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    Life Is A Pre-existing Condition

    Over 18,000 people have become members of Washington Tax Payers OPT OUT of Rob McKenna’s lawsuit on Facebook since last Monday. That is amazing. It seems that the health care insurance reform movement is bringing together more and more citizens fed up with things as they are, Palin Teabaggers and brain-dead Beck fans.

    Reminds me of the anti-war movement of the 60′s and 70′s. [...]



    Margaret and Helen is Right

    Margaret and Helen weigh in on the lack of  important news coverage in America.  Or put another way, these two wise souls discuss the copious amounts of drivel which parades as news spewed by huge corporations with agendas that are inimical to the best interests of our citizenry.

    Just to give you some perspective:

    1925 -  Ku Klux Klan – 35,000 KKK members [...]



    This Is The Way It Was And Is Not Today

    Frank Rich has an Op-Ed in the New York Times today worth a read about Cronkite and why he was so admired.  Today’s mainstream lapdog news people can learn from him:

    What matters about Cronkite is that he knew when to stop being reassuring Uncle Walter and to challenge those who betrayed his audience’s trust. He had the guts to confront [...]



    War is Hell and McNamara Belongs There

    as Joe Galloway points out.  Even though not even of draft age, I still vividly remember having a very bad opinion of McNamara.  He was the Rumsfeld of the Vietnam War and detested even more than Rumsfeld it seemed, perhaps because there was much more anti-war fervor in those times.  McNamara, unlike “Dumbsfeld”, did a much better job of convincing the silent majority that [...]



    Big Oil Strikes It Rich in Iraq

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    No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

    ~A. J. P. Taylor

    Let’s see, we got:

    Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back

    Big Oil Tiptoes Back into Iraq Oil fields in Iraq

    Why Doesn’t the Press Ever Talk About the Oil?

    This just makes [...]