From giagia:

Who said American political satire was dead?

edit, 7:19pm: However, this is a particularly interesting form of modern political propaganda, no matter how much it may look like satire. I'm considering purchasing it, but I don't know if I should.

From the Liberator Songbook via softfruit:

Star-Spangled Missile
(Words: David Senior, Tune: Star-Spangled Banner)Oh say can you see, by the night's eerie glow ( Read more... )

I have a particular hate-on for mercenaries. I have a special hatred of Blackwater; what they do in Iraq, in Afghanistan, especially in Colombia and so many other countries.

But now they've been sent into New Orleans. Along with other choice paramilitaries such as DynCorp, Intercon, American Security Group, Blackhawk, Wackenhut (yes, of the rent ( Read more... )

From Informed Consent via mmaestro:

The question is whether Bush played politics with terror around the time of the Democratic National Convention in late July, 2004. Jim Lobe reminded us at the time that ' The New Republic weekly quoted Pakistani intelligence officials as saying the White House had asked them to announce the arrest or killing of any " ( Read more... )

I just participated in the Human Rights Campaign's online chat entitled "The Supreme Court and You: What Does This Mean for the GLBT Community?" with their Legislative Director Christopher Labonte and their Senior Counsel Lara Schwartz ( Read more... )

Two days before Gonzalez was confirmed as Attorney General, Rep. Joel Hefley (R-CO) was ousted as the chairman of the House Ethics Committee after having the gall to investigate and then admonish House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) thrice last year for unethical behaviour. If you're going to be a policitian for the Republican party, remember: ( Read more... )

Gonzales comfirmed as new Attorney General
I can't believe the Senate just gave a sizable reward to a man advocating torture. Wait, yes I can.

"This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers, stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and later by the prisoners who were freed ... were not, as some assumed, inflicted ( Read more... )

3 September 1967
U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote
Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terrorby Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times ( Read more... )

Today was the $40m installation coronation inauguration of the new American dictator King President.

Dissent now officially considered a mental illnessAfter the Presidential election, do you feel that there is no sense of fairness, like you live in a dictatorship, that there is intense hypocrisy and that Bush is a moron? Do you believe such conspiracy theories like the election was rigged, compassionate conservatism is a lie or an oxymoron, there ( Read more... )