Chalmers Johnson, writing in Le Monde Diplomatique, says “there is an enormous anomaly in the US economy above and beyond the subprime mortgage crisis, the housing bubble, and the prospect of recession: 60 years of misallocation of resources, and borrowings, to the establishment and maintenance of a military-industrial complex as the basis of the […]

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Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney decided to suspend his presidential race and, literally, turn over the nomination to Senator John McCain. His concession speech contained insulting language which is inappropriate for a man who aspired to the presidential nomination of this nation. “If I fight on in my campaign,” he said, “all the way to […]

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John McCain contnually portrays himself as an “underdog” who stands up to powerful interests in the nation and the Republican party. On one hand, he revels in the role of being a maverik and, on the other hand, insists he is a true conservative. Ironically, despite a solid conservative voting record, the closer he gets […]

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The ballots are just about all in, the talk is just about done for a day, and uncertainty is the main result of the Democratic primaries. The two candidates went head to head in state after state and when the dust has settled we know something but not everything. There is little doubt Obama is […]

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President Bush’s top diplomat in Iraq said the US plans on keeping troops there into 2009 and most probably beond that point. Ambassador Ryan Crocker believes the American presence is the center of gravity that holds together the effort to defeat militants in the war torn nation. He said both General Petraeus and hmself are […]

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Following are four views from foreign newspapers regarding the Republican primary in the state of Florida:
Great Britain, The Independent:
“Humiiated Giuliani Set To Endorse McCain”
“Rudy Giuliani, whose dreams of becoming the American president were abruptly breached in the Republican primary in Florida last night will […]

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As the campaign of Rudy Giuliani slowly sinks into the eastern sun, questions continue arising about who is this man and what does he represent? Latest Florida polls indicate he might wind up in third place in a state Rudy insisted was his to win. His bombastic approach to politics is based on continually claiming […]

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There are political slanderers and there are political panderers in American poliitics, Mike Huckabee certainly should be awarded an Oscar for his recent mud slinging episode in South Carolina. The Arkansas traveler has decided the critical issue confronting the people of South Carolinia is not the collapse of the stock market or the housing crisis, […]

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Ron Paul is a very nice man. Unfortunately, he appears trapped in a nineteenth century approach to confronting 21st century issues. At times, one wonders if Congressman Paul ever studied any aspect of America’s labor history or actions of 19th century robber barons. He captivates many young people with cries of ending government intervention in […]

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In a recent letter soliciting funds for the Rudy Giuliani campaign his campaign managers pleaded that “everyone in the campaign is doing all we can to conserve resources to help Rudy get elected” including staff forgoing their salaries. “Will you help us one more time?” pleaded the communication. Meanwhile, down in Florida, Rudy gave another […]

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