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Gerald Ford was no statesman

2006-12-31T17:25:57Z

More national pablum in defense of an idiot who could do no right. Christopher Hitchens says it well.

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Things are getting better

2006-12-31T06:30:26Z

Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2006 By Medea Benjamin t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor Friday 29 December 2006 As we close this year on the low of a devastating conflict in Iraq and a president contemplating sending...

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Bush: Impeachment or resignation?

2006-12-16T19:16:52Z

The time has come. It is time for Bush to go. Nancy Pelosi must reconsider the impeachment procedures. "...by 2009, whoever becomes the next President will face a likely conflagration in the Middle East, with the real possibility that Bush will ...

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Military revolt

2006-12-16T16:23:44Z

For the first time since Vietnam, an organized, robust movement of active-duty US military personnel has publicly surfaced to oppose a war in which they are serving. Those involved plan to petition Congress to withdraw American troops from Iraq. ...

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Has anybody asked the Iraqis?

2006-12-10T16:28:41Z

American arrogance knows no limits. It turns out Baker and Hamilton have been a few hours in Iraq and have not even asked the Iraqis, not even our allied government. Of course, the Iraqi president Jalal Talabani said Sunday "the bipartisan U.S. re...

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How do you ask a man to be the last to die for a bully’s ego?

2006-12-05T03:29:31Z

At a reception following the midterm election, President Bush approached Senator-elect James Webb. “How’s your boy?” asked Mr. Bush. “I’d like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President,” replied Mr. Webb, whose son, a Marine lance corporal, is riski...

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Let's get answers from the Bush administration, now

2006-12-02T03:27:56Z

"The American people are entitled to answers about the behavior of the most reactionary and incompetent administration in modern American history" says new Vermont Senator, the Socialist Bernie Sanders. It is time the Bush administration answers f...

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Spain, Italy, France unveil Mid-East peace plan

2006-11-27T04:08:24Z

Spain, Italy and France will launch a new Middle East peace plan, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Thursday, the BBC reported. . "Peace between Israel and the Palestinians means to a la...

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Cut and Run, the Only Brave Thing to Do

2006-11-26T04:31:19Z

Here is a loud and clear voice: We demand the Democrats listen to us and get out of Iraq now.!! The responsibility to end this war now falls upon the Democrats. Congress controls the purse strings and the Constitution says only Congress can decla...

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Science vs. religion

2006-11-23T13:26:51Z

“Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion should be done and may in the end be our greatest contribution to civilization.” Dr. Steven Weinberg Finally, a convention of scientists to discuss the malefic influence of religi...

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