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Cracking Down on Tax Evaders

tehranchik — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:08:34 EDT

In February, the IRS said it was investigating more than 100 Americans with bank accounts in Liechtenstein, a 15-mile-long country sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria, where financial services account for 30% of the economy, thanks to some of the world's tightest bank-secrecy laws.

Channel: Money Tags: IRS tax evaders Switzerland Americans Germans

The Senate, the Iraq War and the 80/20 Rule

populist — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:12:52 EDT

In a country that struggles to remain free from the unduly influence of the powerful, the 80/20 Rule applies well; the defenders, as a rule, being the vital few. Truth and honesty are not things that can be changed by a simple vote, and neither should matters clearly written in our Constitution, such as the power to declare war.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: tyranny war iraq aumf senate congress traitors war powers antiwar populist party peace

Will the Antiwar Movement Strangle the State?

berkeley — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:05:13 EDT

The state needs war, it craves war, and it will have war. If you love the state, you necessarily love war. If you respect the state, you embrace war. And some, perhaps many, in the antiwar movement, really believe that the state, that national level government, is or can be a real source of solutions for community and for the country.

Channel: Politics Tags: empire police state law congress karen kwiatkowski war

The Real Contract with America: The Bill of Rights

populist — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:08:18 EDT

Everybody heaved a great sigh of relief when the "Democrats" were back in power, but things quickly returned to business as usual. The rich get richer, the poor and middle class get poorer and the government gets still more power to do as it wills.

Channel: Politics Tags: bill of rights constitution government congress founding fathers populist party liberty

Only Congress Can Declare War

populist — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:05:18 EDT

By rejecting the advice and the rules laid down by the founders and early Presidents, our recent leaders have gone so far astray from warnings against entangling alliances, that the founders would hardly recognize the government they created.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: war powers congress president constitution 10th amendment founding fathers

Scott Horton Interviews Scott Ritter on Iran

populist — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:59:28 EDT

discusses the likelihood of a U.S. attack on Iran and the smokescreen of diplomatic progress, how Iran's recent promise of retaliation has raised the stakes by ensuring limited U.S. strikes would be inadequate, how facts and reason are irrelevant since the neocons in command believe they can generate their own realities

Channel: Politics Tags: war iran foreign policy scott ritter

What Does It Matter To You?

CHAM — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:43:52 EDT

Why don't we, especially Christians, feel responsible for innocents killed in Iraq, for death, pain and suffering , from the invasion of a country, brought by people in our Government, for The War Industry and Oil Companies, seeking profits? What would Jesus think?

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Iraq Christians Iraqi deaths War Industry Religion

Sun Tzu Goes to Washington

populist — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:09:44 EDT

Today's warhawks consider a prolonged war a form of economic output, or a shopping day for the military-industrial complex. Sun Tzu would remind us that this is short-sighted to the point of ruin: "There has never been a state which has benefited from a prolonged war."

Channel: Books Tags: sun tzu war empire imperialism art of war antiwar populist party peace

Evil Reigns but None Dare Call it Treason

populist — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:39:36 EDT

Torture advocated, secret armies and prisons encouraged, ignoring habeas corpus for anyone pointed to and called "enemy combatant." Yet, non dare call it treason.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: treason tyranny mass murder war torture antiwar populist party peace

Big brother is watching you and his name is AT&T

populist — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:24:30 EDT

Sometimes he goes by the name of BellSouth and at other times he is known as AOL-Time-Warner. Big brother goes by a lot of names. He is listening to you while you talk and watching you while you type. Everything you say could be recorded so he can look at it somewhere down the line.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: big brother spying att bellsouth telecoms 4th amendment fisa wiretaps populist party liberty

Executive Order:Continuing Certain Restrictions To North Korea And North Korean Nationals

eugenegerard — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:28:04 EDT

Couched in a directive about handling relations with Noth Korea, George Bush declares Martial Law.

Channel: Politics Tags: Martial Law National Security North Korea Dictatorship

Amid Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan

soniyashrma — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:45:35 EDT

Late last year, top Bush administration officials decided to take a step they had long resisted. They drafted a secret plan to make it easer for the Pentagon's Special Operations forces to launch missions into the snow-capped mountains of Pakistan to capture or kill top leaders of Al Qaeda.

Channel: News Tags: tribesandtribalism terrorism pakistan alqaeda Add tags

The Constitution: Bringing us Back from Darkness

populist — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:26:51 EDT

When we get away from that Constitutional structure, when we allow a few people (an Oligarchy) or a single person (a Dictator) to supplant those "Laws" for a Self-Governing Institution, that is when we no longer have a Republican form of Government, or as is the common description for American Government - a Democracy

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: tyranny evil government shadow government oligarchy constitution populist party liberty

Do Americans Really Want "Change?"

populist — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:36:55 EDT

Are we ready to see ourselves as an aggressor nation (roughly 200 US military and clandestine operations in foreign countries in the past two centuries, excluding WW1 and WW2), a nation that sides with the rich against the poor, that slights the weak in favor of the strong.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: change society america government elections foreign policy antiwar populist party peace

Legalizing Occupation: Bush's Last Maneuver in Iraq

populist — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:10:07 EDT

One can argue that no pleasant scenarios are possible in Iraq at any time under a US military presence. Iraq's past treasures were squandered immediately after its 'liberation' by US forces, & its present is daunted by bloodshed and uncertainty. Bush now wants to ensure that the country's future is also compromised by violence, humiliation, war

Channel: Politics Tags: Iraq War Occupation Empire Imperialism bush antiwar populist party peace