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Rubber Chicken T.V. ad against Pelosi
The outrageous new TV ad from Shirley Golub, who is so courageously challenging Nancy Pelosi for the Democratic party congressional nomination in San Francisco, speaks for itself. It's an absolute scream. Rubber Chicken TV Ad: http://www.shirley08.com/rubber_chicken.php But nothing......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-01 06:00:03 | Rating:

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"Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow." Ambrose Bierce = "Americans love their captivity. There's no responsibility. When you're a captive, you don't have to make a decision about anything, though you have no Liberty.......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 07:38:58 | Rating:

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Is War With Iran Imminent?
This time, it's more than a rumor... By Justin Raimondo The indications of an imminent attack – the latest incident, the steady stream of accusations coming from the U.S. regarding Iranian influence in Iraq, the nuclear charade, etc. – have suddenly taken a more......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 07:40:35 | Rating:

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Distant Echoes of Vietnam
The Day I Lost My Innocence By William P. O'Connor Old men make the wars, but they don’t fight the fight. The congressmen that declare war are too important to fight, too important and too busy. They are too busy lobbying, too busy collecting the lucrative pensions they have......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 07:41:57 | Rating:

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Since I Gave Up Hope, I Feel Better
By William Blum Food riots, in dozens of countries, in the 21st century. Is this what we envisioned during the post-World War Two, moon-landing 20th century as humankind's glorious future? It's not the end of the world, but you can almost see it from here.......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 07:42:59 | Rating:

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Democrats Okay Funds for Covert Ops
Secret Bush "Finding" Widens War on Iran By Andrew Cockburn Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, "unprecedented in its scope."......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 07:56:28 | Rating:

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Elite Policy And The "Axis of Evil"
By Noam Chomsky The official story right now is that after having been forced to accept an agreement on dismantling its nuclear weapons facilities, North Korea is again trying to evade its commitments in its usual devious way—"good news" for superhawks like John Bolton,......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 08:00:29 | Rating:

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For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of 'brainwashing under freedom' to which we are subjected and in......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 08:01:28 | Rating:

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"Today, I Weep For My Country"
The speech given by Sen. Robert Byrd Exactly five years ago, on the afternoon of March 19, 2003, mere hours before bombs began falling in Baghdad, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate condemning the use of military force in Iraq. As soon as Byrd was......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 08:02:47 | Rating:

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"Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age: Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955 = "For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong: Henry George 1839 - 1897 = 'If,......Read More