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The Selling of the President: Will Myth Triumph Over Reality? |
by Mark Weisbrot
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13 Oct 2004
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The Democrats need not assassinate Bush's character but merely expose it. Here is a man, who as former Texas governor Ann Richards described him, "was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple." The lazy, indolent son of one of America's most powerful families, who used their connections to keep him out of the Vietnam War, had everything handed to him. The real George W. Bush was the one Michael Moore showed the world in Fahrenheit 9/11: utterly lost and clueless about how to respond when informed of the attacks on the twin towers, going on vacation when the going got rough, more interested in his golf game than the mess he made in Iraq. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq |
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Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh Spills the Secrets of the Iraq Quagmire and the War on Terror |
by Bonnie Azab Powell
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13 Oct 2004
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The past two years will "go down as one of the classic sort of failures" in history, said the man who has been called the "greatest muckraker of all time" and (paradoxically) the "enfant terrible of journalism for more than 30 years." While Hersh blamed the White House and the Pentagon for the Iraq quagmire and America's besmirched world image, he was stymied by how it all happened. "How could eight or nine neoconservatives come and take charge of this government?" he asked. "They overran the bureaucracy, they overran the Congress, they overran the press, and they overran the military! So you say to yourself, How fragile is this democracy?" |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Media |
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UN Terrorism Resolution May Be Interpreted to Curb Free Speech |
by ai release via Scott Edwards
scottisimo (nospam) hotmail.com (verified) |
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12 Oct 2004
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This is AI's response to the drafted resolution, the language of which should be troublesome to forums such as IMCs and various advocacy networks. |
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U.S.: Detained al-Qaeda Suspects “Disappeared” |
by HRW via Scott Edwards
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12 Oct 2004
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At least 11 al-Qaeda suspects have “disappeared” in U.S. custody, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. U.S. officials are holding the detainees in undisclosed locations, where some have reportedly been tortured. |
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Champaign-Urbana Food Not Bombs |
by Scott Edwards
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12 Oct 2004
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Below is an article on Food Not Bombs that can be found in this issue of the Public I, along with plenty of good reading. Pick one up if you havent already, and come check out Food Not Bombs! |
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From Baghdad |
by Farnaz Fassihi via gehrig
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12 Oct 2004
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A Wall Street Journal journalist's private email on the _real_ situation, as posted on poynter.org. "I heard an educated Iraqi say today that if Saddam Hussein were allowed to run for elections he would get the majority of the vote." |
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News :: Children : Civil & Human Rights : Health : Housing : Labor : Political-Economy |
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One-Quarter of Working Americans Live in Poverty, Study Finds |
by AFP
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12 Oct 2004
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Although the report, compiled jointly by the respected Annie E. Casey, Ford and Rockefeller foundations, refrained from direct partisan blame, it appeared to back Kerry's argument by insisting that "our society has not taken adequate steps to ensure that these workers can make ends meet and build a future for their families." |
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