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Latest Articles: Editorial
How the Democrats Blew It in Only Eight Months
Post Date: 2007-08-14 14:11:23 by aristeides
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How the Democrats Blew It in Only Eight Months CounterPunch Diary By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Led by Democrats since the start of this year, the US Congress now has a “confidence” rating of 14 per cent, the lowest since Gallup started asking the question in 1973 and five points lower than the Republicans scored last year. The voters put the Democrats in to end the war and it’s escalating. The Democrats voted money for the surge. They voted for the next $459.6 billion military budget. Their latest achievement is to provide enough votes in support of Bush to legalize warrantless wire tapping for “foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States.” ...
The Mark of a First-Class Mind
Post Date: 2007-08-13 20:58:49 by YertleTurtle
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Can't remember who said this, or the exact quote, but this will do: "The mark of a first-class mind is the ability to understand an opposing view without necessarily agreeing with it." Second-class minds -- and third-class, too -- can only ridicule because of their inability to comprehend.
Liberal Newspaper Editor: Time to Admit the 'gun nuts' Are Right
Post Date: 2007-08-12 19:00:22 by robin
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Friday, August 10, 2007
Liberal Newspaper Editor: "Time to Admit the 'gun nuts' Are Right"
Unbelievable. No kidding. Did you finally start thinking for yourself, Keith? And also, Keith, who you calling a 'gun nut'?
By Keith C. Burris
In the aftermath of the Petit family slayings in Cheshire, we all reached for explanations: How do human beings sink this low? How could this tragedy have been prevented? Why?
There are so many nagging questions. They all need to be asked. And maybe some old arguments need to be hashed out again.
Why not a more stringent "three strikes and ...
Most highly recommended interview with G Edward Griffin
Post Date: 2007-08-11 00:07:30 by tom007
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Putin's Young 'Brownshirts'
Post Date: 2007-08-10 21:50:52 by Brian S
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August 10, 2007
A COUPLE of months ago on an Internet forum I frequent, a discussion of human rights in Eastern Europe turned to the brutal suppression last May of a demonstration in Moscow protesting the city's ban on a gay pride march.
Then came a remarkable response from a Russian forum participant, a 19-year-old university student from St. Petersburg: "RUSSIA THE BEST!!! AMERICA SUCKS!!!" she wrote in capital letters. "Next time write about the things that happen in your gay country, leave Russia alone!!!! Putin is the greatest president and we have the greatest history ever!"
I thought of that young woman when, shortly afterward, I read alarming reports about a new force in ...
( KAL Flight 007 ) ANNIVERSARY OF ON-GOING COVER UP APPROACHES
Post Date: 2007-08-10 18:06:49 by robin
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By: Devvy
August 9, 2007
© 2007 - NewsWithViews.com"We here, operate and control our grant making policies in harmony with the directives, the substance of which is as follows: We shall use our grant making power so to alter life in the U.S. that it can be comfortably merged with the Soviet Union." Page 53: "Now, the second experience that I would like to share with you, oh, and incidentally, it is the Ford Foundation's grants which are responsible for the formulation of this idea of regional government, and also the idea that given regional government, we must, in turn, develop and accept and agree to a totally New Constitution which has already been drawn up, as was mentioned just ...
Big Brothers in the Big Apple
Post Date: 2007-08-10 06:35:04 by Ada
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Bob Barr - Though the lion's share of publicity surrounding Tony Blair's recent departure as Britain's prime minister focused on his legacy as George W. Bush's top foreign cheerleader, a more lasting legacy for Mr. Blair's lengthy tenure as Britain's chief "decider" will be that he greatly accelerated Great Britain's ascendancy to the position of the "most surveilled" society in the world. Still, Michael Bloomberg, the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent mayor of New York is giving Mr. Blair a run for the money as the most surveillance-hungry public official in the world. Even though officials in other cities are embracing and ...
The Cult of Petraeus
Post Date: 2007-08-10 06:19:43 by Ada
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Secretary of State Robert Gates seemed sober and subdued on Meet the Press last Sunday. He was candid about the negative effect of Iraq's Parliament taking August off while American troops continue to fight in support of it, and of the Sunni ministers who resigned from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's cabinet. Gates kept things matter-of-fact as he admitted that a troop drawdown might take place by the end of this year, and he even managed to deftly deflect the issue of one of his subordinates accusing Hillary Clinton of assisting enemy propaganda efforts by allowing as how a lot of people are "on edge." Gates did, however, say a thing or two that set off my warning ...
Put up or shut up on global warming
Post Date: 2007-08-09 22:13:39 by farmfriend
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Put up or shut up on global warming Dingell puts a fair price tag on the high cost of saving energy Fighting global warming isn't so much fun now, is it? When the battle targeted almost exclusively Detroit's auto industry, volunteers were falling all over themselves to sign up. But now it's about to hit closer to home for most Americans. U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the Dearborn Democrat who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee, is proposing a 50-cent tax on a gallon of gasoline and suspension of mortgage deductions for what he calls McMansions -- homes over 3,000 square feet. Dingell continues to press the point that if we believe global warming is so serious a threat that ...
