Nasty Letters To Crooked Politicians

2009-08-17T09:14:00.000-05:00

What is behind the opposition to the Obama healthcare plan? President Obama’s proposed restructuring of the US healthcare system has come under ferocious attack over the past week. Right-wing activists, in many cases organized by groups affiliated with the Republican Party or financed by sections of the healthcare industry, turned out at town hall meetings to shout down Democratic congressmen

2009-07-23T15:46:00.001-05:00

The class issues in the US health care debate22 July 2009 The Obama administration’s push for health care “reform” has exposed the class realities that dominate American politics and the social interests which Obama defends. Under Obama, the issue of health care reform has been shifted from providing decent medical care for all to slashing the cost of health care to businesses and the government,

2009-06-03T21:20:00.000-05:00

Mr Obama: Resign Now With Democrats Like Him, Who Needs Dictators? By Ted Rall June 03, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- MIAMI--We expected broken promises. But the gap between the soaring expectations that accompanied Barack Obama's inauguration and his wretched

2009-04-19T18:27:00.000-05:00

Human Body Partsby Dahr JamailApril 18th, 2009 | T r u t h o u tTo read story with photo click hereIn Iraq, time leaves bloody marks upon each day of the ongoing US occupation. The policies of the Obama administration, adopted from the Bush administration, continue to wreak their havoc on the Iraqi people.The US-created al-Sahwa (Sons of Iraq), a Sunni militia comprised mostly of former

2009-03-18T14:36:00.000-05:00

New York Times columnist who demanded concessions from auto workers, “makes case” for AIG bonuses By David Walsh18 March 2009 New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin "made the case" Tuesday for paying American International Group (AIG) executives some $165 million in bonuses. In the face of a public outrage that he acknowledges, Sorkin suggests: "Maybe we have to swallow hard and pay up,

2009-03-09T10:13:00.000-05:00

Obama administration backs immunity for author of Bush torture memos By Patrick Martin9 March 2009 In legal arguments before a federal court in San Francisco Friday, the Obama administration stepped in to defend one of most notorious figures in the Bush administration, John Yoo, author of legal memoranda used to justify torture and indefinite detention without trial as part of the "war on

2009-03-07T17:04:00.001-06:00

Side show takes main stage Gene Lyons Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 URL: http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/254121/ If the economic situation weren't so scary, it'd be amusing watching so many Republicans go crazier than a peach orchard boar, as country folks say. To the connoisseur of political folly, last week's Conservative Political Action Committee in Washington offered a rich

2009-02-09T08:47:00.001-06:00

Obama’s economic “stimulus” paves way for multi-trillion-dollar handout to the banks 9 February 2009 In his weekly radio address Saturday, President Barack Obama endorsed the compromise stimulus plan worked out by a small group of Republican senators, right-wing Democratic Senator Ben Nelson and “independent Democrat” Joseph Lieberman, a fervent supporter of the war in Iraq who backed

2009-02-05T11:31:00.000-06:00

No need to meet GOP halfwayGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009URL: http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/251419/ For President Obama to treat individual Republicans with civility is one thing. Etiquette, however, has its limits. Embracing bipartisanship as a political goal can be a snare and a delusion. It has certainly seemed so of late, as GOP congressmen responded to Obama's

2009-01-30T09:34:00.000-06:00

Closing Guantanamo a return to America's values Gene Lyons Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 All but the most far-gone adepts of the Chicken Little Right have long understood the need to shut down the notorious prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The damage done to U.S. prestige has been incalculable, enabling its enemies to portray America's vaunted commitment to democratic values,

2009-01-23T20:34:00.000-06:00

Barack Obama's teachable momentGene LyonsExit the make-believe Texas cowboy, smirking and whining. Until last week, the most telltale moment of the Bush administration had involved not the president, but his mother. Touring the Houston Astrodome, where thousands of New Orleans flood victims had taken shelter after Hurricane Katrina, former first lady Barbara Bush worried aloud that the refugees

