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From the Creeps Who’ve Spent Billions on War
White House Official Tells Judge: Searching for Missing Emails Too Much Workby Jason Leopold / March 24th, 2008 The White House’s chief information officer said the Bush administration should not be compelled to search for millions of emails on individual … Continue reading
Our Reputation in the World Is in the Toilet
Happy Anniversary, America! How Lethally Stupid Can One Country Be?By David Michael Green 24/03/08 “ICH” — — Watching George W. Bush in operation these last couple of weeks is like having an out-of-body experience. On acid. During a nightmare. In … Continue reading
Republican Hit? Official Spitzer Story Questioned
Republican operative Roger Stone. GOP operative wrote investigators in NovemberIn the 1970s, he was on the payroll of Richard Nixon’s now-infamous Committee to Reelect the President. In the 1980s, he helped George Bush Sr. trounce Michael Dukakis by floating a … Continue reading
4,000.
Vigil in Austin, March 24, 5 p.m. I am sorry to report that the U.S. casualty count in Iraq has just reached the sad milestone of 4,000 deaths. Please join us for a vigil to mourn these tragic deaths this … Continue reading
The Neocons Had Deliberately Gamed the System
From Juan Cole’s Informed Comment. This demonstrates the depth of criminality centred in the White House and highest levels of the BushCo administration. It is beyond me how we do nothing in the face of such contempt for the law … Continue reading
Freeze!
CodePink’s Medea Benjamin “freezes” at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. (Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)Stop-Action Action By William Blum / March 23, 2008 Washington, DC – Freeze! No, it wasn’t the police or the FBI breaking into a house and yelling … Continue reading
Just What We Need
Army Holds Annual ‘Bring Your Daughter To War’ Day
Brian Kelly and the New SDS
“Violence doesn’t change society,” said Brian Kelly. What does, he says, is consciousness-raising, demonstrations, face-to-face meetings and radical Web sites. Photo by Michael Nagle, New York Times.To the Ramparts (Gently)By Ben Gibberd / New York Times /March 23, 2008 One … Continue reading
Deeply Troubling and Almost Entirely Overlooked
One Foot in the Grave: Iran Attack Nearer, More Likely Than Most Suspect by Chris Floyd / March 22, 2008 A very important, very disturbing — and almost entirely overlooked — piece appeared on Juan Cole’s Informed Comment site this … Continue reading
Listen to the Winter Soldiers – Stop the Wars
Pete Seeger to Winter Soldiers Winter Soldier Marches AgainBy Amy Goodman / truthdig / March 23, 2008 Last weekend, in the lead-up to the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a remarkable gathering occurred just outside Washington, D.C., called … Continue reading
Obama’s Latin American Policy
Change? Not In America’s Backyard! Barack Obama’s Reactionary Stance Towards Latin AmericaBy Chris Carlson / March 23, 2008 As progressives in the United States are riding a wave of excitement about Democratic hopeful Barack Obama and his promise of change, … Continue reading
