Archive for February, 2008

Does The Brownshirt Party Have Aces?

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Pacific Free Press, Canada

Written by Paul Craig Roberts Saturday, 09 February 2008

Does The Brownshirt Party Have Aces Up Its Sleeve?

The Brownshirt Party has chosen John “hundred year war” McCain as its presidential candidate. Except for Cheney, Norman Podhoretz, and billy kristol, McCain is America’s greatest warmonger.

In a McCain Regime, Cheney will be back in office with [...]

Apologies to My Mother: Time to Stand With Obama

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

The Daily Scare, OH

Apologies to My Mother: Time to Stand With Obama

By Jack Random

My mother is getting on in life. She supports Hillary Clinton for president. Her reasoning is simple: The analysts tell her there is little difference in substance between Clinton and Obama and she wants to witness a woman being sworn [...]

Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader in both Green Party and Peace and Freedom Party primaries

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Bay Area Indymedia, CA

by Jonathan Nack ( jnack [at] igc.org )

Though few are paying attention now, the vote could impact November’s General Election.

Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader head fields in both California Green Party and Peace and Freedom Party primaries

by Jonathan Nack February 4, 2008

OAKLAND, CA - Ignored by the corporate media, and derided by even [...]

The Obama Opportunity

Monday, February 4th, 2008

OpEdNews, PA

by JANET NAPOLITANO , KATHLEEN SEBELIUS and CLAIRE MCCASKILL (Posted by Rob Kall at www.opednews.com)

Once in a generation, an opportunity comes along — not just for the Democratic Party, but for the United States of America — to build a new majority for change. Barack Obama’s candidacy offers us that opportunity. As Democrats, and as [...]

Michelle Obama: You have to see this

Monday, February 4th, 2008

A friend sent me this video over the weekend.

After nearly a year on the campaign trail, I’ve seen a lot of things that have touched me deeply, but I had to share this with you:

my.barackobama.com/page/invite/yeswecanvideo

Sharing this video, which was created by supporters, is one more way to help start a conversation with your friends, family, [...]

Why the US has really gone broke

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Le Monde Diplomatique, France

Global confidence in the US economy has reached zero, as was proved by last month’s stock market meltdown. But there is an enormous anomaly in the US economy above and beyond the subprime mortgage crisis, the housing bubble and the prospect of recession: 60 years of misallocation of resources, and borrowings, to [...]

The Iniquities and Inequalities of War

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Waking Up to the Human Costs CounterPunch, CA

By RAY McGOVERN Former CIA Analyst

“For the oppressors, what is worthwhile is to have more-always more-even at the cost of the oppressed having less or having nothing. For them, to be is to have and to be the class of the ‘haves.’”

Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Finally, the truth is [...]