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Obama Commits More War Crimes
Shocking, I know.But I certainly hope our readers weren't expecting any better from the vile institution known as the presidency. If so, SE and I haven't been doing our job....
Glenn Greenwald on Obama\'s New Torture Dungeon
The Obama administration announced today that it will create a new "supermax" facility in Thomson, Illinois, and will transfer to it many of the detainees currently held at Guantanamo. Critically, none of those moved to Thomson will receive a trial ...
Obama: Property of Wall Street
"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat-cat bankers on Wall Street," President Obama told "60 Minutes" onSunday, the eve of White House meeting with top Wall Street bankers. This line, and the credulous media coverage that followed...
Obama\'s War Speech: A Pack of Lies
Justin Raimondo does an amazing job dissecting it here....
An open letter to the writers of open letters
Dear authors of open letters,Thank you for the time you put into your work. Nobody appreciates it more than I. When I see that a new letter has been written--whether it be by Ralph Nader, Michael Moore, immigration-restrictionists, neocon think-tan...
Obama’s Killers
If history classes ever resume in our public schools, it’s important — since global terrorism has no discernible end -- for students to know and debate whether our history of extra-judicial killings accompanying deaths of innocent civilians, is ...
Liar in Chief
Instead, he took us to the cleaners on behalf of the banksters....
Arthur Silber on the fascist healthcare "reform"
The lies begin with the name itself. The bill is titled: Affordable Health Care for America Act.In fact, the bill's primary purpose has absolutely nothing to do with providing "affordable health care." The purpose is to extract as much money as possi...
Democrats: A Party of Wimps
While I don't support Obama's takeover of the healthcare system, I am nonetheless perplexed at what a bunch of wimps the Democrats are. They could pretty much ram this thing through if they wanted, but don't have the balls to do so (and thank goodne...
Unconstitutional Nobel
Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution, the emolument clause, clearly stipulates: "And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of a...
Obama should be tried for war crimes, not given a "peace prize"
When I was in India last week, I nearly spit out my chai tea when the news flashed across the BBC channel: Barack Obama had won the Nobel "peace" prize. I was outraged, but said nothing since mom is apparently an Obama fan (yuck).Third parties acros...
More Madness from General McChrystal
While reading through the news this morning, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of horror when coming across an AP story that began:The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampan...
Paul on the Obomba "Peace" Prize
"The anti-war left doesn't exist anymore. Code Pink now supports Obama's position in Afghanistan".via Politically Confused ...
Obama, I'ma let you finish, but MLK had the best Nobel of all time
So, it's been so thoroughly hashed through the internet and traditional media that it's barely worth even addressing, but it's damn hard not to. Finding out at lunch today that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize was startling to say the least. I had to ...
