Category Archives: RagBlog

Fine Print in Defense Bill Opens Door to Martial LawBy Jeff Stein, CQ National Security Editor It’s amazing what you can find if you turn over a few rocks in the anti-terrorism legislation Congress approved during the election season. Take, … Continue reading →

This post requires some explanation. We used to live in Redmond, Washington, which is famous for a bastion of corporate Amerika named Microsoft. This has nothing to do with Bustopher except for the fact that he would’ve been termed one … Continue reading →

Bush denigrates Iraqi leader in Spanish New man to sit in Maliki’s chair when the music stops? “Este pendejo is ya se fue ayer,” said Bush, telling NYT reporters it means “Maliki is a magnificent leader.” Washington, DCBy Paul Crassnerd, … Continue reading →

“FIDELISMO” Means Never Having to Say, “You’re Too Late” News this week that Premier Fidel Castro didn’t attend his delayed 80th birthday celebration has further stoked barely-repressed official U.S. jubilation that perhaps, soon now, the iconic Cuban leader’s time on … Continue reading →

Conversion from a military dependent society.How to save $500 billion annually and human society in the process. Iraq was a trap that America imperialists could not resist. That trap has sprung and the result will be US defeat. Regardless of … Continue reading →

Bush’s Meeting With A MurdererRobert DreyfussDecember 04, 2006 President George W. Bush meets today with Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, the turbaned leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), a Shiite fundamentalist party that is strongly tied … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.

Frank Rich: Has He Started Talking to the Walls?Saturday, December 2, 2006 Frank Rich wonders if the Great Pretender will ever face up to the reality of the damage that he has done not only to the people of Iraq … Continue reading →

GSA Chief Seeks to Cut Budget For AuditsContract Oversight Would Be ReducedBy Scott Higham and Robert O’Harrow Jr.Washington Post Staff WritersSaturday, December 2, 2006; A01 The new chief of the U.S. General Services Administration is trying to limit the ability … Continue reading →

If you have forgotten that the Miltary Commissions Act allows the detention and torture of any person suspected of being a terrorist, you had best read this carefully and give thought to how you behave. The Torment of Jose PadillaBy … Continue reading →

I still find it unfathomable that modern society cannot eliminate warfare from the lexicon. Women face emotional wounds of warBy SHARON COHEN, AP National Writer Sun Dec 3, 3:54 PM ET CHICAGO – The nightmares didn’t start until months after … Continue reading →

FOREIGN FIRM BIDS FOR CONTROL OF TEXAS FREE TRADE CORRIDORBy Mark Anderson American Free Press has learned that a group of foreign companies, which currently lease a toll road in Indiana and are looking at buying up other highways across … Continue reading →