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Demobama Versus Republicain
This appears as a comment to an AlterNet article titled “Why Obama’s Message Resonates with Millions” by Matt Taibbi. The article is fine, but this faux conversation between competing wings of the Money Party says more than most of us … Continue reading
Election Nearing : Ratchet Up the Fear Factor
It disgusts me that the politics of fear has become big business in the US. How can I be anything but deeply cynical about a power elite that ratchets up this fear-mongering for the election and a complacent population that … Continue reading
Why Do We Continue to Tolerate the BushCo Lies?
Video Shows US Carnage In AfghanistanBy Tom Coghlan / September 8, 2008 Harrowing video film backs Afghan villagers’ claims of carnage caused by US troops KABUL — As the doctor walks between rows of bodies, people lift funeral shrouds to … Continue reading
Explaining the Results of US Presidential Elections
Why Rednecks May Rule the WorldBy Joe Bageant / September 7, 2008 During this US election cycle we are hearing a lot from the pundits and candidates about “heartland voters,” and “white working class voters.” What they are talking about … Continue reading
Another Episode of Bringing Democracy to Iraq
Karkh juvenile prison in 2004. The prison currently holds 315 children, while its capacity is 250. Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFPInmates tell of sexual abuse and beatings in Iraq’s overcrowded juvenile prison systemBy Jonathan Steele / September 8 2008 BAGHDAD — Hundreds … Continue reading
Capitalist Democracy in Amerikkka Has Reached Its Logical Conclusion
Riot police face off with demonstrators as the police block a bridge into downtown St. Paul to keep protesters from getting close to the site at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota September 4, 2008. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj)Tyranny on Display … Continue reading
Khyber Pass Reopens for Traffic to NATO Troops
I cannot resist remarking that this is eerily similar to the Pakistani reaction following the events of September 11, 2001: instant acquiescence. Recall that there was rumour of a threat from the reigning US Vice-Emperor that Pakistan would be bombed … Continue reading
A Little Succession History from an Expert
John Tyler, the first US Vice President who succeeded to the Presidency in 1841The Sarah Palin selection: Why McCain’s inexperienced running mate falls short of meeting the implicit constitutional qualifications for vice presidentsBy John W. Dean / September 5, 2008 … Continue reading
The Economic Vocabulary Was Turned Into Double-Think
An Interview with Economist Michael Hudson… The worsening debt crisis: Who got us into this mess and what are the real political options?By Mike Whitney / September 8, 2008 Michael Hudson is a former Wall Street economist specializing in the … Continue reading
Iran, Nuclear Research, and the American Press
What I would like to know is why all these analysts and pundits cannot take Iran at face value when they claim they are interested in developing peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Despite my deep misgivings about such pursuits owing … Continue reading
But We Are At the End of Our Rope
“It is not a good thing that al-Maliki is pressuring Iraqi refugees in Egypt and Jordan to return. The UNHCR says it is too dangerous for them as yet. Some returnees in Diyala Province were recently evicted from their homes … Continue reading
A Browbeaten, More Passive Press Corps
White House press corps acquiescing to another line of bullshit.The mighty, scary press corpsBy Glenn Greenwald / September 6, 2008 Criticizing the McCain campaign for refusing to allow reporters to question Sarah Palin, Time’s Jay Carney writes: Political operatives love … Continue reading
