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Knight Ridder Analysis Speaks Frankly: U.S. Losing in Iraq
Published: January 22, 2005 10:00 AM ET
NEW YORK In a startling new analysis, Knight Ridder reporters Tom Lasseter and Jonathan S. Landay, who have done some of the best reporting on Iraq during the past two years, declare that unless something “dramatic” changes, “the United States is heading toward losing the war in Iraq.”
The lengthy article, distributed Saturday, is based on what the reporters call an analysis of U.S. (…)

Every individual soldier has the moral right to decide whether he will put his life on the line
By George Solomou
Earlier this week, I came out publicly against the war in Iraq. I’m not the only member of the Labour Party to be opposed to our military participation in this American-led adventure, nor am I the only soldier. In fact, there growing vocal minority within the Territorial Army that is against the war. Nonetheless I am the first one to make it clear, in public, that if called (…)

http://www.dtmagazine.com George W. Bush, inaugurated as president on January 20, gave a post-inauguration speech that left many people and pundits puzzled and perplexed. The president spoke in very lofty terms, using the word "freedom" no less than 28 times. Following is the text of the speech with my interpretation interspersed in Bold Red.
President George W. Bush’s Inaugural Address - 1/20/05
Vice President Cheney, Mr. Chief Justice, President Carter, President Bush, President (…)

We were not surprised to unfurl the Chicago Sun-Times Friday morning (1/21) to see a full page photo of a grinning, designer-dressed "First Family" leaving the White House for the inauguration with the headline: "Bush’s Bold Vision: ’The Survival of Liberty in our Land Increasingly Depends on the Success of Liberty in Other Lands.’"
We were lucky we hadn’t eaten breakfast yet.
You see, Karl Rove had met with the White House propaganda staff shortly after the November "vote," and they (…)

... or is he the devil’s disciple?
Isn’t it interesting that on the day that the Norwegians ’misinterpreted’ Bush and families hand gestures.....
"OSLO, Norway Jan 21, 2005 - President Bush’s "Hook ’em, ’horns" salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan." Norwegians Confused by Bush Salute
Muslim pilgrims were throwing stones at the "devil" bush. "Many pilgrims said on Friday they were (…)

Unusual Suspects What Happened To The Women Held At Abu Ghraib? The Government Isn’t Talking. But Some Of The Women Are Tara McKelvey Issue Date: 02.04.05 On the morning of September 24, 2003 — five weeks after the suicide bombing of a United Nations compound in Baghdad killed 23 people, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, signaling an intensified phase of Iraqi insurgency — a group of American soldiers burst into Selwa’s villa near the banks of the Tigris River in Samarra, Iraq. (…)

Hands Off Venezuela Campaign
Chavez nationalises Venepal under workers’ control By Jorge Martin - Thursday, 20 January 2005
Chavez talks to Venepal worker after signing the decree. Picture: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias On the morning of January 19th, in the Ayacucho room of the Presidential Palace in Caracas, and with the presence of Venepal workers and trade union leaders, Chavez signed decree number 3438 which expropriates Venepal. From now on it will be co-managed by the workers (…)

Why don’t We Organize Our Own Paper Ballot Election?
We who believe that the vote was stolen could organize a paper-ballot-only un-official election. One where every eligible voter was allowed to vote. One where all votes were counted in public with multiple witnesses from every group and the press. One where each precinct announced it’s totals after tally, with completely public tabulation.
If there are really over fifty million of us who believe the election was a lie propagated by (…)

Interview with John Conyers
Raw Story’s John Byrne and Larisa Alexandrovna spent some time yesterday speaking with Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.). Although many people have only recently discovered Rep. Conyers through his investigation of Ohio voting irregularities, Conyers has in fact been a prominent force in the civil rights movement for over 35 years. Conyers is one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and is now the second ranking member in the (…)

The Inaugural Police State by Jim
Of the people who continued on the march to protest Bush’s inauguration the vast majority did not make it through the 14th Street checkpoint on time. I joined the march from Malcolm X park after attending the "Cost of War" gathering at the United Methodist Church. The march split at a park along the way and some people stayed for the Left.org Ball. Of the people who continued on the march to protest Bush’s inauguration the vast majority did not make it (…)