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Commentary Last Updated: Oct 30th, 2006 - 02:18:15


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Foley�s folly -- or the closet can be a dark, dark place
By Jerry Mazza

Well, we�ve got another Republican stepping out of office and the closet, Republican Congressman Mark Foley of Florida, this one sending hot emails to a 16-year old congressional page. Well, the meek are always game for predators, especially the ones who sanctimoniously preach against gay marriage and such. Like our president, Karl Rove, even George Bush Sr. Yet a hard look will reveal there�s a history of Brokeback Mountain and more in this administration and party.

Oct 10, 2006, 00:18

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Ambling towards disaster: Bush�s North Korea policy
By Mike Whitney

It took six years of relentless threats, sanctions and belligerence, but Bush finally succeeded in pushing Kim Jong-Il to build North Korea�s first nuclear bomb. Now, Kim can just add a few finishing touches to his ballistic-missile delivery system, the Taepo-dong ICBM, and he�ll be able to wipe out nine western states with a flip of the switch.

Oct 10, 2006, 00:15

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Columbus, the gold, and phony Italians
By Luciana Bohne

"One who has gold," observed Christopher Columbus in his travel log, "does as he wills in the world, and it even sends souls to Paradise." The man was not only a cynical practitioner of "real-politick" (a la today's and yesterday's Neocons), but he was also a psychic.

Oct 9, 2006, 01:40

Commentary
Answering the mail re: Greenberg & AIG
By Jerry Mazza

Among many positive emails I received for my Online Journal article 9/11 and the Greenberg Familia, I received one nasty, even threatening one. �Mr. Mazza,� it read, �I am a former employee of AIG, so I can speak my mind on your essay . . . You have lied and slandered Hank Greenberg, AIG and others.� Well, Mr. Smith, I beg to disagree.

Oct 9, 2006, 01:35

Commentary
Putin fights back
By Mike Whitney

The ongoing fracas between Russia and the Republic of Georgia appears to be a quarrel between neighbors over the arrest of four Russian officers by President Mikhail Saakashvili. In reality, it is a clash between the Bush administration and Vladimir Putin over who will prevail in the struggle to control Central Asia. The stakes couldn�t be higher and it looks as though the conflagration could go on for some time to come.

Oct 9, 2006, 01:26

Commentary
Palestinian power struggle: Siege within
By Ramzy Baroud

It is no secret that the Palestinian people have always struggled with the problem of impotent, self-seeking leaders, who have historically invested far greater time fending for their own status and position at the helm -- however worthless -- than representing the legitimate rights and aspirations of an occupied nation. Alas, the present fails to deviate from that role, although it offers an unprecedented lesson.

Oct 9, 2006, 01:23

Commentary
Six Flags over Neo-Nuremberg: Bush, Oprah, the San Diego Chicken and a proto-fascist panopticon of the mind
By Phil Rockstroh

Many believe fascism will come to the United States of America resembling contrived spectacles such as the Super Bowl, the Academy Awards, and American Idol, with the proceedings intercut with teary, yet ultimately triumphant, Oprahesque tales of how redemption can be gained through the renunciation of one�s rights and liberties, as well as, the dutiful turning in of one�s subversive neighbors.

Oct 6, 2006, 01:12

Commentary
�Shut up and sing!� -- conservatives stifle patriotism and disregard our Bill of Rights
By Nick Paccione

�Shut up and sing� is a conservative�s acerbic advice to liberal entertainers who dare to speak about their political convictions.

Oct 6, 2006, 00:52

Commentary
Is Woodward being used to effect another "silent" coup?
By Bev Conover

In what may seem a curious turn of events, Bob Woodward, who wrote two suck-up books that fawned over the Bush administration, has now turned, in his latest tome, State of Denial, on his Bush buddies. Perhaps it's not so curious, after all.

