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The SpOILs of War

Blog: January 10th, 2007

Colin Powell, 2003:“It cost a great deal of money to prosecute this war. But the oil of the Iraqi people belongs to the Iraqi people; it is their wealth, it will be used for their benefit. So we did not do it for oil.”London’s Independent, 2007:
Iraq’s massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are [...]

An incipient dictator spends his political capital

Blog: January 10th, 2007

His victory was determined by electronic voting machines that are indirectly under his control, he’s consolidating the Media and the now virtually one-party state under his command, and he’s planning to assume special legislative powers - powers previously outside the domain of the executive branch. For those of us who’ve criticized the GOP’s determination to [...]

Has Sean Hannity Gone Crazy?

Blog: January 10th, 2007

OK, let me get this straight: If you criticize Sean Hannity and call for the impeachment of George W. Bush, that makes you an “Enemy of the State.” (I know, I know, Hannity and his kind confusing a man - whether himself or the President - with “the State” isn’t anything new).I don’t know what’s [...]