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September 7th, 2008 in General
September 4th, 2008 in General
Sex, moose and guns
Why the mainstream media in the US really needs to find a new narrative (and talking points):
Such as this.
September 3rd, 2008 in Israel
What the Jews really don’t need
Just how “pro-Israel” is George W. Bush or John McCain?
(Hint: both men support policies that fundamentally weaken the Jewish state.)
September 1st, 2008 in General
August 24th, 2008 in General
Just what the US needs
Joseph Biden is Barack Obama’s Vice-Presidential pick. Hold the excitement. Biden will supposedly provide foreign policy “experience” and gravitas to Obama’s youthful exuberance (or so the mainstream media likes to call it, in typically meaningless bluster.)
Counterpunch’s Alexander Cockburn tells it like it is:
His [Biden's] “experience” in foreign affairs consists in absolute fidelity to the conventions of cold war liberalism, the efficient elder brother of raffish “neo-conservatism”. Here again the ticket is well balanced, since Senator Obama has, within a very brief time-frame, exhibited great fidelity to the same creed…
Why did Obama chose Biden? One important constituency pressing for Biden was no doubt the Israel lobby inside the Democratic Party. Obama, no matter how fervent his proclamations of support for Israel, has always been viewed with some suspicion by the lobby. For half the lifespan of the state of Israel, Biden has proved himself its unswerving acolyte in the senate.
And Obama picked Biden for the same reason Michael Dukakis chose Senator Lloyd Bentsen in 1988: the marriage of youth and experience, so reassuring to uncertain voters but most of all to the elites, that nothing dangerous or unusual will discommode business as usual.
Biden supported the Iraq war, too.
August 21st, 2008 in General
Don’t forget that key demographic
How much time can the mainstream media dedicate to meaningless poll results and personality politics?
Latest Poll Reveals 430 New Demographics That Will Decide Election
August 14th, 2008 in General
When we do it, it’s ok
“In the 21st century nations don’t invade other nations.”
Yes, shame about America’s penchant for trashing and occupying countries around the globe.
August 9th, 2008 in General
Jesus watches his back
John McCain may be the Antichrist.
August 6th, 2008 in General
July 27th, 2008 in General
Mullah or freedom?
What do American, Iranian Jews think of the forthcoming presidential election?
July 3rd, 2008 in General
Don’t mention Vietnam
The American mainstream media displays typical, unrestrained mania over daring to challenge John McCain’s Vietnam record. God forbid somebody may question the Republican nominee:
June 30th, 2008 in General
Iran is the target
The New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh examines the Bush administration’s desire to deal militarily with Iran.
That’s quite a “legacy” for George W. Bush.