Jesse Ventura: This Is A Country Of Fear

Rebel Newsflash: Jesse Ventura: This Is A Country Of Fear (plus 42 more items)

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• Jesse Ventura: This Is A Country Of Fear
• Solving Africa's hunger
• Obama-Goldman Sachs Administration Sides with Banks on Foreclosure Moratorium
• Injustice in the age of Obama
• Ahmadinejad: Israel and its allies are all on their way to 'hell'
• Saturday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 11 Wounded
• The Saigon-Jerusalem connection
• Sweden's welfare minister
• What American Jews want
• The State of Bla-bla-bla
• Murdoch: There is an Ongoing War Against the Jews
• What Happened to Me?
• Keiser Report Extra: Obama, do James Brown!
• Same Accident Viewed From Three Different Street Corners
• On the Road with Ahmadinejad in Lebanon
• DHS Issued Memo Admitting Mexican Narco Assassins Operate in Arizona
• CBS Report On 9/11: Ground Level Explosion Caused WTC To Collapse
• 'Black Jail' Mystery: New abuse scandal points at secret US Afghan prison
• The Iran Report
• In Gaza, No Drugs, but the Coffins Do Come In 
• Leakers, Beware the Corporate Media
• Chile’s Ghosts Are Not Being Rescued 
• Pipelineistan’s New Silk Road
• High Alert Schizophrenia
• Publish or Perish
• An Oath for the Few Excludes the Many in an Ethnocracy
• The War On Terror
• Time to stick it again to the Arabs
• The Tide Has Changed: A Musical Essay and a Lesson in Humanity
• Gerald Celente: “The selloff of America”
• WTC Collapse Under Fresh Scrutiny After Explosive Dust Samples Found
• Israeli Forces Test Transfer Scenario
• Friday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded
• Letter from an Israeli (Birmingham) Jail
• Biddun Maia, Fish Heyya: Without Water, There is no Life
• My Oath to Israel's 'Jewish Democracy'
• Empire for Liberty – Book Review
• Ventura In heated 9/11 Truth Debate: WTC “Didn’t Collapse, It Exploded”
• Taliban talks: folly or fortune?
• Witch Watch: Can Christine O'Donnel & Co unleash 'lipstick revolt'?
• Hosts Walk Off Set in Response to “Pinhead” Author O’Reilly’s Comments on Muslims
• Thursday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 38 Wounded
• Wednesday: 24 Iraqis, 7 Iranians Wounded

Jesse Ventura: This Is A Country Of Fear Posted: 17 Oct 2010 06:43 AM PDT Jesse Ventura: This Is A Country Of Fear

Solving Africa's hunger Posted: 17 Oct 2010 06:29 AM PDT Africa is hungry - 240 million people are undernourished. Now, for the first-time, small African farmers have been properly consulted on how to solve the problem of feeding sub-Saharan Africa. Their answers appear to directly repudiate a massive international effort to launch an African Green Revolution funded in large part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Instead of new hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides, family farmers in West Africa said they want to use local seeds, avoid spending precious cash on chemicals and most importantly to direct public agricultural research to meet their needs, according to a multi-media publication released on World Food Day (Oct. 16).

Obama-Goldman Sachs Administration Sides with Banks on Foreclosure Moratorium Posted: 17 Oct 2010 06:24 AM PDT It was predictable. Obama and his Goldman Sachs insiders have sided with Bank of America and JP Morgan on the growing call for a national moratorium on foreclosures. Obama has sided with the banksters against the American people. No surprise there. It’s all for our own good, of course. “Delays in foreclosures add cost and other burdens for communities, investors and taxpayers,” said the faceless bureaucrats at the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Injustice in the age of Obama Posted: 17 Oct 2010 05:08 AM PDT Since being the defendant in about six trials after I was arrested for protesting the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, it’s my experience that the police lie. Period. However the lies don’t stop at street law enforcement level. From lies about WMD and connections to "al Qaeda," almost every institution of so-called authority - the Pentagon, State Department, CIA, FBI, all the way up to the Oval Office and back down - lie. Not white lies, but big, Mother of all BS (MOAB) lies that lead to the destruction of innocent lives. I.F Stone was most definitely on the ball when he proclaimed, "Governments lie".

