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Show latest blog entries They Shoot Helicopters, Don't They? (Thursday, 28 August 2008) By Shahram Vahdany How journalists spread rumors during Katrina. By Matt Welch On September 1, 72 hours after Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, the Associated Press news wire flashed a nightmare of a story: "Katrina Evacuation Halted Amid Gunfire...Shots Are ... (7978 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) AP’s Self-contradicting Settler-Editors (Tuesday, 26 August 2008) By Dan Alba Staffed almost exclusively by Israeli nationals and Jewish immigrants living illegally as settlers in the Palestinian West Bank, The Associated Press' West Jerusalem bureau is the global central hub for Israeli apologetics. Not a day goes by in which editors... (3465 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) My Challenge: Christianity, take on the evils of Capitalism! (Tuesday, 26 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss I was well into my fifties before I got it. You can tell me that my views are tainted, but it all makes perfect sense when one looks at the big picture. The picture is human being over here on the left (of course!), and the church and capitalism over on the... (4284 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) America: Land of Bobble-heads (Sunday, 24 August 2008) By James Secor America: Land of Bobble-heads   Every time I read the news about America, I am amazed at my countrymen's idiocy. My country is full of mindless, thoughtless people, people who, like the man on a lame donkey, blame the potholes in the road for the damned bu... (6146 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) McCain fortune traced to organized crime (Sunday, 24 August 2008) By Shahram Vahdany John McCain's personal fortune traces back to organized crime in Arizona, through his father-in-law, according to a report published by a multi-news agency team called Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. IRE reporters Amy Silverman and John Doherty, wr... (983 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Clean Fuels or Enough Food? (Wednesday, 20 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss Do we really want to know that some folks are starving so we can clear our consciences over using fossil fuels? A few years ago I attended regular meetings with a group of people who called themselves the Clean Fuels Coalition. At that time, we thought ... (4490 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) AP Calls Lieberman A Prick (Tuesday, 19 August 2008) By Shahram Vahdany One of the most amusing typos of the season turned up for awhile overnight in a major Associated Press dispatch. Some in the liberal blogosphere, who have often criticized Sen. Joe Lieberman -- the Democrat turned Independent who has endorsed John McCain -- f... (751 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Don't forget to invite the artists to your next protest! (Monday, 18 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss For any social movement to succeed, it must have an art component! Life as art! Life without art would be awfully dull, whereas life with art takes on a richness, an existence with meaning. Maybe that is why people of all extremes, left and right, conse... (3532 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) A Trip to America's "War Zone" (Thursday, 14 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss Is this what we want to pass on to our grand kids? It all started out quite innocently on a Sunday afternoon during our visit in Los Angeles with friends and Disneyland. We had some time to kill so we decided to take the Metro light rail from Norwalk ,... (5103 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) What are We Doing with our Precious Water? (Wednesday, 13 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss At least thanks to Clean Water Act they are no longer on fire.....but they're still at risk! Back in the 60's and earlier, we in the USA had rivers on fire. Today I don't think this happens anymore, thanks to concerned citizens and the Clean Water Act. ... (4751 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Top 12 reasons civil marriage equality should not be legal (Tuesday, 12 August 2008) By Shahram Vahdany 1. Homosexuality is not natural -- much like eyeglasses, polyester, fellatio, indoor plumbing, and birth control. 2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. (As we all know, infertile couples and old people cant legally get marr... (2267 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Black War Propaganda: 'Russia v. Georgia' (Monday, 11 August 2008) By Dan Alba CNN is leading the charge , as if directed by the Pentagon. Make no mistake: Rick Sanchez is fulfilling an agenda here. His job? Make it appear that Russia committed naked aggression upon Georgia — despite the documented facts to the contrary . No... (3331 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) Driving a car daily makes us addicts! (Monday, 11 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss Are you willing to kick the habit? We Americans love to complain, but we aren't apt to change our ways after our complaints. Maybe that doesn't make much sense to you, because most of us complain about other people or circumstances that cause us suffer... (4496 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Points to be Remember before Take Unsecured Loans (Saturday, 09 August 2008) By david shang  An unsecured loans means a loan without any collector. This type of loans is very popular in UK and US. Only few documents you have to give in front of bank manager and you can get loans fast as like other loans. If you are looking f... (2553 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) UPI has officially reserved a spot in The Dock (Saturday, 09 August 2008) By Dan Alba The list of corporate news media that intentionally lie about U.S.