http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:11:53 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:11:53 It's a political reality that the corporate interests who have made such a mess of our health care system also have a stranglehold on our Congress. They dominate the Republican Party and they have massive influence in our Party.

Among the most dozen or so conservative Democratic members of the S... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/263 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:08:06 So Nancy Pelosi says she couldn't have revealed the classified information she was told about Bush administration torture even if she had wanted to. For that matter she says she still can't. And the meme echos across DU. Over and over posters insist that secrecy laws stood in the way of our noble... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/262 Sat, 09 May 2009 16:24:28 I am a Democratic Party Purist.

This means that I choose which politicians I support and which I do not based upon their values and their political agenda. When candidates or office holders work toward and believe in the same things I do, I support them. When they work against the values I bel... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/261 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:11:07 :shrug:

I mean really. One more blue dog? One more Republicrat now in a safe seat?

After all, it's our own "centrists" blocking most of the substantive efforts at real change.

I'm sorry, but I give this news a big YAWN.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/260 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:27:09 For the record, I understand the differences between the USA and North Korea, in governance, power etc. I also understand the role of the United Nations. That being said, can someone please tell me, from the standpoint of fundamental fairness, why the USA should be allowed to test long-range balli... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/258 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:52:33 [b]From a recent email I recieved:[/b]

By Paul Richmond

Recently I was told the story of a Colorado man who approached then Vice President Dick Cheney and raised questions of his policies. Within minutes the man was arrested and handcuffed by a Secret Service agent for “assaulting&#8221... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/259 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:21:42 http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/30/afghanistan/index.html

Obama's domino theory

The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan.

By Juan Cole

March 30, 2009 | Pre... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/257 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:56:53 [i]Note to mods: Clearly this is not an "I/P" post, as it refers to activities inside the US and does not involve the "P." Thanks in advance for not moving it.[/i]

[b]CounterPunch[/b] today includes a useful roundup of Israeli spying activities in the US. This is particularly relevant given th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/256 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:39:39 [b]From: Znet[/b]

By William Blum

[link:http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/commentaries/3798|Being serious about torture. Or not.]

In Cambodia they're once again endeavoring to hold trials to bring some former senior Khmer Rouge officials to justice for their 1975-79 war crimes and crime... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/255 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:15:03 [div class="excerpt"]However the goals have to be modest. We cannot be there to "control" or pacify the region but rather to destabilize our adversaries there...[/div]

Problem is, we ARE presently trying to "control" the region. Just destabilizing our adversaries would require fewer not more tro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/254 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:20:54 On February 23 President Obama appointed Dennis Ross to be the “Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Gulf and Southwest Asia.” Ross will be leaving his present position as a “consultant” to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP or simply Washington... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/253 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:56:45 From: [b]Counter Punch[/b]

[div class="excerpt"]Orwell in Babylon
Obama's Non-Withdrawal Withdrawal Plan

By CHRIS FLOYD

It would be superfluous in us to point out that a plan to "end" a war which includes the continued garrisoning of up to 50,000 troops in a hostile land is, in reality, ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/252 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:10:51 From Glenn Greenwald:

[div class="excerpt"]It cannot be emphasized enough that those who are arguing against criminal investigations for Bush officials are -- whether consciously or implicitly -- arguing that the U.S., alone in the world, is exempt from the laws and principles which we've been ad... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/251 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:57:25 Lately a number of my friends and family have been considering runs for public office – from political novices seeking local City Council seats to experienced politicians considering runs for Congress. In discussing these plans with the potential candidates and with others, the question I seem to h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/250 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:24:41 An idea who's time has long past come.

Dennis gets to the heart of the problem because he actually wants solutions.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/249 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:38:57 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/247 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:56:15 last month. Take it with a few grains of salt, but it does sound very Confessions-of-an-Economic-Hit-Man-esque:

[div class="excerpt"]http://www.killinghope.org/bblum6/aer65.html

The Anti-Empire Report
January 3rd, 2009
by William Blum
...

The question that may never go away: Who really ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/248 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:41:25 For me the hardest part of watching the unwarranted, counterproductive and wanton slaughter in Gaza is knowing that my tax Dollars are helping pay the bill, supply the arms, and maintain the diplomatic cover. It's frightening to understand that millions and millions of my fellow humans quite rightf... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/245 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:02:57 [b]From: ZNet[/b]

By Robert Weissman

http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/commentaries/3731

What a year for corporate criminality and malfeasance!

As we compiled the Multinational Monitor list of the 10 Worst Corporations of 2008, it would have been easy to restrict the awardees to Wall... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/246 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:14:36 News of a new alaming report by the DOJ, from Human Rights Watch:

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/12/18/us-soaring-rates-rape-and-violence-against-women

[div class="excerpt"]December 18, 2008

(New York, December 18, 2008) - A new government report showing huge increases in the incidences o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/244 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:18:35 [b]From: [link:http://www.70news.com/2008/12/14/that-was-no-small-war-in-georgia-it-was-the-end-of-the-american-empire/|70News.com][/b]

[i]This article was published in the final issue of Radar magazine, which was bought out and shuttered just as this issue went to print. This (70News) is the fir... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/243 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:31:42 A reader over at Andrew Sullivan's blog asks one of those "easier said than done" questions. And yet it all seems so logical.

[div class="excerpt"][link:http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/12/easier-said-t-1.html#more|A reader writes:]

Opiate painkilling drugs are in cri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/242 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:39:24 Want to address the root of our present American condition? Forget about the $700 Billion Wall Street bailout. Forget the collapsing housing market. Forget the failing auto-makers, the rising jobless claims, the derivatives bubble, the swelling food-bank lines and the failing state and local gove... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/241 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:36:38 My number one bailout takeaway:

Any enterprise so large that its potential failure would wreck havoc on our economy, and hence require a taxpayer bailout, can and should be heavily regulated by the State.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/240 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:00:58 As usual, Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com articulates the obvious better than anyone.

[div class="excerpt"][link:http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/12/03/aristocracy/index.html|Nepotistic succession in the political class]

Bill Clinton yesterday was forced to deny speculation that he wou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Truth2Tell/239 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:50:45