Archive for July, 2007

24 Jul 2007

A Republic, If You Can Keep It

by Scott Horton

Congressional investigations on various fronts are now being obstructed at every step by the Bush Administration. Word began circulating during the winter that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who personally developed an astonishing lapse of memory with respect to any matter of interest to Congress, had authorized political appointees at the Justice Department [...]

21 Jul 2007

False Flag Fever

by Jayne Gardener

Do I trust my government? The only words I can say that would adequately and accurately answer that question are absolutely not!
I don’t trust them at all and haven’t for quite some time now. What sane person would?
While I will freely admit that I hated the Clintons, two of the most evil people [...]

18 Jul 2007

Of Crazies, Neocons and the Enemy Within

by Manual Valenzuela

Beginnings
An all too familiar and ominous echo is reverberating through the American landscape, once more blasted into the airwaves, and our minds, through the Ministry of Propaganda and its merry bunch of sycophants and stenographers. For yet another consecutive year since three monolithic towers were demolished, imploded and systemically brought down onto [...]

16 Jul 2007

Slaves to Christ and Compassion Unite: Free Markets Must Prevail

by Jason Miller
[Warning: Satire Ahead]

“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.”
-John Maynard Keynes
If you’re nodding your head in agreement with Keynes and expecting validation of your opinion as you read this piece, you’re in for a rude awakening.
Forget [...]

14 Jul 2007

A Guide to Understanding the US-Ruled World System

MAPPING THE DYNAMICS OF EMPIRE AND DOMESTIC DECAY.
Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire: Bankers, Zionists, Militants (Clarity Press: Atlanta, 2007).
This book by James Petras* provides a comprehensive guide to the systemic dimensions of the US empire.

A brilliant and succinct guide to the systemic dimensions of the US Empire: the social forces which rule it, [...]

12 Jul 2007

A Force for Evil?

As I stated at a Manchester festival debate on Saturday, religion is the lunatic fringe of human thought – scores are murdered daily in the name of faith.
by AC Grayling*

I don’t know whether there was intentional irony in holding a debate on the question, “Is religion a force for good in the modern world?” last [...]

08 Jul 2007

The Road Home

A NYT Editorial

It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit.
Like many Americans, we have put off that conclusion, waiting for a sign that President Bush was seriously trying to dig the United States out of the disaster he created by [...]

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