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The Iraq invasion was about oil all along

The recent set of no-bid contracts to big oil corporations, gaining them cheap access to Iraqi oil fields, is Exhibit A.  Yes, the Iraq invasion was all about oil all along.  Here’s how Bill Moyers sums it up:
Perhaps those sweetheart deals in Iraq should be added to his proposed indictments. They have been purchased [...]

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John McCain shows the media that access comes with a price

Check out this video:  McCain is pointedly reminding the Wall Street Journal that media access isn’t free.  If you don’t write nice things about McCain, you might not get any story at all.
The accompanying article and video provide both the incident and the motive.   If reporter Elizabeth Holmes shapes up, maybe she can still get [...]

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Tim Russert is being called a great journalist merely because he recently died.

Tim Russert is dead and it is certainly a tragedy for his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
Contrary to what numerous media sources are now reporting, however, Russert was not a great journalist. Rather, he was one of the many modern celebrity journalists who got so incredibly cozy with the politicians [...]