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Iraq: After One Year

Wednesday, 31 March 2004 7:33 P GMT-07
The Progress Report  http://www.progressreport.org of March 19 presents a catalog of major deceptions and false estimates regarding the decision of the Bush administration to wage an unprovoked and unnecessary war against Iraq that began a year ag

'War President' - Words vs Actions

Wednesday, 31 March 2004 6:21 P GMT-07
G.W. Bush (on Karl Rove's instruction, no doubt) takes great pride in telling people he is "a war president."  He called himselt that 31 times in less than a hour on his Meet The Press interview with Tim Russert.  Of course, it's a cyni

Need To Prevent Nuclear 9/11

Tuesday, 30 March 2004 6:16 P GMT-07
This commentary by Nicholas Kristof, written for the New York Times News Service, appeared in the March 22, 2004, issue of Liberal Opinion Week.  It presents a very scary scenario and raises the possibility of a nuclear terrorist attack on the U.S.

The Media - Right Wing Lapdog

Tuesday, 30 March 2004 2:44 P GMT-07
After posting yesterday's rant about the poor job of news dissemination being provided by the corporate media, I thought I'd follow it up by posting this dispatch from yesterday's Progresss Report , http://www.progressreport.org , which I found thi

To Get Truth, Know Your Sources

Monday, 29 March 2004 7:19 P GMT-07
More and more people are beginning to admit that they were taken in, deceived, misled, by the lies and distortions of the Bush administration and the corporate media.  My experience has long been that to really know what's happening in the world, yo

What We Now Know

Monday, 29 March 2004 5:40 P GMT-07
So what do we now know?  We know considerably more than we knew a short time ago, despite the best ( or worst?) efforts of the Bush administrati

Exposing Bush's M.O.

Sunday, 28 March 2004 2:02 P GMT-07
The following essay by Knight-Ridder reporter Ron Hutcheson shines some needed light on G.W. Bush's modus operendi, his style and practices of governing and making decisions.  As the title suggests, it's not a flattering account and is particularly

Rice Credibility Gap Documented

Sunday, 28 March 2004 1:17 P GMT-07
A variety of polls have been indcating that the major concern of voters is the jobs issue.  Or more accurately, the loss of so many jobs and failure of Bush administration policies to create new jobs.  It's certainly