Once upon a time there was a popular song that asserted, "War! Huh!…What is it good for? Absolutely nuthin’! Say it again…" (insert blaring horns; I totally dislike blaring horns. And war.)Nowadays people realize that war is ‘good for’ many things such as plundering other people’s resources and establishing imperialist power bases on behalf of a ‘new world order’ of global domination, aka, a
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Kucinich: US actions in Libya "surreal" 6.24.11 (video)
Here’s the video I mentioned earlier today of Rep. Dennis Kucinich speaking on the House floor this morning and calling the US misadventure in Libya "surreal," among other things.Well, you know Mr. Kucinich is correct, don’t you? And he doesn’t mind calling a situation ‘Orwellian’ that really is Orwellian.Wonder what happened to Mr. Kucinich’s plan in 2008 to investigate those mysteriously
House votes No to US military action in Libya 6.24.11
Have congress members found their backbones or are they worried about their fund-raising for the next election? Well, on C-SPAN I watched much of this morning’s ‘debate’ on the House floor over action in Libya so this news nugget is of little surprise. I hope the US drops this ill-timed, unaffordable, and immoral mission and that you too caught Dennis Kucinich’s impassioned speeches this morning
US Take-Over Libya Plan Made Years Ago (video)
Well, I remember that Wesley Clarke divulged hints of the neocon plan to take over Libya, a plan made years ago. And I’m glad to find a video of his remarks thanks to a Newsletter Alert received from the excellent Information Clearing House, one of our premiere independent news sources which can use our encouragement.
Shock Doctrine Politicians = America Going Nowhere
An Austere GOP Hearts the Ruining of Americaby Jude CowellIf you’re anything like me, you’re having some difficulty keeping current your Shock Doctrine Politicians scorecard, so you may benefit from a list with their names, birth data, and a few of their astrological details. And of course, the shock in ‘Shock Doctrine’ implicates the planet of disruption, upheaval, lightening, and chaos: Uranus.
Keith Olbermann: Qs for the President on Libya
Reading other people’s mail is usually wrong but not in this case:Libya, Obama, and the Five-Second Rule Special Comment By Keith Olbermann Mr. President. We are not clear why we are fighting, who exactly we are fighting with, who the ‘rebels’ are that we’re fighting for, what a No-Fly Zone accomplishes with a dictator who has ground troops, how long we are to be there, to whom we are to "