Hijexx wrote:
] Interesting analysis of news stories from 10 different media
] outlets. Passages are quoted from 1998 and 2002. All of
] these passages relate to the big lie that UN weapons
] inspectors were expelled from Iraq in 1998. It's a bold
] faced lie being propagated by the following
] culprits:
]
] ABC News
] NBC News
] Associated Press, The
] Los Angeles Times, The
] National Public Radio
] Cable News Network
] USA Today
] New York Times, The
] Washington Post, The
] Newsday
]
] Not terribly shocking given the corporate media consolidation
] in the last decade (what are we down to now, like 4 or 5 major
] holding corporations?) but I've never seen it laid out in such
] a clear, concise before and after format.
]
] Kill your television. Kill your radio. Free the internet.

What is shocking is that most people when confronted with this kind of information usually blow it off as an isolated incident.

Wake up people. You should question everything the mainstream media tells you.

RE: History, recovered

I can't believe how bad this turned out. Worst than my expectations. I'll hold my breath for the two years until the next Presidential elections, but if Bush wins again (God Help Us!) and retains control of Congress I fully expect to see some incredible rollbacks of personal freedom and liberty. Bush as a lame duck with a Republican controlled Congress frightens me like nothing else in this world.

Yes, rollbacks that are even worse than what we have seen to date.

Seriously considering my overseas living options at this point.

Republicans Seize Control of Congress

"Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters circled the White House on Saturday after Jesse Jackson and other speakers denounced the Bush administration's Iraq policies and demanded a revolt at the ballot box to promote peace."

Large anti-war protests this weekend.

Marchers in Washington, elsewhere protest plans for war against Iraq

Abe Lincoln:

"Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after you have given him so much as you propose. If, to-day, he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada, to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the British invading us' but he will say to you 'be silent; I see it, if you don't.'

The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood."

What I'm linking here is Barlow's thoughts on the matter. He quotes Lincoln.

BarlowFriendz 8.8: Pox Americana

Actor Woody Harrelson on the War in Iraq.

[ Originally came via Znet sustainers mailing list. ]

The Guardian | I'm an American tired of American lies

""Our nation's economy is struggling right now," said Bush, delivering the keynote address at the National Economic Forum. "Our manufacturing base is weak, new home sales are down, and unemployment is up. Millions of our people are suffering. That is why I stand before you tonight and make this promise: Saddam Hussein will be stopped.""

Sad, but true. What a pathetic excuse for a President. Not to mention the other ruling oil oligarchy members.

The Onion | Bush On Economy: 'Saddam Must Be Overthrown'

Unfortunately, he was mistaken. For the war leaders of 1975 and 1991, two decades of being embarrassed by pipsqueak countries have lengthened to three. Arguably, this, not the chemical or biological weapons never used by Hussein in 1991, is what truly goads the Bush-Rumsfeld-Cheney threesome.

Good article, but a bit off. What was really learned from Vietnam was that when we kick the shit out of little countries we need to do it quick, with minimum U.S. casualties, and with maximum force. The "Vietnam Syndrome" that was "kicked" has nothing to do with America's traditional imperialism and everything to do with it's management of perceptions internal to it's borders. As long as the war is sugar coated and it's only people on the other side dying (Who cares about them anyway??) then it's all good.

Los Angeles Times: Of Politics and Vengeance

"North Korea has revealed to the United States that it has a secret and active nuclear weapons program, an acknowledgment made only after Pyongyang was confronted with evidence that it has enough plutonium for at least two nuclear weapons, senior administration officials said Wednesday.
North Korean officials confirmed U.S. suspicions during this month's high-level U.S. visit to Pyongyang, led by James Kelly, the assistant secretary of state for Asian affairs. "

OK, raise your hand if you hadn't already guessed this.

CNN.com - U.S.: North Korea admits it has nuke program

Get yo mudda-fuggin' war on!

"Maybe the plan is to feed all the hungry Afghans using the bodies of dead Iraqis?"

"If that's the case, let me just say one thing: I hope leftover Iraqis enjoy the taste of North Koreans!"

www.mnftiu.cc | get your war on

"The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says the probability of Iraq initiating an attack on the United States without provocation in the foreseeable future was "very low." But the CIA said that if attacked, the likelihood Iraq would respond with biological or chemical weapons was "pretty high."

Iraq: CIA Says Unprovoked Strike By Baghdad Unlikely