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Omaha: Root of All Evil?

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By David Swanson

What if a single nation on this planet were to pour more resources into its military than the rest of the nations combined, set up military bases in 80 percent of the other nations, stockpile more nuclear weapons than all other nations combined, develop new nuclear weapons intended for aggressive first-strike use, completely dominate the militarization of space, erase any policy lines between space and ground warfare and between nuclear and conventional weapons, and establish the read more

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John Nichols Answers Every Question on Impeachment in 60 Minutes

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Wow. I’ve heard John Nichols speak many times on impeachment, and I’ve read his book “The Genius of Impeachment,” but this 60 minute recording of an interview I did with him Tuesday evening lays it all out in one place better than anything I’ve heard before: http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/audio/2008/#january

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Signing Statement Silence

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By David Swanson

Every major pseudo peace movement organization in the country, afraid to actually urge Congress to cut off the money for the illegal occupation of Iraq, believed it was really important to set up a commission to probe contractor waste in Iraq, and to once again ban the construction and maintenance of permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. Every open-government and whistleblowers group backed the expansion of protections for whistleblowers and the requirement that intelligence agencies read more

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One of Key SOTU Lies Was a Rerun

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By David Swanson

“In the past six years, we’ve stopped numerous attacks, including a plot to fly a plane into the tallest building in Los Angeles, and another to blow up passenger jets bound for America over the Atlantic.”
–George W. Bush, 2008 State of the Union

“We stopped an al Qaeda plot to fly a hijacked airplane into the tallest building on the West Coast.”
–George W. Bush, 2007 State of the Union

An October 8, 2005, LA Times story, headlined “Scope read more

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State of Union Came With a Signing Statement

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By David Swanson

On the day of the State of the Union, apparently hoping nobody would notice, President George W. Bush posted a statement on the White House website announcing his intention to violate major sections of the Defense Authorization bill that he just signed into law.

For their part, the Democrats in Congress have chosen not to push for a just and decent economic stimulus plan, because they want to work amicably with Bush. They’ve chosen not to vote on contempt citations for read more

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I'll Be Interviewing Former Senator George McGovern on February 4th

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The People Speak with host David Swanson
AIRDATE: 2/4/08 Monday 7-8pm ET
Guest: George McGovern
Info: George McGovern has never forgotten his roots. He was born in Avon, South Dakota, on July 19, 1922, the son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister. The family moved to Mitchell, South Dakota, in 1928, and George graduated from Mitchell High School in 1940. He was an outstanding student, and his proficiency in debate won him a scholarship at Dakota Wesleyan read more

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Road to Impeachment and Peace Runs Through Cleveland

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By David Swanson

Congressman Dennis Kucinich is facing a tough primary in five weeks in his working class district in Cleveland, Ohio. He’s up against better funded opponents and the concerted effort of the corporate and media powers of Cleveland that have opposed him since long before he took that seat away from a Republican.

Kucinich is a progressive candidate who inspires passionate support from many in Cleveland who might not turn out to vote for a DLC Democrat. If he loses his primary, read more

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No More Investigations Please

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By David Swanson

In a December 31, 2007, editorial, the New York Times faulted the current president and vice president of the United States for kidnapping innocent people, denying justice to prisoners, torturing, murdering, circumventing U.S. and international law, spying in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and basing their actions on “imperial fantasies.”

Bush’s and Cheney’s crimes stand open on the table before us. Their lies about Iraqi ties to al Qaeda are on videotape read more

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