You Have Only the Right to Remain Silent

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Let’s Try Democracy By David Swanson, BlackCommentator.com Columnist

We welcome David Swanson as a BC columnist. We have publishing his writings a number of times in the past and look forward to what he will be writing in the future.
This first column by Mr. Swanson is the first of three excerpts from Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union (Seven Stories Press) by David Swanson published here by the kind permission of the publisher.

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Online Daybreak Book Salon: David Swanson, Glenn Greenwald

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1. FireDogLake Book Salon: Swanson with Greenwald
2. Who Decides About War? Conference
3. Oppose Wars in D.C. on Oct. 5, Everywhere Oct. 17
4. New Mexico with Elliott Adams, Ray McGovern, Cindy Sheehan, David Swanson, Ann Wright
5. Daybreak in Florida with C-Span

1. FireDogLake Book Salon: Swanson with Greenwald

On Sunday, September 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. ET, Glenn Greenwald will introduce and moderate an online discussion with David Swanson about his new book "Daybreak: read more

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No Good War, No Good Drone

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By David Swanson

Eight years of slaughter, and not so much as a hint at what a “victory” would look like. It’s gotten to the point where even polls by Fox News show a majority of Americans against escalating the war in Afghanistan, and polls by more honest organizations show a majority wanting to bring home the troops that are there now.

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Tonight's Urban Journal

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On tonight’s edition of The Urban Journal, Keith talks with author and activist David Swanson about the protest this weekend outside of the Dallas residence of George W. Bush, Sherman Kizart, managing director of Kizart Media Partners joins Keith with an update on the Mini Cooper, Non Urban Dictate, and Dr Christian Weller, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress gets on board to talk about the economic plight of communities of color during this recession .The show airs at 8pm read more

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Is Andrew Sullivan King of America?

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By David Swanson

Of course, I’m going to argue no, that Andrew Sullivan is no more the king of America than is Barack Obama or George Tenet or Eric Holder or any of hundreds of other people claiming to be. But nobody other than the king or queen of the USA could overrule the Constitution and place particular people and categories of people above the law while keeping everybody else under it. Let’s take a look at Sullivan’s recent Atlantic article:

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Feels Like I'm Fixin to Die Again

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Well come on all of you big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again,
He got himself in a terrible jam,
Way down in Afghanistan,
Put down your books and pick up a gun,
We’re gonna have a whole lotta fun

And its 1,2,3 what are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn,
The next stop’s Afghanistan,
And its 5,6,7 open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why,
WHOOPEE we’re all gonna die

Well come on wall street don’t be slow,
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