Category Archives: RagBlog

From Inside Higher Ed Shooting the Messenger Linda J. Bilmes, a lecturer in public policy at Harvard University, calls her latest paper “pretty dry.” That hasn’t prevented it from riling high-ranking Pentagon officials — who called her and her dean … Continue reading →

Pre-war plans envisioned only 5,000 US troops in Iraq by nowThu Feb 15, 1:11 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) – Pre-war plans for the US invasion of Iraq assumed that only 5,000 US troops would be left in the country by … Continue reading →

Auditors: Billions wasted in Iraq warBy HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer Thu Feb 15, 11:20 AM ET WASHINGTON – The U.S. government is at risk of squandering significantly more money in an Iraq war and reconstruction effort that has already … Continue reading →

From Best Guess Wednesday morning, President Bush held a press conference aimed at addressing Congressional debate on a Democratic House resolution that would do what the upper chamber of Congress couldn’t: repudiate the President’s escalation plan for Iraq. During the … Continue reading →

4. The Neocons – Recruiting Christians/Concept of Terror

When Violence was Standard Operating Proceedure: The War Without a NameBy DICK J. REAVIS Early this month the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that it has compiled a list of 51 still-unsolved murders reported in connection with Southern civil rights … Continue reading →

Action: Congress wants to monitor all emails, IMs, etc.Published on Wednesday, February 14, 2007.Source: The Seminal A bill introduced last week by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) is beginning to raise eyebrows. [It] would require ISPs to record all users’ surfing … Continue reading →

US Professor, Writer In Prison For Thought CrimesBy Chris Hedges2-14-7 Professor Sami Al-Arian, whose persecution and show trial are parts of a long string of egregious acts of injustice perpetrated by the Bush administration, has been on a hunger strike … Continue reading →

Waivers to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds double from 2003 to 2006Published on Wednesday, February 14, 2007.Source: Global Research The number of waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal bacckgrounds has doubled in three years, according to press reports on … Continue reading →

From Protest to Resistance – March 17 – 4th Anniversary of the InvasionBy Call for ActionFeb 14, 2007, 13:02 MARCH 17 – March on the Pentagon on the 4th anniversary of the war Come to Washington andbe prepared to STAYIt’s … Continue reading →

Or as Blah-3 terms it, “Bringing Democracy to Iraq.” Iraqis Announce New Crackdown Across BaghdadBy MARC SANTORAPublished: February 14, 2007 BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 — The Iraqi government on Tuesday ordered tens of thousands of Baghdad residents to leave homes they … Continue reading →

That is the BushCo agenda. Felicity Arbuthnot: The “Contract Interrogator” 2007-02-13 | “I have thought some of nature’s journeymen had made men and not made them too well, they imitated humanity so abominably.” (Shakespeare: Hamlet.) “The worst sin towards our … Continue reading →