Category Archives: RagBlog

Road of Good Intentions Please help stop the next war before it starts at www.stopiranwar.com – Soundtrack is “Road of Good Intentions” by John Gorka. www.johngorka.com

Robert Fisk: The crushing fear that stalks AmericaBy Robert FiskMar 30, 2007, 04:59 The country is not at war. It is the US military that is engaged in an Iraqi conflict There’s a helluva difference between Cairo University and the … Continue reading →

More than three billion people condemned prematurely to death by hunger and thirstBy Fidel Castro Ruz.Translated from Spanish by Ron Ridenour (Tlaxcala) and revised by Les BloughMar 31, 2007, 08:47 This is not an exaggerated figure; more cautious than not. … Continue reading →

From Axis of Logic British Naval Personnel held in IranBy Robert ThompsonMar 31, 2007, 11:35 Letter sent to the BBC Radio 4 on 29th March 2007 It is time that Mr Blair and Mrs Beckett told the truth about the … Continue reading →

John McCain just cannot let go of his delusions. I think we opined earlier that it might be a communicable disease caught from our illustrious leader Junior. Ah, well, keep your mouthes and noses covered …. McCain Touts Iraq’s Progress … Continue reading →

From The Bulletin of Cannabis Reform. Thanks to Mariann W. for tipping us about this. Lessons from Alaska’s Proposition 2By Mariann Garner-Wizard ——————————————————————————– Those who fail to learn from the past must repeat it, we’re told, and in 40 years … Continue reading →

Questions for Karl Rove – and President Bushby Elizabeth Holtzman and Cynthia L. CooperMarch 31, 2007San Diego Union-Tribune The stealth dismissal of U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration carries echoes of the Nixon administration firing special prosecutor Archibald Cox in … Continue reading →

The Ordeal of Suzi Hazahza: The Pirates of Homeland SecurityBy GREG MOSES One by one, the helium-inflated excuses for arresting and imprisoning Suzi Hazahza have been popped and now lie on the ground. And the single memory humanizing the government … Continue reading →

Resisting the Drums of WarThe Bush administration promoted the misguided and destructive war in Iraq by targeting our concerns about vulnerability, injustice, distrust, superiority, and helplessness. The continued occupation of Iraq—or an attack on Iran—will likely be sold to us … Continue reading →

As if that was news? From Missing Links Volatility The worse things get in the Middle East, the more it seems English language analysis begins and ends with the realization of the important fact that Bush is an ignorant bully. … Continue reading →

From An Arab Woman Blues Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Let me ask you something.Are you as bothered as I am by not knowing the whole Truth? If anything, the Iraqi “experience” has managed to raise so … Continue reading →

The New SDSChristopher Phelps Twenty-year-old Will Klatt, wearing a green knit hat, baggy jeans and black jacket pulled over a hoodie, stands before a Civil War monument at the center of Ohio University’s main campus in Athens. Although a February … Continue reading →