- and Israeli-chosen enemies in order to facilitate the demise of those enemies’ civilian populations is growing every day. We can now officially add to that list the editorial manageme... (7500 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Is our competitive spirit hurting our civilization? (Friday, 08 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss Do you think we'll ever achieve peace through nonviolence? Or, in other words, will humans ever realize that they can live a healthier, happier life if they cooperate other than compete? Seems to me that competition is related to the Protestant Work Ethic. ... (3416 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Iran war 'a vain effort' (Friday, 08 August 2008) By Shahram Vahdany A military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities 'is unlikely' to delay the country's program, a prestigious American think tank says. "Current knowledge of the (Iranian) complex is lacking," revealed a study published by the Washington-based Institute for... (1662 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) AP says: 'Iran has the bomb' (Thursday, 07 August 2008) By Dan Alba When I say The Associated Press is the most criminally dangerous media monstrosity, this is exactly what I mean. [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) Living Small is a Smart Move on a Full Planet! (Thursday, 07 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss So far I love the place in which I'm living......all 480 square feet of it (and that may be a stretch)! But it's perfect for me. I live alone. I have one room with enough space to also have some living area for a couch, chair, TV, desk, bookcase, stereo an... (4651 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) What You Should Know about The Associated Press (Tuesday, 05 August 2008) By Dan Alba And What You're Not Learning from Them The Associated Press is a monstrous contradiction. On one hand, the 162-year-old, corporate-media collective feigns high concern for accuracy, objectivity, and other journalistic principles; on the other hand, it... (16203 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (3) Environmentalists Must enlist the Issues of the Poor in Their Work! (Monday, 04 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss I volunteer at an environmental group. Today I asked the guys who collect our garbage (We have little of it, by the way.), if they were concerned about any environmental problems in their neighborhoods. The answer: "Our environment is fine. We just have... (5098 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Granny Can't Believe She's Gone Global! (Saturday, 02 August 2008) By Rachael Bliss Today's Communications among Ordinary Folks Show Us that Local is Global! Daily I check the hits for my blog (http://peoplepowergranny.blogspot.com). I'm amazed at how many people from outside the United States are reading it. For a little ole Granny... (4257 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Asks Obama of McCain on attack ads (Friday, 01 August 2008) By Shahram Vahdany "Is that the best you can do?" Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama seized on a record oil company profit to argue that rival John McCain offers only tax breaks for Big Oil and "short-term gimmicks" to consumers struggling with soaring gasol... (2977 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Birth control is abortion? (Thursday, 31 July 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Health-care workers in the US may soon be able to refuse to perform abortions or prescribe birth-control methods they consider objectionable. The Department of Health and Human Services has been asked by the Bush administration to review a draft regulation ... (787 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (3) ISRAEL PLUNGED INTO AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY (Thursday, 31 July 2008) By Desert Peace ( Ben Heine © Cartoons ) Last night the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, announced to the nation that he will step down from his post. On the 17th of September, his leading Party, Kadima will hold a leadership convention and and the ‘... (1711 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Think Tanks to Holding Tanks, Board Rooms to Gallows (Tuesday, 29 July 2008) By Dan Alba The perversion and demise of the U.S. Republic and the global shakedown of U.S.