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Latest Articles: Editorial
AIPAC, the Religious Right and American foreign policy
Post Date: 2006-08-24 01:23:56 by robin
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"Most citizens are unaware of the startling fact that for years our U.S. Middle East policy has not been crafted by seasoned experts who are committed to America's basic national interests." --Paul Findley, U.S. Republican Congressman, (1961-83)“Thank God we have AIPAC, the greatest supporter and friend we have in the whole world,” --Ehud Olmert, Israel’s Prime Minister<>"Either I make policy on the Middle East or AIPAC makes policy on the Middle East." --Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter administration National Security AdvisorNobody can understand what's going on politically in the United States without being aware that a political coalition of major ...
Power Grab / Bush Asks Too Much Of The States And The Guard
Post Date: 2006-08-23 14:29:14 by Brian S
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006 President Bush's quest to extend his control over National Guard troops for disaster relief should be stopped in Congress. That's not just our opinion: Governors of all 50 states and Puerto Rico feel the same way, according to their letter to congressional leaders. With good reason, the governors are up in bipartisan arms over a provision in a military authorization bill that would give the president the authority -- without state consent -- to federalize guard troops in the case of a disaster. "This provision was drafted without consultation or input from governors," the letter says, "and represents an unprecedented shift in authority from ...
Brer' Sez: Finally, I'm accepted by my peers
Post Date: 2006-08-23 00:39:20 by Badeye After Five
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Over the years, I've made many sacrifices for Our Leader's Glorious Conservative Christian Cultural Revolution and his Eternal War to Resubjugate Brown People, but, I've never really felt the acceptance of my comrades in arms, the brave men and women of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders. I don't know why they haven't embraced me. I suppose it might be because they're threatened by my über-manliness, unyielding heterosexuality, and the wild rumors that I'm blessed with a monstrous three-inch slab of manhood. Still, you'd think they'd recognize that I work as hard at silencing dissenters and persecuting brown people as they do. That changed today when both Ace of Spades and Allahpundit ...
Orit Weksler: Why I Don't Live In Israel
Post Date: 2006-08-22 23:01:16 by robin
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This war is not different from the others. It's just the same. It reminds us of the wars that preceded it. I was born into the Yom Kippur War and lived through two other "official wars": the first Lebanon war, the first Gulf war. I remember as a kid: lists of soldiers killed in battle read on the radio after the hourly news; knowing the next name could be one of my friends' brothers or fathers. I remember as a teenager: sirens, gas masks, and fireworks shows of patriot missiles chasing Scuds in the sky. I remember as a mom: driving in the farthest possible lane from a city bus, just in case it was the one carrying the suicide bomber that day. Wars are all the same and this one ...
Seven Hair-Raising Realities About the Iraq War - A short guide to understanding a flood of new Iraqi developments -- and the fate of both the American occupation and Iraqi society
Post Date: 2006-08-22 19:52:42 by tom007
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Seven Hair-Raising Realities About the Iraq War - A short guide to understanding a flood of new Iraqi developments -- and the fate of both the American occupation and Iraqi society By Michael Schwartz http://Tomdispatch.com August 22, 2006 With a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon holding, the ever-hotter war in Iraq is once again creeping back onto newspaper front pages and towards the top of the evening news. Before being fully immersed in daily reports of bomb blasts, sectarian violence, and casualties, however, it might be worth considering some of the just-under-the-radar-screen realities of the situation in that country. Here, then, is a little guide to understanding what ...
The Voice of the White House 21 August
Post Date: 2006-08-22 17:34:05 by Eoghan
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August 19, 2006: “Ever since the extremist attacks on various American targets on September 11, 2001, an enormous body of literature, mostly theory and supposition, has erupted throughout the world. The real story about this tragedy is far more interesting, and provable, than the great forests of fiction that have grown up around it. There are two parts to this story. There is no point going over the known facts again because there are very few Americans who do not know them. The most reasonable accounting, stripped of fictional additions, is that a group of Arabs planned and executed it entirely on their own and that, for some unknown and very implausible reasons, the American ...
