The heroic James Bovard reminds us just how thin the "rule of law" really is. According to the President's lawyers: "The necessity defense may prove especially relevant in the current circumstances. First, the defense is not limited to certain types of harms. Therefore, the harm inflicted by necessity may include intentional homicide, so long as the harm avoided is greater (i.e., preventing more deaths). Second, it must actually be the defendant’s intention to avoid the greater harm’¦. Third,...
Antiwar Radio: Juan Cole
Professor of Middle East History Juan Cole explains some of what is going on in Iraq, with an emphasis on Bush's claims about Iran's behavior there. Juan R. I. Cole is Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History at the University of Michigan. He has written extensively about modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. His most recent book is Sacred Space and Holy War. His blog, Informed Comment, is a widely read source for Middle East news and commentary.
02/06/07 – Juan Cole – The Scott Horton Show
Professor of Middle East History Juan Cole explains some of what is going on in Iraq, with an emphasis on Bush's claims about Iran's behavior there. Juan R. I. Cole is Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History at the University of Michigan. He has written extensively about modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. His most recent book is Sacred Space and Holy War. His blog, Informed Comment, is a widely read source for Middle East news and commentary.
3 Trillion Dollars
That's a dollar a second for 90,000 years. Your State now wastes that much each year!
Antiwar Radio: Gabriel Kolko
Professor Gabriel Kolko discusses the catastrophic post World War II American Empire along the lines covered in his book The Age of War: The United States Confronts the World: the phony Cold War against the USSR, attempted domination of the third world, the Military Industrial Complex's permanent function in the American economy, the true purpose and fate of the NATO alliance, and the coming destruction — on way or another — of America's global position. Gabriel Kolko is the leading historian...
02/05/07 – Gabriel Kolko – The Scott Horton Show
Professor Gabriel Kolko discusses the catastrophic post World War II American Empire along the lines covered in his book The Age of War: The United States Confronts the World: the phony Cold War against the USSR, attempted domination of the third world, the Military Industrial Complex's permanent function in the American economy, the true purpose and fate of the NATO alliance, and the coming destruction — on way or another — of America's global position. Gabriel Kolko is the leading historian...
What the Hell is going on inside these people’s brains?
Wow, the President has finally shown up at one of our Democrat get-togethers! Here's my big chance to say something critical right to his face! "According to some Democrats present, Rep. Susan A. Davis (Calif.) told Bush about her concern that the military is fighting a war without the rest of the country sharing the sacrifice." My problem is that your policies just don't hurt enough people. It's not fair! Au contraire, replied the Decider er, Decision-Maker: "Bush disagreed with that...
Limbaugh Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
This man has never met a war he didn't like. Before the Iraq invasion, Limbaugh was eagerly agitating for a full-scale attack on the entire Middle-East (except one country - guess which one?), beginning with Iran. That idea would have led to, oh, say tens of thousands of dead Americans, and oh, say, hundreds of thousands of dead Arabs, civil war, possibly world war etc. So this is the man that the Landmark Legal Foundation nominated for the award that Nobel wanted to go to the one who "shall...
Rockefellers Versus Neocons Chapter XII
Dang, Brzezinski sounds like he's trying to join the AWC set "While other former U.S. officials and ex-generals have criticized administration policy in committee hearings, none savaged it to the degree Brzezinski did. "'If the United States continues to be bogged down in a protracted bloody involvement in Iraq, and I emphasize what I am about to say, the final destination on this downhill track is likely to be a head-on conflict with Iran and with much of the world of Islam at large,' said...
Antiwar Radio: James Bovard
James Bovard, author of The Farm Fiasco, The Fair Trade Fraud, Shakedown: How the Government Screws You from A to Z, Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, Feeling Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years, Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil, The Bush Betrayal and Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses the war, torture,...
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02/01/07 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show
James Bovard, author of The Farm Fiasco, The Fair Trade Fraud, Shakedown: How the Government Screws You from A to Z, Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, Feeling Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years, Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil, The Bush Betrayal and Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses the war, torture,...
Another War Soon?
Writes Dr. Gordon Prather: "Well, Arnaud deBorchgrave just appeared on "Tucker", MSNBC, predicting Bush will soon launch 6-day bombing attack on Iran, hitting 700 targets. Soon."
Antiwar Radio: Richard Cummings
Why did America invade Iraq? Oil? Israel? ... Jets, bombs and taxed dollars. So says Richard Cummings as he explains the story behind his Playboy.com article "Lockheed Stock and Two Smoking Barrels": the direct role in policy-making played by Lockheed Martin and the rest of the Military Industrial Complex and the amount of money they loot from the U.S. Treasury. Also discussed: whether the National Review is a CIA front. MP3 here. Richard Cummings taught international law at the Haile Selassie...
770 civilian contractors died in Iraq
I've seen very little along these lines, so I figured I'd share this one. The "privatization" of police and warmaking power is one of the most ominous turns of the new century — for the life and liberty of Iraqis and coming soon to a town near you.
