Category: Politics & World Affairs
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In a recent post, Dadahead asks how many wars have been launched based truly on "humanitarian" concerns and how often has that been an excuse to cover up ulterior motives? Dada says: "One of the more dangerous ideas that goes unchallenged by mainstream liberals and conservatives alike is the right of the United States to…
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I have heard India being described variously as 1) a functioning anarchy; 2) a vast country which lives within one time zone and several centuries; 3) many ethnically, linguistically and culturally diverse nations cobbled together to form one political entity; 4) a land of breathtaking contradictions where super rich lotus eaters live cheek by jowl…
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George W. Bush began his presidency promising to be an heir to the glimmering world (thanks, Cynthia Ozick). Instead, whatever Bush touches, turns into base metal and dust. This reverse Midas touch of G.W.B. points not only to his incompetence but also a peculiarly insular regime where the leader of the free world is often…
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A recent Zogby poll on U.S. troops in Iraq shows that nearly 90% of our soldiers believe that their mission is to "retaliate for Saddam’s role in the 9/11 attacks." Well that’s funny! You see, Saddam Hussein did not play a role in the Sept. 11th attacks. Over at Leiter Reports, Marcus Stanley thinks the…
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Noam Chomsky discusses our so-called WAR ON TERROR at the Palestine Chronicle. I’m trying to be a good patriot by saying it in all caps for two reasons: (1) it’s more frightening that way, and (2) if it’s said loudly enough, it might come true. I like to think that King George would be proud…
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Yesterday marked the official Day of Remembrance for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the military to force Americans of Japanese origin from their homes, and to segregate them in detention centers (literally, concentration camps), for "the successful…
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The canaries are beginning to sing – must sound like a discordant cacophany to Bush – Cheney. Some with their backs to the wall, reputation in tatters and possible jail term in sight and some just angry erstwhile friends and officials of the Bush Administration are spilling their guts. Will Bush’s legendary luck run out…
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Let Oprah, our nation’s lie detector do what the Democrats won’t. (click on image)
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[x-posted to Unreal City] In the 19th century Karl Marx famously declared religion to be the opiate of the masses. In the 20th, Simone Weil responded, "Revolution, not religion, is the opiate of the masses." Where have all our revolutionaries gone? Coretta Scott King’s passing is a hollowing reminder that the time of America’s revolutionaries,…
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It will probably damage my credibility with some folks to start my guest blogging by admitting that, after five years of dishonesty, hypocrisy, and incompetence, Bush is still able to provoke not only my disgust, but my disappointment. The president’s tone, with it’s unique combination of put-upon entitlement and Texas frat-boy banter, drives me up…
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This one incident involving one t-shirt may is a minor matter. But, seen in the context of the mounting evidence of constraints on legitimate protest, warrantless wiretaps and the abuses of the Patriot Act, it reminds us of the the truth of Madison’s warning that: “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of…
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I wonder why we are not winning hearts and minds in the middle east in spite of Geroge Bush and Karen Hughes’ best efforts. U.S. accused of jailing women to find relatives Their husbands and fathers were sought as terrorist suspects By NANCY A. YOUSSEFKnight Ridder Tribune News BAGHDAD, IRAQ – The U.S. Army has…
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George Bush reminds us every day that our "real" mission in the middle east is to spread freedom and democracy and to enable the long oppressed citizenry there to "speak their minds". What happens when the people speak buy WE longer want to speak with the people because they did not speak the way we…
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I got the following via e-mail from my friend Nancy – a keen Bush watcher. See here for more "clarification". I hope Letterman, Leno and Jon Stewart see this one soon. Bush Explains revamping Social Security — Verbatim Quote WOMAN IN AUDIENCE: ‘I don’t really understand. How is the new plan going to fix the…
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Opposition to the Iraq war is regularly dismissed by the Bush faithfuls as lily livered pacifism of the left. Wrong. While some may be blanket pacifists, the vast majority of the critics saw the Iraqi adventure for what it really was – the wrong war in the wrong place for the wrong reasons. That same…
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