- and Israeli-chosen enemies would not be possible without the neocon-Likudnik empire’s Propaganda Ministry. This three-part document makes a layman’s case against th... (1696 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Will We See the End of Corporations in Our Lifetimes? (Tuesday, 29 July 2008) By Rachael Bliss Many who Sold their Lives to The Corporation Hope Not! About four years ago, Yan Simard posted a novel idea on his blog (http://yanknowwhat.blogspot.com/2004/05/end-of-corporations.html). He predicted that in the near future we would see ... (6003 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague (Saturday, 26 July 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Former Democratic candidate Mike Gravel says President George W. Bush should be taken to The Hague for war crimes rather than being impeached. In a Monday video conference with Press TV, the former Alaska senator said President Bush does not 'deserve' to b... (1091 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (4) Being Green in Death (Wednesday, 23 July 2008) By Rachael Bliss Isn't that the Way We All Should Go? Let me approach an uncomfortable subject....death, but death with a green tinge. For this post I researched some websites, and one had a message that I would like to paraphrase: "In nature, nothing dies.... (4520 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Beheading Our Mountains; Poisoning Our Waters! (Tuesday, 22 July 2008) By Rachael Bliss Everytime you plug in your computer or turn on a light switch, wash and dry your clothes or cook your food, you are contributing to our mountains being beheaded and our streams being poisoned. What, me? I'm doing no such thing! I'm just drying a loa... (5172 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) MOHAMMED OMER ~~ THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT … (Thursday, 17 July 2008) By Desert Peace The following is a must read. To date it is the best account of what really happened to Mohammed Omer… Gaza Journalist Assaulted by Shin Bet By Sarah Price The last words in his acceptance speech were, I can’t wait for the d... (30679 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Beware Bush's preemptive strike on torture (Tuesday, 15 July 2008) By Shahram Vahdany The president might issue a blanket pardon to block prosecution of top U.S. officials behind brutal interrogations – including himself. By James Ross, legal and policy director, published in Salon July 10, 2008 | New revelations of the U.S. g... (6326 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Can Green Heal the Division in the Red, White and Blue? (Sunday, 13 July 2008) By Rachael Bliss I recently caught a speech by New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist Thomas Friedman. He was speaking to the National Association of Governors. Seems that those guys and gals are beginning to think of other stuff other than just having their unive... (5321 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) CORPORATE MEDIA COLLUDES WITH DEMOCRACY’S DEMISE (Saturday, 12 July 2008) By Desert Peace In line with what I was saying yesterday about the Corporate Media, AP in particular , the following sheds light on the subject in a brilliant way… Our media institutions, deeply embedded in the power structures of society, ar... (13452 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) McCain Advisor: Americans are Whiners (Friday, 11 July 2008) By Shahram Vahdany In an interview with the Washington Times , the McCain economic adviser downplayed the economy -- despite it having been the top issue of concern to voters in public polling for months. Gramm goes so far as to call the economy a "mental recession," says ... (2931 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Impeachment on the House floor today (Thursday, 10 July 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Congressman Dennis Kucinich will present a single Article of Impeachment to the House of Representatives sometime between 3:30 pm and 4:00 pm (EDT) today, Thursday, July 10th. Sessions of the House of Representatives are broadcast live on C-SPAN (check your... (374 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) ISRAEL RESPONDS TO MOHAMMED OMER’S ‘ALLEGATIONS’ (Thursday, 10 July 2008) By Desert Peace The government’s statement ends with… “ We can only regret that his allegations received publicity and a platform without being properly investigated.” My statement is … It is unfortun... (4262 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Getting Political;Changing Lifestyle: Both, Not Either Or! (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) By Rachael Bliss What a quandary in which we find ourselves! Do we change the world by getting political (demonstrating, writing letters to the editor, civil disobedience, testifying at hearings, endorsing the best candidates for office, running for office, etc.)