Category Archives: RagBlog

Joseph Stiglitz won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.Winners of Iraq War : Oil Companies, Defense Contractorsby Joseph Stiglitz / Toronto Star / March 12, 2008 With March 20 marking the fifth anniversary of the United States-led invasion of … Continue reading →

John McCain runs for George Bush’s third termBy Juan Cole Based on his policies and the company he keeps, this year’s Republican presidential candidate sounds a lot like the guy who ran in 2000 and 2004. March 12, 2008 | … Continue reading →

Rep. Lloyd Doggett on Waterboarding U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett today [11 March 2008] spoke on the House floor on the override of President Bush’s veto of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 that would have banned the practice of waterboarding. … Continue reading →

Hear This Hammer Ringby Sarah Browning Don’t you hear this hammer ring? I’m gonna split this rock And split it wide! When I split this rock, Stand by my side. – Langston Hughes When we first began organizing the Split … Continue reading →

Silda Wall Spitzer : Not a Happy Camper.The Emperor’s WifeBy Debra J. Saunders / San Francisco Chronicle / March 11, 2008Just once, I’d like to see a politician caught with his pants down (so to speak) not trot out his … Continue reading →

Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military ChiefBy Huffington Post / March 11, 2008 “The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned Tuesday amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran,” the AP reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates … Continue reading →

From Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog

Warfare and Healthcareby Norman Solomon It’s kind of logical. In a pathological way. A country that devotes a vast array of resources to killing capabilities will steadily undermine its potential for healing. For social justice. For healthcare as a human … Continue reading →

Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al QaidaBy Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy NewspapersPosted on Monday, March 10, 2008 WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion … Continue reading →

Bush in December 2002: War “Inevitable”From Democracy Now / March 10, 2008 One of the key architects of the Iraq war has revealed new information on the run-up to the invasion. In a new book defending the war and his … Continue reading →

I mean, read the first sentence of what Junior says. Read it!!! Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Be Afraid, Bush. Be Very Afraid.By Jerome Doolittle Still mongering fear after all these years of plummeting polls, America’s protector spake thus … Continue reading →