Archive for January, 2005

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2005 @ 10:48:17 PM

Framing | LakoffDigby isn’t a fan of Lakoff, well only a partial non-fan, and an smart one at that. Also check out some of the comments.Hullabaloo … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2005 @ 10:38:36 PM

Empire | PNACProject for a New American Century is still at it, of course. More guns! Bigger armies! More Freedom!”Dear Senator Frist, Senator Reid, Speaker Hastert, and … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2005 @ 10:13:53 PM

Iraq | What Has Been SaidWhat I Heard about IraqEliot Weinberger”In 1992, a year after the first Gulf War, I heard Dick Cheney, then secretary of defense, say that the … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2005 @ 10:12:23 PM

US Politics | DNC PrologueLooks very good, very good indeed. Maybe this is why Hillary fainted at the podium….Daily Kos :: Dean wins ASDC vote … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2005 @ 9:28:18 PM

Iraq | The VoteSo what is my response to the vote in Iraq? Incredible! Let’s say it very clearly. Those who voted had courage most of us would have to … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2005 @ 7:02:14 PM

Religion | Truth Telling”The Hebrew Prophet Micah declared that we are to “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8) Friends, this is a … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2005 @ 3:27:22 AM

The Bush Budget: Spend and Don’t TaxCritical Voices from Mid-AmericaAs a center of Iraqi-American life, the Detroit Free Press is full of stories today of area Iraqis jubilant about … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2005 @ 3:14:48 AM

Fighting Poverty: Relief in SightCritical Voices from Mid-AmericaThe Baltimore Sun (Reg. Required) urges rich countries to establish firm but manageable funding targets that can dramatically reduce the human and … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2005 @ 8:39:01 PM

US Politics | DNCSo why does Pelosi oppose Dean? Have any of you asked her? “Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005A dent was knocked into the aura of inevitability surrounding Howard … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2005 @ 7:50:05 PM

US History | Nazi Secrets” WASHINGTON – The Central Intelligence Agency is refusing to provide hundreds of thousands of pages of documents sought by a government working group under a … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2005 @ 7:44:47 PM

Nuclear | Koreaa”NORTH Korea appears to have bought a complete nuclear weapon from either Pakistan or a former Soviet Union state, a South Korean newspaper said today, quoting a source … [Keep reading >>]

Filed under: Uncategorized — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2005 @ 7:34:05 PM

Terror Watch | US Allies “America gave Uzbekistan $500 million to secure basing rights in this country — and much of that money is allegedly being siponed into the … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies. From these proceed debt and taxes. And armies, debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few...No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

James Madison, 1795



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