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Monthly Archives: April 2008
A Majority of Doctors Support National Health Care
Frankly, this is a little difficult to swallow. US doctors have traditionally opposed universal health care in favour of unfettered ability to make money (aka, unrestrained greed), and one wonders what has prompted the change of heart. Richard Jehn / … Continue reading
The Two Faces of John McCain
McCain Strongly Rejected Long-Term Iraq Presence: “Bring Them All Home”By Sam Stein / April 28, 2008 When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it. Three years … Continue reading
John McCain – How Absurd Can It Get?
John McCain’s Serious Foreign PolicyBy Glenn Greenwald / April 26, 2008 John McCain was on a conference call with right-wing bloggers yesterday and boasted: I think that people should understand that I will be Hamas’s worst nightmare. What possible reason … Continue reading
C. Loving : Buy American!
Your Tax Rebate: The federal government is sending us a $600 rebate… some more & some less. However, if we spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China. If we spend it on gasoline it will go … Continue reading
A Fundamental Breach of International Law
‘Western Leaders Are War Criminals’By Mick Meaney / April 26, 2008 The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, has echoed calls for Western leaders to be charged with war crimes over the illegal invasion of Iraq. Speaking at Imperial … Continue reading
Bush is Most Worsest
BuckFush.com.Bush’s disapproval rating worst of any president in 70 yearsBy Susan Page WASHINGTON — President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll. … Continue reading
The Stakes Have Been Raised in New Ways
The Sorrows of Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential ElectionBy Robert Jensen [Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the board of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center. He … Continue reading
Iraq Moratorium : Americans Saying "NO!"
Almost 40 people turned out on Iraq Moratorium Day #8 in Hayward Wisconsin at a Vigil for Peace sponsored by Peace North and Veterans for Peace Chapter 153.From Dennis O’Neil / April 27, 2008 Dear Friends, Reports from Moratorium Day … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Dissent, Iraq, Peace Movement, Social Action
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The Democracy : Yes or No
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
Apples and Oranges – Torture in Amerikkka
“The Underdeveloped Jurisprudence of the Forcing/Pouring Distinction”By Marty Lederman / April 24, 2008 There have been several accounts in recent days of the Vice President and several agency heads and other high government officials (Ashcroft, Rice, Powell, Tenet, Gonzales, Rumsfeld, … Continue reading
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright Speaks at NAACP
Wright teaches important lessons about differencesBy Rochelle Riley / April 27, 2008 Alert the media. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is not the boogey man. Strip away all but the controversial words “God damn America” from the sermon that America could … Continue reading
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The Smartest Guys in the Room
Why the U.S. Has Gone BrokeBy Chalmers Johnson / April 26, 2008 The military adventurers in the Bush administration have much in common with the corporate leaders of the defunct energy company Enron. Both groups thought that they were the … Continue reading
