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Iraq Report: Mosul Very Uneasy
Three Armored Combat Excavators clear debris and obstacles from a four-lane highway while a Bradley Fighting Vehicle provides security in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 2007.Fear and mistrust plague Iraq’s MosulBy Tim Cocks / September 11, 2008 MOSUL, Iraq — Falah Mohammed … Continue reading
It’s Just Like the Election in 2004 All Over Again
If you haven’t yet read Greg Palast’s Armed Madhouse, you might want to do it before November 4 to educate and amuse yourself. There are a lot of reasons to believe that John McCain and his class act from Alaska … Continue reading
Friday’s Fractured Fairy Tale (with the Bankers)
A Redneck from Alabama walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Bakersfield on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and … Continue reading
Lighten Up and Be Less Snooty and Judgmental
Experience Is Over-RatedBy Dave Lindorff / September 12, 2008 Sarah Palin stated again, most recently in her interview yesterday by ABC’s Charlie Gibson, that she has foreign policy experience because as governor of Alaska she has been in charge of … Continue reading
Bailout Blues: We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
A Conservative Confidence GameBy Deborah Stone / September 9, 2008 Leave it to Fannie and Freddie to do for American politics what reasoned argument failed to do–strip the clothes off the Emperor of Markets. The fuss over whether government should … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : Sarah Palin’s Faux Populism
Talking populist? Here’s the real thing: Progressive labor leader and community organizer Mother Jones.‘Living in a small town and being able to field dress a moose does not make Palin a populist, no matter how much pundits want to pretend … Continue reading
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Threats to Voting Rights Of Low-Income Women
In 2006, only 63 percent of women in households making $25,000 or less were registered to vote compared to 81 percent of women in households making $75,000 or more. Photograph by Guido Alvarez.88 Years Later: A Promise Unfulfilled for Millions … Continue reading
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
