Category Archives: RagBlog

The Pentagon’s Power to Arrest, Torture, and Execute AmericansBy Jacob G. Hornberger 03/02/07 “ICH” — — The president and the Pentagon now wield the omnipotent power to arrest, torture, and execute any American they label an “enemy combatant.” It is … Continue reading →

From Axis of Logic The U.S. Democrats are Hell-Bent for War and Anti-war’s Robust ResponseBy Les Blough, EditorMar 2, 2007, 18:53 The Democrats’ obfuscation and confusion To use Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi’s favorite opening line, “Let me be … Continue reading →

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From An Arab Woman Blues The language of Parrots. Some years ago, I read a beautiful Sufi treatise by Farradin’Attar entitled “Conference of the Birds”.Like all powerful Sufi stories, this one stayed with me.The story, an allegory, is basically about … Continue reading →

Tomgram: De la Vega, The Whole Truth about Libby and the Leak The U.S. government and military has undergone a series of jolting expansions in the Bush years. We got, for instance, a second Defense Department called the Department of … Continue reading →

Why can’t the US do stuff like this? Well, for one, there’s way too much money and inflated ego involved in US efforts. We believe all US politicians should take mandatory mindfulness and meditation training. And the population should hold … Continue reading →

Tomgram: Chernus, An American Identity Crisis in a Losing War In recent days, we’ve have two reports on timing, when it comes to the future of the President’s “surge” plan for Baghdad. According to Richard A. Oppel of the New … Continue reading →

From Informed Comment Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey was forced to resign Friday over the scandal of substandard conditions at a wing of Walter Reed Hospital. Note that all the time Donald Rumsfeld was in office, and despite horrible … Continue reading →

In spring 1967, six members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of Texas in Austin ran for Student Assembly on the following platform. The original platform was mimeographed. It has been reproduced in 2007 for cyberspace … Continue reading →

In the spring of 1966, Gary Thiher, a member of the University of Texas’ chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, ran for president of student government. He lost, but his energetic campaign changed the student dialogue. An SDS candidate, … Continue reading →

We don’t need a “new generation” of these fucking things: we need to get rid of them forever. U.S. Selects Design for New Nuclear WarheadBy H. JOSEF HEBERT, AP WASHINGTON (March 1) – The Bush administration took a major step … Continue reading →