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UN Ambassador Wolff: Just Making Sure We All Understood the Hypocrisy
Alejandro Wolff, trained all-American hypocriteRussia and U.S trade barbs over IraqBy Louis Charbonneau / August 28, 2008 UNITED NATIONS — U.S. and Russian envoys exchanged sharp words on Thursday over Iraq and Kosovo at a U.N. Security Council meeting on … Continue reading
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby : Strip-Search Nation
The Ballad of the Panhandler and Smokey the Bear: Remembering When the Government was at Least ApproachableBy Dave Lindorff / August 27, 2008 We’ve come a long way towards imperial government in the US—towards a view of the relationship between … Continue reading
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Tagged Fascism, Police State, Police Tactics, Sixties, U.S. Government
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And There Is No Government Shame for This
Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years LaterBy Bill Quigley / August 25, 2008 0. Number of renters in Louisiana who have received financial assistance from the $10 billion federal post-Katrina rebuilding program Road Home Community Development Block Grant — … Continue reading
India/US Nuclear Deal Bad for the NPT
U.S.-India nuclear deal a non-proliferation disasterBy Anthony Salloum / August 21, 2008 Countries like Canada must stand up to Bush and say this is a bad deal with dire consequences This week a select group of countries, Canada among them, … Continue reading
Nader: Asking the FDIC to Be Realistic
Federal Deposit Insurance corporation Chairman Sheila Bair addresses the Intstitute of International Bankers annual conference at the Four Seasons Hotel March 3, 2008 in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North AmericaWhere Is Congress? The Problem with Problem BanksBy Ralph … Continue reading
FBI Grabbing More Power While They Still Can
Relax, We’re Only Assessing YouJacob Sullum / August 21, 2008 Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and several of his colleagues are worried about new guidelines for FBI investigations that Attorney General Michael Mukasey is on the verge of approving. Yesterday, in … Continue reading
George W. Bush : Feeding the Beast
In order to weaken federal agencies, the Bush administration has expanded them to the point of collapse By Christopher Moraff When President Bush exits the White House in January, he will leave behind a federal government in shambles. Since his … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Presidency, Executive Branch, Federal Bureaucracy, George W. Bush, U.S. Government
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The Next Decade Will Be All About "Deregulation"
Maybe we all heard it wrong; it’s not the NEW world order – it’s the NAU World Order aka “North American Union”….. Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog The North American Union: Democracy Dying in CanadaBy Kevin Parkinson / August … Continue reading
Reducing All But A Few Fortunate Americans to Debt Slavery
The Indentured States of AmericaBy Jerome Doolittle / August 18, 2008 As we enter the perfect economic storm, it’s important (though too late) to realize that none of this is an accident. It is all the result of careful long-term … Continue reading
The US Does Not Really Have a Foreign Policy
The US missile defence system is the magic pudding that will never run outBy George Monbiot / August 19, 2008 Poland is just the latest fall guy for an American foreign policy dictated by military industrial lobbyists in Washington It’s … Continue reading
Palestinian Travel to US: Can You Say Hypocrisy?
Palestinian Fulbright scholars Zuhair Abu Shaaban, 24, second from right, Osama Daoud, 25, third from right, and Fidaa Abed 23, fourth from right, wait to cross the Erez Border crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip in order to meet U.S. … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Rights, Palestine, Palestinian Blockade, U.S. Government
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Just As the Hangman Partners with the Condemned Man
Saving the World to Save Some of OurselvesBy Case Wagenvoord / August 16, 2008 Dear George, The high point of my day is getting off on the National Security Strategy for the United States (NSS). This is the baby that … Continue reading
