Category Archives: RagBlog

Throwing Stuff Over the White House FenceBy David Swanson On Wednesday, Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright, Lennox Yearwood, and about 50 other activists for peace met up on the sidewalk in front of the White House. I brought along a box … Continue reading →

Maybe that’s a serious failing of our society: the urge to switch sides if you’re losing, instead of having the courage of your convictions. It is singularly uninteresting that this man would consider scorning the Repugnicans because he lost. Chafee … Continue reading →

And it is probably a gross exaggeration of the threat. But at least there is an acknowledgement that the Muslim world may have a beef, whereas such an admission would never appear in the American MSM. “THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST THREAT … Continue reading →

And this is a monstrous menu for what is typically a large gathering. If you hadn’t figured it out yet, these recipes are coming from an unpublished book. This is one I have particular pride for, as it really did … Continue reading →

Remember, the process started two days ago on election day. Please don’t stop now. This is a pretty snappy tune, calling for a little more celebratory dancin’ from US … h/t Epistemic Ingemination and Lissa Hattersley

Also remember that the worst depredations of the first Bush Administration, the Reagan Administration and the Nixon Administration were all carried out with strong Democratic majorities in Congress (except for a brief period of Republican Senate control in the Reagan … Continue reading →

The Way Out Of WarBy George S. McGovern and William R. Polk 10/28/06 “Harpers” — — Staying in Iraq not an option. Many Americans who were among the most eager to invade Iraq now urge that we find a way … Continue reading →

New Rule: Now that we’ve sent “stay the course” down the memory hole, where Big Brother erases things, we’ve also got to retire: “The world is safer with Saddam Hussein out of power.” “Don’t you want America to win?” and … Continue reading →

Iraq: ‘The Greatest Strategic Disaster in American History’By Patrick Cockburn, AlterNet. Posted October 31, 2006. The following is an excerpt from Patrick Cockburn’s new book, The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq (Verso, 2006). [snip] The US failure in Iraq … Continue reading →

The subtitle says: Baghdad: Zawra satellite channel has stopped broadcasting by order of the government. h/t Today In Iraq

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