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May 2007



THE PRIVATIZED WARFARE SCANDAL

Monday, 28 May 2007 2:25 P GMT-07
One of the biggest scandals of the Bush administration is its use of "private contractors" to perform jobs always previously done by our military, but at much higher wages than our troops are paid.

VOICE OF HOPE - ADDENDA

Friday, 25 May 2007 12:10 P GMT-07
Some background information on the "Voice of Hope" blog of may 23, 2007.
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VOICE OF HOPE

Wednesday, 23 May 2007 10:09 A GMT-07
A 13-year old Canadian girl addrresses the United Nations and shines a light of hope into a world that seems to have gone mad.

"GOREING" BUSH'S OX?

Tuesday, 22 May 2007 10:56 A GMT-07
Al Gore is emerging as one of the most articulate critics of the mainstream media. His new book "The Assault On Reason" looks like it is a "must read."

HOOKED ON VIOLENCE

Monday, 14 May 2007 3:46 P GMT-07
The U.S. suffers greatly from an obsession with guns that has resulted in a society that is hooked on violence. That lunacy is deeply embedded in our country and will be difficult, if not impossible, to change.

A MILITARY MAN TO LISTEN TO

Saturday, 12 May 2007 1:50 P GMT-07
General David Petraeus has been the best of U.S. commanders in Iraq. Unfortunately, he was only promoted to overall command after terrible damage had been done through the occupation.

WANTED: WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE

Friday, 11 May 2007 8:59 A GMT-07
A single-payer national healthcare program could give the U.S. the best healthcare system in the industrialized world, instead of one of the worst which is what we have now.

VIETNAM REDUX

Wednesday, 9 May 2007 9:46 A GMT-07
Martin Luther King's pronouncements about the U.S. involvement in Vietnam are eerily relevant to our present situation in Iraq. We have replicated the sme mistakes of 40 years ago, and created a frighteningly similar situation.

YET THE WAR GOES ON...

Tuesday, 8 May 2007 9:28 A GMT-07
No one says it better than Jim Hightower. Here is his incisive analysis of how the Bush administration has performed in Iraq. (Long, but a must read!)

LIFE ON FANTASY ISLAND

Monday, 7 May 2007 11:30 A GMT-07
Today's Progress Report is a melange of items, but primarily focuses on the three major myths that the Bush administration conveys about the situation in Iraq contrasted with the reality on the ground.

TORTUOUS COURSE OF RELATIONS WITH IRAN

Sunday, 6 May 2007 5:46 P GMT-07
Refreshing our memory of the missile attack on the USS Stark, and the shooting down by the U.S. of an Iranian passenger airliner. Do increasing our forces in the Persian Gulf invite more incidents?

U.S. TROOPS HOSTAGE TO BUSH'S EGO

Thursday, 3 May 2007 3:52 P GMT-07
G.W. Bush's second veto of his reign was not just a veto of a Congressional bill aimed at setting a timetable for militarily withdrawing from the Iraq quagmire He vetoed the troops in Iraq and a large majority of the American people.