Jackson Thoreau

‘”Jackson Thoreau’” is the nom de plume of a Washington, D.C.-based journalist and writer who has written about the Bush administration for ezines such as OpedNews, Alternet, and Online Journal since 2000.

Early life

Thoreau is an Eagle Scout.cite web |last=Thoreau |first=Jackson |url =http://www.geocities.com/jacksonthor/ |title =Jackson Thoreau - Writer, Journalist, Author, Father, Eagle Scout, Activist | publisher =Geocities |accessdate =2007-08-22] cite web |last=Thoreau |first=Jackson |url =http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=39&contentid=1057&page=2 |title =George W. Bush Joked As World Trade Center Burned | publisher =Conspiracy Planet|accessdate =2007-08-22]

Limbaugh, Gov. Perry criticises Thoreau

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh once called him a liar on his show. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he should suffer and initiated an investigation of him. [http://www.toobeautiful.org/perry_040305.html] Thoreau, who has written under his real name for mainstream media newspapers since 1980, has broken key stories on the Net. Those include Dick Cheney continuing to live in his Texas home after he claimed to have moved to Wyoming and selling the home to a big Republican donor who already had a mansion in the same neighborhood. He was the last writer to interview Margie Schoedinger, a Texas woman who filed a sexual assault lawsuit against George W. Bush and died via a gunshot wound that was ruled a suicide a few months later.

When conservatives claimed that not even liberal types would defend actor Chevy Chase calling Bush a "dumb ****" in public, Thoreau wrote a column doing just that, showing how Bush and Cheney had used profanity in public repeatedly. His reports on Schwartznegger and others were so revealing that the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and others called to follow up.

Thoreau pens bio on Bush, Cheney, Rove

In June 2007, Thoreau's book, Born to Cheat: How Bush, Cheney, Rove & Co. Broke the Rules - From the Sandlot to the White House, [http://www.geocities.com/jacksonthor/cheat.html] debuted at the annual Take Back America conference in Washington, D.C. The 251-pp., heavily-documented book is published by Do Something Press of Washington, D.C., with help from VoxPop, a New York company run by Sander Hicks, publisher of J.H. Hatfield's Fortunate Son Bush bio in 2000.

Born to Cheat goes beyond other books on Bush's lifelong deceit to cover the cheating and dirty tricks of Cheney, Rove and other key players in the same book.

Political activism

Thoreau has been a longtime activist for social causes and liberal political issues. In 2003, he organized a petition drive to oust former hard rightwinger Tom DeLay from office and presented copies of the petition signed by several thousand fellow Americans to the offices of leaders of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Others did likewise, and the efforts helped lead to an environment in which officials started questioning DeLay's abuses more and gave the committee some support to go after the corrupt DeLay, who eventually tumbled. [http://www.mikehersh.com/Tom_DeLays_Ethics_Violations.shtml]

More Sources

Thoreau’s Web site [http://www.geocities.com/jacksonthor/]

Ken Herman, "Governor speaks out on marital rumors: In first public comments on talk that's traveled around the state and nation, Perry says his marriage is fine and castigates those who spread rumors online." Austin American Statesman, 5 March 5, 2004. [http://www.toobeautiful.org/perry_040305.html]

Thoreau, Jackson. “The Strange Death of the Woman Who Filed a Rape Lawsuit Against Bush.” OpedNews, July 20, 2003. [http://www.opednews.com/thoreau1103bush_rape_suicide.htm]

Thoreau, Jackson. “Buried by the Media: More information on the ongoing sexual assault lawsuit against George W. Bush.” American Politics Journal, July 24, 2003. [http://www.americanpolitics.com/20030724Thoreau.html]

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