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Spinning the war's absurdities Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
US Support for Anti-Democratic Forces in Venezuela Imagine the scandal if a foreign government had for years funneled millions of dollars to political groups in the United States in an attempt to affect the outcome of a U.S. election. Even worse, what if some of the groups that received money had been involved in a failed coup attempt against a democratically elected U.S. president? Would the U.S. public not have a right to be outraged at the attempt to manipulate our political process?
Venezuela Gets the Florida Treatment
A fear of free speech
Miracles And Wonders
The Failed Occupation A TV station ban, 160,000 foreign troops, trumped up charges: is this the free society Iraqis were promised?
Oil soars as Iraq tension mounts
Canadians watch in shock as America seriously considers re-electing Bush
'American media: I'll give you a good sound bite' The problem with our media is not bias, but reporting. How come reporters are not asking the tough questions of our leaders? There have been plenty of opportunities to do so: in the months leading to the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, officials from the Bush administration presented the Bush line on Iraq: Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of deadly weapons, and he was ready to use them either against us directly, or indirectly by providing those weapons to terrorists.
A War for Israel
Spinning the war's absurdities SOME CAMPAIGN claims so strain credulity that, hearing them, you're surprised the speaker can keep a straight face as he utters the words. That's now the case with George W. Bush and the Iraq war.
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