Author Archives: RagBlog

Tarot by Kate 512-454-2293www.tarotbykateinaustin.comkate_braun2000@yahoo.com “In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it…”Thursday, March 20, is the Vernal Equinox, also named Spring Equinox, Lady Day, Ostara, Oestra. Thursday is Thor’s Day; Thor is the Norse god of war. Lady … Continue reading →

Lying Politicians Make Me Wanna Scream The Real Spitzer Lessons: The Truth About Political Liars HurtsBy Joel Hirschhorn, published Mar 13, 2008 All politicians are liars. Successful Republican and Democratic politicians are the biggest liars. Every time you vote for … Continue reading →

Public Is Less Aware of Iraq Casualties, Study FindsBy Karen DeYoung, Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, March 13, 2008; Page A12 Twenty-eight percent of the public is aware that nearly 4,000 U.S. personnel have died in Iraq over the past five … Continue reading →

The Iraq Follies: Eighteen things you’ve already forgotten about the media’s flawed coverage of Iraq.by Greg Mitchell In putting together my new book, So Wrong for So Long, on Iraq and the media, I revisited the good, the bad, and … Continue reading →

“All the Money You Make Will Never Buy Back Your Soul”By Ron Jacobs 12/03/08 “Counterpunch” — — -Recently, the Boston Globe reported that the Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) had set up an offshore company to hire close … Continue reading →

John McCain runs for George Bush’s third termBy Juan Cole Based on his policies and the company he keeps, this year’s Republican presidential candidate sounds a lot like the guy who ran in 2000 and 2004. March 12, 2008 | … Continue reading →

Rep. Lloyd Doggett on Waterboarding U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett today [11 March 2008] spoke on the House floor on the override of President Bush’s veto of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 that would have banned the practice of waterboarding. … Continue reading →

Hear This Hammer Ringby Sarah Browning Don’t you hear this hammer ring? I’m gonna split this rock And split it wide! When I split this rock, Stand by my side. – Langston Hughes When we first began organizing the Split … Continue reading →

From Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog

Warfare and Healthcareby Norman Solomon It’s kind of logical. In a pathological way. A country that devotes a vast array of resources to killing capabilities will steadily undermine its potential for healing. For social justice. For healthcare as a human … Continue reading →

Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al QaidaBy Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy NewspapersPosted on Monday, March 10, 2008 WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion … Continue reading →

I mean, read the first sentence of what Junior says. Read it!!! Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Be Afraid, Bush. Be Very Afraid.By Jerome Doolittle Still mongering fear after all these years of plummeting polls, America’s protector spake thus … Continue reading →