Category Archives: RagBlog

Nine Billion Little Feet on the Highway of the Damned: Are We There Yet, Pa?by Joe Bageant / February 7th, 2008 The din of squealing, laughing children is the background white noise of the Third World. In Belize, as in … Continue reading →

An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton from Another Wellesley College Alumna: Hillary, Will You Renounce Your Ties to Monsanto?By LINN COHEN-COLE Dear Hillary, By polling logic, I should be your supporter — Democrat, woman, white, liberal. But this past summer … Continue reading →

Out of AmericaBy Rupert Cornwell Whoever wins the presidency will most likely fail to take on the unholy trinity of arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, and Congress 10/02/08 “The Independent” — -“Lockheed Martin,” intones the fruity male voice, drenched in patriotism. … Continue reading →

Waterboarding for God and CountryBy Ray McGovern 10/02/08 “ICH”– -After one spends 45 years in Washington, high farce does not normally throw one off balance. I found the past few days, however, an acid test of my equilibrium. I missed … Continue reading →

And note that there are times that foreign policy is expressed via the same all-American, reliable channel. Bin Laden, Omar not operating in Pakistan-officialSat Feb 9, 2008 2:13am EST ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Pakistan rejected on Saturday a U.S. … Continue reading →

Fifi Sez: Don’t forget to BRING OUT THE DOGSTo “Honor” Sen. John (Corn Dog) Cornyn“Lap Dog to the President”5-6:30 pm, Friday, Feb 15221 W. Sixth Street MDS/Austin CodePink * Texas Labor Against the WarThe Rag Blog * sds ut/austin * … Continue reading →

U.S. heading to war in Iran, says former inspectorBY: MARILYN H. KARFELD Senior Staff ReporterFebruary 8, 2008 The former chief United Nations weapons inspector and a retired Middle East diplomat recently warned that America was heading straight toward imminent war … Continue reading →

The only genuine peace candidate still running is Ron Paul, right? Roger Baker Brother Roger, Well, no. Ron Paul is not the only peace candidate still in the race. Barak Obama is also a peace candidate and for Dahr Jamail … Continue reading →

Here Come the Brownshirts, Again: Does the Republican Party Have Aces Up Its Sleeves?By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS The Brownshirt Party has chosen John “hundred year war” McCain as its presidential candidate. Except for Cheney, Norman Podhoretz, and Billy Kristol, McCain … Continue reading →

Waterboarding and Inquisitionby David M. Gitlitz Why has the Bush administration been dancing around the question of whether waterboarding is torture? Waterboarding was one of the most common tortures employed by the Spanish Inquisition for the first half of its … Continue reading →

Our question of Medea would be, “When will we, the international community of humans, bring the real terrorists to justice, people such as George Walker Bush, Richard Bruce Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and many others in their administration?” Our Terrorist in … Continue reading →