Author Archives: RagBlog

The Hippies Were Right!By Mark Morford, SF Gate ColumnistWednesday, May 2, 2007 Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time to give the ol’ tie-dyers some respect Go ahead, name your movement. Name something good and positive and pro-environment and … Continue reading →

Peace on earth and goodwill among all mankind. 1) Which is the only country in the world to have dropped bombs on over twenty different countries since 1945? 2) Which is the only country to have used nuclear weapons? 3) … Continue reading →

Iraq Reimposes Freeze on Medical Diplomas In Bid to Keep Doctors From Fleeing AbroadBy Karin BrulliardWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, May 5, 2007; Page A01 BAGHDAD — Iraq is hemorrhaging doctors as violence racks the nation. To stem the flow, the … Continue reading →

We are not optimistic – it appears to us to be more BushCo smoke and mirrors, and we expect no meaningful results. Slowly, Slowly, the Ship of State Turns RealistAnalysis by Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, May 4 (IPS) – With just … Continue reading →

If you’ve been watching and listening closely, you’ll have noticed that over the past couple weeks the measure of success in Iraq has been gradually evolving. Or rather, devolving. “There is an Acceptable Level of Violence in Certain Societies Around … Continue reading →

America’s Coming Dictatorship: The theory and practice of oligarchical “conservatism”by Justin Raimondo The Iraq war and the inquiry into its origins has provoked interest in a number of subjects formerly considered obscure, the discussion of which was once limited to … Continue reading →

At least until the violence has diminished. As Junior so aptly put it four and a half years ago, “Iraqis will be better off without Saddam Hussein.” Yeh, right, moron …. Iraq Reconstruction Is Doomed, Ex-Chief of Global Fund SaysBy … Continue reading →

43% of Iraqis live in absolute poverty – government reportBy Kamal al-BasriAzzaman, May 2, 2007 Poverty is rampant throughout Iraq with more than half the population lacking basic means to survive, a government survey shows. The survey by the Central … Continue reading →

And all the rest of the rhetoric, such as “bringing democracy to the Middle East.” It’s all fucking bogus. Lies, lies and more lies, from thieving, lying bastards who gained power through corrupt practises. “Liberation” – Hometown Baghdad

www.cdhrsupport.org Dear Ragstaff, Austin MDS & SDS, Akwasi, and others, The link above goes to the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, established in response to the recent arrest of 8 (former) Black Panther Party members (two of them … Continue reading →

Warships, Warships Everywhere, and Many a Bomb to Drop: Persian Gulf UpdateBy Michael T. Klare Looking down from the captain’s deck some six stories high, the flight deck of the USS Nimitz is an impressive sight indeed: 80 sleek warplanes … Continue reading →