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SYRIA: Escalate the Talk NOT the War
May 23, 2013 | Posted in Idea Forum, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment
Despite calls to the contrary from unsuccessful presidential candidate John McCain and other “when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail” know-nothing war-mongers, who apparently thought the disastrous Iraq and Afghanistan wars were just ducky, …
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Hearing on DRONES: CAPA’s Statement to Senate Subcommittee
April 24, 2013 | Posted in Afghanistan, CAPA News, Idea Forum, Military Spending, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment
= HEARING = Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killings April 23, 2013 | 4pm Senate Hart Office Building 216 Board Member Michael Lynn composed the following statement for submission to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the …
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American Poverty Digs Ever Deeper
April 18, 2013 | Posted in Idea Forum, NewHomeSlider, Social Justice, The Issues | Leave a comment
The US economy, by some measures, appears to be slowly improving. But at the same time poverty has increased to levels not seen since the mid-1960s. According to MSNBC, almost half of all Americans are either low-income or impoverished, and …
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Roy Edroso: Rightbloggers Not Having a Great “Happy 10th Anniversary Iraq War” Party
March 27, 2013 | Posted in Idea Forum, Iraq, NewHomeSlider, The Issues, U.S. in Conflict, Uncategorized | Leave a comment
And now for some lighter reading, check out the latest from genius blogger Roy Edroso, from his excellent weekly series "Exploring the Right-Wing Blogophere" at the Village Voice: Rightbloggers Not Having a Great "Happy 10th Anniversary Iraq War" Party. Last …
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Don’t Fracture Illinois
March 24, 2013 | Posted in Climate Change, Idea Forum, The Issues, Uncategorized | Leave a comment
lllinois: Call your state reps & senators and ask for a moratorium on Fracking! The dangerous form of mining known as "fracking" (hydraulic fracturing) is coming to southern & central Illinois, unless the people can stop it! The oil and …
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Illinois Fracking Fight Vents Over Springfield
March 15, 2013 | Posted in Climate Change, Idea Forum, NewHomeSlider, The Issues, Uncategorized | 5 Comments
An industry hungry to exploit abundant shale — a glutted natural gas market — a scrappy coalition of citizen activists and concerned landowners — a state riven by cultural and economic chasms — a legislature reeling from chronic money troubles …
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A Reason for the US Military Expansion into Africa – Fabius Maximus
March 3, 2013 | Posted in Idea Forum, The Issues, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment
After a period of disengagement, a decade ago the USA began expanding militarily into Africa. What is this expansion's strategic purpose? Is it simply about access to African resources and markets? Is it a symptom of mission creep in the …
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Does History Repeat Itself? – Part 2 – A Drone Base in Saudi Arabia
February 24, 2013 | Posted in Idea Forum, The Issues, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment
Recently the Washington Post revealed, in an article about the confirmation hearings of CIA-director-designate John Brennan, that the US has had a drone aircraft base in Saudi Arabia for approximately two years *. This revelation seems to have passed without …
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Does History Repeat Itself?
February 19, 2013 | Posted in Afghanistan, Idea Forum, The Issues, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment
Does American military history repeat itself? Is there a similarity between the American war in Vietnam and the American-led NATO occupation of Afghanistan? Both operations are an American or majority-American force occupying a relatively undeveloped nation, and fighting against a …
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Cut WHAT?
December 20, 2012 | Posted in Idea Forum, Military Spending, The Issues | Leave a comment
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