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US Military: A Little Too Big for Its Britches
National Guard (murderers) at Kent State in May 1970.The Military Is Not the PoliceJuly 29, 2009 It was disturbing to learn the other day just how close the last administration came to violating laws barring the military from engaging in … Continue reading
Didier Mainguy: Letter to The Rag
From Freakence Sixties:A Letter to The Rag By Didier Mainguy / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2009 It’s difficult to express some feelings and concepts in a foreign language. When writing in English, I’m feeling like an idiot. (I … Continue reading
Another Terrorist Attack May Put the Military in Charge
The Joint Chiefs of Staff photographed in the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gold Room, more commonly known as The Tank, in the Pentagon on December 14, 2001. DoD photo by Mamie Burke.Power Shifts in Plan for Capital CalamityBy Eric Lichtblau … Continue reading
The Navajo Nation and Uranium Mining: Not a Happy Combination
Fred and Clara Slowman near their newly rebuilt home near Teec Nos Pos, Ariz. Many homes were contaminated with uranium. Photo: Kevin Moloney for The New York Times.Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo CountryBy Dan Frosch / July 26, 2009 TEEC NOS … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental Protection Agency, Indigenous People, Nuclear Contamination, U.S. Government
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Texas ‘Experts’ : Axe Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall from Textbooks
‘Experts’ hired by Texas State Board of Education:Chavez and Marshall don’t belong in school books Evangelical minister Peter Marshall said, ‘To have Cesar Chavez listed next to Ben Franklin is ludicrous.’ [Chavez] is not a role model who ‘ought to … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Censorship, Civil Rights, Education, Evangelical Christians, Religious Right, Social Conservatives, Texas
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Revising History in Texas : Christ in the Classroom
Cartoon from San Francisco Sentinel. Last week, Stephen Colbert tipped his ironic hat to the Texas State Board of Education. The board had already allowed creationism to be considered in Texas biology classes, the comedian said approvingly, and now it … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Right, Civil Liberties, Education, Religious Right, Texas
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Baghdad Embassy Too Big for Reduced American Mission in Iraq – Duhhhh!!
And how many other King George projects will prove to be just a bit oversized for reality? We won’t be hearing the last of this sort of thing for awhile, me thinks. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Report: Big … Continue reading
Witch Doctor Obama : Conservative Activist Circulates Racist Image
Though I am hesitant to forward such horrific racist imagery, I also believe it absolutely necessary for our readers to know that this kind of right wing white supremacist activity is flourishing, even among conservaties who retain a modicum of … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Health Care Reform, Obama Smear Campaign, Racism
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A Nuclear Burma? My Oh Myanmar
Senior General Than Shwe, Burmese head of state.Nuclear weapons for Burma? It will do no one any good, including the Burmese people, to allow these bloodthirsty nuts to get nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. By Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading
Moral High Ground: Elusive for the US Government
I will take some issue with Professor Cole, insofar as he does not acknowledge the extent of the bad behaviour by the United States government over the years, regardless of the political party in control. He writes as though it … Continue reading
The Iqbal Decision and the Common Man
In Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s view, the court “messed up the federal rules.”9/11 Case Could Bring Broad Shift on Civil SuitsBy Adam Liptak / July 20, 2009 The most consequential decision of the Supreme Court’s last term got only a … Continue reading