2009-01-23T20:17:00.001-06:00

Obama’s libel against the American people 23 January 2009 The phrases in Barack Obama’s inauguration speech that have evoked the greatest enthusiasm across the political spectrum of the US establishment, from the Republican right to liberal Democrats, were those suggesting that the American people are responsible for the present economic catastrophe. “Our economy is badly weakened,” he declared

2009-01-19T22:16:00.001-06:00

Israel to keep troops in Gaza following ceasefire announcement By David Walsh19 January 2009 A tense truce presently exists in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s declaration of a unilateral ceasefire Saturday night and Hamas’ announcement of a one-week ceasefire twelve hours later. An undisclosed number of Israeli troops still remain in Gaza however, and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has made clear

2009-01-14T14:14:00.001-06:00

New Today ---------- 14 January 2009Perspective-----------------------------------------------------Obama, Bush team up behind another $350 billion for the bankshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/pers-j14.shtmlNews & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Israeli military escalates assault on Gaza Cityhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/gaza-j14.shtmlIsrael’s

2009-01-14T14:13:00.001-06:00

Perspective-----------------------------------------------------Obama signals continuity with US torture regimehttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/pers-j13.shtmlNews & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------The New York Times and the Gaza crisis: Israeli war propaganda in the guise of newshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/nyt-j13.shtmlProtests denounce Israeli

2008-12-30T13:24:00.001-06:00

The Gaza crisis and the perspective of permanent revolution 30 December 2008 The onslaught against Gaza has provoked popular outrage throughout the Middle East and around the world, even as governments in the Arab world and elsewhere have lined up to provide justifications for this US-Israeli war crime. Israel's declaration of "all-out war" against a largely defenseless and half-starved

2008-12-19T16:39:00.000-06:00

As Usual, the NYT Ignores Iraqi Opinion; Anecdotes trump polls on withdrawalby Dahr JamailDecember 15th, 2008 | Extra! The Magazine of FAIRThe New York Times failed spectacularly in its coverage of Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction, helping lead the country into war and only much later (5/26/04) publishing a half-hearted mea culpa. As the near-apology acknowledged, the paper’s failure

2008-12-18T13:29:00.000-06:00

Arrest energizes punditsGene LyonsAlthough you'll never see celebrity journalists discussing it on TV, one reason the country's in such terrible shape is the media's substitution of political "infotainment" for news. It's cheaper and easier to feature chatter by Washington insider pundits than, say, to keep a functioning news bureau working in Baghdad or Beijing. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's

2008-12-16T16:56:00.001-06:00

New Today ---------- 16 December 2008Perspective-----------------------------------------------------The Madoff scandalhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/dec2008/pers-d16.shtmlNews & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Bush’s “victory” visit to Iraq meets with contempt and protesthttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/dec2008/bush-d16.shtmlObama’s defence appointee signals

2008-12-13T13:56:00.000-06:00

No regrets, many mistakes Gene Lyons Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 "Non, je ne regrette rien."-Edith Piaf Purely to annoy President Bush's loyal supporters, all 10 or 12 of them, I propose that his administration's official theme song be sung in French. The title of Edith Piaf's immortal ballad loses something in the translation: "No, I regret nothing." Dedicated by the chanteuse to

2008-12-13T13:51:00.000-06:00

Senate torture report confirms Bush, top officials guilty of war crimesBy Bill Van Auken13 December 2008 A report issued Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee has provided official and bipartisan confirmation that the infamous acts of torture carried out by US personnel at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo were planned, ordered and orchestrated by the highest-ranking officials in the US

2008-11-29T15:15:00.001-06:00

Who is Paul Volcker? Obama appoints a longtime enemy of the working classBy Patrick Martin29 November 2008 President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday the appointment of former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker to head a White House advisory board to oversee the new administration's policies for stabilizing financial markets. The selection of the 81-year-old Volcker puts an

