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Holding Ourselves Responsible for the Crimes Our Government Perpetrates Around the World
The Prophetic Challenge: ‘Few Are Guilty, but All Are Responsible’By Robert Jensen / August 7, 2008 One of the common refrains I heard from progressive people in Pakistan and India during my month there this summer was, “We love the … Continue reading
If There Were a God, We’d Be in Them Ourselves
The Home of the CravenBy Jerome Doolittle / August 7, 2008 WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is segregating violent Iraqi prisoners in wooden crates that in some cases are not much bigger than the prisoners. As a boy I was … Continue reading
Paris Does John and Maybe Barack, Too
See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on FunnyOrDie.com See more funny videos at Funny or Die Source / Bad Attitudes The Rag Blog
Quote and Picture of the Day – Zoriah
Zoriah Miller writes of being a passenger in an armored vehicle convoy travelling through Iraq. I have come to realize that it is like being in jail, with a window looking out onto another jail. Zoriah, Photojournalist Source / ZORIAH … Continue reading
Houston Cong. Ted Poe : ‘Our Country Cannot Deceive Its Citizens’
Hah, hah …. Who is Ted Poe trying to kid? Living in Amerikkka is one gigantic deception, dude !!! Just where do you think you’ve been all your life? Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Threats, Lies and AudiotapeBy Amy … Continue reading
A Twenty-First Century Cancer on the Presidency
Did Dick Cheney Give Bush Plausible Deniability?by Johanna Neuman “Cheney’s been very effective in setting up his deniability and always being the failsafe for Bush. Unless they start waterboarding the vice president, which is not too likely, he is the … Continue reading
Our Future: Way More Killing Than Is Necessary
“What Do You See in Your Future?”The Unnecessary Execution of Jose Ernesto MedellinBy Greg Moses / August 6, 2008 If at 9:59 pm Central Time on Tuesday night you were refreshing your browser to “sort by date” the latest news … Continue reading
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Sad News About Iraqi Provincial Elections
Iraq parliament fails to pass elections billBy Ned Parker and Said Rifai / August 7, 2008 Iraq lawmakers break for vacation, unable to agree on oil-rich Kirkuk, which the Kurds want to annex to the semiautonomous Kurdish region. BAGHDAD — … Continue reading
What’s More Important Than Saving the Planet?
This poster is just part of the propagandaThe Scam of Energy IndependenceBy Juan Cole John McCain keeps talking about making the US “energy independent.” Robert Bryce points out that it is impossible for the United States to be energy independent … Continue reading
Where Baghdadi Graves Are Marked with Tin Cans
God’s Promise Will Be Fulfilled Source / Informed Comment / The Guardian The Rag Blog
Overly Confident in Voting As the Path to Change
Economic pain spurs delusion, not rebellion. Credit: open source.Working poor unready to revolt: When economic pain does not motivate political rebellion, is all lost?By Joel Hirschhorn / Aug 7, 2008 Once upon a time when governments no longer served most … Continue reading
A Deal of Stunning Simplicity
A Powerful Peaceby Jonathan Schell If the nuclear powers wish to be safe from nuclear weapons, they must surrender their own. With each year that passes, nuclear weapons provide their possessors with less safety while provoking more danger. Possession of … Continue reading
