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Apr01

April Fool’s Report – State of The Nation

by MarkTC on April 1st, 2013 at 5:16 am

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Originally Published @ Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/01/1198356/-April-Fool-s-Report-State-of-The-Nation?detail=hide Now that Republicans have gained complete control of both houses of the US Congress and the White House, our esteemed leader and former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney can finally get down to the work of rigging the elections and turning the treasury over to big business interests – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar12

About the war in Afghanistan, from “The Operators” by Michael Hastings

by Don Smith on March 12th, 2013 at 7:01 am

Posted In: War

In “The Operators: the wild and terrifying inside story of America’s war in Afghanistan,” war journalist Michael Hastings describes the self-inflicted downfall of General Stan McChrystal. Hastings was working for Rolling Stone and McChrystal and his staff thought it a cool idea to invite Hastings along for a trip to Paris and Berlin, where Hastings […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar10

Iraq War supporters have no right to complain about the deficits

by Don Smith on March 10th, 2013 at 10:28 pm

Posted In: Justice, Economic Justice, War

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Feb02

Obama Reportedly Considering Intervention In Syrian Civil War

by Linda Boyd on February 2nd, 2013 at 8:58 pm

Posted In: Politics, Obama, Elections, Rocky Anderson, Politics, Role of government, War

One reason I supported Rocky Anderson for president on the Justice Party ticket is that he remembers that only congress has the power to declare war. ANDERSON: I think the important issue here is that we went into Libya, joined with our allies, without any authorization from Congress. This is the real long-term question that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb01

Thomas Jefferson’s opposition to standing armies

by Don Smith on February 1st, 2013 at 11:54 am

Posted In: History, Military Force, Peace, War

“There are instruments so dangerous to the rights of the nation and which place them so totally at the mercy of their governors that those governors, whether legislative or executive, should be restrained from keeping such instruments on foot but in well-defined cases. Such an instrument is a standing army.” –Thomas Jefferson to David Humphreys, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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