2008-11-28T22:02:00.000-06:00

The Gates appointment: Obama slaps antiwar voters in the face 28 November 2008 The agreement by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain at the Pentagon under the incoming Democratic administration—widely reported in the US media over the past 24 hours—is the starkest and most brazen rebuff given by President-elect Barack Obama to the tens of millions who voted for him based on the false

2008-11-28T13:22:00.000-06:00

Learning to Leadby Dahr JamailNovember 26th, 2008 | T r u t h o u t“Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man’s conscience, he hears

2008-11-27T22:31:00.000-06:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Poverty and hunger on the rise in the UShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/nov2008/food-n27.shtmlUS commits $800 billion more to bail out consumer credit and mortgage markethttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/nov2008/paul-n27.shtmlBritain: Lord Bingham says Iraq invasion was a violation of international lawhttp://www.wsws.org/

2008-11-20T21:27:00.001-06:00

Advice for ObamaGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008One of the Republican right’s most successful inventions has been liberal media bias. Even as the “mainstream” press has trended rightward, the liberal-bias trope has had two big advantages in keeping the party faithful, well, faithful. First, it allowed devotees to reject any and all information at odds with GOP dogma. Second, it

2008-11-20T11:42:00.000-06:00

New Today ---------- 20 November 2008Perspective-----------------------------------------------------Obama’s attorney general pick and the illusion of changehttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/nov2008/pers-n20.shtmlNews & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Child hunger in US rose by 50 percent in 2007http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/nov2008/hung-n20.shtmlGerman Greens

2008-11-12T18:01:00.000-06:00

McCain/Palin doomed by Bush Gene Lyons Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 As someone who retained doubts as recently as September that Barack Obama could win the presidency, I’ve rarely been more gratified to be proved wrong. But could the Democratic nominee have prevailed without the Wall Street collapse that millions see as the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina ? Without the

2008-11-05T12:49:00.000-06:00

The election of Barack Obama 5 November 2008 Democratic candidate Barack Obama won an overwhelming victory over Republican John McCain in the US presidential election Tuesday, and the Democrats significantly increased their majorities in both the House of Representatives and the US Senate. As of midnight, Obama was projected to win 338 electoral votes compared to 156 for McCain, with five states

2008-11-03T09:16:00.000-06:00

The Evidence Establishes, Without Question, That Republican Rule Is Dangerous

2008-11-02T18:33:00.000-06:00

Idealism takes a hitGene LyonsEver since the infamous Sixties, Republicans have portrayed themselves as hard-headed realists and Democrats as sentimental idealists; the Daddy party vs. the Mommy party, all that. Never mind that their idea of a manly avatar is George W. Bush. Conservative pundits, talk radio personalities, rightwing bloggers and faculty lounge lizards alike seemingly get a

Blog Under Attack

2008-10-30T08:42:00.000-05:00

In case you haven't noticed, there are a bunch of "mice" running around the top of this page. This is the result of an attack on this blog from unknown sources. I guess we have been hitting the GoPPiGs too hard, even though I have not hardly posted much of anything lately!Google is aware of the problem and is working to repair it.

Vote with the Whole World and See How The Whole World Votes!

2008-10-28T15:36:00.002-05:00

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2008-10-24T15:26:00.000-05:00

The alienation of voting AmericaGene Lyons With fewer than two weeks until the presidential election, there’splenty of time for surprises. Virtually anything could still happen. But you’d never know it from the behavior of many Republican pundits and thinkers. Among GOP savants, the bitterness, recrimination and finger-pointing have already begun—a heartening sign, actually. After eight years of

Obama's Lead Widens: 52%-38% Pew Polling

2008-10-21T16:23:00.002-05:00

Growing Doubts About McCain's Judgment, Age and Campaign Conducthttp://people-press.org/report/462/obamas-lead-widens

From Washington Post: Igor gets his face done

2008-10-21T16:11:00.002-05:00

McCain's American Idol Make-Up Artist Makes Big Bucks American Idol make-up artist Tifanie White has found some high profile work while the show is on break. (Altaffer/AP) Remember last month when Republican presidential nominee John McCain got made up by the American Idol make-up artist? Well, it wasn't a one-shot deal. The make-up artist to the wannabe-stars is getting paid beaucoup bucks