Ahmadinejad: Israel and its allies are all on their way to 'hell' Posted: 17 Oct 2010 04:25 AM PDT Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said that Israel would "soon go to hell" and called on the West to drop support for the Jewish state. "Grounds are being prepared for the Zionist regime [Israel] to go to hell soon and any country supporting this regime will join it on its trip to hell as well," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in Ardebil in north-western Iran, carried live by the news network Khabar.

Saturday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 11 Wounded Posted: 16 Oct 2010 06:33 PM PDT At least two Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded in light violence. Meanwhile, unapologetic Iraqi officials seem recklessly nonchalant about the increasing defections of Sunni Awakening Council members back to al-Qaeda groups. Also, Iraqiya leader, Ayad Allawi, continues to warn the West of Iran’s meddling in Iraq. In Baghdad, three people were wounded when two bombs exploded in Abu Dsheer. A bomb planted on a car belonging to a Sadrist politician exploded on Palestine Street and wounded two people, including the politician.

The Saigon-Jerusalem connection Posted: 16 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT   Henry Kissinger, at 50, was at the height of his powers: secretary of state and national security advisor, hero of the negotiations that led to America's withdrawal from Vietnam, master of the mediation between Israel and Egypt and Syria. Golda Meir, a woman of 75, was Israel's prime minister. When the two met, they were usually accompanied by colleagues, aides and transcribers. Nguyen Van Thieu was a military man and a politician, the president of South Vietnam and Kissinger's contemporary. Like the prime minister of Israel, he was a cranky and ungrateful client of the United States government. On November 29, 1973, about a month after the end of the Yom Kippur War, in a meeting of the crisis management team he headed in Washington, Kissinger confessed: "I've always had this secret desire to get Golda [Meir] into negotiations with [President] Thieu. What a scene that would be! They both deserve each other."

Sweden's welfare minister Posted: 16 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT It's a sad scene within the Labor party: Everyone is fed up with Ehud Barak and there is no point in reiterating how pathetic the other ministers are; Amir Peretz was destroyed (primarily ) because of his ethnic origin; and even the secretary general Weizmann Shiri is no longer with us. Among this dearth, only one figure with the potential to instill some life into this wallowing corpse stands out: Shelly Yachimovich. A parliamentary success story of a unique, courageous (to a certain extent ) and honest individual with an actual agenda.

What American Jews want Posted: 16 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT Results of a recent American Jewish Committee survey regarding American Jews' opinions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the U.S. government leave little room for doubt: 95% of respondents felt the demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state in a final status agreement is justified. Over three-quarters of those surveyed believe the Arabs' real objective is not the restoration of occupied territories, but rather the destruction of Israel.

The State of Bla-bla-bla Posted: 16 Oct 2010 12:30 PM PDT Will Germany enact a law that demands that every Turk aspiring to citizenship swear allegiance to the "German Federal Republic, the Nation-State of the German People?" Sounds like a ridiculous idea. Will the US Senate adopt a law that would compel every candidate for citizenship to swear allegiance to "The United States of America, the Nation State of the…" Of whom? "The American People?" "The Anglo-Saxon People?" "The Christian People?" An absurd idea.

Murdoch: There is an Ongoing War Against the Jews Posted: 16 Oct 2010 10:58 AM PDT You must think I’m at it again, using sarcasm to illustrate an inversion of reality.  But it wasn’t me who made that statement.  That was actually a quote by Rupert Murdoch; from a speech he delivered Wednesday night, at the annual Anti-Defamation League banquet in New York City. You remember who Rupert Murdoch is, right?  He’s the Australian born, multi-billionaire media magnate who’s niched out a pretty comfortable life for himself—here in the colonies—at the expense of a gullible American audience.

