Bush is not responsible for the war in Iraq. Al Gore said during his campaign against Bush II that Bush I should have finished the job; and we never tire of pretending these days that the Clinton-Gore government was not attacking Iraq…. they were, regularly and lethally. War is inherent to civilization; and that is [...]

With the Republican Party on the political ropes, so to speak, about the war, and the Democrats increasingly under siege from their left on the issue of cutting war funds, it’s been hard to keep pace with developments the last few days. In between just doing life-stuff, I think I try harder than most to [...]

It’s easy, if you’re willing to use the internet as a by-pass medium to get around the funders that control both parties. All other things being the same, there are five issues you can emphasize that will get you enough of the independent and Democrat crossover vote to win in the General Elections in 2008, [...]

A Girl Like Me (7 Minutes) For a growing list of “Insurgency Intelligence” video links, go here.

On January 18, 2007, the putative Prime Minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki launched rhetorical barbs at his masters in the Bush administration, appealing for more weapons even as the Americans ignored his behind-the-scenes plea not to set him up for a war with Muqtada al-Sadr. Bush, he said, was yielding to media pressure in the [...]

For the end of the year… Thirty-six separate commentaries from throughout the year. 2006: My Year with the Liberals By Stan Goff Spouting off on everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Anorexia nervosa, from gay marriage to vice-presidential gun safety, a middle-aged Army veteran without qualifications or credentials takes caustic potshots at the rich and infamous. [...]

Coming appositely on the heels of our film review of FFN, is the real-world reportage of INS raids on — guess what — huge industrial meat-packing operations in the Midwest. David Bacon reports for The American Prospect [excerpt and discussion below the fold]: “Tuesday’s immigration raids on meatpacking plants weren’t about curbing identity theft, they were about union-busting.”

Jim Craven (Omahkohkiaayo i’poyi) teaches economics in Vancouver. He is a veteran and long-time activist on behalf of anti-imperialism, which includes the ongoing imperial predations of the US and Canada against the First Nations. We (virtually) met on the former “Crashlist” hosted by Mark Jones, to whom Jim refers in this post pasted in below. [...]

Hat tip to De for passing this along. Please distribute this story far and wide. Make this a more public scandal; and notify your Congressperson about it so they can’t hide. The House of Death When 12 bodies were found buried in the garden of a Mexican house, it seemed like a case of drug-linked [...]