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Comments on the ReTHUGlican Iowa Debate - August 5, 2007 2007-08-07 02:41:24 10 “Rich White Male” ReTHUGlican “War-Mongering Statues” gathered again, this time in Des Moines, Iowa — to pitch their qualifications, to succeed a horribly tarnished fellow Republican, King George “Mission Accomplished” Bush.
They attacked “socialized-medicine,” yet none offered a concrete remedy, to help 45 million un-insured Americans, instead they howled in chorus — that “Market Forces” [...] Read more:August
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, Debate
Progress in Iraq 2007-08-06 11:05:33 By: John Sammon
Columnist - John SammonSo. It all comes down to this. After four years of blunders, stupidity and deceit, this is it. We’re all waiting breathlessly for a military general (Petraeus), in September, to tell us whether Iraq
is worth it. No civilians will be allowed to give their opinions, no senator, no experts [...]
Bohemia on Fire 2007-08-05 11:19:07 Clement Attlee, the political (Labour) ancestor of Tony Blair sat at Potsdam in August 1945.
One way for greater political/military/economic powers to enforce their ways upon lesser nation states is to undermine them. Today, Czechoslovakia’s old regions such as Upper Silesia are the scene of not the Nazi German heavy industry for waging war but that [...]
Rules of War 2007-08-05 10:47:30 By: John Sammon
Columnist - John SammonThat old line. That refrain. Where have I heard it before? It’s a sure sign you’re not doing well in a war when you start accusing the other side of not fighting fair.
I’ve noticed lately, people are saying the insurgents in Iraq are evil cowards because they use innocent [...] Read more:Rules
US Presidential Candidate: Free Education is Possible 2007-08-04 03:50:16 Stewart A. Alexander for President
Stewart A. Alexander for President
Peace and Freedom Party
August 3, 2007
Stewart A. AlexanderAs millions of college students begin preparing to enter college this fall, many have become accustom to increased tuitions year after year. Nationwide college tuitions are climbing and in some states the increase is 10 percent or more going [...] Read more:Candidate
, Education
, Possible
, Presidential
, Presidential Candidate
SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) Sues Klan Group 2007-08-02 05:20:57 July 27, 2007
Dear Friend,
Continuing our tradition of fighting hate in the courtroom and putting hate groups out of business, we have filed a lawsuit against the nation’s second-largest Klan group, the Imperial Klans of America (IKA), and five Klansmen for the vicious beating of our client, a 16-year-old American boy of Panamanian descent.
Jarred Hensley, shown [...] Read more:Center
, Group
, Poverty
, Southern
Walter Mondale Decries Cheney’s Shameful Legacy 2007-07-31 13:25:00 By Walter
F. Mondale
Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
Washington Post
Sunday, July 29, 2007
The Post’s recent series on Dick Cheney
’s vice presidency certainly got my attention. Having held that office myself over a quarter-century ago, I have more than a passing interest in its evolution from the backwater of American politics [...] Read more:Legacy
‘Generation Chickenhawk’ - Young ‘Naked’ Republican Hypocrites 2007-07-30 04:34:47 You thought that George Bush was the last of the “Draft Dodging” hypocritical Republican
s — Nope!
I have never in my life seen such a prolific crop of deceitful rougues like Republicans. Take your pick — they come in numerous shapes and colors: “Religious Wackos,” “Weasels,” “Warmongers,” “Drug Addicted Talk Show Hosts,” “Newscasters on a [...] Read more:Generation
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Bushisms - The 50 Dumbest Things George W. Bush Has Ever Said 2007-07-27 21:27:44 By Daniel Kurtzman
The tragicomic presidency of George
W. Bush, in his own words
50. “I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn’t here.” — at the President’s Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
49. “We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. [...]
George W. Bush And The “War On Terror” 2007-07-27 11:04:42 President Bush uses the “war on terror” as a distraction from his many domestic failures. We face a very real threat from Islamic radicals, but Bush cynically uses the fear of terrorism to manipulate the American public.