What Happened to Me? Posted: 16 Oct 2010 10:23 AM PDT How does an educated person end up broadcasting socially unacceptable views? In matters of multiculturalism, immigration, and race relations, standard answers to this question aver psychiatric disorder or social maladjustment. Yet, I have never been diagnosed with the former, nor ever fulfilled the criteria for the latter: my parents are both intelligent White-collar professionals, retired after successful and remunerative careers; they are both in a happy marriage of 42 years’ standing; all three of us completed higher education, lived in various countries, experienced different cultures, learnt several languages, and have kept ourselves well read and well informed. Fellow TOO contributors of my acquaintance are not vastly different from me: Kevin MacDonald is a university professor; Tomislav Sunic is a former diplomat; Elizabeth Whitcombe is a financial analyst with an MIT degree in economics; Greg Johnson is a publisher, with a doctorate in philosophy.

Keiser Report Extra: Obama, do James Brown! Posted: 16 Oct 2010 09:19 AM PDT Keiser Report №86 Extra. Watch more unaired material from Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert starting next weekend, here on RT. (Full new episodes of the Keiser Report coming up every Tuesday and Thursday).

Same Accident Viewed From Three Different Street Corners Posted: 16 Oct 2010 08:35 AM PDT One of the limitations of three-dimensional life is everyone views life and its events from different viewpoints, prospectives, and experiences. Each viewpoint is likely to be correct as far as it goes, but is limited and therefore could be called a relative truth. After viewing an accident from three different street corners, each viewpoint will have a slightly different tale to tell, each tale being relatively true. Absolute truth would encompass all actual and potential viewpoints, past-present- and-future; something not possible, while in our three-dimensional world.

On the Road with Ahmadinejad in Lebanon Posted: 16 Oct 2010 08:18 AM PDT Qana. He came, he saw, he conquered. As he watched the Iranian President blow kisses to cleaning workers at Beirut's airport during his departure for Iran early this morning, a Lebanese Christian historian commented "This Persian's glory at the moment is arguably greater than Caesar's following Rome's second conquest of Britain".

DHS Issued Memo Admitting Mexican Narco Assassins Operate in Arizona Posted: 16 Oct 2010 08:13 AM PDT On Friday, Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Paul Babeu released part of the memo he received from the Department of Homeland Security. The memo warns about assassins crossing the border from the narco state of Mexico and killing anybody in the United States who interferes with the trafficking of drugs by the cartels. “The competing cartels are actually working in concert together to protect drug loads in America,” Babeu told KSAZ Fox 10. The rival drug cartels held a meeting at Rocky Point, also known as Puerto Penasco, in Pinal County earlier this year, according to the Department of Homeland Security memo. Sheriff Babeu said Rocky Point is a dangerous place to visit.

CBS Report On 9/11: Ground Level Explosion Caused WTC To Collapse Posted: 16 Oct 2010 04:15 AM PDT Yet another 9/11 video that NIST tried to block from being released has emerged discussing bombs in the World Trade Center that led to the collapse of the twin towers, indicating once more that the organization attempted to preside over a cover-up to hide evidence of secondary explosives. Every single video that we have been able to study following a lawsuit brought by the International Center for 9/11 Studies, which forced the National Institute of Standards and Technology to release 3 terabytes of material, has contained either direct or eyewitness evidence of controlled demolition, suggesting that NIST’s refusal to release the footage after a FOIA request was a deliberate ploy to try and keep the material out of the public arena.