2008-10-21T13:23:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Iraqis protest against proposed security agreement with UShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/iraq-o21.shtmlIndia: Police accused of summarily executing "terrorist suspects"http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/indi-o21.shtmlHousing crisis accelerates blight in Detroit neighborhoodshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/

If there is any one who hasn't seen Colin Powell explain his upcoming vote for Obama, here's the video

2008-10-20T15:17:00.001-05:00

Palin would have let the whales die off

2008-10-18T17:06:00.000-05:00

Alaska Whales Protected Over Palin's ObjectionsBy Juliet EilperinWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, October 18, 2008; A09The Bush administration yesterday named the beluga whale in Alaska's Cook Inlet an endangered species despite opposition to the move by Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee.By affording the whale protection under the Endangered Species Act, the National

2008-10-18T14:25:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Plant closures, layoffs mount in US and Europehttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/mark-o18.shtmlUS bank losses wipe out years of paper profitshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/comm-o18.shtmlThe Washington Post endorses Obamahttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/wash-o18.shtmlUS infant mortality rate now worse

McCain to Cut Medicare by 20% Next Year

2008-10-17T14:53:00.001-05:00

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McCain's Joe the Plumber has no plumbing license--Late on Taxes

2008-10-17T14:41:00.000-05:00

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GopPigs thrown out of Supreme Court in Ohio Vote Fraud case

2008-10-17T14:30:00.000-05:00

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2008-10-16T11:32:00.000-05:00

GOP losing groundGene LyonsLet’s get real. If John McCain had a long-standing professionalrelationship with somebody who’d bombed abortion clinics, Democrats would never let him hear the end of it. And properly so. We’re engaged in an American presidential election here, not a tea social. Got a mad bomber in your past? Sorry, it’s an issue. It’s therefore neither shocking nor surprising that

2008-10-14T16:48:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Wall Street demands free hand with funding from US Treasuryhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/wall-o13.shtmlWashington's "shock" over AIG's post-bailout junkethttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/aigj-o13.shtmlCanadian elections: Workers need new partyReject "Anybody but Conservative" traphttp://www.wsws.org/articles/

No Hugs for Dana Milbanks at McWar/lipstick-pig event

2008-10-12T13:10:00.000-05:00

2008-10-10T11:53:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Wall Street crashes amid mounting signs of global recessionhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/cras-o10.shtmlMcCain-Palin campaign's attacks on Obama: a whiff of fascismhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/mcca-o10.shtmlWorld financial crisis leads to auto industry layoffs across Europehttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008

McCain's Criminal Associations: Charles Keating

2008-10-06T22:42:00.000-05:00

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2008-10-04T15:50:00.000-05:00

Blame GOP ideologues for current crisisGene LyonsIf the headline on a recent Associated Press dispatch failed to alarm you, you can’t have been paying attention. “Bush confident sweeping measure will stabilize economy,” it read. That was scant hours before the House rejected Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s Wall Street rescue plan, thrashed out over a long weekend of intense congressional

2008-09-30T09:27:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Stocks plunge on Wall Street as bailout fails in Congresshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/bail-s30.shtmlUS government brokers Citigroup takeover of Wachovia Bankhttp://dev.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/wach-s30.shtmlUS-Pakistani skirmish points to threat of wider warhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/pak-s30.

