Category Archives: RagBlog

Once George Bush has got hold of a bad idea he just can’t let it goGary YoungeMonday February 19, 2007The Guardian On December 20 1954, a woman known as Marion Keech gathered her followers in her garden in Lake City, … Continue reading →

Protests in Baghdad over US Raid: Journalists Call for Immediate Investigation Hundreds of Iraqi journalists and activists held a sit-in today in front of the headquarters of the Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate to protest the recent US raid against the union, … Continue reading →

Cheney Seeks Allies’ Support for Iraq War as His Luster FadesBy Holly Rosenkrantz and Brendan Murray Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Vice President Dick Cheney is finding it harder and harder to locate a welcome mat. Cheney arrives today in Australia … Continue reading →

11. The Neocons – Hunt for Osama / The Disney Terrorists

Iraq coalition numbers dwindlingBy Tom RaumAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON – President Bush’s “coalition of the willing,” long seen by much of the world as a shell for a largely U.S. operation in Iraq, is quickly becoming a coalition of the … Continue reading →

Nigeria and the United States: Convergent Interests In its anxious search for energy security, the United States has embarked on a risky strategy to arm and train the militaries of oil-producing West African countries under the rationale of pursuing the … Continue reading →

Audit: Anti-terror case data flawedBy LARA JAKES JORDANAssociated Press Writer 02/21/07 “AP” — – Federal prosecutors counted immigration violations, marriage fraud and drug trafficking among anti-terror cases in the four years after 9/11 even though no evidence linked them to … Continue reading →

The Second Great DepressionBy Mike Whitney “The US economy is in danger of a recession that will prove unusually long and severe. By any measure it is in far worse shape than in 2001-02 and the unraveling of the housing … Continue reading →

We wanted to be sure to get on the bandwagon by slinging some “wonderful, imaginative hateful stuff that comes flying out” of our blog. Talk about three utterly self-absorbed, unimaginative guys – this is one prime example of the reason … Continue reading →

From Fred On Everything Theater of the Absurd, by the Absurd, for…Ionesco as Political ConsultantFebruary 16, 2007 Every time I go to the United States (I have just returned from two weeks in Washington), I am astonished by the antic … Continue reading →

Unity government brings little joyBy Linda S. HeardOnline Journal Contributing WriterFeb 21, 2007, 01:13 When questioned about the peace process, or rather the absence of one, Israeli officials are fond of laying the blame on Palestinian divisions. We don’t have … Continue reading →

In Alabama: Sell Guns, Not Dildoes!by Tommi Avicolli Mecca‚ Feb. 21‚ 2007 Here’s one for the “stranger than fiction” department: Stand on any street corner in Alabama selling guns and dildoes, and guess which one can land you in jail … Continue reading →