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Virginia Gubernatorial Primary: Money vs. People
A candidate drowning in out-of-state funding, or a candidate people around the state know and like: Tough choice?
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Perfect Politicians: Grading Congress on a Curve
By David Swanson
Raise your hand if you recall the 110th Congress (2007 – 2008) as having spent two years funding a war in Iraq that it had been elected to end, increasing the military’s bloated budget, and adamantly refusing to hold war criminals accountable? If your hand is not raised, please go and read the past two year’s worth of postings at http://afterdowningstreet.org If your hand IS raised,
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Up Is Down: The Military Budget
By David Swanson
The largest military budget in the history of the world is being increased. Certain weapons are being cut back, others expanded. But the overall budget is going UP. However, you don’t need me to tell you that. You’ve learned it from these fine news sources:
“With Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposing broad cuts in Pentagon spending, a new war over the president’s budget has begun. While critics already are warning that the plan could compromise
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Keith Murphy and David Swanson on the Urban Journal
Always listen to the Urban Journal:
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Listen to Francis Boyle
By David Swanson
As evidence of Bush and Cheney’s crimes is slowly pried loose from President Obama’s fingers, it’s easy to forget just how long ago numerous articulate voices were identifying and denouncing those crimes, none more so that Francis Boyle, who told Bill O’Reilly on his Fox News show on September 13, 2001:
“Before I support a war that will jeopardize the lives of tens of thousands of our servicemen and women, I want to see the evidence that we are relying
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Afghanistan: Two Lonely Acts of Courage
By David Swanson
One member of Congress stood alone 7.5 years ago against the original authorization to attack Afghanistan. And one member of Congress, a different one, stood alone last week against funding a massive escalation of that war.
On September 14th, 2001, Congresswoman Barbara Lee spoke, in tears, on the floor of the House of Representatives. She, alone, would vote No on letting the president decide on going to war in Afghanistan. She, alone, would refuse to authorize the president
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What's the Real Reason?
The Pentagon is starting to cut weapons programs, and peace groups are bound to cheer.
I don’t just mean pseudo-peace groups funded by the makers of OTHER weapons systems (and these do exist, and you should be wary of any campaign obsessed with ending a particular weapon). I mean ordinary peace groups. Because we’ve been demanding an end to wasteful weapons systems, fraudulent and outdated weapons systems, weapons systems designed for nonexistent enemies. We claimed that those
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Being Three
To Wesley Neil Swanson
From David Christopher Naylor Swanson
April 4, 2009
We took you to the doctor for an annual checkup a couple of days ago, Wesley, and you hadn’t been since last year. He couldn’t find anything wrong with you, and you now stand 37 inches tall and weigh 33 pounds, so you’ve fallen in both weight and height to more average for your age, whereas you started out big in both, and you’ve fallen more in weight because you’re slimming out, you’re