Category Archives: RagBlog

New Orleans: Vanishing Cityby Michelle Chen Post-Katrina Redevelopment Excludes “poor and working-class black New Orleanians from returning home” It took Kawana Jasper over a year, and all the stubborn will she could muster, to get back to New Orleans. Broke … Continue reading →

The FBI Deputizes Businessby Matthew Rothschild Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist … Continue reading →

Here’s my two bits (inflation): An Out-of-Iraq Plan – Platform Proposal 1) All U.S. troops redeploy to the 5 main bases in Iraq, as quickly as possible, but no later than 60 days;1a) all native Iraqis who request asylum are … Continue reading →

Exploding ARMs Roil Bernanke’s Drive to Calm Markets (Update4)By Bob Ivry and Jody Shenn Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Joe Ripplinger took out a $184,000 mortgage in 2006 and makes his payments every month. Now he owes $192,000. The 66-year-old Minneapolis … Continue reading →

The machine gun of capitalismBy Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist Dead soldiers, peak oil and mind-boggling profits; praise Jesus, the machine’s still working 06/02/08 “SFGate” — – Surprisingly moving Barack Obama music videos? The potential end of the writer’s strike? … Continue reading →

A Pre-election Attack on Iran Remains a PossibilityBy Leon Hadar President Bush still believes the Iranians are developing nuclear weapons – and so do the Israelis. So for journalists to assume that neither the U.S. nor Israel will attack Iran … Continue reading →

Iraqi scientist gave CIA information that should have prevented warBy Agence France Presse (AFP) Saad Tawfiq told his handlers that Saddam had shut down WMD program 05/02/08 “Daily Star” — – -AMMAN: When Saad Tawfiq watched then-US Secretary of state … Continue reading →

The Boom Was a Bust for Ordinary Peopleby Barbara Ehrenreich I t begins to sound a bit naughty — all this talk about the need to “stimulate” the economy, as if we were discussing how to make a porn film. … Continue reading →

Iraq’s Tragic Futureby Scott Ritter Any analysis of the current state of the ongoing U.S. occupation of Iraq that relied solely on the U.S. government, the major candidates for president or the major media outlets in the United States for … Continue reading →

Prosecutor Sought for White House Probeby Peter Yost An advocacy group on Monday sought a criminal probe of the White House over millions of possibly missing e-mails, saying someone may have deliberately deleted them to conceal involvement in a potential … Continue reading →

Why the US has really gone brokeBy Chalmers Johnson, Feb 4, 2008, 13:38 The economic disaster that is military keynesianism Global confidence in the US economy has reached zero, as was proved by last month’s stock market meltdown. But there … Continue reading →