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Commentary By: Ronald L. Cain

March 25, 2008

“The elections are manipulated by religion, by money,

by corporations. And then once the people are

By Dave Lindorff

There are two ways to view the news that the House Judiciary
Committee will be holding a hearing on impeachable crimes by President
George W. Bush.

One view would be that this is all a charade and that after all, it
will not be a real impeachment hearing, but rather, simply a hearing
into the impeachable crimes of the Bush administration. As committee
Chair Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) put it, “We’re not doing impeachment,
but he [Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who introduced 36 articles of impeachment]
can talk about it.” Viewed that way, this is not such a big deal. Rep.
Kucinich gets to make his case that the president is committing high
crimes and misdemeanors and abuses of power and war crimes, but then
Congressional Democrats will continue to ignore all the crimes as it
has done since taking control of Congress in November 2006.

By Alice Slater, www.abolition2000.org

Here's an entry for The ColbertReport’s "Make McCain Interesting” Green Screen challenge that a friendand I did. Its done as a 70's action/horror film trailer, so I hope you likeit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkMQ8KO309g

Thanks,

Brian

Charles E. Lindblom long ago accurately described change in American politics. He called it "The Theory of Muddling Through" and his thesis is that political change occurs very, very slowly, but it does change over time.

Keep that in mind, please, when we see Obama shift towards the center. That is how you get elected in the USA. He is ranked the most liberal/progressive in the US Senate, and his career and votes have reflected a very left of center agenda.

This is all for the best. Spend that escrow money on Obama soon!

Here is the letter I have just sent to Barack Omaba, which I want to share with you.

Dear Mr. Obama,

It is wonderful that you have achieved your candidacy.

Now I implore you to think about the following:

We have been fed a diet of lies for so long that we no longer can believe anything said by any Administration.

By Dave Lindorff

The teacup tempest over retired Gen. Wesley Clark’s self-evident
remark about John McCain—to whit that flying a fighter aircraft and
getting shot down and captured is not particularly relevant to the
skill set needed to be a president—raises a larger question: Why do
veterans, and particularly the veterans of the criminal and pointless
war in Iraq, or the earlier criminal and pointless one in Vietnam,
automatically get “hero” status, and why are they seen as naturals to
run for higher national office?