Alexandrovna interviews Ledeen pt 1

"I describe myself as a democratic revolutionary, I don't think of myself as "conservative" at all. Indeed it seems to me that most self-described leftists today are reactionaries, and have lost the right to describe themselves as people of the left."

Oh, For Chrissake!

"Guantanamo was a lightning rod," said a former senior administration official who like many of those interviewed would discuss the matter in detail only on the condition of anonymity. "For some reason, people did not have a problem with Bagram. It was in Afghanistan."

TV Tip

Larisa Alexandranova say to watch Tim Russert on CNBC tonight Saturday at 10:00pm Eastern. All about the NSA watching your ass. Update: I hope you're watching this. Update II: Audio here. It's bad news. Very little really new though.

It Didn’t Work by William F. Buckley

Well, since it isn't true these days unless the National Review thinks so, here you go, you bitches: "I can tell you the main reason behind all our woes -- it is America." The New York Times reporter is quoting the complaint of a clothing merchant in a Sunni stronghold in Iraq. "Everything that is going on between Sunnis and Shiites, the troublemaker in the middle is America." One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. The same edition of the paper quotes a fellow of the...

Expediting the Chaotic Collapse

Bob Dreyfuss explains the ethnic/religious tension in Iraq, and how David Wurmser predicted it - citing it as a reason to invade, rather than stay out. "For the most radical-right neoconservative Jacobins amongst the Bush-Cheney team, the possibility that Iraq might fall apart wasn

Another One for Your “Don’t Bomb Iran!” File

Historian Gareth Porter explains, "How the Neocons Sabotaged Iran's Help on al-Qaeda," "The United States and Iran were on a course to work closely together on the war against al-Qaeda and its Taliban sponsors in Afghanistan in late 2001 and early 2002

Happy birthday, Mr President.

"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society."- George...

So I responded to a debate about “American law in the time of Suicide Killer Fascists”

This comes from a private discussion board I hang out on. It's interesting to see how sometimes they have the sheen of Libertarians but for the most part they mean, 'stop the drug war, but go ahead and kill middle eastern folks. They hate us after all'. Anywho, So I haven't had any coffee yet and I see this as a new topic being posted. *sigh* The poster is talking about the new book, "Preemption, A Knife that Cuts Both Ways" by Alan Dershowitz. The big point is that a 'leftie' is finally...

Why You Are Not A Socialist by Frank Chodorov 1956

In this country, more than a third of all the people produce is now confiscated by the State. To that extent, then, this is a socialistic country. This accumulation of property in the hands of the State makes it the biggest single buyer of goods, the biggest employer, the biggest dispenser of alms, the biggest factor in the economic life of the community. Either through direct employment by the State, or indirect employment by its contractors, or by virtue of its dispensation of subsidies or...

As Long as We’re Talking About the Constitution…

by Scott Horton Antiwar.com February 18, 2006 'In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.' — Thomas Jefferson All over the country, and even in the press, the U.S. Constitution is being discussed in regards to the president’s war powers. This is apparently a side benefit of having an empire so corrupt and murderous that many folks are considering impeaching and removing the president who lied us...