Scott Ritter on Cindy Sheehan and the failed "Peace Movement"

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Thursday April 20, 2006 · 10:49 AM PDT

2006/04/20 · 10:49

Great interview with Scott Ritter can be found here [http://www.sdcitybeat.com/...]. One of the more interesting comments is about the peace movement, or lack thereof, and its inability to become effective and impact on the latest unfolding disaster: Iran...

You've offered the anti-war movement a bitter pill to swallow. You've said the peaceniks are a poorly organized conglomeration of egos, pet projects and idealism. Can you elaborate?
First of all, what is the peace movement? There is no national peace movement. There's a conglomeration of organizations, all of which are ego-driven. If you take a look at Peace Action, they have a national Peace Action and they have state Peace Actions around the country. They don't work well with each other; they don't get along with each other. They feud. They don't have a centralized plan...

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Tuesday March 28, 2006 · 5:23 AM PST

2006/03/28 · 05:23

This story from AP illustrates the hypocrisy of Bush and the right's canard of "Aren't we better off that Hussein is gone?" They endlessly justify the invasion by calling Hussein a mass murder. But as this story points out

The spotlight of international justice has shone on Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic to hold them accountable for alleged war crimes. But many are asking: what about Suharto?
Indonesia's dictator for 32 years is widely believed responsible for the deaths of twice as many people as the former Iraqi and Serbian leaders combined, yet he lives freely in a posh residential district of Jakarta.

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Bali Bombing Update - Former Indo President Blames Military

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Monday December 26, 2005 · 3:28 PM PST

2005/12/26 · 15:28

I was in Bali on Oct 12, 2002, when a two bombs outside nightclubs went off, killing over 200 people - 89 australians, 7 Americans, 38 Indonesian and others from dozens of other countries.

Like many people, I was shocked at the inept and slow reaction by the Indonesian Military. Many speculated at the time that the military was behind the bombing, or at least linked to the Islamist Militants who carried it off - after all, the TNI, (Indonesian Military) had funded radical moslem groups for decades - and had used them to distrupt the democratic student protests that swept indonesia in 98-'99.

Now the former president of Indonesia acknowledges that the TNI was in the bombing. Read More

HUGE: WAR ON CHRISTMAS: CONSPIRACY REVEALED!!! (Full Transcript)

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Saturday December 24, 2005 · 7:34 AM PST

2005/12/24 · 07:34

Note: This is a high-concept diary entry. It posits that O'Reilly's War on Christmas conspiracy theory is real. It was planned months ago, at a top secret meeting that brought together leading democrats, the ACLU, Hollywood liberals and Jews who plotted to remove all references to Jesus and Christmas from the holiday season. The transcript of the meeting was leaked, and proves that everything that was said on FOX about the War on Christmas (WOC for short) is true. I'll kick it off, and you can contribute... Read More

Economics for Dummies: Tax Cuts Stimulate Econnomic Growth?

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Friday December 09, 2005 · 8:56 AM PST

2005/12/09 · 08:56

Listening to Diane Rehms News Roundup on NPR today, I heard the Faux News commentator repeatedly state that it was inarguable that tax cuts stimulate economic growth. I put the question to Kosmonauts with an economic background - just how inarguable is that pillar of Conservative Economic Theory?... Read More

Pro-Torture Republicans

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Saturday November 05, 2005 · 12:30 PM PST

2005/11/05 · 12:30

I think I understand why so many pro-life republicans are also pro-torture. With more people being born, there are more people to torture! It is a kind of synergy at work here. So a good question to ask republicans, particularly those who support Bush, is to ask just how much they support Bush. Would they be willing to sigh a loyalty oath supporting the administration's use of torture against America's Enemies? And if not, ... Read More

Iraq Anthrax came from USA- BREAKING

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Wednesday August 10, 2005 · 3:28 PM PDT

2005/08/10 · 15:28

The origin of Saddam's anthrax / bio weapons program is (drum roll please)

The USA!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1726745,00.html

http://deepblade.net/journal/2005/08/times-of-london-saddams-germ-war-plot.html Read More

Son Of Frameshop: Religious Right = 'Useful Idiots'

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Monday April 25, 2005 · 9:46 AM PDT

2005/04/25 · 09:46

We've all heard th phrase "useful idiots" - supposedly a Lenin quote decribing American Communists and leftists. (In fact, Lenin never used this phrase. The first recorded use of this phrase is, amazingly, to be found in a John Birch Society pamphlet that labeled President Ronald Reagan a "useful idiot" because of some agreement he had negotiated with the Soviet Union!

But I digress. Given that the right constantly tries to adopt the rhetoric of the left for their own purposes and even try on the mantle of the civil rights movement in their quest to end abortion rights and institute a theocracy, we should be doing our very best to turn what has been traditionally the right's language against them!

Exhibit A: The Religious Right are Useful Idiots for Corporate America. Read More

China Tariff vote: Are Kossacks in Agreement with Freepers?

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Saturday April 23, 2005 · 7:36 PM PDT

2005/04/23 · 19:36

I am a Bernie Saunders independent, living in a manufacturing town that has been devastated by cheap Chinese imports. Why do I have to go to Free Republic to learn about this bill? Why aren't Kossacks pushing for tariffs, if they are serious about helping labor and working people in this country. If we don't seize this issue, the republicans will - and they will beat dems in elections.

Here is how the recent vote on the Schumer Bill went down: Read More

Dead Presidents On President Bush

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Friday April 08, 2005 · 10:34 AM PDT

2005/04/08 · 10:34

Dead Presidents Speak Out on Bush Administration

"In this job... you don't have much time to sit around and wander, lonely, in the Oval Office, kind of asking different portraits, how do you think my standing will be?"
- President G W Bush, 43rd President of the United States.

While President Bush refuses to discuss issues of national importance with deceased predecessors, a survey of dead presidents revealed that the majority were anxious to engage the 43rd president on issues of national importance, including social policy, defense, international relations, and the economy. Furthermore, Bush's approval rating among dead presidents is at an all-time low, mirroring opinions of living American voters. Read More

Cuba Continues to Embarrass America!

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Monday April 04, 2005 · 12:04 PM PDT

2005/04/04 · 12:04

If the American health system were a sports team, would we be having a winning season? I ask this because recent health care statistics indicate that we'd be the dead last in lineup of all the western industrial countries, in spite of the fact we pay roughly double, per capital, than all the other nations. It would be as if the Yankees not only outspent the other teams, but then got shut-out by the Milwaukee Brewers.

And maybe, just maybe, if people cared as much about public health as they do about sports, we might be able to challenge the public health statistics of Health Care All-Stars like Cuba.

No, that is not a typo. Right now, as we speak, a baby born in Cuba has better odds of surviving than a baby born in the USA. And if that American baby is born in, say, Washington D.C., his Cuban counterpart has MUCH better odds. Read More

If you can't say something nice about the Pope...

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Sunday April 03, 2005 · 8:13 AM PDT

2005/04/03 · 08:13

Then say it somewhere else. In an attempt at being fair and balanced, this thread is the place to make positive comments about the Pope and his legacy. My 2 bits? Read More

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