Author Archives: RagBlog

Economic Apartheid KillsPublished on Monday, December 11, 2006.By Joel S. Hirschhorn – BLN Contributing Writer To be successful in overturning our elitist plutocratic system we should add economic apartheid to our semantic arsenal. Better than economic inequality, economic injustice and … Continue reading →

Safe to say that the first domino has just fallen. If you haven’t yet watched Robert Newman’s History of Oil, perhaps now would be a good time. Majlis agrees to replacement of US dollar with euro: MPTehran, Dec 9, IRNA … Continue reading →

10 Reasons Why the U.S. Must Leave Iraq The human cost of war is unacceptable. The U.S. occupation is a catalyst for violence. U.S. actions inflame divisions and the chance of civil war. Iraqis want the United States to leave … Continue reading →

Congresswoman McKinney Files Articles of ImpeachmentBy Matt Pascarella On Monday, gathering in a conference room in Washington D.C., Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and her advisors worked on a draft copy of the articles of impeachment against President Bush. At the … Continue reading →

Impunity and ImmunityThe Bush Administration Enters the ConfessionalBy Karen Greenberg Confession, the time-honored, soul-soothing last resort for those caught in error, may not survive the Bush administration. It has, after all, long made a mockery of such revelations by manufacturing … Continue reading →

A Grain of Sanity: Britain stops talk of ‘war on terror’ Foreign Office has asked ministers to ditch the phrase invented by Bush to avoid stirring up tensions within the Islamic world Jason BurkeSunday December 10, 2006The Observer Cabinet ministers … Continue reading →

Matt, over at Today in Iraq tells it the way it is: And now for the infuriating quote of the day: “Frankly, I think there is a greater recognition and awareness of the necessity for us to exercise checks and … Continue reading →

Editorial: Feingold’s skepticism The Iraq Study Group report was greeted with a proper measure of skepticism by U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, the Wisconsin Democrat who has been right from the start about the ill-thought-out invasion and occupation of Iraq. “I’m … Continue reading →

We want to dwell a bit on the effects of legislation recently enacted that eviscerate the Constitution. We believe that people are not taking this matter very seriously, in large part because no one significant/important has yet been affected by … Continue reading →

Bush Reiterates Threat of No Ipods for Jong Segways, plasma TVs for Jong’s people also hang in the balance, says US President President Bush announced on Thursday his intention to ask formerly maligned bad-guy Kim il Jong, the leader of … Continue reading →

My last post to the rag blog was so sweet — much sweeter than my reputation! — and today’s news of the Chilean dictator’s death prompted me to resurrect this poem from 30 years ago. As Mr. Dylan said some … Continue reading →

… rejecting both majour political parties. Pander Dragoon Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman made an important statement about violence. Allow me to summarize their position, as of December 6th of this year. Direct American involvement in the deplorable violence decimating … Continue reading →