2012 State of the Union: Killing Iraqis Makes Us Safer -- And Other Lies

Submitted by admin on January 25, 2012 - 7:33am

by David Swanson

In the news around the world and even in the United States on Tuesday was the anger among Iraqis at the failure of the United States to hold anyone seriously accountable for the 2005 massacre in Haditha.  The story was a useful reminder of how the operations of the U.S. military over the past decade have fueled hostility toward our nation.

President Obama began his State of the Union speech Tuesday night by absurdly claiming the exact opposite, asserting that the war on Iraq has made us safer and -- I kid you not -- "more respected around the world."  He later equated the war on Iraq to World War II, a surefire way to put anything beyond criticism in the United States, provided you can get people to fall for it.

Mike Tate, Destroyer of Democracy

Submitted by admin on January 15, 2012 - 6:05pm

Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Mike Tate had a typically 1-percenter response recently when asked why the party committee did not recommend Aldous Tyler for inclusion on the state's primary election ballot. Check out first 58 seconds of this video.

Filmed the day state party officials presented their slates of primary candidates to Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board, the clip shows Tate, cornered by Jeremy Ryan, director of Defending Wisconsin, responding to Ryan's questions.

Disaffected NH Dems, Here's Your Chance

Submitted by admin on January 8, 2012 - 10:18pm

Let the party know you're pissed. Vote Darcy Richardson.

RichardsonAnd not just because Richardson is what Obama is not: An actual Progressive. Richardson has endorsed the Unified Progressive Platform, a document assembling the ideals of two legacy and four current Progressive organizations. That platform, written and ratified last summer, is only the first hurdle to gaining the NPA's endorsement.

Oops! "Team NoDrama" = Team NoDelegates!

Submitted by admin on January 8, 2012 - 6:23pm

In a stunning display of electoral hubris, cluelessness and/or sloppiness, TeamObama has failed to submit to New Hampshire's Secretary of State its slate of national convention delegates.

Under the rules of the first-in-the-nation primary, candidates must report who will represent them at their parties' nominating conventions. That information was due by November 18, but in an apt metaphor for the president's failure to deliver Progressive reform throughout his term in office, the Obama campaign failed to file its delegate slate in the Granite State.

Obama Crowned Himself on New Year's Eve

Submitted by admin on January 1, 2012 - 2:31pm

These were among the complaints registered the last time this nation had a king:

"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

"He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

The Real History of 'Corporate Personhood': Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You

Submitted by admin on December 8, 2011 - 1:57pm

The real history of today's excessive corporate power starts with a tobacco lawyer appointed to the Supreme Court.

The following is an excerpt of Jeffrey Clement's Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It.) Click here to order a copy.

In 1971, Lewis Powell, a mild-mannered, courtly, and shrewd corporate lawyer in Richmond, Virginia, soon to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court, wrote a memorandum to his client, the United States Chamber of Commerce. He outlined a critique and a plan that changed America. 

Lewis Powell, like the Citizens United dissenter Justice John Paul Stevens, was a decorated World War II veteran who returned to his hometown to build a most respected corporate law practice. By all accounts, Powell was a gentleman — reserved, polite, and gracious — and a distinguished lawyer and public servant.

American Enterprise Institute Admits The Problem With Iran Is Not That It Would Use Nukes

Submitted by admin on December 6, 2011 - 10:11pm

Suddenly the struggle to stop Iran is not about saving Israel from nuclear annihilation. After a decade of scare-mongering about the second coming of Nazi Germany, the Iran hawks are admitting that they have other reasons for wanting to take out Iran, and saving Israeli lives may not be one of them. Suddenly the neoconservatives have discovered the concept of truth-telling, although, no doubt, the shift will be ephemeral.

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