The "compromise" approved by the House today and expected to pass the Senate tomorrow is an atrocity. It is a rich man's coup of our democracy. Consider this: absolutely no tax increases are included in the bill. It creates a "super Congress," with authority to slash social services when the country is still reeling from
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
President Obama’s speech announcing a drawdown of 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year was disappointing and incomplete in many ways. What he didn’t say is as important as what he did. He didn’t say that after nearly a decade in Afghanistan, there are more US troops there than ever. The “drawdown” [...]
Friday, May 20, 2011
This post was written by Sharon Miller, San Francisco intern for CODEPINK On May 11, 2011, the House Armed Services Committee voted to approve the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bill includes, among other things, an expansion of the legal basis for the so-called War on Terror. It passed the committee [...]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
by Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis His lines may be better delivered, but Barack Obama is sounding – and acting – more like the heir to George W. Bush than the change-maker sold to the public in his award-winning ad campaign. Indeed, when not sending billions of dollars to repressive governments across the globe, the great liberal hope is authorizing deadly [...]
Saturday, March 19, 2011
8 years ago, the US government invaded Iraq, a sovereign country, based on a single (lying) source claiming that weapons of mass destruction were being produced. The White House and Defense Department claimed “liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk.” As Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis point out, from the death toll to the bankrupting of our nation to the complete destruction of Iraq, it is time for the US and all of its private contractors to leave Iraq.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Nissan LEAF and AeroVironment Make Strange Bedfellows By Nancy Mancias The eco-friendly LEAF rolls into international auto shows next month in Los Angeles and San Francisco kicking off an electric revolution. Interest in hybrid and all electric vehicles are quenching a driver’s thirst to end oil dependency, giving an alternative to years of gas-guzzling SUVs [...]
Monday, August 1, 2011
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