An advocate of Iraq regime change wonders what went wrong
Post Date: 2007-08-09 20:33:08 by tom007
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An advocate of Iraq regime change wonders what went wrong Scholar who wanted war wonders what went wrong By Edward Wong Published: March 23, 2007 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Kanan Makiya's latest creative block seems as imposing as the concrete blast walls that have sprung up across Baghdad in four years of war. He is having trouble putting words to paper, grappling with a new book that he says is likely to be his final political work on Iraq. "The thing that's difficult is the form of the book," Makiya said as he sat down in his living room one winter evening. "I never had this problem before the fall of the regime. Things were simpler. The dictator was there, and ...
Are doom & gloomers ever right? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-08-09 10:09:25 by Mister Clean
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Are doom & gloomers ever right in their numerous and freqent predictions of disaster? I'm not simply talking about the garden variety doom & gloomers who are constantly predicting a massive economic collapse or continually warning about the evil plans of the New World Order. I also include the al-Qaeda fearmongers who are constantly predicting nuclear Jihad in America. I'm also talking about the global warming alarmists who predict that the east coast of the US will eventually be submerged in a major flood. These groups of doom & gloomers have different agendas for sure but they're basically the same in their fearmongering and pessimissm. It's as if they want a ...
Bullshit Detection System - BDS
Post Date: 2007-08-08 16:08:00 by gengis gandhi
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Bullshit Detection System - BDS - By Bahram Maskanian - August 18, 1992 Protective Immunity For The Mind & Soul Definition of Bullshit: Bullshit is a bogus statement deliberately presented as being true. Bullshit is something meant to deceive and to give a wrong misleading impression. Bullshit is an act, or attempt to mislead and deceive others by making a lie highly believable as fact. Exactly as it is done in show business, where a professional Bullshit Artist fools us into believing what he or she wants us to believe. The so-called movie stars / actors are good examples of whom and what Bullshit Artists are and do. To make it crystal-clear and better understand how high quality ...
The Voice of the White House August 5, 2007
Post Date: 2007-08-08 15:55:32 by gengis gandhi
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The Voice of the White House Washington, D.C., August 5, 2007: “It is dawning on a befuddled Bush that he is in danger of losing everything. His own Republicans, once so obedient, are leaving him in significant numbers and while the Democrats are not yet able to trounce him on legislative matters, it is only a matter of time before they will get enough Republican votes to freeze Bush in his tracks and end the filthy war in Iraq. Bush has stated hereabouts that he will never, never pull out of Iraq, no matter what anyone else says or does. And he means it. This is not stubbornness or strong character but insanity. The talk here in some areas is that Bush is frantically trying to find ...
A surge of phony spin on Iraq
Post Date: 2007-08-08 05:49:08 by Ada
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Bush's backers are peddling a sunny view of the president's strategy -- despite Iraq's political chaos and soaring death counts. Aug. 7, 2007 | As Congress prepared to go on its August recess, Pentagon officials and White House backers were desperately spinning as a success this year's escalation of U.S. troop levels in Iraq. A recent poll shows that there has been a 10 percent uptick in the proportion of Americans who think the so-called surge, first announced by President George W. Bush in January, is having a beneficial effect. But how accurate are the sunny pronouncements coming out of Washington? What would constitute a success for the surge, and how likely is it to ...
Buchanan: Sub-Prime Superpower
Post Date: 2007-08-07 12:59:56 by Brian S
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There was a time when events like the collapse of that bridge over the Mississippi would have been taken in stride. Yes, it was a tragedy, a mature nation would have said, but like earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and bolts of lighting hitting folks on picnic grounds, these are "acts of God." Even in a good life and a great country, bad things happen. But today, there has be someone to blame, someone to be held accountable, someone who could have prevented it, someone whose head must go on a pike. And it is the job of the journalist to give us the guilty. And the modern journalist relishes nothing more than standing before a TV camera passing moral judgment on failed mortals. ...
911 [was the spark for]The NWO
Post Date: 2007-08-07 08:14:41 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Added: July 11, 2006 From: revolutionary Morpheus: You're here because you kno... Morpheus: You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about? Neo: The Matrix. Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is? Neo: Yes. Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your ...
a granny speaks her mind
Post Date: 2007-08-07 00:24:02 by kiki
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To Senator Reid Submitted by DTouse on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 7:22pm. [for what it's worth] --------------- Dear Senator Reid, You will have to forgive my lack of tact and civility. There are simply no words available that can adequately express my utter DISGUST...CONTEMPT...RAGE for the COWARDS who call themselves Democrats and what pathetically passes for leadership. Time and time again you have had the opportunity to stand up to the tyranny of George W Bush and his Senate Thugs who crow throughout the senate like castrated roosters...yet still intimidate the Chicken Little democrats who at every confrontation - cower and walk away stating how valiantly they fought...and will do even ...
