Archive for May, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Bob Zuber 05/31/2004 @ 2:33:36 PM

The Middle East: Misrepresentations by Bush and Blair’Tis the season for doublespeak. Writing in the Guardian, Gary Younge implicates Bush and Blair in a realm of obfuscation that is more … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Bob Zuber 05/31/2004 @ 2:25:08 PM

The Middle East: Misrepresentations of Sharon and BushThe Saudi Arabia-based Arab News can get a bit full of itself at times, but this piece by M. Salahuddin is on target … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Bob Zuber 05/31/2004 @ 3:01:21 AM

Election Watch: Changing Face of Support for WarCritical Voices from Mid-AmericaIn South Dakota, where Tom Daschle is in a fight for his political life and a special election might actually … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Bob Zuber 05/31/2004 @ 2:46:01 AM

Iraq: Credibility ProblemsThomas Oliphant of the Boston Globe, reflecting recent Reuters accounts of military leaders disgruntled with the current civilian leadership, examines the current lack of credibility regarding our military … [Keep reading >>]

Bubble of American Supremacy

Filed under: Books | Bush Administration | Empire | FrontPage — by Will Kirkland 05/30/2004 @ 11:34:37 PM

By Geroge Soros
Recommended by Will Kirkland

Purchase at Alibris

Soros, the Hungarian born financier, who has made his billions in currency speculation — and is none too popular in some parts of … [Keep reading >>]

American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush

Filed under: Books | Bush Administration — by Will Kirkland 05/30/2004 @ 11:33:44 PM

Kevin Phillips
Recommended in a Kirkus Review, November 15 2003

Purchase from Alibris

A corrupt dynasty founded on conquest, lies and the certainty that ruler equals divine agent. Ancient China? Imperial Rome? No, … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 05/30/2004 @ 11:28:56 PM

Election 2004 | Landslide?Nothing in this article relieves you of acting, daily, as if it must be false.Kerry Landslide? … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 05/30/2004 @ 11:09:31 PM

Culture Wars | Fighting BackA great letter from a great Vermonter.Atrios: On the Consequences of Hate … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 05/30/2004 @ 10:47:09 PM

The Administration | The MediaThe Washington Post, against type, hammers Bush.”PRESIDENT BUSH’S persistence in describing the abuse of foreign prisoners as an isolated problem at one Iraqi prison is blatantly … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 05/30/2004 @ 10:34:13 PM

Bush | Blessing in Disguise?Well, “blessing” may be too strong a word but Calpundit is one of the new astute observers to come out of the bloggosphere; worth checking out.The … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 05/30/2004 @ 10:02:14 PM

The War PresidentYou will not effen believe this:Bush Keeps Saddam Gun at White House … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 05/30/2004 @ 5:24:59 PM

Israel | NukesVanunu wants out. 18 years in jail for spilling nuclear secrets. Now he can’t leave and start his life over.”The former technician jailed for 18 years … [Keep reading >>]

Stand With Haiti

Words for Acts

An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Tom Paine

---"Dissertations on First Principles of Government," 1795


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Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, by Max Blumenthal.


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