The Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin revealed her lack of understanding of the world. This would be funny if she wasn't so close to actually becoming Commander-in-Chief:
The Highway Robber State
The Night Watchman State has been replaced by Highway Robber States - governments in which no asset, no contract, no domain is safe from marauding bands of politicians. (from my Freedom in Chains, 1999) If you voted in the congressional elections two years ago, were...
More Evidence of Neocon Influence on McCain
McCain’s surrogates, Max Boot and Richard Williamson, told a gathering of the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) in Virginia last weekend that the Republican candidate, if elected, would not become actively engaged in Israeli-Palestinian peace...
Elliott Abrams as McCain’s Top Foreign Policy Aide?
Not terribly surprising, but I have it from a reliable source that Elliott Abrams, currently Deputy National Security Adviser for Global Democracy Strategy who also heads the NSC’s Near East office, is regularly briefing the McCain campaign — Randy Scheunemann...
Coming From Georgia, Living in Russia
The Independent has a really fascinating talk with Tina Kandelaki, a well known television personality in Russia who is originally from Georgia, and several other Georgians living in Moscow. As President Saakashvili called Georgians who live in Russia "traitors," its...
Bush Team Seeks Dictatorial Financial Powers
In order to save the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Bush administration seeks boundless power that cannot be reviewed by federal courts. Didn't we try this already at Gitmo, and it didn't work out so well? from Bloomberg: Treasury Seeks Asset-Buying Power Unchecked...
Peace-Loving Interns Wanted
Antiwar.com is looking for interns and volunteers in both the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas. Basic internet skills and pleasant phone voice a must. Interns will be offered college credit, letters of recommendation and an opportunity to learn more about web-based...
Scott Horton Debates the War Party
[audio:http://anomalyaudio.net/wp-content/uploads/HortonVsKushner20080911.mp3] Well, at least one member of the War Party: terror analyst Harvey Kushner. Scott did a great job in their debate at Texas A&M University. It is hard to sit through Kushner's crap, but I...
Palin Revives Bush’s Most Lethal Lie
In a speech yesterday to U.S. troops departing for Iraq, Alaska Governor and GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin declared that the soldiers would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.†Even...
Palin Is Dumber Than Bush and More Dangerous Than McCain
Palin is dumber than Bush and more dangerous than McCain to even think about the US possibly needing to go to war with Russia. Let Georgia and Ukraine join NATO--who cares--as long as the US gets out.


