Yearly Archives: 2008

Bush’s last push for tortureBy Rosa Brooks, February 14, 2008 In its lame-duck year, the administration has been conducting a PR campaign for waterboarding. They’re baack! The Bushies, that is. I was so preoccupied with the presidential primaries that I … Continue reading →

“This is all about trying to reduce the danger to human beings,” … That’s rich, for these hypocrites to be concerned about a falling satellite when they’re spending billions to kill thousands of human beings in Afghanistan and Iraq. We’re … Continue reading →

A 9/11 Every Day For Ten and a Half Years: Most of Us Will Eat Shit Until the Day We DieBy Arthur Silber 12/02/08 “Once Upon A Time” – — -Let us begin with the proposition of greatest importance. From … Continue reading →

Feds Urge Closure of Hurricane TrailersBy MIKE STOBBE, AP, Posted: 2008-02-14 06:55:06 ATLANTA (Feb. 14) – U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found … Continue reading →

Bad Dog!!John Cornyn on the Record John Cornyn is rated by the non-partisan National Journal as the fourth most conservative US senator. The Dallas Morning News reports that he has always been a reliable ally of George W. Bush from … Continue reading →

Rule by fear or rule by law?By Lewis Seiler,Dan Hamburg “The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is … Continue reading →

Guantanamo Comes to Main Street U.S.A.By Mark A. Goldman 12/02/08 “ICH” — — They say that the difference between how democracy in Europe has evolved compared to that of the United States is that in Europe the government is afraid … Continue reading →

We don’t support the troops. Any soldier with real guts would throw down his weapons and tell his commanding officer that the war is illegal, a travesty, a war crime, and that he won’t fight anymore, no matter the consequence. … Continue reading →

The New Crime of Thinking in the USby Gary D. Barnett It looks like the term “thought police” just might take on a whole new and real meaning. This depends on what happens in the U.S. Senate after receiving House … Continue reading →

Corporate Globalization: Standing at the End of the Roadby Ronnie Cummins Standing at the end of Avenida Madero (Madero Avenue) on the last day of January 2008, a stone throw from the Zócalo or City Center of Mexico City, I … Continue reading →

To the Editor [of the Austin American Statesman], Gov. [Rick] Perry’s [of Texas] new book speaks of his admiration for the values of the Boy Scouts and his hatred of the ACLU for its attacks on the Scout’s stand against … Continue reading →