The Shrub Administration’s Anthem

I have just heard it. It's a track by Genesis called "The Knife". It describes the entire philosophy behind these assassins perfectly. At the point in Genesis' timeline, they were becoming the most interesting progressive rock band of the '70s. The band members were Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips, and the band's leader during this era, Peter Gabriel. Phil Collins and Steve Hackett joined shortly after the release of this album Trespass, in 1970. Here are the lyrics: For Those...

Say, anybody live in Cincinnati?

I'll be on the radio tomorrow morning with Nathan Ive on 1230 AM at about 9:20 EST. I don't believe they stream live. Anybody local want to record it? Update: Yeah, they do stream live - D'oh! Archive here. Thanks Sol.

Heritage Neocons at “Prayer”

Thomas DiLorenzo: "The political fortunes of the neocons could be measured by what one might call a Linco-meter. Whenever they are in big political trouble, or are about to embark on another barbaric, unnecessary war, they step up the frequency of Lincoln idolatry and worship. A case in point: The Heritage Foundation is all but holding seances to bring Abe back to life to rescue the GOP. On Nov. 15 they are sponsoring a lecture by Lincoln idolater Alan Guelzo, author of "Abraham Lincoln:...

New Weapons

Writes David: "Saw my nephew today, just in from R&R from Iraq for two weeks. Expect US casulties to climb rapidly. In the last two weeks brand-new Russian state-of-the-art RPGs have arrived that can penetrate our best tank's armour (including reactive armour), much less Humvees."

The Iraq Mandate

"For the first time in American history, Americans have gone to the polls in wartime and rejected that war. Not only that, but they

Good.

Now I can just go back to hating the establishment. Or, maybe I won't even have to bother.

War Loses, Again

By Lew Rockwell "What do regular Americans care whether we were lied into war or that Iraq suffers under military occupation that is driving the country into the hands of fanatical Islamic theocrats? Well, apparently many voters do care, even those who don't have family members fighting and dying. Many people voted based on what might otherwise seem to be an abstraction. Bush undertook this war with arrogance and claims of god-like power. The result has been catastrophic. And apparently this...

Bovard: Historian

James Bovard's notes on today's post-election massacre Presidential press conference: "None of the White House correspondents asked Bush directly about his false claims regarding the Dems and wiretapping - Bush claimed they were opposed to listening in to terrorists conversations.None of the questions were about Bush

Throw Condi on a Plane

Okay, Rumsfeld is out, Cheney is in his cave, here's what you do: Put the worst secretary of State since Colin Powell on a plane to Tehran. Have her tell them that we will leave Iraq and shut up about their enrichment of uranium to 3.6% for their electricity program as long as they remain subject to the NPT and IAEA safeguards, and promise not to obliterate the minority Sunni Arabs of Iraq when we leave. Since the Ayatollah Khamenei offered everything for nothing in 2003, I think it's a pretty...