Day March 2, 2006

Abramoff scandal reveals capitalist corruption

Lies. Corruption. Thievery. Influence peddling. All of these words describe the growing scandal sweeping Congress and the Bush administration. This scandal threatens to expose for millions how deals between big business interests and the capitalist government are made. In the…

Bush caught in more lies

Bush, Chertoff warned before Katrina But this isn’t really news, is it, Bush being caught in lies. What is unusual is his uncomprehending and contemptuous attitude towards it all. He asked no questions at the briefing when told levees could…

Willie Nelson, ‘Secret Cowboys’

At first I thought this was some strange satire or parody, or maybe an impersonation of Willie. It’s not, it really is him. The song was written 20 years ago. Nelson did a song for “Brokeback Mountain” and just released…

Berlusconi to be indicted?

From The Independent Judges in Milan will press charges against Tessa Jowell’s [she is Culture Secretary] husband, David Mills, and the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, in connection with a $600,000 (Ԛ£300,000) bribery scandal. Just as Whitehall sources predicted the…