Why the NWO and Bushco will Ultimately Fail
Post Date: 2006-08-22 15:32:49 by gengis gandhi
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L'etat, c'est moi, I believe was attributed to Napoleon, who was saying "I am The State". In essence, the power of his personality or glamor, as it is referred to esoterically, was sufficient to propel him to dictatorship. In fact, this is what makes a dictator a dictator. The magnetic force of personality and an unidentifable yet undeniable attraction, to which the masses flock. All the great dictators had such a characteristic, and the great cult leaders as well. Stalin, Hitler, Napoleon, etc., all had this mysterious power of charm, that was the agent sublime that created their following, and subsequent rise to power. One might argue that Bill Clinton possessed such a quality ...
The Job Sen. Clinton Should Want
Post Date: 2006-08-22 14:55:21 by robin
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The Job Sen. Clinton Should Want
Skip the presidential rat race and whip the Senate Democrats into shape.
By Ezra Klein
EZRA KLEIN is a writing fellow at the American Prospect. His blog is at http://www.EzraKlein.com.
August 22, 2006
(AFP/Getty)
Skip the presidential rat race and whip the Senate Democrats into shape.
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM has it that Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is an absolute certainty. But in Washington, many believe otherwise, fearing for her prospects and those of the Democratic Party she represents. And now there are fascinating hints that these forces are aligning to offer her a dignified way to demur from an ugly and ill-fated ...
The 'War President's' Latest Fiasco
Post Date: 2006-08-22 14:49:15 by Brian S
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President George W. Bush likes to call himself "the war president" and strike martial poses against patriotic backdrops, a trick he learned from another president who never saw military action, Ronald Reagan. In spite of Iraq and other foreign policy misadventures, and failure to prevent the 9/11 attacks, polls show that when it comes to national security many Americans still regard the Bush Administration with approval and trust. Their confidence is not well placed. To date, the "war president" was asleep on guard duty on 9/11, involved the US in four lost wars, and has stirred up a hornet’s nest of anti-American hatred around the globe. Defeat I: Five years ...
The Threat of Feminism
Post Date: 2006-08-22 13:43:07 by Tauzero
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The Threat of Feminism One of the philosophical pillars of political correctness is that all men -- and more specifically, all races, sexes and groups -- are 'equal'. This of course is such a monstrous lie that it could only be believed because its bigness -- as in the case of The King's New Clothes or Hitler's Big Lie -- makes it unimaginable that anyone would dare to assert it unless it were true. But it is more than a Big Lie -- it is rather a Grand Illusion which has been put over on us by a liberal media that has shut off debate so as to give the impression that not only are dissenters a marginal group, but are crazy as well. One of the most prominent fleurs du mal to sprout from the ...
President on Another Planet
Post Date: 2006-08-22 13:41:52 by christine
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For a moment there, I was almost encouraged. George W. Bush, the most resolutely incurious and inflexible of presidents, was reported last week to have been surprised at seeing Iraqi citizens - who ought to be grateful beneficiaries of the American occupation, I mean "liberation" - demonstrating in support of Hezbollah and against Israel. Surprise would be a start, since it would mean the Decider was admitting novel facts to his settled base of knowledge and reacting to them. Alas, it seems the door to the presidential mind is still locked tight. "I don't remember being surprised," he said at his news conference yesterday. "I'm not sure what they mean by ...
Five Years After 9/11, Fear Finally Strikes Out
Post Date: 2006-08-22 01:09:42 by Morgana le Fay
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THE results are in for the White House’s latest effort to exploit terrorism for political gain: the era of Americans’ fearing fear itself is over. In each poll released since the foiling of the trans-Atlantic terror plot — Gallup, Newsweek, CBS, Zogby, Pew — George W. Bush’s approval rating remains stuck in the 30’s, just as it has been with little letup in the year since Katrina stripped the last remaining fig leaf of credibility from his presidency. While the new Middle East promised by Condi Rice remains a delusion, the death rattle of the domestic political order we’ve lived with since 9/11 can be found everywhere: in Americans’ unhysterical ...