? ... (6167 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) The Daily Telegraph's discredited war propagandist is at it again (Monday, 07 July 2008) By Dan Alba Con Coughlin, foreign editor for the Daily Telegraph (UK), is fabricating stories about an alleged Iranian weapons program—again. His latest concoction is titled ” Iran has resumed A-bomb project, says West ,” and is fantastic as ever, us... (406 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Bob Barr: Stop the War Threats, (Sunday, 06 July 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Emphasize Diplomacy with Iran, Says Bob Barr Washington is filled with rumors of pending American or Israeli military action against Iran, says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for President. But “an attack on Iran would be unnecessary, ... (3879 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) What Will be Here When We're Gone? (Saturday, 05 July 2008) By Rachael Bliss The way humans are going, someday, maybe as much as a million or more years from now (if we're lucky), we too will become extinct. Alan Weisman has written a book called "The World without Us." He gave a book reading not long ago on C-Span. Wha... (2150 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) New is Out! Used is Cool! (Thursday, 03 July 2008) By Rachael Bliss Are you really, I say REALLY trying to leave a smaller footprint on this earth? I have been for years, and believe me, it can be frustrating and darn right tedious at times. But we have to keep trying. Eventually it will become second nature. One thing tha... (4509 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) Despicable! (Wednesday, 02 July 2008) By Dan Alba Journalist Raped by State Police; Story Ignored by AP June 26 : While entering his home country from a trip abroad, a member of the press was detained, tortured, beaten, and sodomized by militants of the foreign state that illegally occupies his country.... (2212 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) What gasoline purchase will harm future generations the least? (Tuesday, 01 July 2008) By Rachael Bliss In these Days of High Gas Prices, what Else Should You Consider When you Drive up to the Tank? Not long ago I got a nasty email that told me I was being unpatriotic if I ever purchased Citgo gasoline. A few days ago, I got another email... (4184 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Israelis Assault Award Winning IPS Journalist (Sunday, 29 June 2008) By Shahram Vahdany By Mel Frykberg Mohammed Omer, the Gaza correspondent of IPS, and joint winner of the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, was strip-searched at gunpoint, assaulted and abused by Israeli security officials at the Allenby border crossing between J... (5294 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) Promises, Promises, Empty Promises in USA (Saturday, 28 June 2008) By Rachael Bliss When will They be Kept? I'm measuring the promises that were made when my daughters were babies to now as adult women. USA leaders have failed to keep their promises to hopeful parents and the next generation. I'm tired of my government in the US... (4106 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Dodd tries to block the Immunity Bill (Wednesday, 25 June 2008) By Shahram Vahdany "This morning the senate has a scheduled cloture vote to cut off debate on the FISA bill which grants retroactive immunity to telecoms who engaged in warrantless wiretapping. Senators Russ Feingold and Christopher Dodd have pledged to try and filibuster the ... (539 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Will Martial Law Prevent US elections in November? (Sunday, 22 June 2008) By Rachael Bliss Will we even see an election this fall in the USA? Conversely, will we be forced to endure more time under the influence of the Bush Administration, during which time new judges will be possibly appointed to federal judgeships, including the Supreme Court... (3988 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (5) AN AWARD FOR THE VOICLESS PEOPLE OF PALESTINE (Sunday, 22 June 2008) By Desert Peace Mohammed Omer shown with Benjamin Heine A month ago I posted THIS . At the time it seemed virtually impossible for my dear Brother, Mohammed Omer to personally accept the reward in question, but with the assistance of the Dutch governmen... (1037 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) Lefts are smarter says study (Thursday, 19 June 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain By Denise Gellene, Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and conservatives literally think differently, researchers show. Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that li... (3926 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) There is no Iraqi insurgency (Wednesday, 18 June 2008) By Shahram Vahdany By Lindsay Beyerstein Military experts say The good news is that there's no insurgency in Iraq. The bad news is that there's something much worse... According to the conventional wisdom, the United States is fighting an insurgency in Iraq. In a clas... (2049 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) JERUSALEM ~~ NEITHER HERE NOR THERE (Wednesday, 11 June 2008) By Desert Peace Image by Ismael Shammout For decades the status of Jerusalem has been discussed, debated, fought over. The Israelis claim it to be their Capital. The Palestinians claim it to be theirs. Western nations supportive of Israeli policies in general ... (3568 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) Cheney talks trash (Monday, 09 June 2008) By Shahram Vahdany The sordid history conjured by the vice president's joke about