By Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. Posted June 12, 2008. Yes, the administration lied repeatedly to get us into Iraq, but what about the spin campaign around the estate tax? The Bush White House, a former Bush press secretary charged last week, deceived America into war in Iraq. That charge [...]
Archive for June 12th, 2008
12 Jun
The Road to Better Media
By Amy Goodman, Truthdig. Posted June 12, 2008. Activists are creating alternatives to mainstream media and holding corporate media giants accountable. The corporations are pushing back. “This way to better media,” read the floor sign directing people through a skyway to the Minneapolis Convention Center. Thousands of people gathered there for the fourth National Conference [...]
12 Jun
Bush Attempts to Strengthen His Weak Dollar
SOURCE:AP/Charles Dharapak Center for American Progress By Scott Lilly | June 12, 2008 Bush’s solution to current financial woes is to continue to rely on cheap credit, which is the same policy that created the housing bubble in the first place. The demise of the dollar over the past seven years has been remarkable. [...]
12 Jun
Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Liberty
Center for American Progress SOURCE: AP/Lawrence JacksonSOURCE: AP/Lawrence Jackson Attorney David Remes, left, accompanied by Vincent Warren, Executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, speak to reporters outside the Supreme Court when the court heard arguments in Boumediene v. Bush back in December. By Mark Agrast | June 12, 2008 Today’s decision in Boumediene [...]
12 Jun
Think Again: Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
Center for American Progress Did “Everyone” Agree? During the second presidential debate in 2004, Bush claimed that everyone thought Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction before the invasion. SOURCE: AP/Gerald Herbert By Eric Alterman, George Zornick | June 12, 2008 “We all thought there was weapons there,” President George W. Bush explained to a presidential [...]
12 Jun
Guantanamo justice
The US Supreme Court’s ruling that detainees have the right to a trial ends one of the worst abuses by the Bush administration Ken Gude guardian.co.uk, Thursday June 12 2008 Article history Today’s landmark US Supreme Court decision has settled once and for all that the ancient right of habeas corpus extends to the detainees [...]
12 Jun
WHERE TO BUY AMERICAN GASOLINE
(The following is an email I received from a friend which presents some data that I find troubling for us Americans–along with a possible solution.) Gas rationing in the 70′s worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even have been good for us! Are you aware that the Saudis are boycotting American products? [...]
