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"Only
a large-scale popular movement toward decentralization and self-help
can arrest the present tendency toward statism... A really efficient
totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of
political bosses and their army of managers control a population of
slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their
servitude. To make them love it is the task assigned, in present-day
totalitarian states, to ministries of propaganda, newspaper editors and
schoolteachers."
- Aldous Huxley - (1894-1963) Author - Source: Forward to 'Brave New World', 1932
"Few
are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of
the colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer
commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the
one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that
yields most painfully to change. Each time a person stands up for an
idea, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against
injustice, (s)he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each
other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those
ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of
oppression and resistance."
-- Robert F. Kennedy
"I
confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves too
wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous ambitions or the
selfish schemes which so often hide themselves under that deceptive cry
of mock patriotism: 'Our country, right or wrong!' They will not fail to
recognize that our dignity, our free institutions and the peace and
welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only
as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: 'Our country-when right
to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.'"
-Carl Schurz -
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Op-Ed Articles
US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes
By Ray McGovern
Bring on the Sanctions. Send in the Clowns
By Robert Fisk
Pups on Parade
EU Obediently Pushes Toward War with Iran
By Chris Floyd
The Reality Behind the Coming "Regime Change" in Syria
By Shamus Cooke
U.S. Fueling Human Rights Abuses in Colombia
By Dan Kovalik
What Kind of Christianity Is This?
By Gary G. Kohls
Occupying Libido
Negotiating a Landscape of Hypocrisy and Hungry Ghosts
By Phil Rockstroh
Newt
Gingrich's booty calls are forgivable. Stones shall not be cast. His
transgressions humanize him and the balms of forgiveness of Christian
believers rising from this sin-buffeted earth cause the Baby Jesus to
coo into the dawn of a coming golden age. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30355.htm
Occupy Movement Exposes Uncomfortable Facts
By Ross T. Runfola
From Cloud Cuckoo Land
Obama 2012 State Of The Union Address
- Video -
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Pakistan: Senate session: Shoot down US drones, urge lawmakers: Senators
across party lines urging the government first and foremost to
implement the recommendation of the parliamentary committee on national
security to shoot down US Predators entering Pakistani territory. They
were lodging their protest over the recent drone strikes in North
Waziristan which allegedly killed innocent citizens. http://bit.ly/A32sZX
British Occupation Force Soldier Killed in Southern Afghanistan: The
British Ministry of Defence said the death of the soldier, from 200
Signals Squadron, at a Nato patrol base in the Nahr-e Saraj district of
Helmand province was not thought to be the result of hostile action. http://bit.ly/yTR5nz
U.S. envoy in Kabul denies partition rumours: A
senior American diplomat has issued an unusually blunt denial of
rumours of a U.S. plan to break up Afghanistan as part of a peace deal
with the Taliban. http://bit.ly/xSGyAB
9 killed as U.S. military frees hostages in Somalia: U.S.
Special Forces troops flew into Somalia on a nighttime helicopter raid
early Wednesday, freed an American and a Danish hostage and killed
nine of the "kidnappers" in a mission that President Barack Obama said
he personally authorized. http://bit.ly/w9XPKd
Sunni militia leader killed in Baghdad: Iraqi
officials said a leader of a Sunni militia that turned against
al-Qaeda in Iraq and sided with the U.S troops to fight the militants
has been killed in Baghdad. http://usat.ly/w5vWaK
No Jail for US Marine in Haditha Massacre Case: Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich demoted to rank of private but will not go behind bars, a military spokesman said. http://aje.me/w83nlR
In Iraqi town of Haditha, disbelief at light sentence for Marine who led raid that killed 24: Residents
expressed disbelief and sadness that the Marine sergeant who told his
troops to "shoot first, ask questions later" reached a deal with
prosecutors to avoid jail time. http://wapo.st/wmO9K9
Dave Lindorff: US Media Iraq Reporting: See No Evil: The
Iraq war may be over, at least for US troops, but the cover-up of the
atrocities committed there by American forces goes on, even in
retrospectives about the war. http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/1019
U.N. rights chief shocked at numerous Iraq executions: The
top United Nations human rights official criticized Iraq on Tuesday
for carrying out a large number of executions, including 34 on a single
day last week, and voiced concern about due process and the fairness
of trials. http://reut.rs/zRGRTL
"Terrorists" Assassinate Head of Red Crescent Branch in Idleb, Kill Aged Man and Wife: An
informed official source told SANA correspondent that an armed
terrorist group opened fire on Dr. Jbeiro and killed him with a shot to
the head after which he was transported to Maaret al-Numan Hospital
where he passed away. http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2012/01/25/396577.htm
Gulf Arab states pull observers from Syria: Monitors
from Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain left the Syrian
capital and those from other Gulf states were expected to follow suit
soon. http://natpo.st/zuhype
Nations try to oust Syria from UNESCO rights panel: A
growing group of countries, including the United States, Britain,
Germany and Qatar, want to unseat Syria from the Committee on
Conventions and Recommendations. http://bit.ly/yeQqdr
Netanyahu: Iran sanctions won't necessarily halt Iran's nuclear program: PM
urges international community to continue imposing sanctions on
Tehran, but says he is unsure whether the move will foil Iran's
attempts to develop its nuclear program. http://bit.ly/zWY66z
U.S. to grant three-year extension of loan guarantees to Israel: The
U.S. government has informed Israel that it will recommend that
Congress approve a three-year extension of loan guarantees to Israel,
worth $3.8 billion. The announcement came after several months of worry
in Israel that the loan guarantees would not be extended, despite
Israel's request. http://bit.ly/A3jJae
"Pro-Gaddafi" fighters retake Bani Walid: "Loyalists of Libya's deposed leader" seize control of former government stronghold and raise Gaddafi's green flag. http://aje.me/A7gE5w
Libyan protesters lash out at new 'monster' in power: Libyans
are accusing their new rulers of corruption, secrecy and nepotism, as
protests grow across the country only three months after the death of
dictator Moammar Gadhafi fueled hopes for democratic change in the
North African nation. http://bit.ly/zFRurQ
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters leave Yemeni town:
Group leaves Rada in exchange for the promised release of 15 imprisoned colleagues, having held town for nine days. http://aje.me/z4YwO0
Rick Santorum thinks pregnancy through rape is God's gift? Seriously?: Invoking
God's will as a supporting argument to his position on abortion hardly
fits with the constitution he claims to uphold http://bit.ly/z3oJR5
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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| Cost Of war
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:
4,801
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,878
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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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