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July 2005



A "KANGAROO COURT' MARTIAL: BUSH WAR DESTROYING BOTH IRAQ & U.S.

Friday, 29 July 2005 4:41 P GMT-07
The Bush administration's war is destroying not only Iraq, but the United States of America as well and is dehumanizing U.S. troops says an army veteran of the Iraq war, who asked for conscious objector status before redeployment.

OPERATION ENDURING PRESENCE

Thursday, 28 July 2005 3:26 P GMT-07
The issue of permanent military bases cuts to the heart of not only how long we intend to stay in Iraq, but why we got there in the first place.
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TERRORISM CAN'T BE ENDED BY WAR

Thursday, 28 July 2005 9:50 A GMT-07
The long, bloody conflicts in Northern Ireland and Palestine show that if terrorism is approached as war, it cannot be defeated. To defeat terrorism requires, most of all, intelligence and understanding.

THE BRAG THAT BACKFIRED

Tuesday, 26 July 2005 3:20 P GMT-07
Our brave troops in Iraq deserve better than "incompetence at the highest levels of government." It is the troops rather than the government officials who are paying the price of Bush's incredibly churlish and stupid challenge to "Bring 'em on."

GROWING DESPERATION IN WHITE HOUSE

Tuesday, 26 July 2005 2:36 P GMT-07

NO CHILD LEFT UNRECRUITED

Friday, 22 July 2005 5:13 P GMT-07
Army recruiters are turning to unethical methods in trying to do their increasingly difficult job of enticing young men and women into joining up. Fewer and fewer young people seem willing to fight Bush's war.

WAR OF THE SUNSHINE PATRIOTS

Thursday, 21 July 2005 4:02 P GMT-07
This war was conceived by sunshine patriots and directed by them and fought for reasons that some in the administration knew were exaggerations or, in some cases, sheer fabrications.

MADE IN THE USA -- NOT!

Wednesday, 20 July 2005 12:59 P GMT-07
Chevrolet's "American Revolution" the Equinox: assembled in Canada, transmission made in Japan and engine made in China. What's American about it?

SCORE: AIRLINE 2.3 BILLION - WORKERS 0

Wednesday, 20 July 2005 12:14 P GMT-07
Why does the Bush administration and the Republican Congress deny bankruptcy protection to working class people, while scolding us that we need to take personal responsibility, but allow big companies and corporations to use bankruptcy protection?

THE TWO WOLVES

Tuesday, 19 July 2005 1:07 P GMT-07
Not an article or column but a simple little parable for our times -- for all times, actually -- sent to me last week by a friend.  Author unknown.  --  Bryce.The Two Wolves Inside UsOne evening an old Navajo told his grandson about a battle tha

BUSH'S EVANGELICAL SURPRISE

Tuesday, 19 July 2005 12:52 P GMT-07
Continuing with pieces from Jim Hightower's newsletter The Hightower Lowdown, http://www.hightowerlowdown.org , and also continuing on the topic of an examination of Bush's evangelical "Christian" supporters.  Hightower notes a hopeful sig

THE WRATH OF LEVITICUS

Tuesday, 19 July 2005 8:49 A GMT-07
Evangelical hypocrites claim to interpret the Bible literally. They don't practice what they preach, but pick and choose which scriptures must be obeyed and ignore other Biblical injunctions when it suits them.

VARIOUS BITS AND PIECES

Monday, 18 July 2005 4:37 P GMT-07
I've been extra busy recently and have neglected my blogging.  Sorry about that.  Today, I'm going to pass on some shorter bits and pieces culled from various columns or articles.
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IRAQ: DEMONSTRATING WEAKNESS NOT STRENGTH

Friday, 15 July 2005 2:22 P GMT-07

BACK OFF, MR. BUSH!

Thursday, 14 July 2005 3:42 P GMT-07
Apparently G.W. Bush and all those others who believe they know what's best for everybody else, learned nothing from the sad case of Terri Schaivo.  Now we have a man suffering from incurable cancer who is considering taking advantage of Oregon's De

A MORE REASONED APPROACH IN LONDON

Thursday, 14 July 2005 2:58 P GMT-07
Taking a look at the differences in how the Brits and Americans have reacted to terrorist attacks.

SHIFTING THE BLAME WON'T WORK

Monday, 4 July 2005 4:09 P GMT-07
The Bushies try to blame the messenger, in this case Amnesty International, being unwilling to accept responsibility for their own crimes against humanity.

RECRUITING TOUGH IN IRAQ, TOO

Monday, 4 July 2005 12:24 P GMT-07
If military recruiters are finding their job tougher in the U.S. the situation in Iraq is also difficult.  Bush and Co. keep up their mantra of how well things are going in the effort to train an Iraqi army to restore order and security and put down

U.S. RECRUITERS FACING A TOUGH SELL

Monday, 4 July 2005 11:32 A GMT-07
In a curious combination of circumstances both the U.S. and the puppet Iraqi governments are having increasing difficulty in recruiting soldiers to fight against the Iraq insurgency.  I'm going to post short reports on the problems facing both gover

AN EXPLOSION OF INEQUALITY

Saturday, 2 July 2005 2:08 P GMT-07
One of my deepest concerns over the direction in which my country is going is the rampantly increasing disparity between the "haves" and "have nots" -- between the very rich and the poor -- in the United States.  The disparity ha