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One Reason John McCain Will Win in November
This is James Carabelli if you feel likehaving a chat with him about this issue.Project Vote Denounces GOP Plans to Foreclose on the Voting Rights of Low-Income Michigan ResidentsSeptember 11, 2008 WASHINGTON — The Michigan GOP has announced plans to … Continue reading
BushCo and Sarah Palin : Polar Bears, Schmolar Bears….
‘The Bush Administration had not wanted to designate the polar bear as threatened in the first place; now Palin’s lawsuit provided cover to backtrack on the decision’By Mark Hertsgaard / September 10, 2008 It wasn’t much noticed at the time, … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky : Even the Cynical Shake Their Heads in Disbelief
Ossetia-Russia-GeorgiaBy Noam Chomsky / September 11, 2008 Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at … Continue reading
Oh, No … Not More Lipstick Politics !!
Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
The US Credibility Gap – Who Did 9/11?
Less Than Half the World Believes Al Qaeda Was Behind 9/11 AttacksBy Joshua Holland / September 11, 2008. A poll of 16,000 people in 17 countries reveals the damage done to the credibility of the United States by the Bush … Continue reading
Arianna Huffington on Obama : Time For Some Righteous Rage
Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ : Righteous rage.‘It’s time for Obama to unleash his inner Atticus’By Arianna Huffington / September 10, 2008 Back in February 2007, I wrote about the role casting would play in … Continue reading
BushCo and Fox : Colluding in Blatant Lies About Murder in Afghanistan
The government, the media and AfghanistanBy Glenn Greenwald / September 11, 2008 On the night of August 22, the U.S. committed what Chris Floyd, in a richly detailed and amply documented piece, calls an “atrocity” in the Afghan village of … Continue reading
How Will We Stop These Illegal US Incursions?
U.S. forces conducted one such raid in South Waziristan, a tribal area, on Sept. 3. Here, Pakistanis protest that action two days later in Lahore. On Wednesday, Pakistan’s army chief said he wouldn’t allow foreign troops to fight on his … Continue reading
Attention Sarah Palin!
Thanks to Nick Hopkins / The Rag Blog
For Now, Our War on al Qaeda Is Over
On the Seventh Anniversary of September 11: Time to Declare the original al-Qaeda DefeatedBy Juan Cole / September 11, 2008 The original al-Qaeda is defeated. It is a dangerous thing for an analyst to say, because obviously radical Muslim extremists … Continue reading
Murder, Corruption, and Intrigue in Israel
On August 1 the Independent reported claims made in a book by two Israeli journalists that Shaul Mofaz in 2001 called for a death toll of 70 Palestinians a day. Photo: Getty.Olmert indicted as deputy is accused of war crimesBy … Continue reading
Truth: Why Bother Anymore in This Nation?
Evil: It’s the New Good!By Mark Morford / September 10, 2008 Shut up and drink your high fructose corn syrup, sucker The devil isn’t evil, he just has lousy PR. Examples? They are legion. Here’s one the Powers That Be … Continue reading
