Friday, January 05, 2007

HEARING THOSE PROFOUND WORDS: WE'VE "RAPED" IRAQ: SHOULD RESONATE BOLDLY, AND SHAMEFULLY IN ONE'S MIND. BUT SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS & RIGHTLY SO...

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Another Thousand Lives

By Bob Herbert

If there were politicians here at home with
some of the courage of the troops in the field,
we could begin saving lives rather than watching
helplessly as the Bush White House continues
to sacrifice them. Three thousand and counting
is enough. Continue

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Gerry Spence: $2M settlement underscores loss of freedom

By Angus M. Thuermer Jr

“It’s a very frightening time in our country,” said Spence,
who has made a career championing the cases of the
common man and underdogs. “What happens is that
the corporate king, or the government-corporate
king, the two combined, [are] leading us into fascism.”
Continue

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Keith Olbermann : Special Comment on Sacrifice

Video

"Your citizens, the people for whom you work, have told
you they do not want this, and moreover, they do
not want you to do this. Yet once again, sir, you
have ignored all of us." Click to view

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Keith Olbermann: Special Comment About "Sacrifice"

(transcript)

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Paul Krugman: A Healthy New Year :

A scathing article in yesterday's Los Angeles Times
described how insurers refuse to cover anyone with
even the slightest hint of a pre-existing condition.
People have been denied insurance for reasons that
range from childhood asthma to a "past bout of jock itch."

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Bush says feds can open mail without warrant:

President Bush quietly has claimed sweeping new
powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant.

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Stephen Lendman : The Spirit of Tom Paine :

It's never to late to act, but it's high time we realized
we'd better do it and quickly. Freedoms don't protect
themselves and are easily lost the way Edmund Burke
explained saying: "The only thing necessary for the
triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Abolitionist Wendell Phillips added "Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty."

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Soldiers and Imperial Presidents

By Charles Sullivan

Military service is one of America’s sacred cows;
it is something that is rarely questioned and is
surrounded by an invisible aura of nobility. No
one, especially those who serve, wants to think of
their time in the military as anything less than
honorable and worthy of glorification. Continue

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Bill Moyers: For America's Sake

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The New York Times: Protecting Internet Democracy

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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
SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS

Comment: Installments five and six of F. Scott's latest
serialized novel are online for your reading pleasure.

INSTALLMENT 6 OF "THE SUN ALSO SETS...AMERICA":
THE LATEST SERIALIZED NOVEL BY F. SCOTT SINCLAIR


INSTALLMENT 5 OF "THE SUN ALSO SETS...AMERICA":
THE LATEST SERIALIZED NOVEL BY F. SCOTT SINCLAIR

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