Following up on my earlier post about the Republicans not worrying about the deficit if it helps the rich, I decided to post this little graph. It really puts a perspective on the current budget deficit and who is ultimatley responsible for it. Fareed Zakaria, writing an article entitled “Raise My Taxes, Mr. President!” in […]
The U.S. decides not to join in the international ban of cluster bombs: More than 100 countries reached agreement Wednesday to ban cluster bombs, controversial weapons that human rights groups deplore but that the United States, which did not join the ban, calls an integral, legitimate part of its arsenal. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […]
And Gordon Brown isn’t too happy about it: The fact that US “extraordinary rendition” flights refuelled on a British overseas territory is “a very serious issue,” British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday [SNIP] “We have just been informed by the United States of America about what actually happened. The United States has expressed regeet […]
FOX is known as a right wing propaganda machine. You can even go as far to say that they deliver a message of hate towards liberals and those with differing points of view. They have been promoters of the Iraq war and was a very useful tool of the administration when it came to selling […]
Arguments are once again heating up over detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay. This time it is not from some U.N. group or international human rights organization: Via UPI: Blair: Guantanamo ‘must be stopped’ LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) — The U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is an “anomaly that has to be dealt with,” […]
Could the end of the romance be near? Are we looking at two broken hearts when we look into the eyes of our President and British Prime Minister Tony Blair? The two close friends that once stood side by side as they took on an endeavor to free the world of a tyrant don’t seem […]
Reported by The Standard Time on AfterDowningStreet.org Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday called on Americans to be more aware of the “bait and switch” Iraq war and the “hollowing out” of the Army in the pursuit of a mistaken policy. In a swing through SouthCoast, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee attacked the priorities of the […]