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    Karl Rove Howard Dean Debate

    Here is the full length webcast (wmv).

    Archived for two weeks following the event.

    Greencastle, Ind. — Two heavyweights on the national political scene — Howard Dean, who recently completed a four-year term as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Karl Rove, the former chief political adviser to President George W. Bush — are coming to DePauw University on Friday, September 11. In a Timothy and [...]



    Vietnam Videos and Photos Helped Stop the War

    So much for learning from our mistakes. President Obama is attempting to block the release of hundreds of photos showing US personnel abusing detainees.

    Pass of Salang – Afghanistan

    President Barack Obama is seeking to block the immediate release of hundreds of photos showing U.S. personnel allegedly abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Obama administration official said Wednesday that the president told his [...]



    Another Wrong Not Righted

    Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, defending his pardon of former President Richard Nixon at a press conference. Image by Getty Images via Daylife

    Well it is official.  America tortured people.  And the people that committed these crimes and the people that devised these crimes are not going to be prosecuted or otherwise investigated.  Rahm Emanuel said so yesterday on TV.  [...]



    There is No Such Thing as Half Wrong

    A torture rack, photographed in the Tower of London – Image via Wikipedia

    President Obama and Congress: Please investigate, possibly prosecute and most certainly put forth new legislation to prevent any future torture being committed by our government. Do not condone what was done. Walk the talk. Do not put us at much higher risk of repeating these crimes in the future.

    The [...]



    New Nationalism Speech – Teddy Roosevelt History Lesson

    Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia

    Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us.  Regulations did not just magically appear one day.  They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past.  Reagan [...]



    Chomsky on Geithner (and some Colbert Comedy)

    Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2

    Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt3

    Stephen’s Angry Mob Will Crush AIG (click to show/hide Colbert video)

    The government can’t stop AIG but Stephen’s angry mob will crush these punks. He pulls out his pitchfork and gets the audience on his side. [...]



    merit pay ain’t the way

    There is no question that Barack Obama will be a better president for the state of education in this country than George “is our children learning” Bush could ever hope to be, and almost anything would be better than Bush’s odious, expensive, top-heavy and radically stupid No Child Left Behind.

    That being said, merit pay is just another Republican red herring and should be round-filed along [...]



    so hamas would be justified in assassinating israel’s top scientists?

    Another example of Israeli exceptionalism:

    Israel is assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists as part of its efforts to disrupt the Islamist regime’s illicit weapons program, the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday quoted Western intelligence sources as saying.

    The paper also quoted United States intelligence sources as saying Israel is using sabotage, front companies and double agents to disrupt the Islamist republic’s illicit weapons program as an alternative to direct [...]

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