Ban the actors from the ideal republic!
Post Date: 2006-08-21 03:51:27 by robin
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Ban the actors from the ideal republic!By Luciana BohneOnline Journal Contributing Writer Aug 21, 2006, 00:51 "Liberal" Hollywood has done it again! It has come out in favor of imperialist terrorism against legitimate resistance movements, showing that it is eager to protect careers and is terminally stupid as well as morally congealed: I wonder how long one can last by living in self-imposed cultural exile in one's own country. The question has haunted me for some time. Never read the papers. Cancel magazine subscriptions. Avoid almost anything the American publishing establishment peddles. Try not to stay too long at social events, lest you hear some otherwise rational ...
Asron Russo let's it all hang out. (video)
Post Date: 2006-08-20 21:25:03 by wakeup
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Wonderful, after movie, jam session with fans. By the way, Russo is on board with 911. Click for Full Text!
The Abuse of the Female, By Minister Louis Farrakhan (extremely interesting words from farrakahn)
Post Date: 2006-08-19 14:35:14 by gengis gandhi
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The Abuse of the Female, By Minister Louis Farrakhan According to the Holy Qur’an, the Hereafter is described as a paradise with 70 virgins. This description can be interpreted to make men willing to become martyrs and kill people for political purposes, in order to go to heaven immediately so he can get to be with 70 virgins—but this is the wrong way to understand such a beautiful picture of the Hereafter. The Old Testament says, “A virtuous woman is more precious than silver and gold.” In Islam, we cover our women, because the female body is a natural attraction to a real man. Allah (God) formed the female that way. Human beings procreate because of the ...
Bush's Iraq: A Bloodbath Economy
Post Date: 2006-08-18 19:10:44 by tom007
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Bush's Iraq: A Bloodbath Economy By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted July 27, 2006. The president's plans to subject Iraq to the most radical forms of capitalism are as responsible as the war itself for the destruction of Iraq. Tools email EMAIL print PRINT 37 COMMENTS Also in War on Iraq Jill Carroll's Story, Part 3: The First Hostage Video Jill Carroll, Peter Grier Bush's (Possible) Five-Point Iraq Exit Strategy Rick Gell The Jill Carroll Story, Part 4: Mother as Suicide Bomber Jill Carroll, Peter Grier Rape, Murder, and the American GI Robin Morgan Jill Carroll's Story, Part 2: A Spy With a Homing Device Jill Carroll, Peter Grier Blackwater's Mercenary Jackpot Jeremy Scahill ...
A Detroit Judge with Backbone; Standing Up To Bush's Wanton Dismissal Of The Bill of Rights
Post Date: 2006-08-18 13:55:12 by Brian S
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August 18, 2006 A Detroit judge succeeded Thursday where Congress has so far failed -- standing up to the Bush administration's wanton dismissal of the Bill of Rights. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor declared the administration's secret spying program unconstitutional and blocked the government from intercepting calls into this country from abroad that might involve terrorists without getting warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Taylor made no bones about what was at stake. "It was never the intent of the framers to give the president such unfettered control, particularly where his actions blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill ...
Paul Bremer and the Looting of Iraq
Post Date: 2006-08-18 12:26:07 by tom007
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Paul Bremer and the Looting of Iraq Comments? andymart20@aol.com For Webmasters rss 2.0 Category: Politics International Posted Sat Feb 19,2005 8:40 AM Last Edited: CONTRARIAN COMMENTARY BY ANDY MARTIN "PAUL BREMER AND THE LOOTING OF IRAQ" (SAN FRANCISCO)(February 19, 2005) I have never met Paul Bremer. Yet like a criminal investigator I have stalked him across Iraq for the past 2-1/2 years. In Baghdad I kept my distance from the "Coalition Provisional Authority." I immediately felt this organization would be a disaster, and I was right. Since his return to the United States last June Bremer has tried to disassociate himself from his own record. Yet there is now ...
