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Yearly Archives: 2008
Obama’s Grand Speech : Reason for Hope
Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images.‘A historic speech on a historic night’By David Corn / August 28, 2008 It was a historic speech on a historic night–in a remarkable setting. A crowd of tens of thousands of Americans, filling … Continue reading
Joan Baez: A Core Message of Pacifism
Joan Baez, the queen of America’s folk scene in the Sixties, says she has ’never really been a songwriter’ (Source: TimesOnline)Joan Baez: ‘I Was Right 40 Years Ago and I Am Right Now!’by Will Hodgkinson / August 29, 2008 Age … Continue reading
Palin’s Wikipedia Entry Overhauled Overnight
Sarah Palin’s Bio Gets PaddedBy Yuki Noguchi / August 29, 2008 If you happened to check Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia entry Thursday, you might have had a good tip about today’s announcement. Someone — and apparently it was just one person … Continue reading
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William Greider on Sarah Palin : McCain’s Hail Mary Pass
‘You mean, if John McCain croaks, she becomes our president?’By William Greider / August 29, 2008 The news was so stunning I refused to believe it until I saw John McCain on the TV screen announcing his pick for Vice … Continue reading
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A Chance to Be Heard Above the Propaganda
Federal Reserve buildingA Master-Slave Society: Democrats in Denver Should Skip One of Their Parties and Read the American Monetary ActBy Richard C. Cook / August 28, 2008 How are things going at the Democratic Party National Convention in Denver this … Continue reading
US Presidential Politics: Really Only for Comedians
A “Papa and Daughter” Ticket?By Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / August 29, 2008 I was delighted to find someone has already put my opinion of McCain’s pick (and reason for it) into a picture! McCain dumped his first … Continue reading
UN Ambassador Wolff: Just Making Sure We All Understood the Hypocrisy
Alejandro Wolff, trained all-American hypocriteRussia and U.S trade barbs over IraqBy Louis Charbonneau / August 28, 2008 UNITED NATIONS — U.S. and Russian envoys exchanged sharp words on Thursday over Iraq and Kosovo at a U.N. Security Council meeting on … Continue reading
Because the Empire Is Never, Ever Wrong
Jose Nazario (right) with lawyersEx-Marine Acquitted in Killing of IraqisBy Chelsea J. Carter / August 29, 2008 RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Jurors wept and embraced former Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr. after acquitting him of voluntary manslaughter in the killings of … Continue reading
Jack Abramoff Has Been Singin’ the Blues
Frankly, I cannot agree with the suggestion that this weasel deserves leniency, but I’m a hard-nosed radical bastard. We can perhaps remain hopeful that his ‘singing’ will result in a few other deserving crooks professional colleagues also doing a little … Continue reading
Go Sign On to Something You Believe In Today
The Land of the Silent and the Home of the FearfulBy Dave Lindorff / August 28, 2008 I was a speaker last night at an anti-war event sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, Progressive Democrats of America … Continue reading
Why Can We Not Do Something About Poverty?
Kabul street childrenWorld poverty ‘more widespread’By Steve Schifferes / August 27, 2008 Tackling global poverty requires both public and private investment The World Bank has warned that world poverty is much greater than previously thought. It has revised its previous … Continue reading
Thursday Thought: The USA Today
Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens | The Rag Blog | Posted August 28, 2008
