Author Archives: RagBlog

Marking Up The Reconstruction: Part 1IraqSlogger Takes You Inside The Profits of WarBy DAVID PHINNEY 03/23/2007 11:55 AM ET One day, not so long ago, the US State Department handpicked Texas-based DynCorp for an $800-million contract to train over 100,000 … Continue reading →

Terrorized by ‘War on Terror’How a Three-Word Mantra Has Undermined AmericaBy Zbigniew BrzezinskiSunday, March 25, 2007; Page B01 The “war on terror” has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush administration’s elevation of these three words into a … Continue reading →

US doco shows Abu Ghraib ‘horror’By Christine Kearney in New YorkMarch 25, 2007 12:00Article from: Reuters ABU Ghraib prison is notorious for images that surfaced in 2003 showing horrific abuses of Iraqis by US soldiers, but a new documentary aims … Continue reading →

BushCo repeatedly tells us it is only the “Sunni triangle” that is so violent and that the rest of Iraq is quite peaceful. Bullshit. And they call it peace: Inside Iraq, four years onPublished: 25 March 2007 In a personal … Continue reading →

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman: Friend of the Devil Recorded 15 September 1993.

For another example, see this post from a few days ago. Play About Iraq War Divides a SchoolBy ALISON LEIGH COWANThe New York Times WILTON, Conn. (March 24) – Student productions at Wilton High School range from splashy musicals like … Continue reading →

“There Must Be Peace”Newberry, Piano Sonata #3 in C “ares”

The Dead-Enders: Being a neocon means never having to say you’re sorryby Justin Raimondo Christopher Hitchens isn’t sorry. Not about being a Commie all those years ago; after all, he was a Trotskyite, not one of those icky Stalinists, which … Continue reading →

Where are the Laptop Bombardiers Now?By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Pick almost any date on the calendar and it’ll turn out that the US either started a war, ended a war, perpetrated a massacre or sent its UN Ambassador into the Security … Continue reading →

Bush and the Psychology of Incompetent DecisionsBy John P. Briggs, MD, and J.P. Briggs II – TruthoutMar 22, 2007, 17:51 *****************Editorial Comment: There is only thing missing from this otherwise exemplary analysis of the mind and behavior of George W. … Continue reading →