Monthly Archives: December 2003

As 2003 nears its end, the question as to what 2003′s significance was is still unclear. The world of politics did not change all that much as pResident Bush continued his crusade against justice, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Democracy, minorities and the poor, just The People in general really. Another year, another war [...]

Among the standard reports on the orange alert status, some reports have mentioned the problems cities are facing due to the increased security measures, mainly in the staffing and financing areas. Normally the government would dismiss such reports and perhaps politely label those who speak the truth on these matters as liars, but rarely has [...]

While many articles in the alternative press have suggested that Hussein may well not recieve a fair trial, none have considered the possibility mentioned by Eric Margolis in this article, namely the option of getting Saddam to sign off on a false confession claiming that he did indeed manufacture and hide WMDs. If one then [...]

It is all too easy to blame the state of the country solely on the pResident and his administration but in reality the reasons for the despicable state of things go a little deeper. As this article points out, congress in the form of the static body it is these days, is to blame as [...]

In his new article Joe Conason over at Working For Change asks the question of what might happen if Saddam Hussein was allowed to defend himself in a proper trial (vs a military tribunal or Ashcroft style court proceedings). The picture of Hussein putting US officials to shame drawn in the article to me suggests [...]

In a new column of his, author Noam Chomsky looks at the way in which the US government conveniently forgets about its actions of the past when those don’t fall in line with their present intentions anymore. The best example of course is their past support of Saddam’s atrocities but Chomsky also mentions more recent [...]

Although the Bush administration has gone to great lengths to remove anything that could tarnish their image from government websites, proof of far more amicable relations with Afghanistan of past administrations has not vanished yet. According to the page linked to above which is a part of a photo essay President Reagan proclaimed some day [...]

The 2nd curcuit court of appeals ruled today that Jose Padilla, a US citizen who was arrested on US soil and classified as an enemy combatant after having been accused of maybe having plans to possibly plan the planting of a dirty bomb, cannot be detained under this classification. As this article correctly points out, [...]

Despite what some may think of ANSWER, I find that their statement on the capture of Saddam Hussein reflects a lot of my opinions on the subject: The U.S. military capture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is being trumpeted by the corporate media and the Bush administration as simultaneously a great victory, the start of [...]

So Saddam has finally been found, captured, and against the Geneva convention been shown to the world. The mainstream media of course is portraying his mostly honest answers during interrogation as lies and “rhethoric” but in the end this does in no way vindicate pResident Bush. Saddam always has been and always will be a [...]

For many years, various governments below the federal level have made attepts to escape the pharmaceutical industry’s iron grip on astronomically high prices (see this PBS Frontline documentary for more details). In the newest episode of the ongoing fight, the city of Boston and the state of New Hampshire have decided to buy prescription drugs [...]

Al Gore’s endorsement of Howard Dean has definitely had a large impact on the Democratic candidate selection process, but it also brings up new questions about Al Gore’s career ambitions. Over the past three years, Al Gore has gone from a Republicrat to a progressive and with the endorsement of Howard Dean it looks as [...]