2008-09-29T13:31:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Democrats take charge of pushing through Bush's bailout of Wall Streethttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/bail-s29.shtmlThe Obama-McCain debate: Right-wing politicians agree on bailout and militarismhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/deba-s29.shtmlFighting intensifies as Sri Lankan army advances on LTTE

2008-09-27T15:58:00.000-05:00

IRAQ: The Biggest Hospitals Become Sick Inter Press Service By Arkan Hamed and Dahr Jamail BAGHDAD, Sep 25 (IPS) - Not even the elevators work now at Baghdad Medical City, built once as the centre for some of the best medical care. One of the ten elevators still does, and the priority for this is patients who have lost their legs -- and there are many of them. The rest, the doctors, patients

2008-09-25T11:29:00.001-05:00

Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:29pm EDT By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience to stop the construction of coal plants without the ability to store carbon. The former U.S. vice president, whose climate change documentary "An

2008-09-25T09:23:00.000-05:00

Financial wizards try to clean up own messGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, September 24, 2008If President Bush seems oddly unshaken, what with a 19 percent approval rating and an astonishing zero percent of the public optimistic about the economy, it’s because for him, in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, the Wall Street meltdown basically amounts to déjà vu all over again. Previous to inheriting

Gene Lyons's Column from 9/17/2008

2008-09-25T09:21:00.000-05:00

Without exceptionGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008By actual count, Sen. John McCain has favored five of the last two American wars. For the GOP presidential nominee, it’s evidently not enough to have U. S. troops stalemated in Iraq and losing ground in Afghanistan. If McCain had his way, we’d be at war with nations stretching from the Mediterranean to the Himalayas. It’s

2008-09-10T14:56:00.000-05:00

Obama vows not to rescind tax cuts for the rich if recession deepens By Bill Van Auken9 September 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author Backing away from one more of his meager campaign promises, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he would reconsider his proposal to rescind the Bush administration’s tax cuts for the rich when he takes

2008-09-06T13:20:00.000-05:00

McCain launches fall campaign as Obama embraces Iraq “surge” By Patrick Martin6 September 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The events of Thursday, September 4 demonstrate the two overriding political facts of the 2008 US presidential election campaign: a Republican Party in deep political crisis and widely hated for its program of social reaction and

2008-09-05T12:00:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------US attack inside Pakistan threatens dangerous new warhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/paki-s05.shtmlThe Sarah Palin speech:Democrats and media cower in face of Republicans' right-wing demagogyhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/pal-s05.shtmlCheney in Georgia: Gunboat diplomacy in pursuit of oilhttp://www.wsws.org/

2008-09-04T12:51:00.000-05:00

Role of a lifetime: Commander-in-chiefGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008With presidential elections increasingly resembling what are inaccurately styled “reality TV” programs, it shouldn’t surprise us to find U.S. foreign policy treated as an action/ adventure film scenario. We’re not choosing a president so much as casting a cinematic commander-in-chief whose capacity for violent

2008-09-02T10:36:00.000-05:00

Today---------- 2 September 2008News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------European Union summit sides with Georgiahttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/euge-s02.shtmlA bloody month in Afghanistanhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/afgh-s02.shtmlPolice raid protest headquarters as Republican National Convention openshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/

2008-09-01T13:05:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Danger grows of NATO-Russian clash in Black Seahttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/bsea-s01.shtmlAs Republican convention opensMcCain bows to ultra-right with Palin selectionhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/pali-s01.shtmlObama's Denver speech: Populist demagogy in the service of militarismwhttp://www.wsws.org/

Sarah Palin Is NOT The Mother [Photos+Video]

2008-08-31T18:29:00.001-05:00

Yesterday, with the news of Sarah Louise Heath Palin inexplicably being chosen as a Vice-Presidential nominee, the attentive American public was also introduced to her character. Unfortunately for all of us, it was filled with multiple instances of backtracking and outright lies. read more | digg story

2008-08-29T22:07:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Democratic National Convention outlines policy of wider warhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/denc-a29.shtmlRepression in Denver highlights assault on democratic rights in UShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/denv-a29.shtmlGeorgian crisis heightens US-Russian tensions over Ukrainehttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/

2008-08-28T20:54:00.001-05:00

Democrats may be learning to fight dirtyGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008Something unusual happened during the run-up to the Democratic convention: A presidential candidate was subjected to a highly prejudicial, not particularly honest personal attack, and for once the victim was a Republican. Interestingly, the political press jumped on it, happily trashing John Mc-Cain for two

