Archive for November, 2007

WOLF BLITZER LOSES DEMOCRATIC DEBATE

Friday, November 16th, 2007

MWC News, Canada

Biden Now for Impeachment if Bush Attacks Iran

By David Swanson

That does it. It’s time for the Democratic Party to stage its own debate, ask its own questions, and offer the video to networks as a completed package. Allowing CNN to not just air a debate but to ask the questions proved on Thursday [...]

Defeat for reason on licenses

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

El Diario (New York), NY

EDITORIAL Otros Titulares Derrota de la razón en las licencias

The politics of fear regarding undocumented immigrants has this country of immigrants sinking into a quagmire of misinformation, bias, and intimidation.

We are allowing a small but vocal group of xenophobes and racists, political opportunists and spineless politicians to steer a public policy discussion away [...]

Not enough coverage, pro-impeachment Dem launches KucinichTV

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Raw Story, MA

Nick Juliano

Largely ignored by the mainstream media, a dark-horse Democratic presidential candidate has decided to create his own coverage with a new online TV station set to launch Wednesday.

While the media seems more focused on Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s alien encounters than his universal healthcare proposal or warnings about the march to war with [...]

Freedom Rider: Democrats Love Bush

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Black Agenda Report, NJ

U.S. Politics - Impeachment by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley

When two Evils play tag team, the “Lesser of Two Evils” argument doesn’t work anymore. Since George Bush took office, Democratic leadership has been his willing accomplice, smacking down every party member that dares to stand up. Dennis Kucinich’s impeachment efforts are [...]

The New Pearl Harbour: The Neoconservative Agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

CASMII, DC

by Michael E. Salla (source: America’s Hero Journey)

The Bush administation has covered up and ignored dissenting Pentagon war games analysis that suggests an attack on Iran’s nuclear or military facilities will lead directly to the annihilation of the Navy’s Fifth Fleet now stationed in the Persian Gulf. Lt. General Paul Van Riper led a [...]

Raining on the Thanksgiving Day Parade

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Dissident Voice, CA

“Redefining” the Holiday Is a Failed Project

by Robert Jensen

After years of being constantly annoyed and often angry about the historical denial built into Thanksgiving Day, I published an essay in November 2005 suggesting we replace the feasting with fasting and create a National Day of Atonement to acknowledge the genocide of indigenous people [...]

Behind the Drums of War with Iran: Nuclear Weapons or Compound Interest

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Center for Research on Globalization, Canada

by Ellen Brown Global Research

On October 25, 2007, the United States announced harsh new penalties on the Iranian military and its state-owned banking systems. Sanctions, bellicose rhetoric and the implicit threat of military action are goads for another war, one that critics fear is more likely to ignite a nuclear holocaust [...]