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Beyond the Believers

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:07:31 -0500

Sam Harris is the voice of reason against the inanities, and stupidities of religion. All religions. His indefatigable war against religion is a liberating breath of fresh air to all rational individuals. But all is not right: "If reputable scien...

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George Mc Govern is still America's conscience

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:40:57 -0500

At 82, the old peace warrior is still on the trenches, this time interrogating Bush on his "fool's errand" in Iraq: And, Mr. President at a time when your most respected generals have concluded that the chaos and conflict in Iraq cannot be resolv...

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Bill Moyers is a national treasure

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:54:32 -0500

Address to the National Conference for Media, Memphis, Tennessee - as prepared for delivery. It has long been said (ostensibly by Benjamin Franklin, but we can't be sure) that "democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for di...

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Unjust Iraq Occupation Has Led to Dangerous 'Fire' in Region

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:42:43 -0500

Since the Baker-Hamilton Commission recommended dialogue with Iran and Syria, we are reproducing a statement by Mohammad Khatami putting forth Iran's views on American policies in the Middle East. "In view of escalating public protests against th...

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For America's sake

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:03:16 -0500

Bill Moyer, our best political thinker and eloquent raconteur has done it again. In his magnificent remarks made in New York in December he tells us that liberals must reclaim the higher ground and show Americans their true roots. Although he beg...

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Don't let laughter soothe our social conscience

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:34:09 -0500

One of our truly great friends hates liberals: "Oh, liberals are experts at a kind of mock moral outrage. They can get incredibly indignant over the too-frequent use of masculine pronouns; they can detect the whiff of a molecule of hidden racism...

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Gerald Ford was no statesman

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:25:57 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:30:26 -0500

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?

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:16:52 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(jgbustam) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:23:44 -0500

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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