Author Archives: RagBlog

To indicate how horrible the situation in Baghdad is, this is a brief excerpt from Healing Iraq, where we give only three of dozens of messages from frightened, concerned, fearful Iraqis about their neighbourhoods and what they were doing to … Continue reading →

For one man’s ego. And that would perhaps make a 15th article of impeachment. US unable to win in west Iraq, Marines sayDafna Linzer and Thomas Ricks, WashingtonNovember 29, 2006 THE US military is no longer able to defeat a … Continue reading →

Well, over at the Daily Kos, they’re getting real about what should happen to George Bush and Dick Cheney. We concur with their assessment. Here’s a snip of it: Articles of Impeachment against Bush and Cheneyby Eternal HopeFri Nov 24, … Continue reading →

Last Sunday: Digging in and digging deepby Robert Jensen [Remarks to the first in a series of “Last Sunday” community gatherings in Austin, TX, November 26, 2006.] We billed Last Sunday as a place for people to come together to … Continue reading →

Americans bearing gifts The Iraqi newspaper Azzaman prints a curtain-raiser on tomorrow’s the Bush-Maliki meeting in Amman that makes it appear Bush will be “choosing” among a number of points on the Sunni-Iraq wish-list, and will be pressing Maliki to … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.

… science always loses. More Scientific Sleight of HandWilliam Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 24 (IPS) – Most abstinence-until-marriage education programmes in the United States — which receive about 158 million dollars annually from the Department of Health and Human Services … Continue reading →

Milton Lost: Can We Regain Paradise?By Jason MillerNov 27, 2006, 06:38 [I dedicate this essay to the untold millions who suffered as a result of Milton Friedman’s creation of an intellectual bulwark for economic brutality. On 11/16/06, Friedman died of … Continue reading →

AP Analysis: Firms Crimping Oil SuppliesPublished on Sunday, November 26, 2006. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — You’d think it was Texas. Dusty roads course the scrubland toward oil tanks and warehouses. Beefy men talk oil over burritos at lunch. Like grazing … Continue reading →

And they want more facts – it’s fact enough that you can be wire-tapped without warning or warrant at any time. Stop fact-finding and shut down the NSA program !! Year of bipartisan outrage on wiretaps bears little fruitEric LichtblauNew … Continue reading →

And we’d bet Big Dick has a hard on to do lots more in his last two years in office. Dick Cheney’s mission to expand — or ‘restore’ — the powers of the presidencyBy Charlie Savage, Globe StaffNovember 26, 2006 … Continue reading →

Do we need another T.R.? If John McCain gets his way, you’ll have your faith in the country restored … or else!By Matt WelchNovember 26, 2006 YOU CAN READ 1,000 profiles of GOP presidential front-runner John McCain without encountering a … Continue reading →