Yearly Archives: 2007

Predatory Capitalism, Corruption and Militarism: What Lies Ahead in An Age of Neocon Rule?by Stephen LendmanGlobal Research, January 2, 2007 Borrowing the opening line from Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities – “It was the best of times, it was the … Continue reading →

I am running for the office of President of the United States of America in the election of 2008. I should say that I am running on a program for an administration to implement, starting in 2009. There is, of … Continue reading →

Apocalypse II in SamarraUS Kills 6 at National Dialogue Front Office CBS/AP report that an angry crowd of Sunni Arab demonstrators in the northern city of Samarra, protesting Saddam’s execution, broke “broke the locks off the badly damaged Shiite Golden … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.

And of course, since we are arrogant Amerikans, we ignore the cost in Iraqi lives (dead, maimed, injured) for our permanent military bases in the Middle East. How much Blood for Oil?Published on Monday, January 01, 2007.By Michael Munk To … Continue reading →

There’s no such thing as al Qaeda, or al Qaida, or however you want to spell it. It’s a fraud perpetrated on the American people by our own government to scare us into submission. This is a clip from the … Continue reading →

US ‘licence to snoop’ on British air travellersBy David Millward, Transport CorrespondentLast Updated: 1:35am GMT 01/01/2007 Britons flying to America could have their credit card and email accounts inspected by the United States authorities following a deal struck by Brussels … Continue reading →

And she recognizes George Bush for what he is – a cheap, tawdry, ‘all hat, no cattle’ brand of Texas cowboy, where lynching is standard practise. A Lynching… It’s official. Maliki and his people are psychopaths. This really is a … Continue reading →

In Iraq, the losses Americans don’t see: We focus so much on the deaths of our troops that we don’t understand the suffering of IraqisBY JOHN TIRMAN (John Tirman is executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for … Continue reading →

Why I Object to Testifying Against Lt. WatadaBy Sarah OlsonPublished: December 30, 2006 1:50 PM ET OAKLAND (Commentary) In May of this year, I conducted an interview with Ehren Watada while working as a freelance journalist. Watada is a 1st … Continue reading →

The number of international and US laws violated in this entire fiasco is mind-boggling. And the magnitude of hypocrisy expressed in the words of those involved is beyond comment. “Flexibility and freedom,” indeed !! Assholes !! For Guantánamo Review Boards, … Continue reading →

It’s a hornet’s nest. But I’m game. So why not jump in. [snip] This whole endeavor, from the very start, has been about taking tawdry, cheap acts and dressing them up in a papier-mache grandeur — phony victory celebrations, ersatz … Continue reading →