By David Swanson
July 4, 2009
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 2009
The unanimous Declaration of the fifty united States of America
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Wealth Inequality Destroys US Ideals
By Don Monkerud
July 4, 2009
In June 2009, the U.S. economy saw its second steepest decline in 27 years. New jobless claims increased, business inventories fell and exports plunged as bad economic news persisted.
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July 4, 2009
In June 2009, the U.S. economy saw its second steepest decline in 27 years. New jobless claims increased, business inventories fell and exports plunged as bad economic news persisted.
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Friday, July 03, 2009
Bush-Cheney Linked to CIA Leak Case
By Jason Leopold
July 3, 2009
In early fall 2003, as the scandal over leaking a covert CIA officer’s identity was exploding, President George W. Bush claimed not to know anything about the leak and called on anyone in his administration who had knowledge to come “forward with the information so we can find out whether or not these allegations are true.”
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July 3, 2009
In early fall 2003, as the scandal over leaking a covert CIA officer’s identity was exploding, President George W. Bush claimed not to know anything about the leak and called on anyone in his administration who had knowledge to come “forward with the information so we can find out whether or not these allegations are true.”
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A Buy-Democracy Independence Day
By Graham Rankin
July 3, 2009
The recession is making clearer every day, especially with the latest job loss figures of almost half a million in the US in June alone, how difficult rebuilding Western manufacturing industry is going to be. It would be bad enough in a boom, but in a bust when weaker sales can drive even big firms under, we need to look long and hard at consumerism itself.
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July 3, 2009
The recession is making clearer every day, especially with the latest job loss figures of almost half a million in the US in June alone, how difficult rebuilding Western manufacturing industry is going to be. It would be bad enough in a boom, but in a bust when weaker sales can drive even big firms under, we need to look long and hard at consumerism itself.
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
Coast-to-Coast Political Gridlock
By Michael Winship
July 2, 2009
California should just be done with it and rename the entire state "Neverland Ranch."
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July 2, 2009
California should just be done with it and rename the entire state "Neverland Ranch."
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FBI Ignored Bush-Hussein Ties
By Robert Parry
July 2, 2009
The FBI has released reports on 20 interviews and five conversations conducted with Iraq’s deposed dictator Saddam Hussein before he was put to death, but none of the disclosed Q and A deals with the role of the Reagan administration in delivering key components for Iraq’s chemical and biological weapons in the 1980s.
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July 2, 2009
The FBI has released reports on 20 interviews and five conversations conducted with Iraq’s deposed dictator Saddam Hussein before he was put to death, but none of the disclosed Q and A deals with the role of the Reagan administration in delivering key components for Iraq’s chemical and biological weapons in the 1980s.
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The Bible's Odd Idea of Marriage
By the Rev. Howard Bess
July 2, 2009
“Marriage is a cultural thing.” So began a very good sermon that I recently heard by the Rev. Diane O’Connell at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Anchorage, Alaska.
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July 2, 2009
“Marriage is a cultural thing.” So began a very good sermon that I recently heard by the Rev. Diane O’Connell at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Who Sits at the Health-Reform Table?
By Tom Klammer
July 1, 2009
President Obama held a town hall on Health Care Reform last week, broadcast nationwide on ABC with Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer. Once again, even though a majority of the public and now even a majority of doctors in the US favor a single-payer system, single payer was still off the table.Read on.
July 1, 2009
President Obama held a town hall on Health Care Reform last week, broadcast nationwide on ABC with Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer. Once again, even though a majority of the public and now even a majority of doctors in the US favor a single-payer system, single payer was still off the table.Read on.
America's Matrix
By Robert Parry
July 1, 1009 (Originally posted June 2, 2003)
“The Matrix” and its sequel, “The Matrix Reloaded,” offer a useful analogy for anyone trying to make sense of the chasm that has opened between what’s real and what Americans perceive is real.
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July 1, 1009 (Originally posted June 2, 2003)
“The Matrix” and its sequel, “The Matrix Reloaded,” offer a useful analogy for anyone trying to make sense of the chasm that has opened between what’s real and what Americans perceive is real.
Read on.
