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America Bashing by Stephane Peray

plep — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:57:09 -0800

America Bashing. By Thai cartoonist Stephane Peray.

You heard it here first.

lupus_yonderboy — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:36:51 -0800

Cheney not to run again. Rumours have been flying on the net for hours and now Drudge has it. Interesting development, if true...

what america needs

christy — Wed, 26 May 2004 00:42:45 -0800

open debates is a nonprofit that's working to reform the presidential debate process for the american election. they have some pretty big names on their board from across the political spectrum, including john b. anderson, angela "bay" buchanan, and randall robinson.

From the website:
Currently, the presidential debates are secretly controlled by the major parties, through the private bipartisan corporation called the Commission on Presidential Debates, resulting in the stultification of format, the exclusion of popular candidates, and the avoidance of pressing national issues.
The major party candidates never pay a political price for their antidemocratic practices; posing as an independent sponsor, the Commission on Presidential Debates shields the major party candidates from public criticism and public accountability.

xian — Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:31:02 -0800

Regime change required for a rogue nation? In a soundbite disseminated by the White House and duly picked up by the media, Bush the younger asserted that "the world's worst leaders" will not be permitted to "harbor and develop the world's worst weapons." With the U.S. hinting at a new, unilateral war effort abroad and suspending constitutional rights at home, Adrian Hamilton writes in the Independent (U.K.), "The government which is spending by far the most on weapons of mass destruction, and is now planning to raise its budget by an increase greater than the total defence spending of Europe, is, of course, based in Washington."

magullo — Fri, 03 May 2002 06:57:11 -0800

Australia and Europe incensed over U.S. lies on free trade Bush: "The final provisions of the farm Bill are also consistent with America's international trade obligations, which will strengthen our ability to open foreign markets for American farm products". In other words, free trade good when we sell to you, bad when you sell to us.