'Black Jail' Mystery: New abuse scandal points at secret US Afghan prison Posted: 16 Oct 2010 03:32 AM PDT A US report, based on interviews with former detainees, says Afghan prisoners were abused at a secret military detention centre in Afghanistan. The facility dubbed the 'Black Jail' is thought to be located at Bagram airbase. Former inmates' claim they were subjected to strip searches, sleep deprivation and a lack of food. Some testimonies date from this year, despite President Obama's pledge to clean up prison practices. The US military denies the detention centre even exists. Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer, says Obama's administration is worse than his predecessor, when it comes to detainees in Afghanistan.

The Iran Report Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT Twenty-first century going-to-war requires that the proper procedures be observed, even if the United States Congress has become shy about declaring war as required by the constitution.  There was never any doubt that George W. Bush and his neocon team would go to war with Iraq, but they first obtained what they believed to be adequate justification from the United Nations and a green light in the form of a congressional resolution before they actually initiated conflict.  Currently, there is no piece of paper relating to a possible new war that is more important than the impending National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran, which has been a work in progress for more than a year and a half.  The last NIE on Iran, released in late 2007, was controversial in that it concluded that Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and had not resumed it.  The document was immediately attacked by neoconservatives and the media, who responded that the Iranians might have a secret program and were intending to revive their efforts.  Israel and its supporters have since been insisting that there is, in fact, a hidden program and have been constantly sending out alarms suggesting that a nuclear weapon is only six months or a year away.  They keep revising forward the date whenever six months or a year passes without a weapon actually making an appearance. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

In Gaza, No Drugs, but the Coffins Do Come In  Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT Samir Tahseen Al-Nadeem died after waiting 35 days for an exit permit for treatment for his heart condition. He was 26. The medicines he needed could not get in. But the coffins do. The health ministry now lists 375 deaths due to shortage of life-saving medicines. The medicines sit just outside the borders of the territory until most pass their expiry dates. But there are no expiry dates on about 10,000 coffins that have been donated for Gaza. The coffins do make it to those that eventually need them.

Leakers, Beware the Corporate Media Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT The following is a Code-Orange Advisory to patriotic truth-tellers, sometimes called whistleblowers or leakers: It is anachronistically naïve to expect the New York Times or other organs of today’s Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) to publish classified material like the Pentagon Papers without their first clearing it with the government. What brings this issue to the fore is the powerful, Academy Award-finalist documentary, "The Most Dangerous Man in America," which paints a profile in courage by (1) Daniel Ellsberg, who risked serving life in prison by copying classified material exposing the lies behind the Vietnam War, and (2) the New York Times, which dared to publish reams of Ellsberg’s material in June 1971.

Chile’s Ghosts Are Not Being Rescued  Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT The rescue of 33 miners in Chile is an extraordinary drama filled with pathos and heroism. It is also a media windfall for the Chilean government, whose every beneficence is recorded by a forest of cameras. One cannot fail to be impressed. However, like all great media events, it is a façade. The accident that trapped the miners is not unusual in Chile and the inevitable consequence of a ruthless economic system that has barely changed since the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Copper is Chile’s gold, and the frequency of mining disasters keeps pace with prices and profits. There are, on average, 39 fatal accidents every year in Chile’s privatised mines. The San Jose mine, where the men work, became so unsafe in 2007 it had to be closed – but not for long. On 30 July last, a labour department report warned again of “serious safety deficiencies ”, but the minister took no action. Six days later, the men were entombed.

Pipelineistan’s New Silk Road Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT Back before e-mail, a world traveler who wanted to keep in touch and couldn’t just pop into the nearest Internet café might drop you a series of postcards from one exotic locale after another. Pepe Escobar, that edgy, peripatetic globe-trotting reporter for one of my favorite on-line publications, Asia Times, has been doing just that for TomDispatch readers as he explores the geography that undergirds our civilization, the pipelines that crisscross Eurasia through which flow energy – and trouble. This, then, is his fourth “postcard” from what he likes to call Pipelineistan. The first in March 2009 began laying out a great, ongoing energy struggle across Eurasia and the Great Game of business, diplomacy, and proxy war between Russia and the U.S. that went with it.

