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The Time Has Come for Americans to Blink
Everybody Knows.By Sheila Samples / May 16, 2008Everybody knows that the dice are loaded.Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.Everybody knows the war is over.Everybody knows the good guys lost.Everybody knows the fight was fixed.The poor stay poor, the rich get … Continue reading
Wall Street Always Rides a Wave Until It Crashes
Characterizing the Subprime Mortgage CrisisWill the Mortgage Industry Pay for Its Crimes?By Danny Schechter / May 10, 2008 There is a time in the life of every writer when you find yourself fearing that you have become a robo call … Continue reading
White House E-Mail Is Broken, Deliberately
The following article outlines technical reasons that the White House e-mail system failed and cannot provide evidence for an investigation into potential criminal activities that emanated from that building. That e-mails were missing, whether inadvertently through bad information technology (IT) … Continue reading
Surprise! You Can’t Trust Any of Them!
Jim Mitchell, communications director for the Office of the Special Counsel, in Washington on Tuesday. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP.F.B.I. Raids Office of Special Counsel By David Stout / May 7, 2008 WASHINGTON — The office of the official responsible … Continue reading
"Mission Accomplished" : Five Years and Counting!
White House: We ‘paid price’ for ‘Mission Accomplished’By Michael Moore / April 30, 2008 WASHINGTON – The White House said Wednesday that it had “paid a price” for the “Mission Accomplished” backdrop to US President George W. Bush’s May 1, … Continue reading
Involuntary Contributions to Friends of George
In Juan Cole’s words, “A lot of money was wasted on phantom reconstruction projects in Iraq left incomplete because of poor contractor performance. In other words, US tax payers made an involuntary contribution to Friends of George, which would be … Continue reading
The Smartest Guys in the Room
Why the U.S. Has Gone BrokeBy Chalmers Johnson / April 26, 2008 The military adventurers in the Bush administration have much in common with the corporate leaders of the defunct energy company Enron. Both groups thought that they were the … Continue reading
Col. Ted Westhusing : A Death Reconsidered
Gen. Petraeus and a High-Level Suicide in Iraq
They’re Going to Pay the Price
Mukasey Knew About 9/11 Before It Happened Keith Olbermann Mukasey Hints US Had Attack Warning Before 9/11By David Edwards and Muriel Kane 02/04/08 “Raw Story” — – When Attorney General Mukasey delivered a speech last week demanding that Congress grant … Continue reading
Inoculating Corporate America Against Criminal Complicity with BushCo
Telecom Immunity: Playing the 9/11 Card … Againby Tom Burghardt / April 1st, 2008 The Bush administration, never known for its veracity on any issue, once again is playing the “9/11 card” in an desperate attempt to continue violating the … Continue reading
War Profiteer Hall of Shame
AGED ARSENAL. Lt. Col. Amanuddin surveyed 42-year-old Chinese ammunition from AEY that arrived in crumbling boxes at his Afghan police post. Photo by Tyler Hicks / New York Times.Defense Contractor Provides Shoddy ArmsBy Paul Kiel / March 27, 2008 Courtesy … Continue reading
Thank You Mr. Vice President
Project for the Old American Century. Halliburton Watch.
