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Randi Rhodes of Air America, speech to the 50th Anniversary party of “PEACE ACTION of Michigan” on November 11, 2007.
DO not miss this. It is the most honest REAL discussion of what is really happened over the past seven long years.

A day late, here’s my question for the CNN Republican YouTube debate.

I am Richard. I am from Draper, Utah, and how you answer this question will tell us everything we need to know about you. Do you believe every word of this book? Specifically, this book that I am holding in my hand, do you [...]

A new CNN poll found that, according to one percent of Americans, George W. Bush is the best president ever in American history.

Of course, 23 percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll released Thursday say that compared to other presidents in American history, President Bush is the worst ever.
Destroying the Constitution, illegal [...]

If you want to know if waterboarding is a form of torture, read this post on the Small Wars Journal blog. It’s by Malcolm Nance, a former Master Instructor and Chief of Training at the US Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School (SERE) in San Diego, California. He is one of the [...]

This morning, President Bush tried his hand at damage control after the New York Times revealed more secret government memos authorizing torture. “This government does not torture people,” the president said. “We stick to U.S. law and international obligations,” the president said, without taking questions afterward.
I never went to law school like [...]

Such a sad, pitiful, little man.

The verdict: Yesterday Jose Padilla and two other defendants were convicted on three counts, including conspiracy to murder and providing material support to terrorists. The jury was out for only little more than a day. Padilla will be sentenced December 5 and faces life in prison.
Never mind that the government’s crimes against Padilla and his [...]

Karl Rove is leaving the White House. 
This means nothing.  Rove will continue to be on Bush’s speed dial.  Moving him out of the White House means nothing - he will still set policy for this White House - now it just won’t be official.  I’ve long maintained the Rove is the exemplar of a Utah [...]

Just a few years ago, America was revered for it’s constitution. The Republicans and weak Democrats have served to prove that we were overly prideful of our heritage. If the checks and balances we have been bragging about for hundreds of years could be weakened by the greedy in just a couple of decades and [...]

At the heart of the Democratic congress’ disappointing failure on war funding is the lie about supporting the troops.
I saw an ad or a news clip over the weekend about a girl who started a movement to send soldiers in Iraq “Thank You” notes.
The most common lines heard about soldiers is “They’re fighting for our [...]

Well, I got away for a week in the southeastern Utah backcountry (more later) and was able to temporarily forget about spineless politicians, wars, human rights violations and other bad news. I was back home for last night’s presidential debate, not to mention the second-to-last episode of “The Sopranos,” but we had a power [...]