Archive for November, 2007

Impeachment: If not now, when?

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Lawmakers need to stand up for the Constitution and support impeachment

By LINDA BOYD GUEST COLUMNIST

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. — Article II, Section 4

On Nov. 6, Rep. Dennis [...]

Preventing the Impending War on Iran

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Center for Research on Globalization, Canada

by Prof. Marjorie Cohn

Global Research, November 23, 2007

Rhetoric flowing out of the White House indicates the Bush administration is planning a military attack on Iran . Officials in Saudi Arabia, a close Bush ally, think the handwriting is on the wall. “George Bush’s tone makes us think he has decided [...]

The Declaration of Peace Nine-Point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Just International, Malaysia

by The Declaration of Peace

An End to All Funding for U.S. Military Operations in Iraq

In September 2007, important Congressional funding decisions will be made regarding the U.S. occupation of Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008. President Bush is seeking another $145 billion (with an additional request for $50 billion) for the wars in Iraq [...]

Coup D’Etat Rumblings in Venezuela

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands

by Stephen Lendman

The Bush administration tried and failed three prior times to oust Hugo Chavez since its first aborted two-day coup attempt in April, 2002. Through FOIA requests, lawyer, activist and author Eva Golinger uncovered top secret CIA documents of US involvement that included an intricate financing scheme involving the quasi-governmental agency, [...]

“Epidemic” of military suicides investigated

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Seattle Times, United States

By Alicia Mundy

Seattle Times Washington bureau

WASHINGTON — From 2004 to 2005, 433 people who have served in the military committed suicide in Washington state.

That’s one of the findings of an investigation by CBS News on what the network calls an “epidemic” of military suicides. In 2005 alone, there were 6,256 suicides nationally [...]

Bush-Cheney Really Are Planning to Attack Iran!

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

AlterNet, CA

By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown

Bush & Buckshot are riding their little stick horses, demonizing another Muslim nation — and the Dems are supporting it. We’ve got to shut them down.

Look out — here they come again! Bush & Buckshot are riding their little stick horses, waving the bloody flag of 9/11, demonizing another Muslim [...]

Averting World War III, Ending Dollar Hegemony and US Imperialism

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Dissident Voice, CA

by Rohini Hensman

Introduction

When US President Bush declared in October 2007 that if Iran acquired the knowledge to produce nuclear weapons, we would be plunged into World War III, he was not joking or even exaggerating: he was making his intentions clear. In the same month, Vice-President Dick Cheney repeated the threat that the [...]