Must-read and must-know.
It's the Twin Towers all over again. The all-knowing people who have made recent major decisions, have not had to show or prove anything before acting in our names with our resources. Truly this is a nation of faith.
A New Documentary Draws Stark Parallels Between Chile Under Pinochet and the Post-9/11 "War on Terror."
...if there ever were a case for legal abortion... "It's your baby." With these words, Condolleeza Rice reportedly told the CIA that they could go right ahead and break US and International Law...
This is one of the most cogent statements on our state of war that has been made to date. It shines the light of truth where dark, raw, ruthless ambitions and greed wish to install darkness for the long term. Not small words.
The US air war in Iraq which already is responsible for many civilian deaths, is now expanding with fleets of remote-controlled drones operated by video from Nevada.
Michael Moore's latest film about the healthcare system (or lack thereof) officially begins its run on June 29, but there will be sneak previews around the nation this Saturday.
There is another hidden layer of cynicism in last week's Democratic Party vote for war funding without conditions.
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It should not have been a surprise when the new Democratic majority in Congress caved into the demands of ... Bush in regards to the continued funding the Iraq War.
Some question the political expediency of initiating impeachment proceedings against Dick Cheney. I say it is better to examine the long-term consequences and fallout if we do not do so.
Zinn sums it up quite succinctly: "Would you give a thug who invaded your house, smashed everything in sight, and terrorized your children a timetable for withdrawal?"
For those that don't get, or worse, attack, Cindy Sheehan, you either don't get what is happening to our country and what is going on in Iraq and elsewhere.
Let the Press finally deal with the REAL reasons they have been trying to discredit and silence Wilson and Plame. This is all—uniquely and exclusively—about how the neocons and BushCo were willing to lie us into war.
Does this take us closer to a "tipping point"? I'd like to see "Impeachment" as a household word? Is this pie-in-the-sky? I hope not! It had better not be—otherwise, we are already lost.
Politics & Culture.
Here is another voice for the importance of impeacment—the sooner the better.
Today I got an email from MoveOn.org urging the signing of a petition that says "No Escalation" of the Iraq war. There was a space for an additional personal message I wanted to share my response: Members of Congress: Of course there should be no escalation.
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IMPEACHMENT AS A DEFENSIVE TACTIC Impeachment has to happen for at least two reasons. First, it is the appropriate remedy called upon to redress crimes that have likely been committed by high elected officials.
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One more brazen act of filling our government with vilest creatures from America's shadowy past of international anti-democratic campaigns and death squads.
An Open Letter to Journalists, Why are we all dancing around the real motivations for our invasion and occupation of Iraq and our whole new "foreign policy"?
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Reflections on a 17+ year nightmare brought to Chile by the national oligarchy plus Nixon/Kissinger as a prelude to today's politics of assertion.
Truly a parable for our times as only exemplary citizen and soul Bill Moyers could relate it. He, his words and his perspectives are national treasures.
What do the deaths of Saddam and Ford have in common?
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Miami attracts wealth but dispenses with those that can't play.
The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency's director, Leon E.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
Last year I wrote an "article" about corporate person-hood here: We Should Amend the Constitution to Eliminate Corporate 'Personhood'
Since Senator Ensign's unrelenting affair with a woman on one of his staff married to a man on another of his staff became public, much attention has been drawn to the Skull and Bones like secret society of self-appointed "Christian Super Men" who are part of the Ubermensch "Fami …
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