Another retired U.S. General mouths off . . .

. . . and says the obvious, I should add.  Last week, it was retired General Sanchez, who blasted the Bush Administration, calling it "incompetent" in the way it has run the Iraq occupation. This week, it's Retired General John Abizaid, former CENTCOM Commander, who spoke about Iraq: During a…

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Maher on what it means to wear a little American flag on your lapel

"Show me a man wearing an American flag pin in his lapel, and I'll show you an asshole," said Bill Maher during a recent "New Rules" segment. What does it show that one puts a little flag on one's lapel or that one sanctimoniously goes around saying "God bless America?"  …

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Bill Maher on our idiocracy

Here's what precipitated Maher's rant: Four years ago Tucker Carlson asked Britney Spears on CNN, "A lot of entertainers have come out against the war in Iraq. Have you?" And Britney, who was chewing gum throughout the entire interview, answered, "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in…

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On the U.S. Military Industrial Complex

Here are some terrific video clips of President Eisenhower and, more recently, of former Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel.  As Gravel plainly states, no president since Eisenhower has dared to talk about the elephant in the room, the military industrial complex.  Our leaders rarely speak of it because it has so…

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