Posts on ‘November 11th, 2003’

Nobody died when Clinton lied
We have received another message from the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel who sometimes lurks at NobodyDied.com, a site chronicling antiwar freeway signs.
“I firmly believe that if everybody in this country who thought the war is a lie posted a sign that read “The War is a Lie.” we’d be out of Iraq by [...]

Soros declares war on Bush
Multi-billionaire George Soros just upped the ante, giving 5 million to MoveOn.org, furthering his campaign to insure Bush is not reeelected.

George Soros, one of the world’s richest men, has given away nearly $5 billion to promote democracy in the former Soviet bloc, Africa and Asia.
Now he has a new project: [...]

Chomsky says Bush will need to invent a crisis to get reelected

U.S. linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky said on Wednesday that President Bush will have to “manufacture” another threat to American security to win reelection in 2004 after U.S failure in occupying Iraq.

WTO slaps down Bush

U.S. loses ruling over its steel tariffs
The United States is facing up to $2.2 billion in European Union trade sanctions within weeks after a World Trade Organization appeals panel ruled Monday that U.S. tariffs on imported steel are illegal.
Bush raised the tariffs in a transparent political ploy to enrich Big Steel and grab the [...]

The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
Online virtual tours of racist objects. Thoughtful articles about an ugly topic. An extraordinary website. From Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.

Drat those impudent puppets in Iraq
US ‘wants Iraq council scrapped’

Reports from the United States suggest the Bush administration has become so frustrated with the Iraqi Governing Council, it may be looking to scrap it.
The Washington Post newspaper quotes a senior US official as saying the administration has become alarmed at the IGC’s failure to [...]