2008-08-26T23:17:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Democrats convene in Denver amid police state security and a sea of corporate cashhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/dems-a26.shtmlUS air strike massacres civilians in western Afghanistanhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/afgh-a26.shtmlUS continues to ratchet up tensions with Russiahttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/

2008-08-25T15:32:00.000-05:00

Obama selects Biden to reassure the US ruling elite By Patrick Martin25 August 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The selection of Senator Joseph Biden as the vice-presidential candidate of the Democratic Party underscores the fraudulent character of the Democratic primary campaign and the undemocratic character of the entire two-party electoral system.

2008-08-20T22:32:00.000-05:00

What Obama must do to winGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008“I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation [n] or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.”—John F. Kennedy, 1960 Any Democrat who imagines that Barack Obama’s got the presidential election locked up needs to watch the

2008-08-19T13:55:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Washington steps up its anti-Russian rhetorichttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/geor-a19.shtmlMusharraf resigns as Pakistan's political crisis deepenshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/mush-a19.shtmlObama, McCain vie for support of Christian righthttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/elec-a19.shtmlIndian

2008-08-14T09:49:00.000-05:00

In the guise of humanitarian aid Bush dispatches US military forces to Georgia By Barry Grey14 August 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author In a major escalation of the conflict with Russia over Georgia, President George W. Bush on Wednesday announced a “vigorous and ongoing” deployment of US military forces to its key ally in the Caucasus. Bush appeared

2008-08-09T17:38:00.000-05:00

How to blow it It's the most winnable presidential election in American history - but the Democrats are old hands at losing. Michael Moore offers some helpful hints on how they might gift it all to the Republicans.

2008-08-07T13:49:00.000-05:00

IRAQ: Iran Gains From Power Cuts Inter Press ServiceBy Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Aug 7 (IPS) - The crisis over electricity failure grows as summer temperatures climb and a drought plagues Iraq. It is a crisis Iran is using to help Iraqis where the U.S. has failed. The average house in Baquba, capital of Diyala province north of Baghdad, has less than 12 hours of electricity a day. "I

2008-08-06T18:29:00.001-05:00

One less T-bone in the food chainGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008Maybe it’s fitting that I became a cattleman of sorts about the same time that President Bush dropped the cowboy act. As predicted here, Bush confirmed that he and Laura will move to a posh Dallas neighborhood after a relieved nation watches them leave the White House next January. How long before the Crawford ranch,

2008-08-06T08:59:00.001-05:00

The making and marketing of Barack Obama: Image and identity in US politics By David Walsh5 August 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author An article that appeared in the New York Times July 30, along with an extended interview in Rolling Stone magazine earlier in July, provide insight into the thinking and personality of Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive

2008-08-02T15:07:00.001-05:00

Police Bombings Raise New Fears Inter Press ServiceBy Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*FALLUJAH, Jul 31 (IPS) - A tense security situation in this volatile city has worsened after some policemen found bombs planted on the roofs of their houses. Astonishing attacks have been launched against police leaders during the past weeks in Fallujah, 69 km west of Baghdad, after reports of the U.S. and

2008-07-30T18:37:00.001-05:00

Kidding ourselves about high price of debtGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008Credit cards, as most people theoretically understand, can turninto the 21st century equivalent of sharecropping. First, you borrow from The Man to get your cotton planted (or maybe to buy that new flat-screen HDTV). Comes picking time (or the warranty runs out) and you’re likely to discover, in the words of an

2008-07-24T13:00:00.000-05:00

Obama is still an unknown quantityGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008The problem with satire as a political tool is that it’s virtually always a two-edged sword. One would expect the editors of a literary magazine like The New Yorker to realize that. Its July 21 cover caricaturing Barack and Michelle Obama as Oval Office revolutionaries, complete with Kalashnikov, a portrait of Osama bin

