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Taking Lessons from the Yanks
Too reminiscent of the treatment of US soldiers at Walter Reed … It seems to us that Tony Blair’s government has taken far too many lessons from this corrupt BushCo adminicorporation. We thought the Europeans were brighter than that. Military … Continue reading
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Losing Quietly
Although this microanalysis of the military situation is largely irrelevant to our purpose: we want the war to stop and we want that to happen yesterday. ‘Smart’ rebels outstrip USPaul Beaver in Fort Lauderdale and Peter BeaumontSunday March 11, 2007, … Continue reading
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Ray Benson’s Singin’ On Sunday
I saw these folks play one time. It must’ve been in 1982 or ’83, at Cook County Saloon on the corner of 104th and Whyte Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, and I was there dancing up a storm of two-steps with … Continue reading
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Never Ever Ever
Let Us Understand One Another You And I O God! Pardon our living and our dead, the present and the absent, the young and the old, the males and the females. I am a Muslim I am Iraki. What America … Continue reading
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The Cost of Unionizing in Amerika
LABOR’S CHANCE – FINALLY – FOR A TRULY FREE CHOICEby Dick MeisterMarch 10, 2007 Few laws should be more important for the health of our economy and the well-being of ordinary Americans than the 69-year-old National Labor Relations Act, which … Continue reading
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Chomsky on the State of Affairs in the Middle East
A predator becomes more dangerous when woundedBy Noam Chomsky Washington’s escalation of threats against Iran is driven by a determination to secure control of the region’s energy resources 03/09/07 “The Guardian” — In the energy-rich Middle East, only two countries … Continue reading
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Junior’s Legacy: The Same as Adolf Hitler’s
That is, Rove seems to think that preemptive war defines Bush’s legacy and that future Presidents will embrace it. How sick they all are. And here is a gentle reminder of just what we mean: Rove Doing His Part to … Continue reading
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Speaking to the General
Open Letter to General PetraeusBy James PetrasMar 10, 2007, 01:12 I am told by the Manchester Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post that you have impeccable academic and battlefield credentials. Bush has appointed … Continue reading
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Cleaning Up After Junior
Mayans to ‘purify’ sacred site after Bush visitAssociated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST Mar. 9, 2007 Mayan leaders announced that priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate “bad spirits” after US President George W. Bush visits next week. “That … Continue reading
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And If Terrorizing the Women Isn’t Enough ….
Dreams of bombs, bad guys haunt Baghdad’s childrenBy Aseel Kami and Ahmed Rasheed Thu Mar 8, 7:18 AM ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi children are haunted by dreams of bad guys wielding knives or kidnapping relatives. For some, like 13-year-old … Continue reading
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