Day May 15, 2003

Corporate Democrats organizing against Dean The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) is opposed to Howard Dean as a Presidential candidate, and will no doubt do everything they can to torpedo his campaign. This in the name of being “New Democrats”, which…

Sell a bong, go to prisonTommy Chong, of Cheech & Chong, has pled guilty to selling “drug supplies”, bongs and pipes, to be exact. Federal guidelines call for a sentence of six months to one year. In a nice Orwellian…

Letter from former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark to President Bush May 14, 2003 Dear President Bush, The authorization to U.S. military personnel in Iraq to shoot looters reported in the press today must be rescinded immediately. Neither the laws…

Iraq Disorder Worries Senators “Veteran senators from both parties, expressing some of the strongest congressional concern to date about the civil disorder in Iraq, appealed to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday to quickly bring the situation under control. “I…

Millions strike in France “France today witnessed the greatest workers’ mobilisations since the mass strike movement of 1995 which forced Prime Minister Alain Juppé to rein in his assault on pensions and social security and which precipitated the early electoral…