Author Archives: RagBlog

Re: $20 bucks each for the poor kids, and $237,000 each for the rich guys. I think a lot of the problem is that most people are not very good at math. The govt gives 250 billion dollars to gigantic … Continue reading →

Krugman describes the syndrome stemming from bipartisan corporate domination, which is practically a forbidden topic. Roger Baker ****************** Lessons of 1992By PAUL KRUGMAN, Published: January 28, 2008 It’s starting to feel a bit like 1992 again. A Bush is in … Continue reading →

Traffic Jam On The Highway To HellBy Sheila Samples “When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is … Continue reading →

From Buses to Blogs, a Pathological Individualism Is Poisoning Public Lifeby Madeleine Bunting Our shared spaces have become a bear pit. This ever-crumbling civility risks our wellbeing and points to a bleak future. A grey weekday morning at 7.40am in … Continue reading →

One last Argument with BushBy Juan Cole When Bush first came in, the comedian Will Ferrell did a skit on the television show “Saturday Night Live” that depicted the president cowering under his desk as bombs went off in Washington … Continue reading →

Suharto, the Model Killer, and His Friends in High PlacesBy John Pilger 28/01/08 “ICH” — – In my film Death of a Nation, there is a sequence filmed on board an Australian aircraft flying over the island of Timor. A … Continue reading →

American Liberty Teetering on Edge of AbyssBy Paul Craig Roberts 28/01/08 “ICH” — – -“Your papers please” has long been a phrase associated with Hitler’s Gestapo. People without the Third Reich’s stamp of approval were hauled off to Nazi Germany’s … Continue reading →

And for that matter, demonstrating the moral bankruptcy of the MSM and all the regular folks for listening to/reading this drivel. McCain, Romney Trade ‘Liberal’ BarbBy GLEN JOHNSON,APPosted: 2008-01-28 14:50:07 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 28) – Mitt Romney and … Continue reading →

A Criminal IdeaBy James K Galbraith Attacking other countries to stop them acquiring nuclear weapons repudiates a key principle of international law 27/01/08 “The Guardian” — — Five former Nato generals, including the former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs … Continue reading →

I’m glad that Goff has the word “Voter” appending his single issue stance. It may counter that other single-issue-voter-crowd, the anti abortion folks. With the prospect of the problem of the end of oil looming, which could proportionally wipe out … Continue reading →

Obama as JFK? No (and yes) Is Barack Obama the new JFK? A Washington press corps that is forever on the lookout for its next cue wants to know. (There are links below, but I don’t suggest you actually read … Continue reading →