inbreeding between poor white people. By Gregory Rodriguez Things are getting complicated. In the same week that a black man clinched the Democratic nomination for president, the current whi... (1283 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Assisting Pillagers (Saturday, 07 June 2008) By Dan Alba The Associated Press can always be relied upon to facilitate the economic, military, and political rape of defenseless people by imperial powers. They are the most prolific source of contrived controversy, myopic context, factual omissions, and general disinf... (17073 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) This Week in Apocalyptic Propaganda (Tuesday, 03 June 2008) By Dan Alba The lying warmongers at The Associated Press, the New York Times , and Fox News are at it again, and blatantly as ever. False Flag at Camp Ashraf The latest chapter in self-destructive neocon hypocrisy has the neocons' favorite U.S.-designated terroris... (22385 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (5) FREE WORLD OF CENSORSHIP ~~ PURGE AT HaARETZ NEWS... UPDATED 2/6/08 (Saturday, 31 May 2008) By Desert Peace Many of my readers may have noticed that I have not been posting many articles by Amira Hass lately. I have also not been cross posting a regular column by Gideon Levy called ‘The Twighlight Zone’. To be honest with you, I have combed the page... (6304 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Fidel Castro: The empire’s hypocritical politics (Tuesday, 27 May 2008) By Shahram Vahdany The empire’s hypocritical politics IT would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I di... (11980 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) NORMAN FINKELSTEIN ARRESTED IN ISRAEL (Friday, 23 May 2008) By Desert Peace ( Ben Heine © Cartoons ) Yes, Norman Finkelstein is a guest of the State of Israel! IN PRISON! He was denied entry to the country this morning, whisked away to a prison and will be deported tomorrow. WAY TO GO ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE ... (1556 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (4) Republican problem solving handbook (Wednesday, 21 May 2008) By Shahram Vahdany when confronted with a 'problem' choose several activities from the list below: ignore it exploit it deny it if asked about it at the beach, say 'talk to the sand' create intricate web of lies about it blindly support nutjob president discuss it w... (2327 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Overheard at the UN (Tuesday, 20 May 2008) By Shahram Vahdany A worldwide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was: “Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?” The survey was a huge failure. In Africa they didn&rsqu... (540 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) Georgia State GOP chair: McCain 'kind of like Jesus (Sunday, 18 May 2008) By Shahram Vahdany These people are total idiots. The Republican party deserves to go down for good with these kind of "leaders". Columbus — Georgia Republican Party chairwoman Sue Everhart said Saturday that the party's presumed presidential nominee has a lot in com... (488 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (5) Olympic Torch China - Shaoxing, Zhejiang (Friday, 16 May 2008) By James Secor    On Saturday, 17 May, the Olympic torch will pass through Shaoxing. What is more important is that it will pass through Shaoxing wenli xueyuan (Shaoxing College of Arts & Science). This is the only university so honored because China's premiere modern write... (7588 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Obama to America's Veterans (Wednesday, 14 May 2008) By Shahram Vahdany And I want to thank the people of West Virginia – particularly those who have worn the uniform of our country. More of you are veterans here than in almost any other state in the nation. So many Guard members from this very armory have been deployed to... (14626 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (3) So much for the rights of man (Saturday, 10 May 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Philippe Sands's Torture Team exposes the American conspiracy to tear up the Geneva Convention after the attacks of 9/11, says Rafael Behr The Observer Torture Team: Deception, Cruelty and the Compromise of Law by Philippe Sands Allen Lane £20, ... (5659 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) denial of aid (Friday, 09 May 2008) By James Secor Myanmar Burma's military dictatorship has, until just recently, refused to allow in all comers who wish to help with the devastation caused by Nature. