Category Archives: RagBlog

Chomsky on World Ownership: Noam Chomsky interviewed by Michael ShankForeign Policy in Focus, January 23, 2008 Michael Shank: Is the leading Democrats’ policy vis-a-vis Iraq at all different from the Bush administration’s policy? Noam Chomsky: It’s somewhat different. The situation … Continue reading →

A Culture Of Greed And CorruptionBy Joseph M. Cachia “Corporations have been enthroned …. An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the … Continue reading →

Re: $20 bucks each for the poor kids, and $237,000 each for the rich guys. I think a lot of the problem is that most people are not very good at math. The govt gives 250 billion dollars to gigantic … Continue reading →

Krugman describes the syndrome stemming from bipartisan corporate domination, which is practically a forbidden topic. Roger Baker ****************** Lessons of 1992By PAUL KRUGMAN, Published: January 28, 2008 It’s starting to feel a bit like 1992 again. A Bush is in … Continue reading →

Traffic Jam On The Highway To HellBy Sheila Samples “When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is … Continue reading →

From Buses to Blogs, a Pathological Individualism Is Poisoning Public Lifeby Madeleine Bunting Our shared spaces have become a bear pit. This ever-crumbling civility risks our wellbeing and points to a bleak future. A grey weekday morning at 7.40am in … Continue reading →

One last Argument with BushBy Juan Cole When Bush first came in, the comedian Will Ferrell did a skit on the television show “Saturday Night Live” that depicted the president cowering under his desk as bombs went off in Washington … Continue reading →

Suharto, the Model Killer, and His Friends in High PlacesBy John Pilger 28/01/08 “ICH” — – In my film Death of a Nation, there is a sequence filmed on board an Australian aircraft flying over the island of Timor. A … Continue reading →

American Liberty Teetering on Edge of AbyssBy Paul Craig Roberts 28/01/08 “ICH” — – -“Your papers please” has long been a phrase associated with Hitler’s Gestapo. People without the Third Reich’s stamp of approval were hauled off to Nazi Germany’s … Continue reading →

And for that matter, demonstrating the moral bankruptcy of the MSM and all the regular folks for listening to/reading this drivel. McCain, Romney Trade ‘Liberal’ BarbBy GLEN JOHNSON,APPosted: 2008-01-28 14:50:07 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 28) – Mitt Romney and … Continue reading →

A Criminal IdeaBy James K Galbraith Attacking other countries to stop them acquiring nuclear weapons repudiates a key principle of international law 27/01/08 “The Guardian” — — Five former Nato generals, including the former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs … Continue reading →