Bang the Drum

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Entries Tagged ‘Iraq’

Democratic Primary: This is Survivor, not Deal or No Deal

Let’s be clear here. For all of the constant yammering about electoral votes in primary races, daily tracking polls that move one way or the other consistent with the whims of the media stream that day, uncounted states and superdelegates, the Democratic primary race is all about endurance.
We’re not here to open 47 cases [...]

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Will Obama enslave the entire white race?

Interview or argument? You decide.
As much as I hate the idea of linking to anything related to Fox News, it’s really worth watching this entire video to see how hard Fox reporters work to slant the story. Rev. Michael Pfleger does a great job of saying his piece despite the best efforts of this [...]

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Dick Cheney: Pieces of Iraq…

Via Momocrats:

Listen as he asks and answers the question “How many dead Americans is Saddam worth?…Not very many.” Of course now, we have over 4,000 dead Americans proving the lie.
I’m really tired of politicians that say what’s convenient at that moment and turn it on its head when it’s not. Kind of like slapping [...]

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Debates, Democracy and Two-Way Conversations

ABC News thought they controlled the information stream of last night’s so-called debate. Their imperious announcement that the debate would be televised on the West Coast with a 3-hour tape delay and commercial interruptions every 5 minutes or so signalled the priority to monetize rather than democratize. In their search for the almighty dollar, [...]

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Iran, Oil and Bush Aggression

Be afraid. Then be angry, and start pushing back. Joe Lauria writes:
Iran is next. Lieberman set up Petraeus to testify last week that Iranian-backed groups are murdering hundreds of American servicemen in Iraq. On Friday Gates called Iran’s influence in Iraq “malign” and Bush said if Iran keeps meddling in Iraq “then we’ll deal with [...]

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Of COURSE It’s All About Oil

Just in case you had doubts, please note the following, slipped into today’s news between bitter leaves:
35 Firms OK’d to Bid on Iraq Oil Deals
The office listed 35 companies that it said were qualified. They include, among others, BP PLC, Chevron Corp2., Exxon Mobil Corp1., Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Lukoil Holdings, China National Petroleum Corp., [...]

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