David Swanson's Blog, page 205
September 1, 2011
Cheney's Kettle Logic
Sigmund Freud once mentioned the defense offered by a man who was accused by his neighbor of having returned a kettle in a damaged condition. In the first place, he had returned the kettle undamaged; in the second place it already had holes in it when he borrowed it; and in the third place, he had never borrowed it at all.
That man's name?
Dick Cheney.
August 31, 2011
Can Coffee Prevent Military Suicides?
It is difficult to watch this video without both crying and being inspired. Ashley Joppa-Hagemann recounts her husband's struggles before he killed himself to avoid an eighth or ninth tour in the Iraq-Afghanistan Wars. Ashley confronted Donald Rumsfeld last week over the lies that led her husband to enlist. This led to her appearing on Democracy Now on Tuesday and being featured in Amy Goodman's column:
US or the War Machine
An upcoming Charlottesville conference highlights the importance of whistleblowers when addressing the corruption present in military contracting
August 30, 2011
Come On Irene: A Michele Bachmann Sing Along
Come on Irene!
Poor old Michele B
Sounds deranged on the radio, breaks a million rules of logic, so ...
Fox Newsers cry and sing along and blame storms on ...
God yeah God, oh God! now I must say more than ever
Go Toora Loora Toora Loo-Rye-Aye
and they can sing just like they're loon ah tics
Come on Irene
I know what you mean. At this moment you mean anything,
But now I digress, my thoughts I confess verge on kooky
Ah come on Irene.
Dum duh Dum ..
Glenn Beck Accuses Me and October2011.org of Destroying the Country: We Must Be Onto Something
First they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then Glenn Beck attacks you as "anarchist communists."
Then you win.
Join us: http://october2011.org
How to Be a Thinking Feeling American
Alan Grayson says "This is a textbook for a college-level course on what it means to be a thinking, feeling American. I recommend it to everyone with a head and heart."
He's talking about this book: http://planamerica.org It's called "Fix America! How Each of Us Can Help All of Us."
August 29, 2011
Organizers plan Tahrir-style 'occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington'
Audio
A coalition of community organizers, peace activists, left, liberal, progressive groupsand supporting organizations are calling on volunteers to join them October 6, 2011, for an "occupation" of Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C.
U.S.author, blogger, and activist David Swanson says the event is being organized to take over Freedom Plaza to "nonviolently resist what our government is doing."
Audio: David Swanson and Coy Barefoot on the Military Industrial Complex
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Charlottesville Right Now (Subscribe)Charlottesville Right Now: 8-29-11 David Swanson
David Swansonjoins Charlottesville Right Now to discuss excessive defense expenditures.
A Public Service Announcement Not Authorized by the Pentagon
PSA:
Our current wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, and Somalia, and our smaller military operations in over 100 other countries are part of what President Eisenhower warned of 50 years ago in speaking of the Military Industrial Complex. We spend over half our federal budget on the military. We could cut it by 85% and still have the world's largest. No nation has tried anything like this before, and it's not clear we can survive it. We're shortchanging everything else to fund wars and overseas bases that make us less safe. There's a crisis in our towns, but in the midst of a phony budget crisis in Washington, the House passed the largest military budget ever. It's time for us to rein in the military insustrial complex after 50 years. If you go to MIC50 dot org you can sign up for a conference in Charlottesville that will host over 20 prominent speakers from around the country. MIC50 dot org. That's M I C five zero dot org. See you there. Peace.
Audio clip:
http://warisacrime.org/downloads/psawithmusic.mp3
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