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AlterNet: Republicans the real cut-and-run cowards

You know all the jokes, snide reports and down humour about Bush and his cabal may make us feel good. However we should really get our politians, if they are truly ours, to come up with tough stands on the questions facing all of us at this time. That was the excitment of John Dean when he was running. The media seems to show the Reds in a concise picture and the Blues as dissembling so much of the time we can't show a clear stand. Oversimplistic? Yes, but that is the fashion nowadays - short sound bites. MB
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, September 30, 2006

THIS is scary stuff ~ Rounding up US Citizens

Posted by Barbara DiSalvia, Saturday, September 30, 2006

from Khalsa: Propriety and paranoia in the empire

Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, September 30, 2006

from Khalsa:Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006) - Molly Ivans

Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, September 30, 2006

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - New York Times - Editorial

Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, September 30, 2006

One Cook Too Many - New York Times - John Tierney

Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, September 30, 2006

Jagshemash, Premier Bush - New York Times - Maureen Dowd

Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, September 30, 2006

China announces tough media restrictions for 2008 Olympics

Posted by Barbara DiSalvia, Saturday, September 30, 2006

GOP Congressmen’s Shocking Emails

Just when you thought things couldn't get any weirderer... -MAB
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, September 30, 2006

Diabetes - the Silent Killer Among Us

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, September 30, 2006

Legislating Violations of the Constitution

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, September 30, 2006

AlterNet: The Idiocy Behind the ‘9/11 Truth’ Movement

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, September 29, 2006

AlterNet: Fundamentalist Camp Trains God’s Little Army

Hope to see it very soon. Will report. MB
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, September 29, 2006

Iraq at the Gates of Hell

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, September 29, 2006

When Hamid Met Pervez - New York Times - Editorial

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, September 29, 2006

Islam and the Pope - New York Times - Thomas Friedman

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, September 29, 2006

The Presidential IQ Report

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, September 29, 2006

Why the new “Green Revolution” in Africa may be misguided

The agricultural modernization that has caused this large-scale depopulating of the countryside is often hailed as one of the great achievements of the 20th century. Yet the environmental and social costs of chemical-intensive agriculture have caused hand wringing even in mainstream policy circles. - Grist Magazine
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, September 29, 2006

MUST READ: Why Bill Clinton Pushed Back

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, September 29, 2006

Bush’s Conception Conflict

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, September 29, 2006

Terrorism from Luis Posada Carriles and an article from The Nation~

Posted by Barbara DiSalvia, Thursday, September 28, 2006

Antiterrorism Bill on Detainees, Geneva Conventions - Rushing Off a Cliff - New York Times

Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, September 28, 2006

A Platform of Bigotry - New York Times - Bob Herbert

Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, September 28, 2006

The Grand Delusion - New York Times - David Brooks

Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, September 28, 2006

The Public Politics of Intelligence Reports

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, September 28, 2006