Breaking News on Passport-gate: The Field has Advance word

Check out this story to come out soon. Clinton friends implicated in scandal. I’m not sold yet on a direct connection to Sen. Clinton’s campaign, however, this doesn’t look good. Go here to read the news.

PBS airs Richard Perle Infomercial

In the America at a Crossroads series, we witness the fruits of the labor of the Bush administration to promote “fairness” over our national public television network. Richard Perle presented his documentary “The Case for War,” where he walks around the nation presenting his ideas like a neo-con Johnny Appleseed, matching wits with the likes of Pat [...]

Black Gold

This from an interview with Noam Chomsky featured on Alternet:
Originally the British and secondarily the French had dominated it, but after the Second World War, it’s been a U.S. preserve. That’s been an axiom of U.S. foreign policy, that it must control Middle East energy resources. It is not a matter of access as people [...]

WEHT

Harold Ford Jr has by all accounts been running a smashing campaign, well aware of the position of his potential constituency and quick thinking. For example, when the news of the liquid bomb terrorist plot hit he was sitting on an airplane holding a bottle of Gatorade. But . . . what ever happened to [...]

A dream for some, a nightmare to others! (not too many others, though)

Another reason for me to lament not being able to attend the Toronto International Film Festival this year. The fest will give premier to a film that is sure to have the hard right pundits foaming at the mouth, ready to eat babies and launch yet another jihad on the film industry. The film is [...]

Thanks Guys, Great Job on that Foreign Policy Thing

A new fundamentalist wall is being built in the Middle East. A few posts ago, I noted that many foreign policy experts and journalists envisioned Hezbollah standing atop the rubble in Lebanon after a cease fire. Now look at it. Hezbollah, with it’s organizational funding spitting out cash like a busted ATM, has set about [...]

However, the Damage is Already Done

The two men who some woman fingered as terrorists because they bought many cheapo cell phones (“burners” for you Wire fans) were released.
The British authorities behind the investigation into the Sunny Delight bomb terrorism plots have many many questions. They haven’t charged anyone with anything at this point, most likely because they don’t have sufficient [...]

Olbermann on the politics of fear

I’m really procrastinating today, as you can tell.
I watched this report last night, and I think it’s pretty brilliant. Keith Olbermann’s expose on the Bush Administration’s politicizing terror.

He’s almost psychic

Just yesterday I was discussing the upcoming midterm elections with my best friend “Verb.” When I wondered how he thought Republicans were going to use the Iraq War issue to their advantage with public opinion squarely against it and Bush’s favorability ratings in the toilet, he responded, “9/11.”
I thought, well, I guess it’s possible.
Then, whadda [...]

damn

2000 years ago, in qana, jesus transformed water into wine.
today, in qana, the israeli air force transformed kids into ashes.
today, in beirut, i am not able to transform this page into a drawing.