US Prosecutor Documents and Conducts Nuremberg Trial while US Government Personnel Conduct Secret War On and Torture Of Guatemalans

By: Saturday October 2, 2010 2:01 pm

US Prosecutor Documents and Conducts Nuremberg Trial while US Government Personnel Conduct Secret War On and Torture Of Guatemalans

Big Insurers Dropping Kids Coverage Now.

By: Tuesday September 21, 2010 11:39 pm

Looks like Obama totally and completely misread the intentions of the health insurance profitability industry’s complete and utter lack of compassion for the individuals they mine currency from. They’re going to cut all individual insurance coverage to children.

The Myth Of Religious Tolerance: As Long as It’s the Same Brand, Just a Different Flavor

By: Friday August 13, 2010 10:33 am

Religious tolerance is a myth in this once great nation of ours. I’m not sure it was ever really all that true, however.

Putin Shines Over Medvedev, and Water Pollution in Coal Country (with photos!)

By: Monday August 9, 2010 12:00 pm

Two completely unrelated yet very interesting subjects to address today. First, Putin and Medvedev in Russia.. New interesting feelings develop over the two leaders. And also, back on task with Coal Country in WV. A few personal photos to accompany the blog.

The Fundamental Difference Between Democrats and Republicans

By: Sunday August 8, 2010 3:26 pm

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

Last year, former governor Sarah Palin famously campaigned on a theme of “real America.” This widely derided message implied that only “real Americans” vote Republican.

Yet there is something to Mrs. Palin’s theory. However unintentionally, it lays bare a fundamental truth of American politics.

Devastating Results of 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll Regarding Obama, The United States, And Israel.

By: Thursday August 5, 2010 11:37 am

The results of the 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll conducted by the University of Maryland and Zogby International are a devastating indictment of U.S. policies in the Middle East and show strong disapproval of President Obama.

Explaining the Swiss Minaret Vote

By: Saturday July 31, 2010 4:27 pm

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

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Switzerland’s landslide vote to ban Muslim minarets surprised many pundits and commentators, more familiar with the nation’s image as a bastion of tolerance and European enlightenment.

These results, in fact, are not so surprising. They derive from the peculiar structure of Swiss democracy, which effectively creates a voter base less diverse than the general public. These voters are generally predisposed to support such initiatives as the minaret vote.

I am specifically talking about Swiss citizenship.

New Pew Poll: 59% of Pakistanis Regard the United States as their Enemy.

By: Saturday July 31, 2010 7:57 am

New Pew Poll: 59% of Pakistanis regard the United States as their enemy and only 8% believe President Obama will do the right thing in world affairs.

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Giving Up On Victory, Not War

By: Thursday July 29, 2010 7:55 am

From TomDispatch this morning: a bestselling author’s brilliant and provocative exploration of why big victory and war as a viable instrument of statecraft are headed for the dustbin of history — Andrew Bacevich, “The End of (Military?) History, The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War”

The Anti-Empire Report

By: Tuesday July 6, 2010 12:26 pm

an op-ed about patriotism

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