World War III or Peace, An Issue the World At Large Must Address

“Right now probably the most anti-American country on earth is Pakistan,” Maddow continued. “Pakistan not only has a nuclear weapon but has demonstrated that they will proliferate that technology on the black market. The idea that Iran would be cause for World War III but Pakistan’s no big worry to us is psychotic.”

Finally, Action! Ron Paul Introduces Bill to Defend Constitution!

"The American Freedom Agenda Act would bar the use of evidence obtained through torture; require that federal intelligence gathering is conducted in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); create a mechanism for challenging presidential signing statements; repeal the Military Commissions Act, which, among other things, denies habeas corpus to certain detainees; prohibit kidnapping, detentions, and torture abroad; protect journalists who publish information received from the executive branch; and ensure that secret evidence is not used to designate individuals or organizations with a presence in the U.S. as foreign terrorists."

Open Letter to the Government from an AWOL Soldier

Families are falling apart. Iraqis are dying. For what? A red, white and blue flag that says, "I'm a Patriot"? Dissent is Patriotic.

It was hard to pull a quote from this letter as every bit of it is filled with truth and emotion. Don't miss this read. -- ZDN

Meeting Resistance

This video clip from the upcoming, award winning film from Steve Connors and Molly Bingham, Meeting Resistance, portrays a side of the Iraqi insurgency President Bush doesn't want the world to see.

Torture Victim Tells His Story to Congress

Mukasey compares U.S. torture to Nazi tactics

Not only did Michael Mukasey repudiate the so-called 2002 “torture memo” signed by Office of Legal Counsel chief Jay Bybee — which appears to have survived in spirit, if not in letter — but he compared U.S. torture to the Holocaust.

Why, Even If You Have Nothing To Hide, Government Surveillance Threatens Your Freedom

"I've got nothing to hide, so electronic surveillance doesn't bother me. To the contrary, I'm delighted that the Bush Administration is monitoring calls and electronic traffic on a massive scale, because catching terrorists is far more important that worrying about the government's listening to my phone calls, or reading my emails." So the argument goes. It is a powerful one that has seduced too many people.

Claims of secret CIA jail for terror suspects on British island to be investigated

Allegations that the CIA held al-Qaida suspects for interrogation at a secret prison on sovereign British territory are to be investigated by MPs, the Guardian has learned.

Maps and Charts of Iraqi Oil Fields

These are documents turned over by the Commerce Department, under a March 5, 2002 court order as a result of Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit concerning the activities of the Cheney Energy Task Force. The documents contain a map of Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, refineries and terminals, as well as 2 charts detailing Iraqi oil and gas projects, and “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts.” The documents are dated March 2001.

Exclusive: Cheney hand seen in leaked Syria stories

Allegations that a Syrian envoy admitted during a United Nations meeting Oct. 17 that an Israeli air strike hit a nuclear facility in September are inaccurate and have raised the ire of some in the US intelligence community, who see the Vice President’s hand as allegedly being behind the disinformation.

Bush Jokes about WMD

White House Correspondents Dinner WHCD 2004. Recalls the cynical disrespect Bush, as well as the laugh-along DC elite, have for soldiers and human beings.

NEW HAMPSHIRE RFID STUDY COMMISSION SEES CHIPPING KIDS AND CORPSES AS ACCEPTABLE

In a 9-5 vote, the committee voted to strike down language requiring that anyone receiving a human implant must be at least 18 years of age and eliminated language that would have required an individual's own personal consent to receive a microchip in their body.

Bush's Spying Hits Americans Abroad

In August after the Democratic-controlled Congress caved in to George W. Bush’s demands for broader surveillance powers, I noted that the new authority went far beyond what was advertised and that the President could obtain year-long spying orders on Americans who ventured outside the United States.

Today's Must Read

A day after the White House made available to the committee "millions" of pages of material documenting how the telecommunications industry complied with warrantless requests for Americans' international communications after 9/11, the committee wrote into its bill a provision granting the industry retroactive immunity from customer lawsuits that the White House has long desired.

Dodd says he is prepared to Filibuster the FISA/Telecom immunity bill

Dodd told us yesterday that he will place a hold on the new bill if it grants immunity to the billion dollar Telecoms that have more money than GOD and just as many lawyers on board to advise them.

