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It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. -- John Andrew Holmes
There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack. -- Molly Ivins
[War] is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious [racket]. ... It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives ... It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. -- Major General Smedley Butler
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. -- Albert Einstein
"The brain of our species is, as we know, made up largely of potassium, phosphorus, propaganda, and politics, with the result that how not to understand what should be clearer is becoming easier and easier for all of us." -- James Thurber
One of the fun aspects of Empire is how many ironies it creates. -- Glenn Greenwald
I had a slightly insane discussion the other day with a winger who wanted urgently for me to understand that the Haditha massacre is the kind of thing that happens in war. Whereas I was trying to point out to him that the Haditha massacre is the kind of thing that happens in war. -- Molly Ivins
I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare. –- Howard Zinn
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it. --Upton Sinclair
If we're the greatest country in the world, then maybe we could have the greatest government. -- Lewis Black
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. -- Aristotle
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who loves his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair. -- H.L. Mencken
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -- James Madison, 4th President of the United States
No nation builds a wall out of strength. They build it out of fear. -- Michael Flynn
They call it The American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. -- George Carlin
Texas justice is Texas justice. -- Victoria Nuland, US State Department spokeswomanSometimes I go about with pity for myself, and all the while Great Winds are carrying me across the sky.
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It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. -- John Andrew Holmes
There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack. -- Molly Ivins
[War] is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious [racket]. ... It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives ... It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. -- Major General Smedley Butler
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. -- Albert Einstein
"The brain of our species is, as we know, made up largely of potassium, phosphorus, propaganda, and politics, with the result that how not to understand what should be clearer is becoming easier and easier for all of us." -- James Thurber
One of the fun aspects of Empire is how many ironies it creates. -- Glenn Greenwald
I had a slightly insane discussion the other day with a winger who wanted urgently for me to understand that the Haditha massacre is the kind of thing that happens in war. Whereas I was trying to point out to him that the Haditha massacre is the kind of thing that happens in war. -- Molly Ivins
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. --George Orwell
I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare. –- Howard Zinn
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it. --Upton Sinclair
If we're the greatest country in the world, then maybe we could have the greatest government. -- Lewis Black
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. -- Aristotle
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who loves his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair. -- H.L. Mencken
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -- James Madison, 4th President of the United States
No nation builds a wall out of strength. They build it out of fear. -- Michael Flynn
They call it The American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. -- George Carlin
Texas justice is Texas justice. -- Victoria Nuland, US State Department spokeswoman
When you hold up your arm and swear to uphold the Constitution, you don’t say, “Except in wartime.” -- George McGovern
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- And speaking of sanctioned child rape
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- One way or another
- Wow. The Vatican finally dismisses the slime-suck...
- London attacks reveal large network
- Curses. Foiled again.
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- Wonder what's happening with Saddam Hussein?
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- Not that you'll see this in the mainstream news, b...
- Bush: too bad for those boy scouts; now watch this...
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- And, about that fishy anthrax business...
- Another Bush liar busted
- Kevin Benderman further update
- Posada denied bond; terrorism at the Bay of Pigs?
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- Cynthia McKinney looking for trouble - again
- Late breaking news on Kevin Benderman
- Kevin Benderman's trial starts today
- Military lawyers objected to Bush powers
- DeLay still not behind bars
- The plot thickens
- Hey, it's the manufacturing sector
- Further info on the "mistaken" police slaying in L...
- Personal integrity
- Labor calls for Iraq pullout
- CAFTA passes
- No comment
- The other 51%
- Gaps
- Sure, it's their fault
- US soldiers' mental health is improving!
- Slowly poisoning ourselves
- High-intensity operations in Baghdad will not be s...
- Meanwhile, there's Venezuela
- A little Senate ethics for a change
- Qualified success?
- Buttie and the Brain
- Plan to nuke Iran - Part 2 (at least)
- The other Abu Ghraib photos
- Ending "high-intensity operations" in Baghdad
- Jesse Trentadue gets the FBI files
- We get to keep our base in Kyrgyzstan
- Two words that should never appear together
- The pressure was just too great
- London terror update
- Vets want Abu Ghraib photos released
- And they said it couldn't be done
- Hopeless
- You can now forget Poland
- A "qualified success"
- Terror in London
- The "next 9/11"
- Fishy London
- High-intensity operations in Baghdad will not be s...
- Iraqi blogger released
- Where have all the Democrats gone?
- A little good news
- Costco not Wal-Mart
- Oh yeah, like they know anything about limited income
- Germany will rise again
- High-intensity operations in Baghdad will not be s...
- Plame flash-back
- Latest developments in The Outing of Valerie Plame
- London
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- BushCo blocks release of new Abu Ghraib photos/videos
- Extending daylight savings time
- Brave New World
- Infuckingcredible
- Missed amongst the headlines
- Coalition of the no longer willing
- Today's photo fun
- Another reason we can't leave Iraq too soon
- More London attacks
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- Rice demands an apology
- The economy
- Nukes for India
- Sometimes, it's not the humidity
- The Rove affair
- YWA Catching up:
- Another big surprise
- London fishing
- Meanwhile, in Iraq
- The stench of rotten fish in London
- More last throes
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