Baseball and bombs get the cash - bridges are just dull
Post Date: 2007-08-07 00:12:06 by kiki
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Our Man In New York: Baseball and bombs get the cash - bridges are just dull It may be the wealthiest nation in the world but the US sure has odd priorities when it comes to spending all that cash. Bridges and roads at home are allowed to crumble until the worst happens, while wars and weapons are never too expensive. Budget analysts in Congress last week reckoned the $500bn (£250bn) of taxpayers money allocated so far on wrecking and then rebuilding Iraq will double before it's all over to $1 trillion. The war now accounts for 10 per cent of everything the government spends. It is even more depressing when you consider the things that should have public funding lavished on ...
Dissuading Dissent Doesn't Do Iraq Any Good
Post Date: 2007-08-06 06:10:08 by Ada
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The United States is now well into the fifth year of a war in Iraq that has, at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, managed to get more Americans killed than the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks while alienating global opinion, undermining our strategic posture around the world, arguably speeding nuclear proliferation in North Korea and Iran and detracting from American efforts against al-Qaida. The nation's elites, ever vigilant, have located the source of the problem: Public outrage over the sorry situation. Washington Post foreign-affairs columnist David Ignatius, for instance, wrote recently that "a good start" in finding an exit from Iraq "would be for Washington ...
Who's the boss in America?
Post Date: 2007-08-05 20:45:11 by AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt
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Who's the Boss in America? By Ed Lewis, 2002. It appears that few people in the world - including in this country - want a war against Iraq. It appears that only those in the United States federal government and behind it - including England's Blair and of course Israel - want war, as they will profit mightily for every life destroyed. These minions of the devil will clear billions in profits during every day attacks are made against Iraq, just as they have for the past twelve years. Demonstrations are mounting in occurrence and strength against a war. I personally know of no people who support a war, nor do I think that I will meet any even partially informed man or woman who ...
The Fog of Fame: Pat Tillman as everyone’s political football
Post Date: 2007-08-05 14:58:18 by Zipporah
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The Fog of Fame: Pat Tillman as everyone’s political footballBY Stan Goff Neither the universe nor life is linear. Things weave through one another. The past and future are more than discrete units of time apart from the shifting instant of now. The ripples on a pond crash into and through one another. The political realities of our time are likewise over-determined, complex, irreducible, a splashing, surging, whirling current of evolutions — personal, geographical, institutional, cognitive-and-affective, inter-subjective, and cultural… so we have to circle these phenomena — like a recon team circling an objective — to get the fuller picture of what we observe and ...
Stupidity Starts at Home
Post Date: 2007-08-03 20:16:02 by freepatriot32
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Apparently, Harry Potter is teaching kids witchcraft. At least, that's the way the "fundamentalists" (for this essay, read "idiots") are viewing it. These are the same people who feel threatened by other people's private sex practices and the obvious fact of evolution, so it should come as no surprise that a work of pure fiction would make them pull out their "book-burnin' matches". Does it ever occur to these people that religion starts at home? If you want your kids to grow up Christian, then things like government mandated school prayer and the teaching of creationism are not going to advance your cause. Banning Harry Potter is not going to ...
Will Bush Cancel The 2008 Election?
Post Date: 2007-08-03 15:15:11 by ...
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It is time to think about the “unthinkable.” The Bush Administration has both the inclination and the power to cancel the 2008 election. The GOP strategy for another electoral theft in 2008 has taken clear shape, though we must assume there is much more we don’t know. But we must also assume that if it appears to Team Bush/Cheney/Rove that the GOP will lose the 2008 election anyway (as it lost in Ohio 2006) we cannot ignore the possibility that they would simply cancel the election. Those who think this crew will quietly walk away from power are simply not paying attention. The real question is not how or when they might do it. It’s how, realistically, we can stop ...
Why Do the Saudis Need Military Aid?
Post Date: 2007-08-03 06:07:36 by Ada
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The Saudis are getting $13bn. How can they spend that? Have Prada moved into tanks? Here's something they sneaked out this week with hardly anyone noticing - the Americans have announced a "military aid package" of sixty billion dollars for their allies in the Middle East. Or, to be grammatically correct, sixty billion, that's sixty thousand million bastard dollars!!! How can they spend that? Have Prada moved into tanks? Maybe they now buy these things at fashion shows, where a commentator gasps: "Ooh, my, my!" as down the catwalk comes this exhilarating design for the very latest satellite-guided armour-penetrating missile modelled here by Kate Moss, ...
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