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Worlds Apart

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By David Swanson

The other day I wrote a column that no corporate newspaper would ever dream of printing, but submitted it to all of them anyway in hopes it might jar something loose. The Editorial Page Editor of Barron’s Weekly wrote me back to disagree with my column, and I wrote him back, and he wrote me back, and so forth. The exchange, reproduced below, suggests that two people can read about the same events for several years and still live in completely different worlds.

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World War III

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By David Swanson

The administration of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is set on a course that leads directly to a third world war. And a third world war leads almost inevitably to most of us dying horrible deaths. And we’re not talking about it.

The White House has made clear it is seriously considering attacking Iran with massive bombing aimed at destroying the nation’s military and changing its government. Iran will certainly retaliate. If attacked, and possibly even if not attacked, read more

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September Showdown or Sellout? The Choice is Ours!

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Congress returns on September 4th after a month’s vacation. It has been 8 months since this Congress took power with a mandate to end the occupation of Iraq and hold Bush and Cheney to the rule of law. This Congress has funded the occupation, legalized unconstitutional spying, and promised never to impeach. Will this trend continue? Can we afford to allow it to? We have killed over a million people, and the death rate read more

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Rally in Miami on September 15, 2007, with David Swanson

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http://www.floridaimpeach.org

South Florida Impeachment Coalition
Coming Together to Save Our Nation

SATURDAY, September 15, 2007, at 3:30 p.m.
at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 7701 SW 76th Ave., Miami, FL 33143

Featuring David Swanson, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org
With Information, Videos, Music, Actions, Regional Planning
More Information and find out what you can do: 305-595-5630
http://floridaimpeach.org

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Peace, Injustice, and Ron Paul

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By David Swanson

If Ron Paul had been president for the past 6 years, a million more Iraqis would be alive, and another 4 million would not be refugees. The world would be a safer place, and Americans would have lost fewer freedoms.

But more Americans would lack decent health care. More American children would lack adequate education. More families in America would struggle in poverty. Immigrant families would face increased threats and abuse. Women would have lost rights. And a growing read more

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Slavery, Iraq, and Justice Delayed

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By David Swanson

The Governor of Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, has just pardoned Gabriel Prosser for leading a slave revolt in Virginia over 200 years ago. Prosser sought to organize thousands of slaves to accomplish the “wholesale massacre” of whites in Richmond and other slave-holding areas, according to historian Virginius Dabney. Kaine cited Prosser’s “devotion to the ideals of the American revolution – it was worth risking death to secure liberty.” Kaine concluded read more

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Film Premiere with special guest David Swanson

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http://narocinema.com

Tuesday, Sept 11 at 7:15pm at Naro Cinema in Norfolk, Va.

NO END IN SIGHT The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla warfare, warlord rule, criminality, and anarchy, writer/director Charles Ferguson’s jaw-dropping documentary is an insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness, and venality. Ferguson examines how the principal errors of U.S. policy largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq read more

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BREAKING NEWS: Cheney Denies Being Human

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By David Swanson

Every corporate media outlet in the country believes a story that Democrats.com reported months ago is the top news of the day. Here’s the Los Angeles Times version:

BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Craig denies being gay

“I am not gay,” Sen. Larry Craig said twice during a 10-minute statement today following news that he had pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being arrested at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on suspicion of lewd behavior in a men’s read more

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Secret to Forcing Compliance with Subpoenas

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By David Swanson

On April 10th, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department for papers and Emails related to the apparently politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys. The deadline passed. The DOJ did not comply.

On April 25th, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify about the forged documents used as evidence that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons. Rice publicly refused to comply, arguing that she read more

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