2008-07-21T10:44:00.001-05:00

Four workers dead in Texas crane disaster By Tom Carter21 July 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author Four workers were killed at a Houston, Texas oil refinery on the afternoon of July 18 when a huge construction crane collapsed, pulling a second crane down with it. Seven other workers were injured in the collapse, and one worker remains hospitalized for

2008-07-19T17:37:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------“Measure of America” report documents social decay of the United StatesUS ranks 42nd in life expectancyhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/usde-j19.shtmlIn face of new evidence child-detainee was abused and torturedCanada reaffirms support for Khadr's Guantanamo Bay detention and prosecutionhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008

2008-07-10T23:03:00.000-05:00

Toeing the story lineGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, July 9, 2008To the skeptical observer, an amusing aspect of the 2008 presidential contest is watching both candidates maneuver to place themselves above criticism as willing media acolytes invent helpful story lines. At every opportunity, Barack Obama’s campaign hints that any/all criticism of the Democratic candidate is by definition racist.

Israeli Shin Bet, Bastards that they are.

2008-07-06T20:10:00.000-05:00

He Lacks Privilege Le Monde Diplomatique3 July 2008By Dahr Jamail On June 16 I was the co-recipient of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism with Mohammed Omer in London. Omer is a 24 year-old Palestinian with whom I felt, and feel, honored to have shared this award. During my brief talk while accepting the award, I told the audience I could not think of anyone else I would rather share the

2008-07-06T12:32:00.001-05:00

Obama continues lurch to the right on Iraq war and militarism By Bill Van Auken4 July 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The embrace of key elements of the Republican agenda and jettisoning of positions that he advanced during his “Change you can believe in” primary campaign have become a daily routine, as the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential

2008-07-02T13:49:00.000-05:00

Rules will change come NovemberGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008Recently, I spoke with a Clinton supporter who takes politics seriously. Was she still angry, I asked, or would she heed Hillary’s endorsement of her rival? No question, she allowed. Come November, she’d cast her presidential ballot for Sen. Barack Obama. “Yeah, but you’d vote for a timber rattler,” I teased, “with a ‘D’

2008-06-26T12:33:00.001-05:00

P { MARGIN: 0px } ‘Royal funeral’ says much about societyGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008URL: http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/229637/Few events so reveal society’s unacknowledged values as a royal funeral.So it was following the untimely death of NBC newsman and “Meet thePress” moderator Tim Russert. We have no formal aristocracy in theUnited States, but Washington has a

2008-06-25T14:12:00.000-05:00

Whoever Wins, They Lose Inter Press ServiceBy Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Jun 24 (IPS) - Iraqis seem divided on who they would like to see as the next U.S. president, but few believe that either will end the occupation. "The U.S administration has committed a big mistake in Iraq," Adil Ibrahim, a local physician in Baquba, capital city of Diyala province, located 40 km northeast of

Sleezy Cowards--All-Talk-Barack leads the pack

2008-06-23T14:05:00.000-05:00

Obama backs House Democrats’ cave-in on Bush spying bill By Patrick Martin23 June 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, announced Friday that he would support the bill passed by the House of Representatives rubber-stamping the Bush administration’s illegal program of widespread

2008-06-21T22:11:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------US: Democratic Congress approves war funding, legalizes domestic spyinghttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/cong-j21.shtmlLTTE front group claims responsibility for Sri Lankan bombingshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/sril-j21.shtmlNorthern Territory intervention-an on-the-spot reportRudd Labor deepens Howard's

2008-06-18T21:30:00.001-05:00

Tim Russert and the decay of the American media By David North and David Walsh16 June 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author Tim Russert, longtime moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press” and the television network’s Washington Bureau Chief, died June 13 of a heart attack in Washington at the age of 58. Russert also hosted a CNBC/MSNBC weekend interview program

2008-06-18T14:51:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------Detainee torture: further proof of US government criminalityhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/afgh-j18.shtmlMcCain and Vietnam: revising history to pave the way for new warshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/mcca-j18.shtmlIraq: New offensive targets Sadrist movement in Amarahhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/

