Sunday, June 11, 2006

BEN METCALF'S "ON SIMPLE HUMAN DECENCY" IS BOTH SHOCKING AND REMARKABLE. A DEBATE OF WORDS: A POLEMIC EXERCISE STRETCHING THE OUTER LIMITS OF SATIRE

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Ben Metcalf: On Simple Human Decency:

Am I allowed to write that I would like to hunt down
George W. Bush, the president of the United States,
and kill him with my bare hands?

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Baghdad Burning: Iraqi Girl Blog: Zarqawi...

The timing is extremely suspicious: just when
people were getting really fed up with the useless
Iraqi government, Zarqawi is killed and Maliki
is hailed the victorious leader of the occupied
world! (And no- Iraqis aren't celebrating in the
streets- worries over electricity, water,
death squads, tests, corpses and extremists
in high places prevail right now.)

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The Courage to Face the Consequences

By Ray McGovern

Hope is here. The cold light of truth is piercing the
cloud of lies conjured by Donald Rumsfeld and
others about the war in Iraq—even in the defense
secretary’s own bailiwick. Continue

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Cindy Sheehan: When Will We Ever Learn?

I often have to ask myself why we, as Americans, so
blindly follow our leaders down this path of violent
destruction, and it has always been so. From the
genocide and virtual extinction of our native
population to dehumanizing black people so that
they could be used as human chattel and still be
oppressed, even today, to still be the only so-called
"civilized nation" that executes people.

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War Criminal Nation

By Paul Craig Roberts

Our elected "representatives" are so in thrall to the
powerful military-industrial complex that no amount
of American shame, pariah status and military defeat
can shut off the flow of taxpayers’ funds to the
merchants of death. Continue


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Other People's Blood


By BOB HERBERT

For the smug, comfortable, well-off Americans, it
doesn't seem to matter how long the war in Iraq
goes on - as long as the agony is endured by others.
If the network coverage gets too grim, viewers can
always switch to the E! channel (one hand on the
remote, the other burrowing into a bag of chips) to
follow the hilarious antics of Paris, Britney,
Brangelina et al. Continue


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Comment: I think it's time for a bit of humor, don't you?

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Caped Crusaders in a Comic Book War

By Jerry Ghinelli

Fresh and well-rested after their year-long vacation,
our valiant crusaders—oil executives by day,
freedom fighters by night—return to the world
stage once again as Batman and Robin: The
Caped Crusaders in a Comic Book War. Continue

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What Have They Done To Milk?


Shop at any grocery store and you will find
many types of milk. But Andy Rooney wonders
what has happened to good, old-fashioned,
ordinary milk. More...

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Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily

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A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR’S NOVELS, ET CETERA ON THIS BLOG

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