Call (202) 224-6472, and say: "Hi, is this the number I call to get retroactive immunity for my past illegal acts?"

That’s Senator Jay Rockefeller’s office. He’s the weak-chinned author of the abomination that gives the telcos retroactive immunity for their lawbreaking under Dear Leader’s warrantless surveillance program.

An unlikely treasure-trove of donors for Clinton

The candidate's unparalleled fundraising success relies largely on the least-affluent residents of New York's Chinatown -- some of whom can't be tracked down.

How Clinton Set the Stage for Bush

Today, many Americans hold G. W. Bush personally responsible for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere that have brought about America’s increasing isolation in the world. Many also blame Bush for the general decline in our fortunes and for the dimming of hope. While I am no friend of the Bush administration, I do not entirely agree with this view, because I take issue with those who still naively believe in a partisan solution.

The Song That Is Irresistible: How the State Leads People to Their Own Destruction

The state gains its very sustenance from robbery, which it pretties up ideologically by giving it a different name (taxation) and by striving to sanctify its intrinsic crime as permissible and socially necessary.

The inevitable collapse of the dollar

Americans are living beyond their means and Asia is currently financing that. But eventually the Asians/Europeans will stop financing the USA and then the bubble will burst...

Dow Closes Down 366 Points; All Major US Indexes Down More Than 2%

Twenty years to the day after the Black Monday market crash, major U.S. stock indexes closed down by more than 2%.

U.S. MARSHALS, ATF and IRS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS CONCLUDE SEARCH OF ED & ELAINE BROWN’S NH PROPERTY

“Moreover,” Bricker added, “honest American taxpayers deserve to know that there are consequences for individuals who intentionally evade their tax obligations. In this case, as in all cases, we operate through a system of justice where facts are presented and applied to the law. Law enforcement reacted to the Browns’ decision not to participate within that system. The threat of violence does not and cannot be permitted to deter the United States from enforcing our tax laws. IRS is responsible for and will continue to protect the revenue that our country depends on to operate.”

And exactly what law is it that "honest American taxpayers" are breaking if the "evade their tax obligation"? Why wasn't it quoted here? Why hasn't it been quoted anywhere? I sent an email to the US Marshalls Service. Maybe they can help me. And not one dime of the "revenue that our country depends on to operate" comes from federal income tax paid by the average American worker, as was concluded by the Grase commission...

Industrialist Peter Grace and syndicated columnist Jack Anderson formed the Grace Commission in 1982 in response to President Reagan's "Private Sector Survey on Cost Control." Two years later, after 161 corporate executives and community leaders directed over 2,000 researchers to investigate government spending, the 47-volume, 21,000-page Grace Commission Report was published.

The $76 million study was funded entirely from private sector donations and cost the taxpayers nothing. The commission made 2,478 recommendations that would save the taxpayers $424.4 billion over three years without cutting essential services or raising taxes.

In a letter to President Reagan dated January 12, 1984, Grace encapsulated his commission's findings. He warned the president of multi-trillion dollar government debts by the year 2000 should the federal government not act upon his commission's recommendations.

In this same letter, Grace told President Reagan that "one-third" of the tax dollars collected are wasted and another third not collected. "With two-thirds of everyone's personal income taxes wasted or not collected, 100 percent of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal debt and by Federal Government contributions to transfer payments. In other words, all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services which taxpayers expect from their Government."

Huckabee: Get Rid Of The IRS

The former Arkansas governor thinks the country should “completely end the $10 billion IRS.”

FDA seizes $71k in herbal tea products as campaign of censorship against nutritional supplements continues

The company, Fulllife Natural Options, was accused by the FDA of marketing an "unapproved drug" due to the truthful marketing claims that accurately describe the blood sugar lowering effects of the product's main ingredient: Bitter Melon fruits.

Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 14

By the time the gun had emptied its twin 250-round auto-loader magazines, nine soldiers were dead and 11 injured.

RIAA Fights to Avoid Attorney Fees in Dismissed Piracy Lawsuit

Tanya Andersen, 42, says she racked up the expenses defending against an RIAA infringement lawsuit that was ultimately dismissed for lack of evidence.