Oct 5, 2006, 00:42

Commentary
When will Americans hold the guilty accountable?
By Linda S. Heard

Imagine what would happen to a corporate CEO who overspent his budget to the tune of billions.

Oct 5, 2006, 00:32

Commentary
Thugs we can call our own
By Ben Tanosborn

Nothing evidences our monolithic approach to international politics better than our response to a little foreign criticism coming from any quarter.  Such criticism may come from nations that we usually identify with, and which have always been considered allies; or from nations that resent our meddling in their internal affairs and confront our behavior.  It doesn�t matter.  We trash them all . . . messengers as well as messages.  How dare anyone challenge us!

Oct 5, 2006, 00:27

Commentary
Revenge of the Jedi Bag Lady
By Mickey Z.

Communists are long out of vogue, welfare moms are so 1995, and Osama has taken the reclusive shtick a little too far for our short attention spans. My fellow Americans, we obviously, desperately need a new super-villain to fear, a new reason to circle the wagons, surrender our rights, and embrace a lifetime of Code Orange.

Oct 4, 2006, 02:23

Commentary
Iraq: bloodied, divided but not yet broken
By Linda S. Heard

Iraq is in danger of being split up into three autonomous states in 2008. According to the UN and a Pentagon report, the country is on the verge of a civil war. In August and September alone almost 7,000 Iraqis lost their lives due to sectarian violence and clashes with the occupation forces.

Oct 4, 2006, 02:21

Commentary
Kissinger gives Bush bad advice on Iraq
By Ivan Eland

The bell weather of the cautious establishment press, Bob Woodward, has finally unloaded both barrels on the Bush administration�s Iraq policy, in his new book, State of Denial.

Oct 4, 2006, 02:19

Commentary
Is it time to revolt yet?
By Frank Pitz

I get pissed, I quit posting to this as well as other sites because I just get tired of the same rhetoric over and over. You know; the Bush administration is doing, has done_____________________(fill in the ubiquitous blank). Then follows the plethora of outraged comments from readers expressing their dismay and exhorting their fellow posters to stay the course; elections are coming, �we�ll make change.�

Oct 3, 2006, 01:24

Commentary
American stew
By Ezekiel Jones

I have been writing for about four months under the pseudonym of "Ezekiel" about the need for Americans to plan for emigration from the U. S.

Oct 3, 2006, 01:13

Commentary
Ballot blues
By Frank Scott

Want to shake the jellyfish Democrats from their spineless state of being? Invite foreign leaders to the United Nations to speak truth to power, thus regaling the assembled global representatives, while reducing the leadership of America's shameful opposition to professionally patriotic rage.

Oct 3, 2006, 01:10

Commentary
Revolution just ain't what it used to be
By Mickey Z.

If you were to publicly declare your discontent with the U.S. government and your subsequent desire to abolish that government, the land of the free would likely reward you with an orange jumpsuit and a one-way ticket for an all-inclusive vacation at Guantanamo Bay.

Oct 3, 2006, 01:01

Commentary
Afghanistan is "falling," have you noticed?
By Luciana Bohne

You've probably not heard that Afghanistan is "falling" and that the Taleban is winning. The Nation magazine points out, in part, why you don't know. Newsweek has an international edition, the front page of which features a Taleban warrior and proclaims that the Taleban is taking Afghanistan back. The US edition of Newsweek, however, sports on the front page a picture of Annie Leibowitz, photographer to the stars, completing her rigorous and danger-ridden assignment of interviewing Angelina Jolie.

Oct 2, 2006, 00:48

Commentary
Desperate measures from desperate men
By Jerry Mazza

And I might add, for desperate times. I�m talking about the US Senate passing the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that discards key human rights protections. This is an act of a desperate president, seeking to rally support for his failed and brutal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by further rallying the spineless and frightened Congress round the flag. The more Bush is cornered by failure, the more he goes on the attack and flails fearful legislators with the loss of their jobs if they�re not patriotic enough.

Oct 2, 2006, 00:44


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