Tragic Traps: Make a Mistake in America and You Will Pay Plenty

2008-06-17T12:09:00.001-05:00

The justice system in this country is truly sick. Anybody that really cares about justice ought to read this. read more | digg story

2008-06-11T18:49:00.001-05:00

It’s not tough to be stupidGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008Given the wholesale failure of the Bush presidency and thebankruptcy of Republican ideology, Sen. John McCain’s only shot at theWhite House is to caricature Sen. Barack Obama as an elitist girly-manwho can’t keep America safe. Unfortunately, Obama has given GOPpropagandists a fair amount to work with. Although the national

2008-06-09T20:08:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------US Air Force purge: Growing tensions within a militarized statehttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/airf-j07.shtmlSenate report on Bush war lies: Another cover-up of war crimeshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/sena-j07.shtmlLargest US unemployment spike in 22 yearshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/econ-j07.

2008-06-07T11:47:00.000-05:00

Human rights group charges: US continues “renditions” and operates a floating gulag By David Walsh3 June 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author In a new report, the human rights organization Reprieve (UK) alleges that the US government has continued its program of “rendition” and secret imprisonment — despite a claim by George W. Bush in 2006 that the

2008-06-05T10:20:00.001-05:00

A cat among the pigeonsGene LyonsPosted on Wednesday, June 4, 2008Samuel Johnson, the iconoclastic 18th century English essayist, putit best: “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” So,sure, former Bush administration press secretary Scott McClellancompiled his memoirs with an eye toward making a buck. Since when areRepublicans opposed to profit? McClellan’s memoir, “What Happened:

2008-06-03T22:15:00.000-05:00

War Criminals Must Fear Punishment. That's why I went for John Bolton As long as the greatest crime of the 21st century remains

2008-05-30T18:29:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis------------------------------------------------------Fallout from McClellan book: The Iraq war's "complicit enablers," then and nowhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/bush-m30.shtmlBritain: Oppose deportation of Hicham Yezzahttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/yezz-m30.shtmlBritain: An interview with the manager of Hicham Yezza's defence campaign"The Home Office acts

2008-05-28T11:22:00.001-05:00

Through Occupation, The Very Dreams Change Inter Press ServiceBy Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*BAQUBA, May 27 (IPS) - After more than five years of U.S. occupation, the very dreams of the people of Baquba have changed. For a start, they are no longer about the future. Today, a shower is a dream. Or that the electricity supply continues just that little bit longer. "These needs are very trivial for

Richard Reeves:

2008-05-27T20:54:00.001-05:00

THE TRUE SHAME OF THE IRAQ WAR Fri May 23, 7:58 PM ET WASHINGTON -- This is what I thought was the American social contract when I was growing up in the land of the free and the home of the brave: You could work your way through college, and if you got a decent job, you could buy a house within a few years. And, you deserved a bit more if you served in the military:

2008-05-26T19:29:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis------------------------------------------------------US Secretary of State Rice defends torture at Google eventhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/rice-m24.shtmlBritain: Conservative victory in Crewe and Nantwich as Labour disintegrateshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/byel-m24.shtmlGovernment wealth distribution reportGermany: The growing gulf between rich and

2008-05-25T16:45:00.001-05:00

News & Analysis------------------------------------------------------FBI files indict Bush, Cheney and Co. as war criminalshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/fbi-m23.shtmlChinese leaders respond to anger over shoddy buildings and lack of helphttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/chin-m23.shtmlAs Senate approves new war funding, US massacres Iraqi civilianshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/

2008-05-18T12:09:00.000-05:00

News & Analysis------------------------------------------------------Death toll hits 78,000 in Burma as pressure mounts for international interventionhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/burm-m17.shtmlCalling Pelosi's bluff, Republicans temporarily block war-funding billhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/cong-m17.shtmlChina quake rescue operations face rising toll, strained public