High Alert Schizophrenia Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT Last week’s news cycle was all about warning Americans about traveling in Europe because of concerns about a possible terrorist attack – resulting from information from Ahmed Sidiqi, an alleged German militant currently in U.S. custody in Afghanistan, about a "Mumbai-style" attack against European targets.  Another factor was five Germans killed by an American missile strike in Pakistan near the Afghan border, who were believed to be in the region for terrorist training and part of a plot described by Sidiqi.  However, the plot appears to be a general conspiracy to commit terrorism rather than a specific plan to attack a particular target (or targets).  According to a U.S. intelligence bulletin, al-Qaeda continues to want to attack the United States.  But that shouldn’t be news or any big surprise.  And in the next breath, the bulletin says there is nothing specific or imminent related to any European plots.  Indeed, both the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said they have no indications that terrorists are targeting U.S. citizens as part of a new threat to Europe.  So why has the State Department advised Americans living or traveling in Europe to take more precautions?

Publish or Perish Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT On January 1, 1970, when Noam Chomsky’s essay "After Pinkville" was first published in the New York Review of Books, reading was still an antiwar activity, and often a transformative one.  Books and articles changed minds, altered lives, helped you mobilize, and then keep going.  And it almost seemed that everyone who was doing anything was also writing about it.  As Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., noted in 1971 in Armed Forces Journal – while pointing to "widespread conditions among American forces in Vietnam that have only been exceeded in this century by the French Army’s Nivelle mutinies of 1917 and the collapse of [the] Tsarist armies [of Russia] in 1916 and 1917" — as many as 144 "underground" papers were being published for soldiers.  Some were simply aimed at them by antiwar activists, but a surprising number were written and published by dissident troops themselves.  "In Vietnam," the Ft. Lewis-McChord Free Press typically wrote, "the lifers, the Brass, are the true Enemy, not the enemy."

An Oath for the Few Excludes the Many in an Ethnocracy Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT In all likelihood, I will be one of the very first non-Jews expected to swear loyalty to Israel as an ideology rather than as a state. Until now, naturalizing residents, like the country’s soldiers, pledged an oath to Israel and its laws. That is the situation in most countries. But soon, if the Israeli parliament passes a bill being advanced by the government, aspiring citizens will instead be required to uphold the Zionist majority’s presumption that Israel is a "Jewish and democratic state."

The War On Terror Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT Does anyone remember the "cakewalk war" that would last six weeks, cost $50-$60 billion, and be paid for out of Iraqi oil revenues? Does anyone remember that White House economist Lawrence Lindsey was fired by Dubya because Lindsey estimated that the Iraq war could cost as much as $200 billion?

Time to stick it again to the Arabs Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:43 PM PDT Underneath everything is hatred - hatred and contempt for Arabs. The ideology of the right has been dead for some time, nothing of its former glory remains; primeval emotions are now its true driving force. This is what is behind the right wing's nationalist laws and its so-called "peace." Lurking beneath all the unpretty words are not just political considerations, but a lack of any systematic ideas - only dark and dangerous instincts.

The Tide Has Changed: A Musical Essay and a Lesson in Humanity Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT If one tried to fit music compositions into an equivalent literary style, Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble’s latest release would come across as a most engaging political essay: persuasive, argumentative, rational, original, imaginative and always unfailingly accessible. But unlike the rigid politicking of politicians and increasingly Machiavellian style of today’s political essayists – so brazen they no longer hide behind illusory moral façades - the band’s latest work is also unapologetically humanistic.

Gerald Celente: “The selloff of America” Posted: 15 Oct 2010 01:57 PM PDT Financial institutions on Wall Street are preparing to pay a shocking record $144 billion dollars in compensation & benefits. This amid spiraling foreclosures and an economic crisis that has devastated Americans, leaving many out in the street. Gerald Celente of the Trends Research Institute says that the gap between rich and poor in the US will continue to get larger because of the bank bailout that Washington shelled out in 2008.

