Democratic preparation for a national sweep
of all offices from top to bottom being the objective:

It should be done without sacrifice of the subjective forces that have captured the imagination and fired the will of the people to affect a giant change in the direction of our government. The choice of an Obama V.P. running mate should be made with that foremost in mind.


It is hard to visualize even the possibility of Obama considering Hillary for...

The Big Three: Energy, Food production and Water shape the political and economic structure of the world. Each intricately entwined with the other.

When we understand the bearing that capital has and is playing in the exploitation of these commodities we begin to visualize the problems that lie ahead.

The emergence of “leadership” in countries presenting opportunities for or currently having an abundance of raw materials needed in our industrial world and who are better...

Counterpunch:

Read how the Vietnamese protected and promoted McCain and how in return he danced to their tune. McCain was on Vietnamese radio so often he was tagged as "the PW Songbird".


What really goes on:

http://www.counterpunch.org:80/lamb04242008.html




Re Democracy now:


Bush Hosts Abbas Amidst Claims of Secret Approval of Israeli Settlement Expansion
Meanwhile,...

Incredible changes have occured in the control and production of foodstuffs over the last century in respect to economics, politics,and employment. Today we are seeing massive food shortages in many areas of the world.
Several articles discussing this situation are available for those having interest in the impact of these changes follow.

1. Industrial agriculture has separated people from the land, their food, and understanding of the natural systems on which our lives depend....

Mudwhistles neighbor ?

Drafting Guys over 60

New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60!
I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down
terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've
got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds
off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able
to join a military unit until you're at least 35.
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