Thursday, August 26, 2010

Hawks Box in Obama on Afghan War

By Ray McGovern
August 26, 2010

Just back from Afghanistan, Marine Commandant, Gen. James Conway held a news conference to add his voice to the Pentagon campaign to disparage the July 2011 date President Barack Obama set for U.S. troops to begin leaving Afghanistan.

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Karl Rove Exploits Corporate Money

By Kevin Zeese
August 26, 2010

In the last week Democrats were gloating about how little money the Republican Party had in its campaign coffers. The Republican National Committee has just over $5 million in the bank for the final stretch of the 2010 midterm election campaign and is carrying over $2 million in debt.

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

At War with American Workers

By Michael Winship
August 25, 2010

Among the many TV ad jingles sadly cluttering my brain since childhood (although useful in trivia contests) is the one that went, "The finest apples from Apple Land/Make Mott's Apple Sauce taste grand!"

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Twisting Palestinian Arms for Peace

By Lawrence Davidson
August 25, 2010

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has announced that direct "negotiations" between Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas will begin on Sept. 2. It is reported that Abbas agreed to these talks only after heavy pressure from both the United States and the European Union.

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Christian Nationalism's War with Islam

By Rev. Howard Bess
August 24, 2010

An underlying issue in the dispute over a proposed Islamic center near the site of 9/11’s Ground Zero is the emergence of Christian nationalism, which embraces a vision of the world in which every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Christ is Lord.

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Making a 'Mosque' a 'Wedge' Issue

By Ivan Eland
August 24, 2010

The American media, and to a lesser extent the world media, focus on symbolism at the expense of underlying reality. And sometimes they can’t even make sense of the symbolism.

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Turning Iraqi Cities into Slums

By Adil E. Shamoo
August 23, 2010

Iraq has between 25 and 50 percent unemployment, a dysfunctional parliament, rampant disease, an epidemic of mental illness, and sprawling slums. The killing of innocent people has become part of daily life.

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Fiddling While the US Economy Burns

By Danny Schechter
August 23, 2010

We know we live in hard times that are on the verge of getting harder with 500,000 new claims for unemployment last week, a recent record.

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