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Their names probably won't mean mean anything to you, but these people ought to have some modicum of personal recognition: Jason Anderson, Aaron Dale "Bubba" Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curtis, Gordon Jones, Roy Wyatt Kemp, Karl Kleppinger, Blair Manuel, Dewey Revette, Shane Roshto, and Adam Weise. These are the 11 workers who were killed when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20.
THE PENTAGON'S "INVINCIBLE" DRONES
Monday, December 21, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
The people our troops are battling in Afghanistan and Pakistan might be diabolical fanatics willing to use such crude terrorist tactics as suicide bombers – but the one thing we've got that they can't match... [read more]
THE INTERMINABLE PRICE OF WAR
Monday, July 13, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Well, we finally got that Iraq thing done, right?
On the last day of June, the U.S. commander in Iraq transferred military authority to the government of Prime Minister Nuri... [read more]
By Obama's Triple Surge Into Afghanistan
Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to war we go!
As President Barack Obama begins winding down the Bush war in Iraq, he is building up his own war farther east. We're told that it will be a new, expanded, extra-special American adventure in Afghanistan, involving a vigorous surge strategy to "stabilize" this perpetually unstable land.
BAN CLUSTER BOMBS
Friday, December 26, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Not only is war hell, it is hellishly stupid. Wars tend to be run by smart people who do stupid things.
Take the gross stupidity of cluster bombs, which America’s political... [read more]
GOLFING FOR DOLLARS
Monday, July 21, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
America might be mired in a Gulf War, but it’s golf that seems to be on the minds of the Bushites. Here's the three-part story.
First comes George W himself. A... [read more]
AND NOW, A WORD ABOUT THE WAR
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
George W keeps telling us that America is at war. But if were at war, he
wouldn’t need to tell us, for we’d be fully engaged in the national effort.
In... [read more]
THE SCANDAL OF CORPORATE SCOUNDRELS IN IRAQ
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
When it comes to his war in Iraq, George W keeps telling us that failure is not an option.
However, when it comes to the privatized army of Halliburtons,... [read more]
THE PERMANENT WAR?
Monday, January 14, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Want the U.S. out of Iraq before year's end? Or maybe next year? Or even four years from now?
If George W and his backers have their way, you can forget... [read more]
FEISTY GRANNIES STAND UP FOR PEACE
How grand it was in Washington for Hamid Karzai. The corrupt, inept President of Afghanistan – whose regime is being propped up by 87, 000 of our troops and $7-billion-a-month from us taxpayers – got... [read more]