In the video on this page, you can hear congressional candidate Jeeni Criscenzo speaking out about the scary parallel between the lies they told us about Iraq, and the new ones about Iran. The drum beats are getting louder that the Bush administration in fact intends to launch an unprovoked carpet bomb attack on the sovereign nation of Iran, for the sole purpose of trying to influence the upcoming election in his favor. The entire Eisenhower strike force, including nuclear powered air craft carrier is even now headed for the Persian Gulf.

You remember what they told us about Iraq, that they had to launch the attack because the assets were already in place? Don't tell yourself they aren't that insane. They ARE that criminally insane. And don't think they won't stage a Gulf of Tonkin type phony attack to justify it all. They've done it before.

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Over at Neil Young's website, there is a section titled, "Living with War Today." Included is a set of protest songs submitted by various artists around the world. The most popular song on the site at the moment is "Bring 'em on" by John Hughes. Here is a link to the audio, and also a link to the video slide show. Sample lyric:

Here comes the commander- in -chief
Here comes the commander- in -chief
All the way from Washington Deceit

It is not morning in America and the sun may in fact be setting on this great experiment in representative democracy. Some American Century, eh?

I've been making this case for the past year in my own words. Perusing the Web for interesting news this week, I ran across a guest column in a Texas newspaper by a journalism professor who makes the case so explicitly that I literally fear for his job and even his life. So I will share his piece with you and see if you agree. 

Robert Jensen, a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity, starts out with these shocking assertions. 

"The United States has lost the war in Iraq, and that's a good thing," he writes in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "As a U.S. citizen, I welcome the U.S. defeat for a simple reason: It isn't the defeat of the United States — its people or their ideals — but of that empire. And it's essential that the American empire be defeated and dismantled."

Is this guy a traitor? Or a true patriot?

By Glynn Wilson

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 3 (SDN) ‹ Democratic and independent activists from all over the United States are planning protests to coincide with the inauguration of George W. Bush on Jan. 20, 2005.

    Several Washington-based groups will lead the protests, including United for Peace and Justice and D.C. Anti-War Network (DAWN). While spokesmen for both groups were reluctant to talk about specific numbers, some activists on Internet Weblogs, discussion forums and e-mail listservs have been calling for as many as 10 million people to descend on the nation's capital.

    "We are urging people to go to Washington," said Bill Dobbs, media coordinator for United for Peace and Justice. "We also encourage local protests and the white ribbon wearing" campaign for peace.

    The goal is to show the world that Americans are just as fed up with the U.S. electoral process as the youth movement in the Ukraine, he said.