If Dubya were serious about combating terrorism he would appoint the best minds to deal with this vexing problem, [...] Read more:George
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African Victims: The German Army Massacres of Black French Soldiers in 1940 2007-08-13 04:36:35 H-Net (East Lansing)
BOOK REVIEW
8 August 2007
Originally Posted to the web 8 August 2007
By Frank Biess
San Diego
That the German
army engaged in a war of racial annihilation on the eastern front, first on a more limited scale in Poland, then as part of a massive genocidal campaign in the Soviet Union, has now become a [...] Read more:African
, Black
, French
, Soldiers
, Victims
Michael Savage Should Be Fired 2007-08-11 19:40:34 The Internet has democratized the dissemination of information but it has also unleashed a horde of unscrupulous bloggers. Hiding behind aliases and accountable to nobody, these cowards feel empowered to poison the Information Highway with profanity, libel and lies.
Not all bloggers are profane jerks, but unfortunately too many of them should confine their output [...] Read more:Fired
, Michael
, Savage
Sen. Barack Obama Defends His Foreign Policy Statements 2007-08-17 10:48:48 Too many politicians have no sense of shame; they will do or say anything to win votes.
Sen. BarackObama
is a breath of fresh air; he speaks from his heart and as a result sometimes he makes comments that aren’t crystal clear.
Obama has been ruthlessly attacked by Republicans and even by his Democratic presidential rivals for some [...] Read more:Barack Obama
, Foreign
, Foreign Policy
, Policy
Reading, Writing, Running And Exile 2007-08-15 05:31:29 The western coast of England at Merseyside is a place for reflection
It’s a privilege to be able to write and be published.
First of all, there is the matter of managing to feed, clothe and shelter yourself. The second issue, if you are not a lone wolf, is to provide for those you love.
Writing from exile, [...] Read more:Exile
, Reading
White House Sex Scandals - ‘A Well-Trodden Path’ 2007-08-15 04:46:30 With the myopia of hindsight, it might be imagined that Bill Clinton was the first American president who could not keep his zip up. But Bill was only treading a well-trodden path.
The first president, George Washington, set a dizzying standard that few presidents have come close to equaling with the ‘Washerwoman Kate Affair.’ While the [...] Read more:House
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, White
, White House
Speaking for the African woman 2007-08-14 05:50:50 While Kenyan women fight to have 50 seats reserved for them in Parliament, Ms Mutheu Meierhofer-Mangeli, a Kenyan living in Switzerland, has contested twice in the far away country, writes Susan Anyangu.
As women in Kenya fight for more representation, miles away in Switzerland, another woman
is fighting a similar battle, albeit on another scale.
Ms [...] Read more:African
, Speaking
I’m a Bad American 2007-08-18 12:41:27 Columnist - John SammonI’m a bad American
.
I’m one of those bad Americans you’ve heard about if you watch Bill (Bully) O’Reilly on the Fox Right Wing Fanatic News Channel. Here are the reasons I’m a bad American.
I disagree with the president in a time of crisis. It’s a democracy and I disagree. Therefore I’m bad.
In [...]
Elvira Arellano: The Rosa Parks Of The Immigrant Rights Movement 2007-08-23 17:40:32 “The Sanctuary Movement was a religious and political movement of approximately 500 congregations in the U.S. that helped Central American refugees by sheltering them from Immigration and Naturalization Service authorities. The movement flourished between 1982 and 1992. Various denominations were involved, including Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Jews, Unitarian Universalists, Quakers and Mennonites.” — Quote [...] Read more:Elvira
, Immigrant
, Parks
, Rights
Spotlight on Kenya’s Janeth Jepkosgei - The New World 800m Champion 2007-08-28 19:51:12 Janeth Jepkosgei Celebrates Her WinKenya
’s Janeth Jepkosgei celebrates with the national flag after she won the gold medal in the Women’s 800m final during the World
Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, on Tuesday. Picture by AP
In a superb display of front-running, Janeth Jepkosgei won Kenya’s first women’s 800 metres global title. Janeth led from start [...] Read more:Spotlight
Another Reptilian ‘Family Values’ ReTHUGlican Senator Caught Soliciting Gay Sex 2007-08-28 03:51:25 Sen. Larry E. CraigSen. Larry E. Craig - Republican of Idaho pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges stemming from his June arrest by an undercover police officer in a men’s restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, a court spokeswoman and the senator’s office said yesterday.