Iraq: A Bitter Strategic Failure
By Robert Parry
July 1, 2009
President Barack Obama and Iraqi leaders may try to sugarcoat the bitter pill for the United States by talking up the achievements of the six-year occupation, but the public celebrations by Iraqis marking the American pullout from Iraq’s cities tell the painful story of a U.S. strategic failure.
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July 1, 2009
President Barack Obama and Iraqi leaders may try to sugarcoat the bitter pill for the United States by talking up the achievements of the six-year occupation, but the public celebrations by Iraqis marking the American pullout from Iraq’s cities tell the painful story of a U.S. strategic failure.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Key Bush Torture Lawyers Still at Work
By David Swanson
June 30, 2009
We've heard of John Yoo and Alberto Gonzales, and maybe even Jay Bybee. Some of us recall John Ashcroft, Michael Mukasey and even David Addington. Michael Haynes, Stephen Bradbury, and Douglas Feith occasionally make the news.
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June 30, 2009
We've heard of John Yoo and Alberto Gonzales, and maybe even Jay Bybee. Some of us recall John Ashcroft, Michael Mukasey and even David Addington. Michael Haynes, Stephen Bradbury, and Douglas Feith occasionally make the news.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Obama's 'Realism' on Iran
By Ivan Eland
June 30, 2009
Barack Obama’s reaction to the mass protests and violence in Iran shows he is following through on his pledge to be more like George H.W. Bush rather than his son, George W. Bush.
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June 30, 2009
Barack Obama’s reaction to the mass protests and violence in Iran shows he is following through on his pledge to be more like George H.W. Bush rather than his son, George W. Bush.
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Obama's Torture Hypocrisy
By Jason Leopold
June 29, 2009
President Barack Obama just announced that the U.S. government "must stand against torture wherever it takes place," but it’s clear that his pledge does not apply to torture committed by officials from the Bush administration.
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June 29, 2009
President Barack Obama just announced that the U.S. government "must stand against torture wherever it takes place," but it’s clear that his pledge does not apply to torture committed by officials from the Bush administration.
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Giving Diplomacy a Chance
By Haviland Smith
June 29, 2009
Since the Second World War, the Republicans have said consistently that the Democrats’ main foreign policy problem is that they are either unable or unwilling to successfully and purposefully project American power abroad.
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June 29, 2009
Since the Second World War, the Republicans have said consistently that the Democrats’ main foreign policy problem is that they are either unable or unwilling to successfully and purposefully project American power abroad.
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Obama's Troubling Caution on Torture
By Diana Gibson and Ray McGovern
June 29, 2009
Anniversaries can be important. Last Friday marked the 22nd anniversary of the U.N. Convention against Torture, ratified and signed under President Reagan.
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June 29, 2009
Anniversaries can be important. Last Friday marked the 22nd anniversary of the U.N. Convention against Torture, ratified and signed under President Reagan.
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Obama, They Want You to Fail
By Robert Parry
June 29, 2009
After last year’s elections, a Democratic operative told me that if the Democrats got to 59 seats in the Senate, it would be easy to peel off one or two Republicans to pass key legislation like serious health care reform. I was left wondering what political planet he'd been living on for the past three decades.
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June 29, 2009
After last year’s elections, a Democratic operative told me that if the Democrats got to 59 seats in the Senate, it would be easy to peel off one or two Republicans to pass key legislation like serious health care reform. I was left wondering what political planet he'd been living on for the past three decades.
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WP's Connolly Back, on Health Reform
By Robert Parry
June 29, 2009
Ceci Connolly, the Washington Post reporter whose snide (and erroneous) coverage of Al Gore’s 2000 campaign contributed to George W. Bush becoming President, is back with more snarky coverage of “liberal activists” pushing for a “public option” on health-care reform.
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June 29, 2009
Ceci Connolly, the Washington Post reporter whose snide (and erroneous) coverage of Al Gore’s 2000 campaign contributed to George W. Bush becoming President, is back with more snarky coverage of “liberal activists” pushing for a “public option” on health-care reform.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Waking Up Is Hard to Do
By Pablo Ouziel
June 28, 2009
We wake up in the morning to hear and watch the newest tragedy that has swept the world¹s media attention.
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June 28, 2009
We wake up in the morning to hear and watch the newest tragedy that has swept the world¹s media attention.
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