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Sleeping With The Enemy

Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Remember when George Bush declared "war" on terrorism?  He promised that he would root out terrorism wherever it might rear it's ugly head.  "If you're not with us, you're a

How The Vote Was Fixed In Florida Pt. V

Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Here is Part V of Greg Palast's account of how the 2000 presidential election was criminally STOLEN.  This evidence was available before the final selection (NOT election) of George W. Bush as president.  It was public knowledge in Britain.

How To Make Friends & Influence People

Wednesday, 30 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Thanks to our corporate media in this country we don't really learn much about what is really going on in "liberated" Iraq other than almost daily brief mention of how many military casualties we suffered that day. There are usually a few words about

Covering Up The Bush-Saudi Connection

Wednesday, 30 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
The Bush administration made every effort to make us believe there was an Iraq-alQaeda connection even though it knew all along that no such link existed. It just wanted us
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How The Vote Was Fixed in Florida Pt. IV

Wednesday, 30 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Here's the fourth part of this report on how the Republicans hi-jacked the 2000 election, how the mainstream media covered it up and how we ended up with an illigitimate president.  I know these are long, but it's a stor

How The Vote Was Fixed in Florida Pt. III

Tuesday, 29 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Here is Part III of Greg Palast's explosive expose of how the 2000 election in Florida was "stolen" by illegally disenfranchising thousands of eligible voters, and how our "captive" m

Another Conservative Sees (Part Of) The Light

Tuesday, 29 July 2003 2:37 P GMT-07
I never thought that in a million years I'd be doing this... posting an article by Pat Buchanan to this blog site.  Here's his article from the latest issue of the American Conservative magazine, adding the voice of another hard-rightwing conser
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The Missing Link -- Again

Monday, 28 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
United Press International reports that the independent commission set up to investigate the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks found no link between Iraq/Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida.  We posted a report here some days ago about this "Missing Link" tha

How The Vote Was Fixed in Florida Pt. II

Monday, 28 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Here's Part II of Greg Palast's story of how Katharine Harris and Jeb Bush stole the 2000 election in Florida and how the U.S. media hid the story from the American people. 

How The Vote Was Fixed in Florida Pt. I

Monday, 28 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
From Working For Change/ Working Assets comes this serialization of Greg Palast's account of how the 2000 election was illegally stolen. --  Bryce
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Corporate Looting of Iraq

Sunday, 27 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Here's another look at the real reasons the administration was so determined to attack and overthrow the government of Iraq.  We tolerated, and helped, Saddam Hussein when it suited us to do so.  Until the Bush administration decided that a

Time To Stop The Gun Lobby

Thursday, 24 July 2003 11:29 A GMT-07
ACTION ALERT, from Handgun-Free America July 24, 2003 http://www.handgunfree.org ********************************************* JUDGE FINDS "CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE" THAT GUN INDUSTRY IS GUILTY OF "CARELESS PRACTICES" In a decision release

Have We Really Sunk This Low?

Tuesday, 22 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
From the July 14, 2003, Issue of Liberal Opinion Week comes this column by Ruth Gadebusch of Pythian Press.  The problem with articles from this source is that I can't get them online so I have to type them out here word by word (and I'm a very

The Blair Witch (Hunt) Project

Tuesday, 22 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
I've complained again and again about how our media here in the U.S. do a poor job of covering the news and noting that one often has to look to news media in other countries to reall

"Support Our Troops"

Tuesday, 22 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
When the Bush administration launched it's unnecessary and illegal war of aggression against Iraq they implored all Americans to "support our troops".  Too bad the Bushies don't practice it themselves!  First the administration comes up wit

Unicycle of Evil And Poppy's Bomb

Tuesday, 22 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Nice to post something gleaned from another blog site!  This came via Working Assets/Working For Change.  --  Bryce 

The High Cost of Tax Shelters

Monday, 21 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
The ever burgeoning multi-trillion dollar deficit the U.S. is facing, with no sign of it's slowing down in sight, along with the constant need to borrow and the devastating financial crises facing state governments can be primarily blamed on three fa

A Conservative On The "Neo-Con" Agenda

Monday, 21 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
On July 10 I happened to tune in C-SPAN during that day's Special Order speeches by members of the House of Representatives.  Texas Representative Ron Paul was speaking and I was astounded by what I heard.  Rep Paul was obviously what we've come t

U.S. Collective Punishment In Iraq

Sunday, 20 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Some readers may not be familiar with another of my favorite organizations, the American Friends Service Committee. Here is a brief discription of the AFSC quoted from their website: "The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, devel
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Have They No Shame?

Wednesday, 16 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
This article by Ruth Gadebusch was carried in the July 7, 2003 issue of Liberal Opinion Week. She was obviously grappling with the same question that I addressed yesterday in my post "Language As A Weapon", namely, how is it possible for the public t

Language As A Weapon *

Wednesday, 16 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
*Here is the second blog that I posted last summer that I'm reposting.  It's especially important to read in order to understand how G. E. Bush has deliberately fostered in the U.S. a climate of fear, dependency, insecurity and helplessness

A Firm Basis For Impeachment

Wednesday, 16 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Robert Sheer's column from yesterday takes up the call for impeachment of the president (and Condoleeza Rice as well, for that matter.)  Received from Working For Change/Working Assets.     --  Bryce    

Search For The Missing Link - Saddam & AlQaeda

Tuesday, 15 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Another of my favorite sources for news and opinion is TomPaine.Common Sense.  Readers can access it at: www.tompaine.com . The investigation into the Bush administration's lies that brought on the illegal "war" of aggression in Iraq must go far

News, Or Soap Opera?

Tuesday, 15 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Another fine article by Geov Parrish from Working For Change and Working Assets. I'd like to urge readers to go to http://www.workingassets.org/ and sign up for Working Assets Long Distance service, Wireless service and a Working Assets Visa c
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The Most Dangerous Man On Earth

Tuesday, 15 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
Who's the most dangerous man in the world?  No, my vote would not go to George W. Bush (he'd be in second place!).  The reason being that Bush, holding an elective office, would not be around long if people in the U.S. ever become

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