For your consideration: Hunger and Torture
In all the fuss over forums and compassion and bitterness and guns, a few newsworthy items emerged that I haven’t really had time to give their proper weight. I’m going…
Read moreIran, 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…
Read moreOf 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…
Read moreTorture: A real reason for bitterness
While CNN and the other Sunday talking heads obsess over the ‘bitterness’ speech, and the Clinton/McCain campaign continues to flog it, let’s talk about the real reason to be bitter:…
Read moreKennedy: Who Would Have Thought?
Who would have thought that in the United States of America in the 21st century, the top officials of the executive branch would routinely gather in the White House to…
Read moreBush Pays Lip Service But Soldiers Still Broken
This made me so angry when I read it last night that I had to take a full day to calm down enough to write about it coherently. You be…
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