WTC Collapse Under Fresh Scrutiny After Explosive Dust Samples Found Posted: 15 Oct 2010 01:31 PM PDT Evidence indicating that the collapse of the World Trade Center was a controlled demolition has been propelled back under the national spotlight following the University of Copenhagen’s announcement that dust obtained from the rubble of the twin towers contains evidence of highly explosive material. The energetic material that was found in the WTC dust by an international team of scientists led by Niels Harrit of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, consists of “nano-engineered iron oxide and aluminum particles” that “exhibit the same characteristics as advanced energetic materials developed in US national laboratories in the years leading up to 9/11.”

Israeli Forces Test Transfer Scenario Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:49 AM PDT Israel secretly staged a training exercise last week to test its ability to quell any civil unrest that might result from a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority requiring the forcible transfer of many Arab citizens, the Israeli media has reported. The drill was intended to evaluate the readiness of the civil defence units, police, army and prison service to contain large-scale riots by Israel's Arab minority in response to such a deal. The transfer scenario echoes a proposal by Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's far-right foreign minister, for what he has termed a "population exchange".

Friday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:49 AM PDT In a new interview, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted mistakes were made in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, but that she would still want to depose Saddam Hussein if given the a second chance to do it all over again. Meanwhile, at least five Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in light prayer day violence. Also, Shi’ite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani suffered a heart attack. Criticism of the latest Iraqi casualty estimate has come quickly. The new figure, released by the U.S. military yesterday, came under attack from Iraqi politicians who feel the tally is too low. One former parliamentarian even warns that civilians killed in U.S. operations could have been left out of the numbers, while another politician suggested the deaths were purposefully undercounted.

Letter from an Israeli (Birmingham) Jail Posted: 15 Oct 2010 11:27 AM PDT If Martin Luther King would have been a Palestinian, I sometimes wonder how Israeli authorities would have treated him. This came to mind again when it was reported that an Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian nonviolence activist Abdullah Abu Rahmeh to one year in prison. Evidently, the military tribunal found him guilty of “incitement” and for organizing illegal protests. It also fined him $1,400, a stiff penalty for someone who lost over half of his farmland to land seized by Israeli settlement programs. Similar to Martin Luther King, Abdullah Abu Rahmeh has experienced years of racial oppression and religious intolerance. Like Martin Luther King who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to help achieve equality for blacks, Abdullah Abu Rahmeh is the coordinator of the Bilin Popular Resistance Committee against the Wall and Settlements. Since 2005, the movement has nonviolently challenged Israeli segregation and exclusive religious laws. It has also peacefully resisted Israeli bulldozing of Palestinian homes and annexation of Palestinian villages and land.

Biddun Maia, Fish Heyya: Without Water, There is no Life Posted: 15 Oct 2010 10:59 AM PDT Since I started working at Middle East Children's Alliance, the MAIA Project to bring clean water to the children of Palestine has become closest to my heart. All of our projects are important for people in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq, but the MAIA Project is connected to my history and my family. It takes me back to the days when I struggled with my family to bring clean water to our house so we could drink, cook and, sometimes, have a shower. My mother, sisters and I would carry gallons of water in heavy containers on our heads. Providing this essential for our family made my mother physically strong, her arms and shoulders shaped by her efforts, but her health suffered greatly. Much work and time is required to achieve the basic necessity of clean water. I still remember the weight of the water and the great responsibility on our necks and backs everyday.

My Oath to Israel's 'Jewish Democracy' Posted: 15 Oct 2010 10:55 AM PDT In all likelihood, I will be one of the very first non-Jews expected to swear loyalty to Israel as an ideology rather than as a state. Until now, naturalising residents, like the country's soldiers, pledged an oath to Israel and its laws. That is the situation in most countries. But soon, if the Israeli parliament passes a bill being advanced by the government, aspiring citizens will instead be required to uphold the Zionist majority's presumption that Israel is a “Jewish and democratic state”.