Buchanan: Judgment Day Coming – For The Neocons
Post Date: 2006-08-18 01:12:30 by Brian S
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The Democrats are determined to make the election of 2006 a referendum on Bush and the war in Iraq. And, as of now, that is how history will likely record it. But beneath the surface of the national election, a different plebiscite is being held, within the conservative movement, on the ideology George Bush imposed on Ronald Reagan's party. What are the elements of Bushite neoconservatism? First, an interventionist foreign policy, using U.S. power to impose democracy and "end tyranny on this earth." Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon are the laboratories and proving ground. Second, "Big Government Conservatism," as seen in the deficits, the dearth of vetoes, soaring ...
Lindsey Graham: Fifth Columnist and Traitor
Post Date: 2006-08-17 22:01:30 by wakeup
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SENATOR GRAHAM CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST AMERICANS WHO DISAGREE WITH BUSH "I stand by this President's ability, inherent to being Commander in Chief, to find out about Fifth Column movements, and I don't think you need a warrant to do that," Graham added, volunteering to work with the administration to draft guidelines for how best to neutralize this alleged threat. "Senator," a smiling Gonzales responded, "the President already said we'd be happy to listen to your ideas." Click for Full Text!
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Joe Scarborough: “Is Bush An ‘Idiot’?”
Post Date: 2006-08-16 22:41:29 by Morgana le Fay
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Joe Scarborough started his program tonight asking the question "is Bush an idiot?" (Is that really debatable?). Not only did he do a great run down of clips involving some of the most famous "Bushisms", but he did have an interesting conversation about this question with Lawrence O’Donnell and John Fund
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Lawrence O’Donnell made an interesting statement that Bush is an easy target and probably "the easiest ever at this point". Fund worked his hardest to defend Bush and even resorted to saying it was the left who made these claims because "they can ...
The Resistance Manifesto
Post Date: 2006-08-16 19:14:48 by wakeup
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"Powerful and compelling. A must read." -- Alex Jones - http://Infowars.com “John Conner is not a conspiracy theorist, he is a conspiracy realist. This book tells it like it is. I urge every American to read it and pass it on to your friends and relatives. -- Wake up America.” -- Ted Gunderson, Senior Special Agent in Charge (ret.) FBI Los Angeles Division “I highly recommend John Conner’s Resistance Manifesto. Every patriotic American needs the valuable information in this outstanding book. Its insights are vital to our overcoming the sinister forces now confronting us on every side.” -- Texe Marrs - Power of Prophecy Ministry & Author of Codex ...
Liz Michael on Abortion
Post Date: 2006-08-15 16:42:59 by wakeup
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I fully recognize two sets of conflicting rights on the abortion issue. I believe strenuously in the right of a woman to control her own body. And I also believe strenuously in an unborn child's right to life. I fully reject the concept that a fetus is not a human being. A fetus is scientifically a human being because it carries the human genome, it is alive, and it possesses all necessary cells needed to mature to adulthood under natural conditions. It is not a part of the woman's body: it resides inside a woman's body. These things are made quite evident via ultrasound and photography. From the moment of conception, an embryo is scientifically a being of the human specie, and therefore a ...
Alex Jones' Warning A CALL TO ACTION!
Post Date: 2006-08-14 04:45:24 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Alex Jones' Warning A CALL TO ACTION!
The Great Non Sequitur
Post Date: 2006-08-12 09:08:17 by eyeswideoopen
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The Great Non Sequiturhttp://www.channelingreality.com/Commentaries/great_non_sequitur.htm On September 19, 2005, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced the formation of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education. Last night at around midnight I happened to catch the tail end of the C-Span program in which the commission was voting on the report they produced. Since each person that voted took the opportunity to comment on the report, I was able to get a pretty good idea of what the report said. The message was not surprising. “There is a crisis and reform is needed”. Going back to June, Secretary Spellings attended a G-8 Education conference in Moscow. Click ...
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