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  • A McCain-Lieberman Ticket in 2008
    8 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    By William Hughes
    “You get the government you deserve!” Jay Leno, in reflecting on the lack of political knowledge of the U.S. public.
    As the John McCain presidential juggernaut rolls up the victories in GOP primaries across the country, forcing Mitt Romney to quit, a question remains: Who will the Senator from Arizona pick as his running mate in the Vice-President slot? Sen. “Turncoat Joe” Lieberman (IND-CT)? At just about every photo op recently on the campaign trail, Lieberman has (…)

  • US troops admit abusing Iraqis
    6 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    US troops admit abusing Iraqis
    aljazeera.net :: 2007-05-05 ::
    US involvement in Iraq have been dogged by claims of mistreatment of Iraqi detainees and civilians [AFP]
    Almost one in ten US combat troops deployed in Iraq have mistreated a civilian, according to a new survey conducted by an army mental health advisory team.
    The report, released on Friday, also found that less than half of the soldiers and marines surveyed would report a fellow serviceman for killing or injuring an (…)

  • POLITICAL BITS AND PIECES
    6 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    POLITICAL BITS AND PIECES
    Occasional Collection of Observations on the American Presidential Primaries and Related Matters
    John Chuckman
    SUPER TUESDAY
    McCain has no real competition.
    His opponents are both relatively weak candidates and poor campaigners.
    Romney is insipid, but rich enough to carry on.
    Huckabee is simply an idiot, but an idiot with some strong emotional appeal to the Religious Right.
    Romney and Huckabee do have the advantage of pulling the Religious Right (…)

  • Stamping out the Vintage
    6 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Stamping out the Vintage By David Glenn Cox
    I live in Georgia and according to the economic statistics, Georgia is somewhere in the middle of the pile between, not great but not so awful, such as Michigan or California. Of course its all relative, a bad storm that shuts down the airport is terrible if however you’re stranded inside that airport then it becomes the worst storm you’ve have ever endured in your life.
    I travel the city of Atlanta calling on customers, through neighborhoods (…)

  • A trillion-dollar smile
    6 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    A trillion-dollar smile
    By The Mogambo Guru
    Feb 5, 2008
    No sooner had I sat down than Jim Willie of the Hat Trick Letter said, "The total of all US$-based mortgage bonds is $10.4 trillion." Well, immediately, I am lost and confused, as I thought that this was a free, "get acquainted" luncheon, and anyway, I cannot conceive of such a large number as a trillion, so let’s move on to another topic, such as "Where is the food and is there an open bar?"
    But optimistically thinking that (…)

  • Fragile Dollar Hegemony: Iran’s Oil Bourse could Topple the Dollar
    5 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Fragile Dollar Hegemony: Iran’s Oil Bourse could Topple the Dollar
    By Mike Whitney
    Global Research, February 4, 2008
    Two weeks ago George Bush was sent on a mission to the Middle East to deliver a horse’s head. We all remember the disturbing scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” where Lucca Brassi goes to Hollywood to convince a recalcitrant movie producer to use Don Corleone’s nephew in his next film. The “Big shot” producer is finally persuaded to hire the young actor after (…)

  • Bush and Cheney in Hell for 935 Lies - A Satire
    5 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    “An intelligent Hell would be better than a stupid paradise.” - Victor Hugo
    Is there a hell after death? The great Dante, one of Italy’s finest sons, wrote about it in his “Divine Comedy.” In Dante’s fiery inferno, Satan, a fallen Angel, is in charge of dishing out suffering to the damned. In light of the current political situation, I am moved to once again reach for my crystal ball, to revisit hell. Let’s see... In one of the deepest Circles of Hell, I watched President George W. Bush, (…)

  • Iraqis: "The Americans Bring Us Only Destruction" by Patrick COCKBURN
    5 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    CounterPunch January 29, 2008
    Fallujah is more difficult to enter than any city in the world. On the road from Baghdad I counted 27 checkpoints, all manned by well-armed soldiers and police. "The siege is total," says Dr Kamal in Fallujah Hospital as he grimly lists his needs, which include everything from drugs and oxygen to electricity and clean water.
    The last time I tried to drive to Fallujah, several years ago, I was caught in the ambush of an American fuel convoy and had to crawl (…)

  • On Killing Hope and U.S. Imperialism
    4 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    "William Blum left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, because of his opposition to what the United States was doing in Vietnam.
    He then became one of the founders and editors of the Washington Free Press, the first ’underground’ newspaper in the capital.
    In 1969, he wrote and published an expose of the CIA in which was revealed the name and addresses of more than 200 employees of the Agency.
    Mr Blum has been a freelance (…)

  • IRAQ: In 2007, US Warplanes made 1,447 Bombing Runs
    4 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Socialist Workerr 2086, 2 February 2008
    Though George Bush claims the ‘surge’ brings peace in 2007 Warplanes made 1,447 Bombing Runs in 2007
    by Saleh Mamon
    The US has unleashed a ferocious bombing campaign on Iraq and Afghanistan, with devastating effects on the population. This surge in the “air war” is largely hidden behind talk of “recent successes” for the occupations.
    According to figures released by the US military – known as “airpower summary of close air support missions” – (…)