Category Archives: RagBlog

From TomDispatch Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson, Ending the Empire Way back in 1999, when I was still a Tomdispatch-less book editor, I read a proposal from Chalmers Johnson. He was, then, known mainly as a scholar of modern Japan, though years … Continue reading →

Let’s be clear. Elliot Abrams is a convicted perjurer; he lied to Congress, no less, and was forbidden from ever holding a high office in government. What he is tacitly admitting here is that BushCo has killed the Middle East … Continue reading →

To capitalist corruption and hegemony, once again. Wall Street Journal Claims Chavez Oil Policy “Aims to Weaken US”By Stephen LendmanMay 13, 2007, 21:10 The Wall Street Journal’s main Hugo Chavez antagonist is its self-styled Latin American “expert” Mary Anastasia O’Grady … Continue reading →

U.S. lawyers slam Guantanamo plan WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is trying to evade responsibility for problems at the Guantanamo Bay prison by falsely blaming defense lawyers for the trouble, the New York City Bar says. The group’s president leveled … Continue reading →

One of the weaknesses of relying on the War Department-controlled Internet is thus exposed… Military puts MySpace, other sites off limitsPOSTED: 5:49 p.m. EDT, May 14, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) — Lt. Daniel Zimmerman, an infantry platoon leader in Iraq, puts … Continue reading →

It is not only God that will be Blair’s judge over IraqAvi ShlaimMonday May 14, 2007The Guardian His cravenly pro-US policy on the Middle East misunderstood Bush’s real agenda and resulted in catastrophic failure Tony Blair’s opposition to an immediate … Continue reading →

From Counterpunch. Wrecking Iraq: One Million Dead, 2 Million Wounded, 3 Million DisplacedCollateral GenocideBy MIKE FERNER Two elements are necessary to commit the crime of genocide: 1) the mental element, meaning intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a … Continue reading →

Notes on Cultural Renaissance in a Time of BarbarismBy James Petras (opening comment by Les Blough)May 12, 2007, 12:32 Editor’s Comment: Perhaps never before in history has the popular class been so challenged by an illusion of the invincibility of … Continue reading →

Monkberry Moon Delight (Tribute to Paul McCartney)  The YouTube poster’s remarks: This is one of my favorite songs, and I want to give a tribute to Paul McCartney with this video clip. We can hear one of the best … Continue reading →

From Another Day in the Empire Modernizing the Destruction of the FourthFriday May 11th 2007, 9:26 pm Go to Google News search and type in the following: “FISA Modernization Act.” It will return 10 meager results, only but one offered … Continue reading →

Conservatives, Repugnicans, and other stupid people will blame the Iraqi’s for this problem. Of course, the problem is caused by those who perpetrated the war. IRAQ: Poverty drives children to work for armed groups10 May 2007 14:58:33 GMTSource: IRIN BAGHDAD, … Continue reading →

But we’ve got a $20 that says Junior and/or Big Dick (and their little army) will intervene to make sure it doesn’t. Remember, they’ve made some pretty big promises to their buddies in the US oil industry. Iraqis resist U.S. … Continue reading →