Enough Already!

• A Nation in Silent Anger
  By Manuel Valenzuela

  "...Can you feel the betrayal of millions who for decades have been made to believe in the American myth of a nation benign and altruistic, only to become aware that only wickedness, greed and criminality define the Empire, that beyond the smoke and mirrors America's government is ruthless, corporatist and concerned only for the interests of the elite?..."

• "Are we headed for another Great Depression?"
  My talks with Elaine Meinel Supkis
  By Mike Whitney

  "...Our empire won't retreat from its distant borders but these same borders are bankrupting us for we never recovered from the Vietnam War, we literally papered over the mess which remained and continues to poison our nation. The military/industrial complex is not making us rich, it is making us poorer. And the paper being laid over all this is the same paper the Germans used in 1924 to paper over their own bankruptcy: printed money...."

• The War on Democracy
  An Interview - Audio Q & A With John Pilger

  John Pilger, talked about his new film: The War on Democracy which comes out on June 15th and takes a look at Latin America. The man himself says: "I've long regarded Latin America as the source of hopes of freedom from poverty for the very poor, and the current, extraordinary rising of millions against the old order is defying all the stereotypes."

• Inside Sadr City
  By Pepe Escobar
  Asia Times

  BAGHDAD - This is the 24-square-kilometer theater where a great part of Iraq's future is already being played out; a vital element in US President George W Bush's surge; the place Pentagon generals dream of smashing into submission; one of the largest and arguably most notorious slums in the world: Sadr (formerly Saddam) City.
  
  Sadr City is also, along with Gaza and the West Bank, the theater of the already evolving 21st-century war, pitting the high-tech Western haves against the slum-dwelling Third World have-nots. If the Bush administration had any intention of conquering any hearts and minds in Iraq, this is where it would be trying the hardest. Reality spells otherwise...."

• Feingold Rejects Compromise, Pushes Exit Strategy
  By John Nichols
  The Nation

  "Fifty-seven percent of Americans say that Congress should not compromise with President Bush in the Iraq War funding fight. That's the number that, according to a new CNN poll, wants Congress to give Bush another bill with a withdrawal timetable.
  
  
  Unfortunately, not all the Democrats on the Hill want to push back quite that hard. There is serious talk of giving Bush a substantial portion of the money with no strings attached and then returning to the issue later this year.
  
  
  Such a move would highlight the failure of all the major players to step up to the challenge the Iraq imbroglio poses...."

• Bush to veto new Iraq Bill
  The Daily Telegraph

  "THE White House has warned Democrats that President George W. Bush would veto an Iraq funding Bill that would bankroll the war in Iraq for just three months...."

• POLL: Most Americans back Iraq Pullout Timetable
  Reuters AlterNet

  "Six out of 10 U.S. adults support setting a timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, even though a clear majority predict civil war there if U.S. forces withdraw next year, according to a poll published on Wednesday...."

• Pelosi threat to sue Bush over Iraq bill
  By Jonathan E. Kaplan and Elana Schor
  The Hill

  "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill.
  
  Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers, 'We can take the president to court' if he issues a signing statement, according to Kid Oakland, a blogger who covered Pelosi's remarks for the liberal website dailykos.com...."

• Afghan MPs demand end to military offensives
  Guardian Unlimited

  "Afghan MPs today called for an end to military offensives by international forces amid reports that 21 civilians had died in a wave of US-led air strikes yesterday...."

• CIA-backed raid 'killed 50 Afghan villagers'
  By Tom Coghlan in Kabul
  Telegraph

  "Military specialists with the CIA were among a US force accused of killing more than 50 civilians during the hunt for a Taliban commander in Afghanistan...."

• Afghanistan | No way to win hearts and minds
  Economist.com

  The killing of large numbers of civilians by American forces, through indisciplined firing or as a result of their heavy reliance on air-strikes, has been a bitter feature of the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq-just as it was in Vietnam.

• Internet Calls Subject To Phone Tapping
  By Eric Thomas
  ABC News

  "Companies that provide Internet phone service have just six days to meet a deadline from the Justice Department. By next Monday, they'll have to make their systems easier to tap. That's right -- make it easier to secretly listen in on your phone calls, or face daily fines of $10,000 dollars...."

• Mayday Immigration Reform Demonstration: Video

  Watch the video: The police are brutal. It's only a matter of time. (Warning X-Rated Language in Video)

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