Today, on Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman interviewed Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation magazine. There was not one question about vanden Heuvel’s blind support of Kerry’s pro-war candidacy (even in heavily-gerrymandered states, like Illinois, where entire counties could have voted anti-war and not changed the ultimate recipient of Illinois’ electoral votes).
Ironically, vanden Heuvel [...]
According to United for Peace of Pierce County:
“On Friday evening in Olympia, former UNSCOM weapons inspector Scott Ritter appeared with journalist Dahr Jamail. — Ritter made two shocking claims: George W. Bush has “signed off” on plans to bomb Iran in June 2005, and the U.S. manipulated the results of the Jan. 30 [...]
Nicole Colson writes about the Democrats taking a less-than-pro-choice stance on abortion. Take her article at face value and accept its defense of a Democratic Party slide at first blush. Then, ask yourself, why is this happening?
I figure it happens because Democratic Party supporters have no where else to go. They’ve alienated [...]
Earlier, I discussed IBM’s patent pledge and I encouraged you to be careful of what you’re giving up in exchange for your continued access to the 500 patents IBM promises not to sue you for infringing. IBM is not offering you a gift. You are not getting something for nothing. Using the [...]
“It is hard to say that something is legitimate when whole portions of the country can’t vote and doesn’t vote.”
—Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), in an interview on Meet the Press
He wasn’t talking about the recent American “elections” where roughly half of the country doesn’t vote, a major chunk of those [...]
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