Empire for Liberty – Book Review Posted: 15 Oct 2010 10:52 AM PDT History takes on an interesting life when written as well as Richard Immerman's new book "Empire for Liberty," with the lengthy subtitle "A History of American Imperialism From Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz." Immerman's work ranges, as indicated, from the foundation of the United States to its second to last manifestation under the George Bush government. The six figures through whose lens the creation of empire is viewed are major figures in the era that they served, but only one actually served as president. This supports one of the main ideas of Immerman - and other historians - that it is not the presidency that defines a unique and particular paradigm or epoch with each change in government, but that there is a consistency with U.S. imperial/foreign policy that has existed since the foundation of the original United States.

Ventura In heated 9/11 Truth Debate: WTC “Didn’t Collapse, It Exploded” Posted: 15 Oct 2010 10:05 AM PDT Former Governor of Minnesota, ex-Navy SEAL and retired pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura raised some important unanswered questions regarding the 9/11 attacks in a heated exchange on national television yesterday. Ventura was appearing on Eric Bolling’s Fox Business News show, “Follow The Money”, to promote the second series of his extremely popular Conspiracy Theory show which begins on Tru TV tonight at 10pm.

Taliban talks: folly or fortune? Posted: 15 Oct 2010 08:02 AM PDT Vague stories concerning contacts between the government of Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, and various insurgent factions are hardly new, but those which began to proliferate again this week contained a new twist: That US and Nato forces are actively facilitating them. To say that these stories should be taken with a large grain of salt is to vastly understate the case.  First, no one claims that these are anything more than preliminary discussions, and no one has suggested that they even remotely approach the level of serious negotiations. Second, no one appears willing, or perhaps even able, to say who is involved, from either side.

Witch Watch: Can Christine O'Donnel & Co unleash 'lipstick revolt'? Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:04 PM PDT Getting to the top in US politics can be tough enough, especially if you're a woman. But aside from Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton, some of the next crop are being accused of swaying voters with emotional fear campaigns, and snazzy PR. As Gayane Chichakyan reports, that's especially true of one Republican rising star, who's also raising eyebrows.

Hosts Walk Off Set in Response to “Pinhead” Author O’Reilly’s Comments on Muslims Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:42 PM PDT Heated discussion about the Ground Zero Mosque distraction with Fox’s Billy O’Reilly prompted co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar to walk off the set today. Bill said Muslims attacked us on September 11, 2001, and because of this widely disputed and debunked claim a mosque should not be built near Ground Zero. O’Reilly said Muslims have a right to do so, but he said it would be unwise.

Thursday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 38 Wounded Posted: 14 Oct 2010 12:11 PM PDT The U.S. military has released an Iraqi casualty tally that likely will lead to more acrimonious debate over the true extent of deaths the country has suffered. Meanwhile, at least eight Iraqis were killed and 24 more were wounded in today’s violence. About 77,000 Iraqis were killed between January 2004 and August 2008, according to a new estimate released by the U.S. military. The number includes civilians and security personnel and falls just short of a Health Ministry estimate that encompassed a slightly longer period. The Health Ministry estimate tracks only the deaths in which a certificate is issued. Because many Iraqis were killed without their deaths being reported to the ministry, the real toll of the war is unknown and this new number should be considered only a base estimate.

Wednesday: 24 Iraqis, 7 Iranians Wounded Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:04 PM PDT At least 24 Iraqis were wounded in the latest violence. No deaths were reported today, but one attack also left seven Iranians injured. Meanwhile, a Dutchman of Iraqi decent, who was found guilty of planning attacks against U.S. soldiers, had his jail sentence cut short in the Netherlands. A bomb targeting a bus in Muqdadiya wounded seven Iranian pilgrim and four Iraqi guards.

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