[audio:http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/download.php?filename=2009-01-13_090_is_gaza_the_revenge_of_bush_cheney.mp3] Lew Rockwell, president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and proprietor of LewRockwell.com, and syndicated columnist/reporter/author Eric Margolis,...
It’s Hard to Be an Anti-Zionist Jew
It can often be difficult being a Jew and a proponent of individual rights for all when that clashes with the actions of the Jewish state that claims to represent and defend you. For years I have fought to just educate my family members on some basic facts on the...
Neocon Blankley Wants to Bring Back the Draft
Washington Times columnist and former editor Tony Blankley is calling for bringing back the military draft. He says a draft would have prevented so many American deaths in Iraq, and would allow us to escalate in Afghanistan and possibly invade Pakistan. Blankley is...
Jerusalem Post Cranks Out More Hasbara Fodder
In the course of approving news links this morning, I read this article from the Jerusalem Post that claims that Hamas has taken to seizing and selling truckloads of international aid "to the highest bidders." I looked for a few minutes for a mention of this in other...
U.S. Army Recruiting at the Mall with Videogames
You never know who you might run into at the local mall--perhaps even an Army recruiter. At the Franklin Mills shopping mall in Philadelphia the U.S. Army Experience Center has 60 computers with military videogames to ensnare young people. Prospective soldiers can...
Joe the Plumber Attempts to Cover War, Drowns in Irony
Remember Joe the Plumber? Me either but America (or a subset thereof) was apparently obsessed with this fellow for a week or two there. Unwilling to relinquish the limelight he appears to have lost months ago, Joe donned his reporters cap and went to Israel to cover...
Congress Lines Up for Israel’s War on Gaza
Both houses of Congress lined up in near-unanimous support of Israel's war on Gaza. Yesterday, the Senate passed their version of the resolution without a single dissenting vote. Today's vote in the House produced only 5 "No" votes: Ron Paul (R-TX), Dennis Kuchinich...
Ron Paul on Gaza
Ron Paul's statement opposing the US House resolution supporting Israel's war in Gaza:
Petraeus vs. Ross?
Back in July, I wrote a post on this blog with the title, “Is Petraeus Preparing to Betray the Neo-Cons?†in which I suggested that, given his expanded geographical jurisdiction as CentCom commander, Gen. David Petraeus, like the Joint Chiefs (and candidate Barack...
Senate’s Idiocy on Gaza
So the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed by voice vote a resolution blindly supporting Israeli attacks on Gaza and heaping derision on Hamas. This craven display should awaken anyone who sanguinely assumed that "everything changed" on November 4. The resolution contained...


