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30 March 2007
Symbolism and duct tape
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Robert Koehler
"The Army has yet to provide the family with a copy of the original narrative required by Army Regulation to support the award of the Silver Star."

The simplest truths bedevil chronic liars, even those with multibillion-dollar...
30 March 2007
Veto this
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David Swanson
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is right to point Unitary Executive George W. Bush toward a copy of the Constitution.  The President (should Bush care to resume that legal role) is permitted to veto bills but not to write them.  In particular,...
28 March 2007
How's the Progressive Caucus progressing?
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David Swanson
Seventy-one members of Congress, all Democrats, most House Members, two Senators, belong to the Congressional Progressive Caucus.  For a couple of years now, the CPC has had a staff person.  More recently it created a website...
26 March 2007
Let Rove lie
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David Swanson
I think Karl Rove should be permitted to testify to Congress in private, without taking any oath, and without any record being kept of what he says.  I had hoped we could avoid the indecency of having to spell out the reason why, but...
26 March 2007
A measure of morality in Congress
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David Swanson
If you could secretly tell a magic genie "Yes" and receive a million dollars but cause the deaths of a million people you've never met in China, would you say No?  This is no longer just a philosophical brain teaser.  The U.S. House of...
23 March 2007
Why the progressive caucus should vote no on war money
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David Swanson
The Supplemental spending bill proposed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi funds the war.  It gives Cheney and Bush roughly another $100 billion.  And you can be quite sure they will spend it as they choose, which may include attacking Iran.  In fact...

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