The House of Representatives appropriated $37B for more war by a vote of 308 to 114. It is the composition of the 114 nays that is interesting.

By: Inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/

Many Americans have heard of the Daisy Ad.

Most politics buffs probably watched this ad at one time or another. And after it was over, they may have wondered – how in the world was the daisy ad so effective?

By modern standards, it seems both outdated and completely transparent. The implication is most unsubtle: voting for Senator Barry Goldwater will bring nuclear war. Today’s viewer might find it somewhat ridiculous, even laughable. It would be as if Senator Barack Obama cut an ad implying that Senator John McCain would start World War Three.

Yet the Daisy Ad worked. Mr. Goldwater went on to lose the election by a landslide, partly as a result of said ad.

This was because in 1964, believe it or not, many Americans actually worried that Mr. Goldwater might use nuclear weapons.

The famous wink photograph taken at LBJ’s swearing-in, 11/22/1963.

There are two short but interesting video clips of Jack Ruby speaking to reporters after the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald.

CTuttle, commenting on the previous DCM diary, Deconstructing Myths of America: Pepe Escobar Special Edition pt1, makes two points most difficult to challenge: A) “Pepe [Escobar] is the man;” and B) Gareth Porter ain’t too shabby, either. As evidence, watch Porter’s July 12 and 14, 2009 videos for The Real News Network.

Excerpts from a recorded phone call between LBJ and J. Edgar Hoover, November 29, 1963.

Hunt, near death, made a series of videotapes in which he confessed that the Kennedy assassination was in fact carried out by CIA.

Nixon never masterminded anything. The real inventor of the southern strategy was — hold on to your hat —

Salbuchi, an analyst in Argentina is expressing “We the People’s” cause on YouTube better than anyone in the United States

Medicare took 11 months to implement. Why will the Obama Plan take from 3 1/2 to 10 years?