Response to: “Iran admits sanctions ‘may slow down’ nuclear work”

From our frequent contributor, William Perry; Working toward a world free of nuclear weapons demands we not only critique the reactionary wing of the U.S. power structure and the example set by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, we must critique the US moderate wing, Obama, Biden and Clinton. The former group is psychotic, while the latter [...]

Two Months Later the Oil Continues to Flow

In the can-you-believe-it-file, it has already been two months that oil has been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. From the Boston dot com website; 62 days have passed since the initial explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the crude oil and natural gas continue to gush from the [...]

Niger Delta Faces Exxon Valdez Sized Oil Spill EVERY Year

The following article from the New York Times popped up on our Twitter feed. The damage caused by ongoing oil spills, damage that has been going on in Niger, for DECADES is breathtaking in its proportions. And nobody seems to care. What the hell? An Exxon Valdez-sized spill every year for the last fifty years [...]

An American View of Mexican Immigrants

We came across the following information sort of by happenstance and accident. I actually feel quite torn about reprinting it because I have no idea if any of the financial information or if any of the claims are correct. My rationale for reprinting it here was to demonstrate how some people in the USA think. The bottom [...]

Rachel Maddow on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Our intrepid East-side Investigative reporter came up with some sad news today; essentially, what is old is new again. If you think you the uncontained (and seemingly uncontainable) Gulf of Mexico oil spill is all new, watch the following video of Rachel Maddow titled, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”  However, just [...]

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Continues to Flow

The following information came to us from the Avaaz community. I encourage you to read and act. Imagine, everyday there is another 2,500,000 gallons of crude oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. Before the spill, U.S. President Obama and Congressional leaders were planning to ramp up offshore drilling. Now, with the spill, the politics [...]

Pat Robertson on the earthquake in Haiti

In order to give a warm fuzzy Christian reach-out to the long-suffering people of Haiti, Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of The 700 Club, said on his show that a “pact to the devil” dating back to the 18th century when Haitian slaves sought freedom from the French — is to blame [...]

Obama’s Afghanistan Troop Surge

President Obama has decided to have a troop surge into Afghanistan. He is talking about sending an additional 30,000 American soldiers to Afghanistan to do…well…that really is a good question…to do what? And then the 30,000 troops will be withdrawn within approximately 18 months. Does anybody stop and ask why or what are thay hoping [...]

Fort Hood military base shooting

In one of those bizarre, what should society do under the circumstances, the shooter in the Fort Hood military base multiple-murder was initially kept alive by keeping him on a ventilator. He received and continues to receive medical attention to keep him alive. The medical people kept him alive because that is what society does. [...]

Hockey southwest style, Ah reckon!

From our New Mexico correspondent; Hockey Night in Amarillo, Texas Last Friday night I took in a Central Hockey League game in Amarillo, Texas. Amarillo is the home of the Gorillas who have been in business since the 2003/04 season and play in the Cal Farley Coliseum which seats 4.987 souls. It is right downtown [...]

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