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David Swanson: Holder Will Have to Prosecute
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:57 am | David Swanson
After comments made in his confirmation hearing, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder will be hard pressed not to prosecute Bush, Cheney, and their co-conspirators, or to appoint a special prosecutor. More >>
Conyers Explains Why He Hasn't Impeached
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 9:53 am | David Swanson
Over the past three years, a great many people have lobbied Conyers to impeach Bush and Cheney. I've worked with him and his staff, been arrested protesting in his office, and everything in between. Conyers includes in his new report a foreword that amounts ... More >>
Speaking of Blanket Pardons
Monday, 12 January 2009, 10:08 am | David Swanson
There's a blanket pardon I want President Bush to issue and one I want him not to. Both would involve preemptively pardoning people before they're charged with any crime, much less convicted, and doing so without naming them. One would be decent, ... More >>
David Swanson: Unlawful Assembly
Thursday, 8 January 2009, 11:01 am | David Swanson
As the 111th Congress was being sworn in on Tuesday, a seemingly endless line of figures dressed all in black with stark white masks slowly marched single-file around Capitol Hill. Each wore a placard bearing the name of someone who had died in the ... More >>
Bush Special Prosecutor Is Top Question for Obama
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 11:17 am | David Swanson
After five days of citizen voting at President-elect Obama's Change.gov website , the top-ranked question seeks a non-partisan Special Prosecutor to investigate the crimes of the Bush Administration: More >>
Epiphany - March of War Dead on Capitol Hill
Friday, 2 January 2009, 4:06 pm | David Swanson
Congress will be greeted on day 1 this year by a march of war dead on Capitol Hill. The word epiphany comes from a Greek word meaning to manifest or to show. In Christian tradition the Feast of Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th, marking the day when ... More >>
Resolved: Will Create Peace on Earth
Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 11:06 pm | David Swanson
New Year's resolutions come in a lot of shapes and sizes. I don't think New Year's 2009 is a year to aim low. So, I'm resolving to create peace on earth. And I intend to follow through. The catch, of course, is that unless a couple of million other ... More >>
Yes We Can Unpardon War Criminals
Sunday, 28 December 2008, 2:42 pm | David Swanson
On his third day in office President Grant revoked two pardons that had been granted by President Andrew Johnson. President Nixon also undid a pardon that had been granted by President Lyndon Johnson. There may be other examples of this, as these two have ... More >>
Did Bush Sr. Kill Kennedy and Frame Nixon?
Saturday, 27 December 2008, 3:29 pm | David Swanson
Russ Baker's new book presents an account of the U.S. government that is both remarkably new and extensively documented. According to this account, George H. W. Bush, the father of the current president, devoted his career to secret intelligence work with ... More >>
How History Will View Bush
Thursday, 18 December 2008, 11:40 am | David Swanson
As George Bush prepares to leave office, he and his aides are trying desperately to rewrite history, especially on Iraq. Nearly six years after invading Iraq on the basis of lies that were manufactured inside the White House, the Bush Administration ... More >>
The Best Defense Iran Could Have
Wednesday, 17 December 2008, 11:26 am | David Swanson
Given the fates of the other two members of Bush's axis of evil, some would argue that the best defense Iran could have would be a nuclear bomb. They would, however, be wildly wrong. The best defense Iran could have would be awareness in the minds ... More >>
Bush Comparison Seen As Unfair to Dogs
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 12:42 pm | David Swanson
This is the question now raised in Iraq: If they throw shoes at your face are you a combat troop or a noncombat troop? The answer may be important in helping to guide President Elect Obama's strategy of reducing but continuing the genocidal occupation ... More >>
David Swanson: Iraq Passes SOFA
Friday, 28 November 2008, 9:54 am | David Swanson
The Iraqi Parliament has approved a treaty with the United States or rather its government or rather its lameduck president, although its lameduck president has already made clear his intention to "interpret" it to mean whatever the heck he wants, ... More >>
Obama Cabinet Good and Bad News
Saturday, 8 November 2008, 2:35 pm | David Swanson
According to news reports , president elect Obama is considering for Labor Secretary three people who actually know something about labor and actually support the intended mission of the labor department, which is protecting the rights of laborers. And ... More >>
Pardon Me, Congress?
Friday, 24 October 2008, 11:35 am | David Swanson
Jerry Seib, executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal said on the Diane Rehm Show on NPR last week that he expects Bush, Cheney, and their subordinates to be prosecuted for torture. This expectation is spreading. More >>
A McCain "Win" Will Be Theft, Resistance Planned
Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 1:01 pm | David Swanson
If your television declares John McCain the president elect on the evening of November 4th, your television will be lying. You should immediately pick up your pre-packed bags and head straight to the White House in Washington, D.C., which we will surround ... More >>
Powell Not Qualified for Government Work
Tuesday, 21 October 2008, 12:44 pm | David Swanson
Barack Obama would like to bring Colin Powell into his new administration. But Americans consider Powell only marginally more credible than how the rest of the world views him, and the rest of the world thinks he lies like a rug. Powell either wholeheartedly ... More >>
Ending the War Without End
Sunday, 19 October 2008, 3:20 pm | David Swanson
The three participants in the third U.S. presidential debate last week pretended Iraq didn't exist, but if you go to a rally of supporters for either candidate it's the top issue talked about. Baghdad, a city in ruins, divided into ethnically cleansed ... More >>
ACORN Is Not The Nut Here
Monday, 13 October 2008, 1:57 pm | David Swanson
From 2000 to 2003 I was the communications coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. I don't know whether to be sorry or relieved that I don't have my old job now. More >>
Film Review: That's Religulous
Monday, 13 October 2008, 11:15 am | David Swanson
According to an Associated Press story on Friday, more than a half-million people have toured the creationism museum in Kentucky since it opened in May 2007. However, at least one of those people was there to make fun of it with a video camera. More >>
