Taking a break from watching and reading about the revolutionary activity in Egypt so I can, ya know, write about it. It’s called “processing.” Or vomiting, your pick. So the WaPo was the first Respectable Beltway News Organ to publish an opinion piece giving George Bush credit for the wave of popular democratic uprisings against [...]
The Bush Was Right Meme
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: human rights · politics
This Week in War Mongering
November 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Last week President Obama flew to India to sell them $5 billion for 10 Boeing C-17 cargo planes — the sixth biggest arms deal in U.S. history. As Jim Hightower points out, this deal doesn’t do much to boost American employment (despite administration hopes), but it does help escalate the arms race India runs with [...]
Tags: war
“Iranian Threat” – Don’t Question It
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments
Iran is a threat because Washington says so. Certainly, WaPo accepts the charge at face value: Iran’s ambitions, which have cast a long shadow over the greater Middle East, may serve as a common bond keeping a frail peace process intact despite threats that have arisen even before the negotiations open Thursday at the State [...]
Tags: war
Side Show Jan
February 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Jan Markell, founder and director of Olive Tree Ministries is excited to see Benjamin Netanyahu back as Prime Minister of Israel: “Basically Israel now has to go at it alone, which is actually fulfillment of scripture. Zechariah 12 through 14 prophesies that to happen. They have to go at it alone in this world. America is [...]
In Contempt (1/22/2009): Pyrrhic Victory
January 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
You should really click that image to read it at full size. Otherwise you’ll strain your eyes.
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