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Leading with Integrity: The Importance of Whistleblowers
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 1:48 pm | David Swanson
My name is Bunnatine Greenhouse; I am the former Civilian Procurement Executive and Chief of Contracting for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and in that position I was responsible for awarding and managing over $23 Billion in government contracts ... More >>
Fobbit Humor
Friday, 23 September 2011, 5:48 pm | David Swanson
"How many PRT [Provincial Reconstruction Team] staff members does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to hire a contractor who fails to complete the job and two to write the press release in the dark." More >>
Troy Davis And Our Pro-Life Government
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 11:27 pm | David Swanson
Wednesday evening, when the news was mistakenly announced that Troy Davis would not be killed, the crowd that I was with erupted with joy and with the enthusiastic realization that we all were capable of believing that something good had been done by our government. ... More >>
Must Be 50 Ways to Leave the Military Industrial Complex
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 4:53 pm | David Swanson
And we heard all of them from two dozen brilliant speakers during a three-day conference this past weekend. If you missed it, the video is all online. So is the text of many of the papers presented. Here are a few excerpts to whet your appetite. More >>
Eisenhower Wouldn't Have Stood for This
Monday, 19 September 2011, 1:54 pm | David Swanson
So, here we are 50 years and 8 months tomorrow from the day on which President Dwight Eisenhower, on his way out of office, warned: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, ... More >>
Saving the Soul of America:Eisenhower, Jefferson,King Debate
Monday, 12 September 2011, 12:13 pm | David Swanson
David Swanson September 11, 2011 http://warisacrime.org/content/saving-soul-america-eisenhower-jefferson-king-debate More >>
Bill to Repeal the Authorization to use Military Force
Friday, 9 September 2011, 11:59 am | David Swanson
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, like Jeanette Rankin before her, bravely stood alone in Congress against a vote for war, the vote in 2001 for the so-called Authorization to Use Military Force, a Constitutionally dubious passing of the war decision buck ... More >>
How to Launch an Election Challenge to Obama
Friday, 9 September 2011, 11:44 am | David Swanson
Here's a way to make this work within a Democratic Primary or in the general election of 2012. Nobody can just announce that they are running in the general election as a candidate of the people, of peace, of justice, of decency, because all the corporate ... More >>
After Ike: Can Charlottesville love both peace and war?
Friday, 9 September 2011, 11:37 am | David Swanson
If I told you I would support women's rights as long as I didn't have to oppose rape, you’d think I needed lessons in both logic and basic human decency. If I said I would favor freedom as long as I didn't have to be against slavery, you might start ... More >>
The Month of Normality
Monday, 5 September 2011, 4:43 pm | David Swanson
Here's a simple proposal. I'm sure it's too much to ask for, but I'm asking anyway. Let's set aside a single month, say the month of April, following each federal election, and for that single month behave like the citizens and elected officials of a normal ... More >>
Knock Knock Knocking on the Devil's Door
Friday, 2 September 2011, 5:40 pm | David Swanson
Last year I reviewed a book called "Apocalypse Never" that made a powerful case for our options being limited to two: either we get rid of nuclear weapons or humanity will be destroyed. More >>
Cheney's Kettle Logic
Friday, 2 September 2011, 12:01 pm | David Swanson
Sigmund Freud once mentioned the defense offered by a man who was accused by his neighbor of having returned a kettle in a damaged condition. In the first place, he had returned the kettle undamaged; in the second place it already had holes in ... More >>
Us or the war machine
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 11:21 am | David Swanson
You may have heard something about a budget crisis in Washington this summer. Were you aware that in the midst of it the House of Representatives passed a military spending bill larger than ever before? More >>
Glenn Beck Accuses October2011 of Destroying the Country
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 9:55 am | David Swanson
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then Glenn Beck attacks you as "anarchist communists." More >>
Why My 9-Year-Old Niece Is Smarter Than Our Genius President
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 12:43 pm | David Swanson
While the evidence suggests that President Obama is not terribly bright and has just benefited from succeeding a downright moron , and while voluminous evidence to which I am privileged suggests that my 9-year-old niece Hallie is extremely intelligent, ... More >>
Drowning Government in a Hurricane (Why Wait for a Bathtub?)
Sunday, 28 August 2011, 10:19 am | David Swanson
"Shrinking government" in American political discourse has, for decades now, meant the following. We enlarge the government's budget through taxation and penalties on working people and through borrowing and printing money. We not only ... More >>
How the Budget Cutting Is Going to Go Down
Friday, 26 August 2011, 6:14 pm | David Swanson
If Snoopy had ever pointed out to Charlie Brown that Lucy was just going to yank the football away again at the last second, Charlie would have only heard barking. I hope all the good people chattering away about how cutting Social Security would ... More >>
Will Obama Denounce MLK as Memorial Dedicated?
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 10:56 am | David Swanson
That sounds like a crazy question, doesn't it? Why would President Obama denounce Martin Luther King, Jr.? Well, the reason I ask is that he's done it before. Really? But surely he wouldn't do it on such a solemn occasion? Well, the time he did it ... More >>
Richard Clarke Is Being Too Nice to George Tenet
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 12:57 pm | David Swanson
Former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-Terrorism Richard Clarke suggests that former CIA Director George Tenet blocked the sharing of information within the government on two members of al Qaeda in the United States, ... More >>
Virginia Militarized
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 2:42 pm | David Swanson
The U.S. military is a permanent and pervasive presence in Virginia. Were the state of Virginia to ban participation in wars of aggression, weapons sales to brutal dictatorships, and the manufacture of aggressive and illegal weapons, the Military Industrial Complex ... More >>
