British involvement in Iraq war blamed on Blair’s ‘sycophancy'

"British soldiers were sent to their deaths in Iraq because of Tony Blair’s “sycophancy” towards Washington and the failure of the governing class to speak the truth, a former prosecutions chief says today."This is the kind of thing we need to be hearing now: the truth....

Invasion of Iraq was legal but of Quesionable Legitimacy

Saddam Hussein's Iraq had been a thorn in the eye of the United States since the days of Bill Clinton.  The U.S. Administration advocated regime change prior to George W. Bush's  arrival on the...

American Character: Ingenious vs Paranoid

The character of Charlie Chaplin and the character of J. Edgar Hoover offers an insightful glimpse into the forces that were formative to American character of 20th century. With Charlie Chaplin, one sees...

Once President George Bush, Now Motivational Speaker

George W. Bush has started his second job in 9 years: A motivational speaker.  Some might call it ironic that George Bush, likely the least articulate president, has now begun a career in public motivational...

Matt Latimer: What Bush Said about Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin

Former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer has a new book, Speech-less, due to hit the shelves September 22, 2009. Latimer gave the would be readers a sneak preview in an article published in the October issue of GQ. Latimer says Bush had made unflattering comments about the...

Judge Not, Lest You Look Like A Fool!

I love it when people make assumptions about me just because I am critical about how Barack Obama is carrying out the duties of President of the United States.  I'm not a Republican, I am an Independent.  That's the first mistake people make with me.  As soon...

Tom Ridge Says White House Abused Terror Alert System in New Book

Tom Ridge, the former Republican Governor of Pennsyvania, claims that the White House misused the terror alert system just before the 2004 Presidential election, and that he was pressured from top aides of George W. Bush to up the level, but he refused to do so.  In his...

George Bush's sex education failure

""The data presented in this report indicate that many young persons in the United States engage in sexual risk behaviour and experience negative reproductive health outcomes." That is the very clinical and polite way a new Centre for Disease Control and Prevention report...

Afghanistan - Putting A New Coat on a Failed Strategy

Afghanistan - Putting A New Coat on a Failed Strategy by Ron Jacobs I turned on the television Friday, March 27, 2009. It was tuned to C-SPAN. Barack Obama's speech on Afghanistan was being televised. Listening only to the words of his introductory comments and ignoring the...

Dick Cheney is Evil

See new picture here of Dick Cheney finally taking out his old colored contacts and showing off his evil eyes, 

Arrests in Calgary as protests greet George Bush

Former US President George W Bush is in Calgary today to give a speech to an invitation only audience of around 1500 guests, each paying $400 to attend the event at the Telus Convention Centre.  Amid tight...

The `Great Game’

" BY URI AVNERY Green Left Weekly JERUSALEM — Some weeks ago, something curious happened: Israel discovered that Iran is the Great Satan. It happened quite suddenly. There was no prior sensational news, no new discovery. As if by the order of a drill-sergeant, the whole...

Short, Naked, Crooked, & in Charge

"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of...

Finally, A Fair Stimulus That Works For All Americans

There is plenty of blame to go around. The professional inside-the-beltway politicians, negligent lenders and derelict borrowers caused the recession. Yet Barack Obama, an inside-the-beltway elected official has hatched a stimulus package that bails out the reckless bankers...

The Great Game Revisited

""An article in THE NEWS by a British author “Charles Ferndale” exposed the Great Game of Israel. He condemns West for not pursuing an effective policy of reducing the number of nuclear weapons. West should disarm India and provide military protection guarantee to...

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