Forced Abortions, Slavery, Guest workers, Thank the GOP
On Saturday, May 6, I read a Kos diary calling attention to an article in the May issue of Ms. Magazine titled "Paradise Lost" written by Rebecca Clarren. Piecing the article with many other articles...
View ArticleBush = Jimmy Carter? More like Bush2= Bush1+ Reagan+Nixon+Hoover
The New Yorker's latest issue contends that GW's presidency is akin to Jimmy Carter's handling of the Iran hostage crisis plus the gas crises also during Mr. Carter's presidency. We cannot allow this...
View ArticleSafavian Trial to Begin More Abramoff Acts to Sell White House to Highest Bidder
The federal prosecution of David Safavian, a former OMB White House official is set to begin next week. Mr. Safavian lost a hearing to prohibit evidence regarding emails between him and Jack Abramoff....
View ArticleWorld Media Silent as Dr. Sarah Wykes Held for spying
A quick glance at Harper's Ken Silverstein columns this week brings news that the world press has ignored the arrest and detention of Dr. Sarah Wykes, an investigator for Global Witness. See...
View ArticleDr. Sarah Wykes Captive in Angola for investigating Oil Revenues
Yesterday, I wrote briefly about Dr. Sarah Wykes, a British citizen currently being held in Luanda, Angola under espionage charges. Her alleged crimes were committed as she works for a NGO...
View ArticleDr. Sarah Wykes Released from Angola returns to London
Dr. Wykes, an investigator for Global Witness, was arrested and detained in Angola February 19th. She was in Angola to investigate the disparity between the vasit oil revenues earned by the Angolan...
View ArticleLetter to Rahm Emanuel: BRING OUR TROOPS HOME
Here is the letter I sent today via fax to 773-267-6583. Please join me in writing/faxing your Congressman/woman.In November, the American voters sent a clear message to the electorate: Bring Our...
View ArticleUS ATTORNEY FLUMOX OR DOES THE RULE OF LAW MATTER ASK BILAL HUSSEIN
As we listen through the lies, more lies and even more lies spewed by Kyle Sampson on the Hill today, I am left asking myself, why does any of this matter. Let's take a look at the case of Bilal...
View ArticleBOYCOTT IMUS Telethon Donate to Rutgers Instead
I've been mulling over what would be the most effective way to voice my outrage over Mr. Imus' latest woman-hating invectives. I could write to a bunch of the advertisers. I could write to MSNBC...
View ArticleRev's Sharpton and Jackson: How about taking on Capitol Records and "MIMS"
Having prostituted themselves as the "conscious of all that is in good taste and standing up for women everywhere", Reverands Sharpton and Jackson have not yet announced what their next steps will...
View ArticleOversight in Iraq: When the Overseer becomes a Target by His Friends and Foes
Harper's Magazine reporter Ken Silverstein has been commenting on the current scandal plaguing both the Bush Administration and the Iraq campaign: the political turmoil of the Iraq Reconstruction...
View ArticleRe- Institute the Draft: Begin with House and Senate Member's Kids
Yes this is a sarcastic post. I think the cowards in Washington D.C. would have handled this entire Iraq mess differently if their children were the first on the line to go to Iraq. Let's add in all...
View ArticleUS MILITARY - Photos of US wounded or killed prohibited
Over at the Huffington Post today, Michael Shaw posted an article entitled: "Reading the Pictures: Have We Just Seen the last combat injury in Iraq?" I've pasted it here:...
View ArticleHabeas Corpus turns 792. Let's Celebrate and/or Remember
In an excellent post at Huffington Post, Anthony D. Romero, the Executive Director of the ACLU recounts for the readers the history and significance of Habeas Corpus. The article is here:...
View ArticleSending "Balls to Congress"
Gaper's Block, a local chicago website on all things Chicago, posted a piece about a new website "Balls To Congress"For a pretty low fee you can send a set of balls to your (un)favorite member of...
View ArticlePending CA initiative to swipe 55 electoral votes for GOP
Hendrik Hertzberg,in the New Yorker's Talk of the Town column, writes that there is a pending California initiative by the Republicans to swipe some of the state's 55 electoral votes. See the August...
View ArticleBush's Friend Knows What We Do: War for Oil
Several posters (including Devilstower, one of my favorites) have discussed the oil deal reached last month by Ray L. Hunt of Hunt Oil with Kurdistan. The deal permits Kurdistan (Iraq territory to the...
View ArticleIraqi Photojournalist Gets Trial: More than 2 years after captured
I wrote a post about this in March 2007. Bilal Hussain, an Iraqi journalist working for the Associated Press is finally getting a trial date, perhaps November 29, 2007. His defense is working blind....
View ArticlePunch Back - Obama - Women Speak out
I am wondering why the Obama campaign is sitting on its hands and taking all of the nonsense the McCain/Palin camp dishes out.I would hire 50 women - from across the country and every single evening...
View ArticleWhen Do Democrats Finally Swing Back
I am left asking the question that is left on most Democrats mind. When will the democratic leadership grow a set of balls and start swinging back. How many elections will we have to lose before...
View ArticleTerrorist State of Mind: Sarah Pahlin/GOP
I confess I have successfully ignored most of the garbage Gov. Palin has spewed over the last several weeks. However, I was literally stricken by yesterday afternoon's newest target: Rashid Khalidi a...
View ArticleNear a computer? WFMTFM.COM Studs Terkel Remembered
I just got back from a long early morning road trip. I turned on WFMT/FM for the hour plus drive back to Chicago. They are running a tribute to Studs Terkel that is not to be missed. Others have...
View ArticleWalmart, Hillary Clinton and Mexico: No Justice Prevails
No, the above is not some absurb set of answers to a comedy bit.Rather, Al Giordano, at his blogsite the Field and his other site Narcosphere, relate a chilling tale about Hillary Clinton's silence...
View ArticleF.D.R.'s 1936 Convention Speech - Words of Wisdom to President Obama
David Remnick's current article in the New Yorker makes note of President Roosevelt's 1936 Democratic Convention Speech in Syracuse, New York. The New Yorker article quotes some of the speech's...
View ArticleCrosswalk Vigil in Chicago 12/17 @7pm
Crosswalk Chicago, www.croswalkchicago.org, is a Chicago faith based organization founded to voice opposition to the hundreds of deaths in Chicago each year due to gun violence. Tonight they are...
View ArticleTreason, Rebellion or Insurrection, Seditious Conspiracy
It's a slow day today so I can't help considering what Federal Crimes the members of Congress who refuse to fund the budget and instead have staged a shutdown of our government could be indicted with,...
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