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but. . .didn't George Bush, President of the United States, also ref... (266 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (5) How to be agood republican (Friday, 09 May 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Self help methods for those who have not achieved an honorary BS (bachelor of science) from Republicans School of Ethics. -You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own. -You have to be against all government p... (2615 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (8) Cheney: Darth Vader 'humanizes' me (Saturday, 03 May 2008) By Shahram Vahdany by Mark Silva Vice President Dick Cheney, who has gotten into a pretty good rhythm of telling jokes on himself near the end of his term, told a crowd at a Republican Party fundraiser in Tulsa, Olka., last night: "I don't care what you say, I'm not running... (1591 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) ISRAEL'S BIG BIRTHDAY BASH GETTING A BASHING (Saturday, 03 May 2008) By Desert Peace Methinks Israel is in for a big surprise on it’s 60th birthday….. no one is in ‘celebration mode’… or mood. The war, the economic situation, the recent scandals among high government official... (2468 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (3) MOST ISRAELIS ARE TOO EMBARRASSED TO LOOK THEMSELVES IN THE EYE (Sunday, 27 April 2008) By Desert Peace ( Ben Heine © Cartoons ) Certain things are not talked about among Jews, diseases in particular. If a loved one gets ill he is wished the best, wished long life and that’s it. The disease itself is never mentioned or talked about. The com... (1870 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) ISRAEL ~~ SIXTY YEARS OF DECEIT « Desertpeace (Wednesday, 23 April 2008) By Desert Peace The latest incident regarding, at least, the second Israeli nuclear spy has literally opened a Pandora’s Box. One can’t help but ask ‘what else Israel has been lying to the world about?’   The entire case regarding ... (3105 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (5) Historians Rate the Bush Presidency Worst (Monday, 14 April 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Historians Rate the Bush Presidency Worst By Robert S. McElvaine “As far as history goes and all of these quotes about people trying to guess what the history of the Bush administration is going to be, you know, I take great comfort in knowing t... (9228 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) THE CAMERA DOES NOT LIE ~~ BUT THE ZIONISTS DO (Sunday, 13 April 2008) By Desert Peace ( Ben Heine © Cartoons ) Case in point is an ‘analysis’ in the most recent bulletin published by a group called “CAMERA’; the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. ‘Accuracy’ to a zionist is nothi... (2416 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (4) The Top 50 Most Stupid Bush Quotes (Wednesday, 09 April 2008) By Shahram Vahdany •A man lost in his geography: 1 -"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe." George W. Bush 2 -"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system." George W... (6854 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) The Old "I've got nothing to hide" Excuse (Tuesday, 01 April 2008) By James Secor I really try to stay away from talking about my family but this item is the height of selective blindness. It is this: my family finds absolutely nothing wrong with the fact that the government is reading their mail, listening to their phone calls, following... (10831 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Left censorship (Monday, 31 March 2008) By James Secor The left, the freedom fighters, the people who yell and shout and raise all kinds of hell about censorship and the right to speak out, the people at Mother Jones Magazine. . .they engage in the same trashy censorship, the same repression of expression the gov... (2346 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) The Dalai Lama Scam (Sunday, 23 March 2008) By James Secor    Tibet was a sovereign nation, as the Dalai Lama says, but for only around 50 years. Since the Yuan Dynasty, the time of Genghis Khan, Tibet has been a tributary of China. That is, Tibet paid to be a country. Tibet was a colony of China. The Yellow Hats, th... (4730 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (14) Human Rights Record of United States in 2007 (Thursday, 20 March 2008) By James Secor The State Department of the United States released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 on March 11, 2008. As in previous years, the reports are full of accusations of the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions includin... (30260 more chars) [ Back ] shitting in your own backyard (Wednesday, 19 March 2008) By James Secor I just read the most inane bunch of bullshit by an agency post at mwcnews. I'm amazed that such trash would make it here. Too many squat toilets in Beijing. Is the reporter in Beijing? How long has he been in China? Is the US--and its Western China-bashing a... (1388 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (4) Transcript: Barack Obama's Speech On Race (Tuesday, 18 March 2008) By Shahram Vahdany "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers... (27741 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) the homeless problem (Sunday, 16 March 2008) By James Secor   The recent and growing spate of laws making it illegal to feed the homeless is not about the homeless at all, it’s about life in America. It’s about American values and the American dream. Yes. It will work to eradicate the homeless from the af... (3949 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (3) Ron Paul: No to Torture, Yes to the Constitution (Sunday, 16 March 2008) By Shahram Vahdany On Tuesday, March 11, the US House of Representatives voted for the version of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 