War as an Entertaining Sport Rodrique Tremblay The New American Empire The U.S. is so often involved in armed conflicts, war is beginning to be seen as a sports event. For many Americans, starting with George W. Bush, the former owner of a baseball team, a war is a bit like a baseball or football game; the aim of this game is simply to be the strongest and to win. In doing so, the people are entertained and the media are occupied with subject matter to fill their pages and airtime. In the U.S., war is part of the entertainment industry. ~ Read More ~

Neocon Forever War Plan Creeps Forward Wednesday March 29th 2006, 2:33 pm Kurt Nimmo Another Day in the Empire If you believe the line towed by the corporate media, a line manufactured in the deep recesses of the Pentagon, the United States stumbled into Iraq based on "intelligence failures." According to Vernon Loeb of the Washington Post, former CIA analyst and PNAC conspirator Reuel Marc Gerecht, writing under the pen name Edward G. Shirley, tells us the CIA has "grown intellectually dishonest" and the intelligence the agency produced is "often nearly worthless." Because of this, the neocons created the Office of Special Plans (OSP), managed by the Leo Strauss scholar Abram Shulsky, and offered up their own "intelligence," mostly gleaned from the overactive imagination of the convicted embezzler Ahmed Chalabi and the so-called "Iraqi chemical engineer" (and the brother of a top lieutenant of Chalabi) colorfully nicknamed Curveball. It is important to note that Chalabi's lies and fabrications were used by Shulsky's OSP-and subsequently fed to an eager shill, New York Times columnist Judith Miller, for wide dissemination-because a key tenet of the Straussian philosophy is the necessity of deception. ~ Read More ~

The War Prayer By Mark Twain It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory which stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts and which they interrupted at the briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pasters preached devotion to flag and country and invoked the God of Battles, beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpouring of fervid eloquence which moved every listener. It was indeed a glad and gracious time, and the half-dozen rash spirits that ventured to disapprove of the war and cast doubt upon its righteousness straightway got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety's sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way. ~ Read More ~

Money Matters Economy Grows at 1.7 Percent Pace Silver storms above $11/oz, gold price rebounds Nasdaq hits 5-year high U.S. bonds dive after decision on rates GM Begins Firing Salaried Workers at About 30 U.S. Locations Illegal Workers: the Cons' Secret Weapon George Bush is LAUGHING at you if aren't speaking out for CENSURE Americans at "tipping point" about energy: poll New Orleans Health Care Still in Shambles Join the Reserve Bank of Australia and Property Masters' Dots Brazil's Lula Lashes Out At Rich Nations	Bushland Katrina Evacuees Wear Out Stay in Houston Flashback: Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans Bush's War of Nerve Pentagon block on move for safer water U.S. firm offers 'private armies' for low-intensity conflicts Army relaxes tattoo rules to attract recruits Brain drain hits Homeland Security Primary voting-machine troubles raise concerns for '06 Ky. Boy, 13, Charged With Threatening Bush	Iraq: American Colony In Iraq, frontline patience wears thin A dangerous war makes a staggering shift Bush's call for removal of Iraqi PM threatens rift with Shias Political uncertainty grips Iraq as talks cancelled Fear Up Harsh: The Iraqi Civil War in Context 'If you start looking at them as humans, then how are you gonna kill them?' Finding no fault Reporter Jill Carroll Freed in Baghdad Australia demands Iraq shooting probe
American Justice Man Found Guilty of Plotting to Kill Bush Flashback: The Real Story of John Walker Lindh US officials charged with lying in botched 2003 terrorism trial Ex-lobbyist Abramoff gets 6 years Congressman Denies He Got Deal on House Fitzgerald Will Seek New White House Indictments Ball In The Supreme's Court New Orleans Officers Indicted in Beating	Around the World Charles Taylor arrested but trial still months away Indonesia, Britain to fight terrorism together: Blair Suicide attacker dies, 7 Afghans hurt in blast Seven people hurt in gas blast in Israeli city Reactions to the Israel Vote: Israel's Political Right has Collapsed Israel's Election: Voting the Social Agenda N-bomb: 'Saudi secretly working with Pak experts' Result could spell end of US role in pushing for peace US Navy prepares aircraft carrier strike group for "major training exercise"	Next Stop: Iran U.N. Security Council passes nuclear demands for Iran Neo-con cabal blocked 2003 nuclear talks Iran In NeoCon CrossHairs Iran Defiantly Rejects New U.N. Demands US presses for longer-term measures on Iran Iran To Stage Massive Gulf Military Maneuver
Jewish lobby? What Jewish lobby? There is no Israel 'Lobby' Trial of Aipac lobbyists gets postponed one month It's The Media, Stupid An "Alliance" of Violence Hamas takes power US cuts diplomatic ties with Hamas government	Mother Nature's Revenge UN Conference Calls For Alert Systems For All Disasters By 2015 Global Warming: Be Very Afraid Cyclone Glenda lashes Australia Moderate earthquake jolts northern Japan; no reports of casualties, damage Rolling on the River: It will be 10 more years before New Orleans is safe	Science and Quirks Smart Kids' Brains May Mature Later Crazy Cat Terrorizes Connecticut Town Ark's Quantum Quirks

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