10 Things to Know About John McCain

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t):
1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,” yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1
2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, [...]

Should Corporations Have Rights?

Noam Chomsky provides an interesting discussion on the matter. He suggests that the idea of corporations having “rights” is only recent. They aren’t listed in the Constitution, are most often a tool for tyranny, their “rights” were achieved through courts and lawyers, the legal system was reshaped to give them power, and they [...]

US Accused of Systematic and Persistent Racial Discrimination

GENEVA (AFP) — The United States is guilty of “persistent and systematic” racial discrimination across all aspects of society from Guantanamo Bay to the justice and school systems, rights groups charged on Wednesday.
“The persistent and systematic issues of racial discrimination have not been addressed” by the US government despite its adoption in 1994 of the [...]

Great video of John McCain and his policies aka Bush-Cheney

McCain will say anything he thinks will get him the support of Cheney-Bush supports. This video is a great compilation of his words. Unfortunately it leaves out McCain’s OK on torture after years of being a strong opponent to it’s use.

The original video was a Obama promotion:

List of Bush Administration Controversies

Thought this list was amazing.  In looking it over, there appears to be still many missing.  Check the List of Bush Controversies on Wikipedia.

George Bush Lies and Threats Over FISA

Good discussion about what is going on. Bush wants to let the old FISA expire if he doesn’t get his way with telecom immunity. In other words, if Bush doesn’t get his way with granting immunity for telecoms such as AT&T and Verizon in domestic spying, he would rather put the nation in [...]

Statement in Defense of Free Speech

The National Mall has been the site of peaceful demonstrations for many years. For George Bush to decide to stop this civil right to expression is unthinkable.
Statement in Defense of Free Speech
Rights on the National Mall
Sign the Statement
We the undersigned are supporting the emergency mobilization of the people demanding that there [...]

“In America They Came First For Dennis Kucinich”

An EXCELLENT discussion about the corporate and media annihilation of Dennis Kucinich. Don’t let corporations silence a true voice that speaks for us all - donate to support Kucinich’s effort to maintain his Congressional seat here.
In America They Came First For Dennis Kucinich - By [...]

George McGovern Calls For Impeachment!

Please don’t forget to add your name to Congressman Robert Wexler’s Impeachment Petition
George McGovern, former Presidential candidate against Richard M. Nixon, Senator, and U.S. Representative.
Read the original article at the Washington Post, by George McGovern “Why I Believe Bush Must Go”
“As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have [...]

George Bush and Iran

Keith Olbermann says it so well with evidence to support his views. Too bad there are few journalist such as this in the media.

Support Chris Dodd in Blocking The FISA Bill

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Chris Dodd is speaking out in opposition to the Retroactive Immunity legislation, protecting the telecom industry for wiretapping, that would have passed without his voice. Although this is a great victory for the American people, it will resurface again for vote in the next month. He was joined by Senator’s [...]

Huffington Post’s Modern GOP Project

This is a great piece of history (yes, Rudy Giuliani’s name is included among Cheney, Bush, Libby, although not shown in this thumbnail). I do hope this will be the darkest moment of our history that we will soon pass. The Huffington Post’s attempt at “graphically reproducing the lunacy of [...]