Friday

Democracy Now! | From Freedom Watch to Petraeus, A Look at the Bush Administration's Iraq War PR Campaign

Democracy Now! | From Freedom Watch to Petraeus, A Look at the Bush Administration's Iraq War PR Campaign: "Most Americans get most of their news from television. And in April of 2003 and early May of 2003, Americans literally saw the weapons of mass destruction being discovered, because these embedded reporters, whether we’re talking Judith Miller at the New York Times, other major print media, the three networks, PBS, all wanted to be the first to break the story that the troops they were with discovered the weapons of mass destruction. So, as we point out in The Best War Ever, Americans actually saw the weapons discovered. They read about the discovery of the weapons. Of course, every one of those stories was 100% wrong, but Americans were promised by the President, the Vice President, that they were there, the media delivered them, and the media has never corrected or fixed this big lie that’s fixed in the minds of Americans. "

Tuesday

WorkingForChange: This Modern World: The invisible hand of the free market

WorkingForChange: This Modern World: The invisible hand of the free market

BBC NEWS | Middle East | US surge has failed - Iraqi poll

BBC NEWS | Middle East | US surge has failed - Iraqi poll: "nearly 60% see attacks on US-led forces as justified" So much for "greeted as liberators."

AP Poll: Most see Iraq war as failure - Yahoo! News

AP Poll: Most see Iraq war as failure - Yahoo! News

Bush policy to bequeath Iraq to successor - Los Angeles Times

Bush policy to bequeath Iraq to successor - Los Angeles Times Who could have guessed?

San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : Censored!

San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : Censored!: "The top 10 big stories the US news media missed in the past year "

Congressman Dennis Kucinich To Oppose September 11 Resolution, Says It Is Incomplete

Congressman Dennis Kucinich To Oppose September 11 Resolution, Says It Is Incomplete WASHINGTON - September 10 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) released the following statement in opposition to today’s September 11 resolution:

“I honor the memory of those who died on September 11 and extend sympathies to their family members and to those who lost their lives trying to save lives,” Kucinich said.

“I support the troops. I believe the best way to honor the memory of those who died on September 11 is to tell the truth of what the Administration did in the wake of September 11. The Bush Administration launched a war against Iraq, conflating the true tragedy of September 11 with lies about weapons of mass destruction.

“On this, the sixth anniversary of September 11, it is important that Congress wake up to the truth and exercise its obligation under the Constitution to save our nation from being destroyed from the lies that took us into Iraq, the lies that keep us there, the lies that are being used to set the stage for war against Iran and the lies that have undermined our basic civil liberties here at home. The September 11 resolution that Congress considers today should have made reference to those matters. It does not, so I cannot support it.

“This Administration long ago politicized the September 11 attacks, distorted it and dishonored it. If Congress really wanted to honor the memory of those who died on September 11, we would cause the full truth to be told to the American people. If Congress really supported our troops we would bring them home and not provide more funding for the war.”

Monday

The Columbus Dispatch : Driving drunk: $1,000 covers it in Waverly

The Columbus Dispatch : Driving drunk: $1,000 covers it in Waverly

TNR Online | Feast of the Wingnuts (1 of 3) (print)

TNR Online | Feast of the Wingnuts (1 of 3) (print) "American politics has been hijacked by a tiny coterie of right-wing economic extremists, some of them ideological zealots, others merely greedy, a few of them possibly insane."