Category Archives: RagBlog

Freedom lostBy Mark Lattimer, The GuardianThursday December 13, 2007 After the invasion of Iraq, the US government claimed that women there had ‘new rights and new hopes’. In fact their lives have become immeasurably worse, with rapes, burnings and murders … Continue reading →

Too bad that Henry and George, Sr. will walk away scott free. At least some of us will unequivocally know that they are not blameless. Plan Condor: Crimes Without Borders in Latin AmericaWritten by Marie Trigona, Wednesday, 12 December 2007Source: … Continue reading →

Rove, Bolten Found in Contempt of Congress: Senate Committee Cites Top Bush Advisers in Probe of U.S. Attorney FiringsBy Paul Kane, Washington Post Staff WriterFriday, December 14, 2007; Page A08 A Senate panel found former presidential adviser Karl Rove and … Continue reading →

This has happened over and over – cases brought that cannot succeed – because we have a conniving, deceitful, vengeful government that is intent on revenge at any cost. Sears Tower Bomb Plot Case Falls ApartBy CURT ANDERSON,AP, Posted: 2007-12-14 … Continue reading →

AG Jerry Brown, the San Francisco 8, and the Big Chill: Represent Our ResistanceBy Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD “This racial dilemma poses a serious problem for white America…And the entire dark world is watching, waiting to see what the … Continue reading →

Hidden U.S. Deaths Of Gulf Wars: Since Gulf War 1 – 73,846 US Dead, 1,620,906 DisabledBy Peter Marshall E. Boomhower 12/13/07 “ICH” — — The US department of veteran affairs has issued an official report (See report in full) that … Continue reading →

Suspected Army Suicides Set RecordBy Gregg Zoroya,USA Today ,Posted: 2007-12-13 12:14:35 (Dec. 13) – A record number of soldiers – 109 – have killed themselves this year, according to Army statistics showing confirmed or suspected suicides. The deaths occur as … Continue reading →

From Oil Wars to Water WarsBy Amy Goodman, Posted on Dec 11, 2007 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this week, in Oslo, Norway. Al Gore shared the prize with the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which represents … Continue reading →

Major Blow Struck Against Racist U.S. Crack Sentencing RulesBy Bill Piper, AlterNet. Posted December 13, 2007. Finally, some good news for drug policy. In the history of the civil rights movement there are probably only a handful of moments in … Continue reading →

The Freedom to Starve: Why the Left Should Reject Ron PaulBy SHERRY WOLF “POLITICS, LIKE nature, abhors a vacuum,” goes the revamped aphorism. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s surprising stature among a small but vocal layer of antiwar activists and … Continue reading →

Obama Versus Clinton Versus Plutocracy: Democratic Primaries Are Just EntertainmentBy Joel Hirschhorn, Published Dec 11, 2007 Here comes another inconvenient truth. Despite all the attention to Oprah for Obama and the pundit blabbering about the Democratic primary horse race the … Continue reading →

Only one thing unites Iraq: hatred of the USBy Patrick Cockburn The Americans will discover, as the British learned to their cost in Basra, that they have few permanent allies 12/12/07 “”The Independent”” — — As British forces come to … Continue reading →