that banned waterboarding and other forms of torture. The measure, previously passed by Congress, was vetoed by President Bush. This vot... (1922 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) DOUBLE STANDARDS APPLY TO TERRORISTS IN ISRAEL (Tuesday, 11 March 2008) By Desert Peace Image ‘Copyleft’ by Carlos Latuff Remember the name Baruch Goldstein ? Fourteen years ago he charged into one of Palestine’s most sacred mosques, situated in the building that houses the Tomb of Abraham our Father, and gunned dow... (2693 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) OBAMA THE MIMESIS (Sunday, 02 March 2008) By brannon parker By Brannon Parker The misery, injustices and disenchantments that are experienced by countless millions of Americans has created a sense of crisis. Every community in the country has concerns and challenges that impede their progress and trouble their lives. A... (11160 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (6) WHY RON PAUL WORKS (Friday, 29 February 2008) By brannon parker By M Brannon Parker 2-29-08 AMERICA. What is America? What is America beyond the media, beyond the hyperbole and the image? The answer is that America, like every other country, is in reality it’s people. The real breathing, working, reproducing, pro... (10597 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (15) Forget About It - A Short Story by Bob Boldt (Thursday, 21 February 2008) By Bob Boldt Midway through a late Sunday morning shower, my singularly resonant baritone rendition of Toreador from Bizet’s Carmen was interrupted by a loud trumpet blast somewhere inside the house. Stunned, I instinctively punched off the hot stream and reached for... (7813 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (3) Sorry then What!! (Monday, 28 January 2008) By Donna Abdulla I suppose its seems strange to think or believe that the Stolen Generation of Aboriginal Australia will be finally getting an Apology from our Prime Minister, but I have to say this meets me with a little apprehension it seems that nothing comes without strin... (2038 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Kucinich 'will file Bush impeachment' (Friday, 25 January 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Congressman Dennis Kucinich says he will introduce articles of impeachment against President Bush for deceiving the American nation. The Democrat said Wednesday that he would introduce the articles on January 28, the day US President George W. Bush is sche... (1734 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (4) Huckabee gave speech to white supremacists (Saturday, 19 January 2008) By Shahram Vahdany As South Carolina's Republican primary election draws nearer, Mike Huckabee has ratcheted up his appeals to the racial nationalism of white evangelicals. "You don't like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag," the ... (4918 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) Clinton, Romney Win Nevada Caucuses (Saturday, 19 January 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Nevada caucuses Saturday, powering past Sen. Barack Obama in a hard-fought race marred by late charges of dirty politics. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney coasted to an easy win in the Republican contest. The victor... (3582 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) BUSH GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE TERM ‘ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’ (Friday, 18 January 2008) By Desert Peace ( Ben Heine © Cartoons ) One expects a certain amount of intelligence to be associated with the office of Commander in Chief of the greatest nation on the planet…. but instead we are witnessing a new example for the term artificial intel... (1002 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) Judge says MSNBC debate must include Kucinich (Tuesday, 15 January 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Breaking News: Judge says MSNBC debate must include Kucinich -from the Los Angeles Times : A judge in Nevada has just ordered MSNBC to include Rep. Dennis Kucinich in Tuesday's Democratic Party presidential debate in Las Vegas or he will cancel the foru... (545 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) POST BUSH PALESTINE (Sunday, 13 January 2008) By Desert Peace ( Ben Heine © Cartoons ) The only thing that has changed in Palestine since Bush left here on Friday is the weather. After almost a complete week of rain and freezing temperatures, the sun miraculously came out from hiding as soon as the Presid... (1566 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) GRANDSON OF MAHATMA GANDHI AN ANTI SEMITE? (Saturday, 12 January 2008) By Desert Peace Image ‘Copyleft’ by Carlos Latuff I think NOT… but, needless to say, the zionist leadership disagrees with me. The following quotes were made regarding recent Blog entries written by Arun Gandhi, the grandson of the late leg... (9199 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (5) AS VONNEGUT WOULD HAVE SAID ~~ ‘GOD BLESS YOU MR. BUSH’ (Friday, 11 January 2008) By Desert Peace AS VONNEGUT WOULD HAVE SAID ~~ ‘GOD BLESS YOU MR. BUSH’ A DesertPeace Editorial   Too bad that America’s greatest man of letters is no longer with us to report on President Bush’s visit to Israel and Pa... (2181 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) CRACKDOWN ON JUSTICE~~ AN OCCUPATION WITHIN THE OCCUPATION (Wednesday, 09 January 2008) By Desert Peace ( Ben Heine © Cartoons ) CRACKDOWN ON JUSTICE~~ AN OCCUPATION WITHIN THE OCCUPATION A DesertPeace Editorial So much has happened since I last logged into Blogger... it would be impossible to catch up on things that occurred in Palestine.... ... (2890 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) McCain wins New Hampshire GOP primary (Wednesday, 09 January 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Sen. John McCain will win the New Hampshire GOP primary. Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a tight race, early results show. Clinton and Obama are within 2 percentage points of each other as early vote counts come in. With 13 pe... (848 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (2) Obama and Huckabee win Iowa (Friday, 04 January 2008) By Shahram Vahdany Barack Obama will win the Iowa Democratic caucus, based on early results. With 76 percent of precincts reporting, Obama had the support of 36 percent of voters, compared to 31 percent for Edwards and 30 percent for Clinton. Mike Huckabee will be th... (742 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Fox News exclude Ron Paul from debate (Saturday, 29 December 2007) By Shahram Vahdany Rumor or News? Ron Paul said the decision to exclude him from a debate on Fox News Sunday the weekend before the New Hampshire Primary is proof that the network "is scared" of him. "They are scared of me and don't want my message to get out, but it ... (879 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) Ron Paul: Iran will not attack Israel (Wednesday, 26 December 2007) By Shahram Vahdany Maverick Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul says the leaders of Israel are impelling the White House to wage war on Iran. " The government of Israel encourages Americans to go into Iran ," Paul said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. The 10-term ... (745 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) Ron Paul defends positions on 'Meet the Press' (Wednesday, 26 December 2007) By Shahram Vahdany By Cliff Boyer In what was at times a heated exchange, Ron Paul defended his libertarian positions Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Moderator Tim Russert focused on the amount of money Paul's Texas district receives in federal funding. His... (2198 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (5) Ron Paul gets a chance this time (Wednesday, 12 December 2007) By Shahram Vahdany A short note on today's Republican debate PBS shows CNN how to moderate a debate Almost all candidate had a chance to speak on the issue, Ron Paul included. He told CNN afterward that he was not disappointed and had a chance to outline few important su... (344 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) How Real Is Ron Paul's Revolution? (Saturday, 01 December 2007) By Shahram Vahdany By: Joe Murray , The Bulletin A little under two decades have passed since the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan, left the White House and wrote the final chapter on one of America's most successful presidencies. And in the aftermath of those two decades,... (4462 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (4) McCain takes on Ron Paul in Republican Debate (Thursday, 29 November 2007) By Shahram Vahdany McCain tangled on two occasions over the Iraq war, with Ron Paul, a Texas congressman whose libertarian views and opposition to the war have attracted thousands of donors, millions of dollars and a devoted online following. Asked which government programs t... (736 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (8) more china bashing (Monday, 26 November 2007) By James Secor In an "agency" news report on China's lunar mission, we find the followiing: "The ruling Communist Party is committed to clambering into the select ranks of global space powers, even as hundreds of millions of Chinese struggle in rural hardship." You would n... (1184 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (1) Ron Paul Strongest Contender to Beat Hillary (Wednesday, 21 November 2007) By Shahram Vahdany Zogby Poll: Giuliani Leads Among Republicans in Latest Blind Bio Survey Survey pits resumes of former New York mayor against those of Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Fred Thompson Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, long the favorite in nationwide samples ... (1179 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (5) Scott McClellan, Blames Bush for Leak Deceit (Wednesday, 21 November 2007) By Shahram Vahdany WASHINGTON (AP) -Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative. In an excerpt from his... (3721 more chars) [ Back ] View/Add Comments (0) A Death on Valentine Street (Sunday, 18 November 2007) By Rosemarie Jackowski Frank did not know many people in his small New England town.  Frank was old - probably in his 80s.  He lived alone in a tiny apartment on Valentine Street. I don't recall ever meeting him in person, but he told me that we had met once. He started to call me... (2507 more chars)