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David Swanson: You Are One
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 2:56 pm | David Swanson
You are one today, March 29, 2007, Wesley Neil Swanson, and 365 days ago you had not yet seen the light of day. Now you love it. Now you wake up every morning with the sun and shout your delight at being alive. You make the hand sign for light, ... More >>
Swanson: How's the Progressive Caucus Progressing?
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 2:55 pm | David Swanson
Seventy-one members of Congress, all Democrats, most House Members, two Senators, belong to the Congressional Progressive Caucus. For a couple of years now, the CPC has had a staff person. More recently it created a website http://cpc.lee.house.gov More >>
David Swanson: Let Rove Lie
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:27 pm | David Swanson
I think Karl Rove should be permitted to testify to Congress in private, without taking any oath, and without any record being kept of what he says. I had hoped we could avoid the indecency of having to spell out the reason why, but apparently we ... More >>
David Swanson: MoveOn.org Versus Its Members
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:24 pm | David Swanson
The Congress that was elected to end the war just voted to fund the war. Congresswoman Barbara Lee was not permitted to offer for a vote her amendment, which would have funded a withdrawal instead of the war. Groups that supported Lee's plan and opposed ... More >>
David Swanson: A Measure of Morality in Congress
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:16 pm | David Swanson
If you could secretly tell a magic genie "Yes" and receive a million dollars but cause the deaths of a million people you've never met in China, would you say No? This is no longer just a philosophical brain teaser. More >>
Why Progressives Should Vote No War Money
Friday, 23 March 2007, 4:13 pm | David Swanson
The Supplemental spending bill proposed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi funds the war. It gives Cheney and Bush roughly another $100 billion. And you can be quite sure they will spend it as they choose, which may include attacking Iran. In fact, a measure ... More >>
Are Random Non-Activists Against the War?
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:01 pm | David Swanson
One way to answer that question is to look at the polls. The answer seems to be a decisive Yes: http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq Another way is to wear an anti-war shirt and walk around and talk to people. In my experience, this also leads to a ... More >>
Progressives Stand Strong Against Funding War
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 1:52 pm | David Swanson
As I was walking across Memorial Bridge a young man I know ran up to me. He's a veteran of this war and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. After saying hello and a few words, he burst into tears. He said he had just been spat on, and it had just ... More >>
US Rallies Against The War Spending Supplemental
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 11:49 am | David Swanson
Rallies are being held all over the country marking the fourth anniversary of the official start of the war, and many of them are focusing on opposing the supplemental spending bill proposed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. More >>
Bush Lied: White House Never Investigated Leak
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 1:21 pm | David Swanson
The media left the room on Thursday when Valerie Plame did. The first part of the hearing in which she testified was indeed interesting: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/19727 But of more importance to our nation, I believe, was the testimony that followed. More >>
Swanson: Valerie Plame Appears Before House Cmttee
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 1:15 pm | David Swanson
Chairman Waxman opening remarks quoting GHW Bush that those who leak such secrets are (like his son) traitors….Our job is different from Fitzgerald. It's not our job to determine criminal accoubtability, but … to avoid future abuses….Will ... More >>
David Swanson: No Mo Money for War
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 6:53 pm | David Swanson
The Democrats in Congress are doing less to oppose the war now that they have the majority than they did in the minority. While in the minority, Democrats in a sizable and growing number voted against funding more war. More >>
David Swanson: Only Nonviolence Will End the War
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 1:01 pm | David Swanson
On March 17, a huge mass of people will gather at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., and march from there to the Pentagon for the cause of impeachment and peace. A handful of pro-war people, some volunteer and some probably paid to be there, will ... More >>
How The Blogosphere Is Saving The Boob Tube
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 12:51 am | David Swanson
Judy Daubenmier spent 25 years as a reporter for the Associated Press and saw the field of news reporting sliding downhill. Now she works to reform our system of communications through the internet. More >>
On David Sirota, David Obey and "Idiot Liberals"
Monday, 12 March 2007, 2:24 pm | David Swanson
David Sirota has just published an article disagreeing with me, which is quite disturbing because I usually agree with and often admire Sirota's work. And yet, the claims he makes in this article don't persuade me. So, my inclination is not to pretend ... More >>
David Swanson: Subpoena Dick
Monday, 12 March 2007, 2:20 pm | David Swanson
I've spoken at impeachment forums, debates, rallies, strategy meetings, and workshops, but tonight's event in Washington, D.C., will be the first I've spoken at since the Vice President's Chief of Staff was convicted for lying to protect him. So, I'm going ... More >>
David Swanson: What's Wrong With David Obey
Monday, 12 March 2007, 9:16 am | David Swanson
The reason I sent the media a video of House Appropriations Chair David Obey (Dem., Wisc.) throwing a bit of a fit [ Link ] was not just to embarrass him. Nor was it, as some Democratic Party Die-Hards allege, to foolish split the forces of good and ... More >>
David Swanson: The War Money Can Be Stopped
Friday, 9 March 2007, 9:59 am | David Swanson
If the Republicans in the House vote against the Supplemental spending bill to throw another roughly $100 billion at this war because the bill requires that troops be trained and rested, provides for veterans health care, gives money to Katrina relief ... More >>
Dem. Obey: "Idiot Liberals" Need to Support War $$
Friday, 9 March 2007, 9:58 am | David Swanson
House Appropriations Chair David Obey (Dem., Wisc.) ran into woman in the hallway in Washington recently and ended up yelling at her and her friends, accusing them of "smoking something that's not legal" if they disagreed with him, and denouncing ... More >>
David Swanson: Iran in Congress's Sights
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 4:39 pm | David Swanson
The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs is prepared to follow in Dick Cheney's footsteps and shoot a friend in the face. I just sat through a hearing on Iran, and there is apparently universal bipartisan agreement in the committee that Iranians ... More >>
