and make sure your reps watch the video too, post on forums linking to the videos.. spread the word... be the media.

Hopefully, some reps will learn a few things about talking straight and shoving the murderous "pack of lies" right back down the GOP throats from which they spawned. If it does exist... even 'hell' is too good for these bastards.

Brad,

Your is the only website that has the link to the complete Galloway testimony.

This is precious and should be easy to find. Please make it easier to find and make sure you come up in Google with this link.

It took me an hour to find the link: rtsp://video.webcastcenter.com/srs_g2/govtaff051705.rm?start="2:02:00".

Please make it easier to find as a public service. Galloway needs to be heard out fully, not just shitty soundbites from the conventional press.

Many thanks.

Do not be fooled by Galloway. The man should be charged for Treason and contempt. Contempt of the Muslim population in London and contempt of British and US lives. This is the same man who thinks the IRA are nice people. This is the same man who lies through the media and anyone else who will listen.

Please be aware that it is not the full trasncript on Times on line. It is heavily edited. Some powerful stuff has been cut out.

Dang, Brad!

Why doesn't our own Democratic Party leaders not stand up like him? Why does it take an outsider to say what has been needed to say for years?

I hope the Party is listening to exactly how they need to talk to protect the world from these criminals.

Here is something worth blogging and taking action on.Senate Intel Cmte set for secret PATRIOT Act expansion

Total 9/11 Info May 18 2005

As the ACLU is reporting, the Senate Intelligence Committee will be holding a closed hearing on USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization on Thursday, May 19.

Our Washington sources report that not only are Senators on the committee planning to renew almost all of the handful of PATRIOT provisions that are set to "Sunset" at the end of 2005, but are also planning to expand many police-state PATRIOT powers as well.

On the drawing board are ideas to expand surveillance powers in so-called "terrorist" as well as criminal investigations. Administrative subpoenas, an instrument to circumvent judge-signed search warrants, are a particular favorite.

House and Senate Judiciary Committees have held the vast majority of hearings on the PATRIOT Act compared to their Intelligence Committee counterparts. The move by the Intelligence Committee is seen on Capitol Hill as a sneaky power grab.

If you want to express your outrage and demand open hearings on the PATRIOT Act, call Intelligence Chariman Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts at 202-224-4774 (fax 202-224-3514) or the Senate Intelligence Committee at 202-224-1700. The ranking Democrat member of the Intelligence Committee is West Virginia Sen. John Rockefeller, (202) 224-6472.

The USA PATRIOT Act police-state bill was passed in the atmosphere of fear and panic after September 11, while the infrastructure of the Congress was crippled by the militarized anthrax-by-mail attacks

Galloway should be British PM? Galloway for US Senate? Get a grip people - This is a guy who marched shoulder to shoulder with murderous IRA Terrorists. The man who saluted Saddam Husseins courage and indefatigability. Open your eyes

Finally, an example of how to tell the truth emphatically.

All moderates and liberals take note and stand up to the neocon madmen.

What a magnificent person - a shining example to us all. SHAME on the Congress and Senators and Administration of the United States of America, the epitomy of evil, greed and ignorance in the world today.

should be "EPITOME" (spelling)

Thank you, Brad, so much for presenting Mr. Galloway to us.

Maxie #65

Thank you for the reminder on an extremely important matter.

This is the DNA of a Big Brother State ... and the neocon madmen are forcing it thru.

Do you have an email address for this?

ABB x 2

Anybody But Bush !
Anybody But Blair !

Take the whole team and flush 'em !
Let News-weak-knees have an exclusive.

BTW - Coleman has no shame; none of them have. They are empty zombie shells, consuming, consuming, consuming, consuming, swallowing, gulping, consuming, consuming...grasping, killing, consuming, consuming...burping, consuming, consuming, consuming...monsters consuming, consuming...

For the trolls on site: I have no intention of reading your garbage.

Six Four #66 We cannot take a person's mistakes in the past, assuming such were mistakes for the moment, to make all that person says to be a lie for all the future.

I simply give him credit for doing the right thing in this one episode.

There are movie theatre owners who won't show Jane Fonda movies in their establishment because of what she says was a mistake 40 years ago.

Gotta stay focused on events and issues, not on personality assassination.

Great visual & dead-on! Peggy #73

Excellent reminder, Dredd #75.