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Same as the old boss…

Jun 16

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The Daily Show - You're Frodo!

Tags: Bagram, civil liberties, Frodo, guantanamo bay, habeus corpus, Obama, The Daily Show

Dennis Kucinich educates on AC360

Dec 15

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Anderson Cooper interviews Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) December 1, 2009

Tags: Afghanistan, Anderson Cooper, bailout, Dennis Kucinich, escalation, full withdrawl, nation building, roman empire

Before you listen to Obama on Afghanistan, listen to this

Dec 1

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Keith Olberman's Special Comment on the escalation of war in Afghanistan

Watch this and consider this Afghan proverb tweeted by Katrina vanden Heuvel today:

You have the watches, we have the time.Katrina vanden Heuvel (@KatrinaNation)
Editor and Publisher, The Nation

Then, you should fax the White House and tell them to stop this insane escalation of a war we cannot win.

Tags: 35000 more troops, afghan, afghan civilian casualties, Afghan War, Afghanistan, Barrack Obama, Corruption, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, Obama sends more troops, Obama West Point, Olberman Special Comment, Resignation, Richard Holbrooke, Special Comment, U.S. Afghan Occupation, war is not peace, You have the watches we have the time

Mantra #1

We owe no allegiance to any government. They owe abject allegiance to us.

Mantra #2

Corporations are not human. Non-humans have no inalienable rights.

Mantra #3

Single-payer or bust!

Mantra #4

It is impossible to awaken someone who is pretending to sleep.

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