Author Archives: RagBlog

From the Dallas Observer Into the Breach: We feel the need for weedBy Patrick WilliamsPublished: February 22, 2007 Into the breach: Once again, the Texas Legislature will consider baby steps that would make it somewhat easier for sick people to … Continue reading →

From Empire Burlesque V-I Day is Close at Hand: New Oil Law Approved in Bushist BaghdadWritten by Chris Floyd Tuesday, 27 February 2007 Iraqi Cabinet Approves Draft of Oil Law (New York Times) I may be writing more on this … Continue reading →

Five western governors sign agreement to reduce greenhouse gasesJoe Shaulis at 9:09 PM ET [JURIST] The governors of five western US states signed an agreement Monday to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases [JURIST news archive], a cause of global warming … Continue reading →

US’s Iraq oil grab is a done dealBy Pepe Escobar “By 2010 we will need [a further] 50 million barrels a day. The Middle East, with two-thirds of the oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize lies.” … Continue reading →

On Wednesday Students for Sensible Drug Policy officially took action to defend students’ rights in a brief filed in the most important Supreme Court case ever to deal with student free speech about drugs and drug policy. SSDP filed an … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.

Iraq cabinet endorses landmark draft oil lawBy Claudia Parsons and Mariam Karouny Mon Feb 26, 3:59 PM ET BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) –Iraq’s cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft oil law crucial to regulating how wealth from the country’s vast oil reserves … Continue reading →

On the streets, in the Halls of Congress, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, at the gates of the White House itself, and elsewhere, activists have opposed the Bush-Cheney Gang’s illegal and immoral war in Iraq, as well as … Continue reading →

That is sometimes the way we feel about these politicians. They don’t say anything truthful or meaningful; they just want to read their own names in a headline. Having said all that, why do we believe it is more likely … Continue reading →

Juan Cole at Informed Comment has a fine assessment of what the deal is between the American Enterprise Institute, big oil, war, and this administration. And it isn’t pretty. Al Gore, Global Warming, the Oscars and the Iraq War That … Continue reading →

It is a mystery to us how the American people can allow all this to begin again, with virtually identical rhetoric and actions as occurred in mid- to late 2002, just prior to the aggression against Iraq. It is cynicism … Continue reading →

Slavery Ties Sharpton to ThurmondAP NEW YORK (Feb. 25) – Genealogists have revealed that the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond – a discovery the civil rights activist … Continue reading →