" Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address has passed with his administration’s record widely criticized by his own supporters as one of unexpected ineptitude and political incompetence . . "

 "This astounding statement by a president of the United States, after nearly 40… Read full post »

"The reason "the Left" criticized the Iraq War was because . . . they thought it was a bad thing and thus opposed it.  The reason some on the Left have been criticizing the health care plan and other Obama policies (the ones I listed above) is because . . . they think they're… Read full post »

First they told us there were no civilian casualties,  A few days later there may have been a few, perhaps a few dozen or so, and now:

 by Jason Ditz, June 08, 2009

"Just over a month after US air strikes ripped through the Farah Province, killing a record number of… Read full post »

Glenn Greenwald has some amazingly compelling remarks to make in his latest blog post in today's Salon.com

(Ironically I'd commented just yesterday to Bill Michtom's excellent post, "wouldn't the media's complicity make them eligible to stand in the dock along with cheney, bush, addington, yoo… Read full post »

And this does not take into account the phony birth death model they use to manipulate the numbers.

I know Chomsky, have spoken with him many times - anyone choosing to take issue best do their homework and check it twice (or more).  

The Torture Memos

Torture has been routine practice from the early days of the Republic

By Noam Chomsky  

Really big surprise here!  The lies keep coming and coming.  

Is it intentional?  Are they just a bunch of bumbling fools?  

The truth my friends, is the lies keep coming and coming so rapidly, that they want to make you so dizzy that you no longer remember which lie was… Read full post »

Robert Fisk: "Most Arabs know this speech will make little difference."

"I suspect that what the Arab world wants to hear is that Obama will take his soldiers out of Muslim lands

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

More and more, it looks like the same old… Read full post »

usa, usa, usa the crowds cheered at the annual Nathan's hot dog eating contest in Coney Island when when Joey Chestnut finally defeated Takeru Kobayashi after a six year drought for the kings of hot dogs, usa (We DID invent after all, many claim).

Hey savor it while you can… Read full post »

There is little that I have add to this.  It is pretty much self-explanatary:

Barry McGuire: "Eve of Destruction"

The eastern world, it is exploding

Violence flarin', bullets loadin'

You're old enough to kill, but not… Read full post »

When Bill Beck was accused of deletions, everybody joined in, in a virtual gang lynching fest.  

When gordo does far worse, nobody seems to notice or mind, thesagejournal who must be sage in the sense of shrub's ranch (cause she sure ain't wise, nor a spice; and is in… Read full post »

I think the last excerpt in the last paragraph in this blog post sums up "nicely" how low we've sunk:

"The group [CCR] is encouraging citizens . . .  to support legislation, such as a proposed bill in New York state that prohibits health professionals from participati… Read full post »

Denying that White House policy was directly responsible for the vile abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib has been the central goal of a five-year disinformation campaign by Bush officials. 'Torture Team… Read full post »

MAY 25, 2009 6:43AM

Who is dangerous?

Two choices. Who are the most dangerous people? 

President Obama, who wants to get the rights to keep anybody by his own choice indefinite… Read full post »

As I could never speak as eloquently as my friend, Bill, can and did on BBE's superlative blog post "Obama proposes Indefinite Preventive Detention without trial":

http://open.salon.com/blog/behind_blue_eyes/2009/05/22/obama_proposes_indefinite_preventive_detention_without_trial