Reports indicate that he propositioned a male under-cover [...] Read more:Caught
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, Values
A Changing Europe 2007-08-26 07:57:06 An ancient Dutch ClipperThe last great battles of the Netherlands to gain colonial wealth ended in the 1940s in the battle of the Java Sea. Soon after, Indonesia broke free from political Dutch rule.
The failure of the social democracies of Western Europe
and Scandinavia has to be fed to Europeans gradually.
The rich, of course [...] Read more:Changing
What Happened To The United States’ Democracy? 2007-08-26 03:02:52 In an article titled - “What Happened To Our Democracy?” by: Brian Ankner, he writes:
“The UnitedStates
government is now the most barbaric, brutal, and uncivilized government in the world and has been responsible for more deaths (approximately seven million people killed) than any other country since the mid 1950’s.”
“The strange thing is the American [...]
Letter From A Steel Cage 2007-09-23 09:14:59 Gary, Indiana has long been a leader in American steel production
The world over, prisoners and prisons seem to be at the core of controversy.
In the West, where the prisoners are often said to be individuals who “made their own bed hard,” it is difficult for many outside the walls of courts and warehoused women, [...] Read more:Letter
, Steel
Molehill 2007-09-22 18:40:44 Columnist - John SammonThere is a theory, now largely disproved, that if you have really stressful times, you get leaders of quality, who rise to the occasion. Ever hear the old saying, “give me men to match my mountains.” It’s the same idea. In other words, people will grow to meet the challenge.
If that’s the [...]
Republican Presidential Candidates Spurn Debates Sponsored By People Of Color 2007-09-22 08:52:28 The Democratic presidential candidates are a symbol of the racial and cultural diversity of America. I look at Sen. Barack Obama (African American), Gov. Bill Richardson (Hispanic), Sen. Hillary Clinton (female) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Martian?), and I’m persuaded that anyone can become President of the United States.
But then I look at the all-male, all-white [...] Read more:Candidates
, Color
, Presidential
, Republican
, Republican Presidential
George W. Bushspeak: ‘Nelson Mandela Is Dead’ 2007-09-20 22:36:05 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George
W. Bush on Thursday declared there were no more “Mandelas” left to help aid reconciliation in Iraq because former dictator Saddam Hussein had killed them all.
There could be no “instant democracy in Iraq” because “people are still recovering from Saddam Hussein’s brutal rule,” Bush told reporters.
Referring to [...] Read more:lsquo
, Nelson
, Nelson Mandela
Stuff 2007-09-20 16:54:55 African people in America getting lessons from a teacher
In the space of time I need to write this someone will be sending me or asking me a ridiculous question.
Yes, I am complaining.
I would like to think that I have matured enough over the years to explain this.
It used to get on my nerves but [...]
Division Problem - The GOP’s Ruinous Immigration Stance 2007-09-19 07:04:04 By Michael Gerson
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
WashingtonPost.com
EXCERPTS:
“According to one poll, Latinos under age 30 now prefer a generic Democrat over a Republican for president by 42 points.
“And all of this regression will be even more obvious in the next few months, because more than half of the Hispanic voters in America live in states that [...] Read more:Division
, Problem
, Stance
Remembering Great Blacks In The African Diaspora 2007-09-18 15:15:33 August was a landmark month in Historic AfricanDiaspora
in more ways than one. It was the month that saw James Seale sentenced to three life terms for the murder of two Black youth 34 years earlier.
The week after, the world of tennis honoured Althea Gibson for her contribution to the game, 50 years [...] Read more:Blacks
, Great
, Remembering