The Pentagon and the national security apparatus are hell-bent on setting an example with Bradley Manning. But we as Americans have a right to know what is being done in our name and with our tax dollars. If the government tries to cover up its malfeasance, then it is the duty of each and every one of us, should the situation arise, to drag the truth, kicking and screaming if necessary, into the light of day.

Walker is more of a fool than even his most consistent critics imagine if he thinks that money, especially money raise in substantial portions from out-of-state interests that see his governorship as an investment in anti-labor, anti-public education and anti-democratic policies, will be sufficient to trump a popular movement that has already attracted the support of half a million Wisconsinites.

Here’s my New Year’s OpEdNews gift, a light jingle for those normally put off by reason in rhyme. I gave up trying to take Newt seriously enough to write prose for, like Kissinger, he’s moving himself beyond satire. But I found a thesis and inspiration from that famous lyric celebrated by heavy drinkers. Feel free to add any rhymes or insights, especially about qualities invisible in the politician at hand: peace and good wi

That was the year that was

This article questions whether or not the OIG can be trusted to perform its mandated duties and hold the SEC and its malfeasant employees accountable for their business as usual.

By Kurt Stone
Mt. Rushmore After Dark

 

When Verizon announced in December that its newest smartphone — the Samsung Galaxy Nexus — will not carry the Google Wallet app, it spawned a number of these ludicrous “net neutrality” fairy tales. And as always, there is – sadly – a small but gullible percentage of the population eager to lap up these tall tales, regardless of facts or rational analysis.

Voice
Poem written in support of and inspired by OWS and the 99% by an unpublished author Shellie Blevins

 

In the summer of 2003, I was separated from my wife and the love-of-my-life and contemplating divorce after almost continuous intense and usually drunken arguments.

Anatomy of a NATO War Crime
On June 19, the day before the bombing attack on the Hamedi family at Sorman, NATO was obliged by its own regulations and by the international law of armed conflict to conduct a “potential for collateral damage review” of this mission. There is no evidence that this was ever done.

 

The hypocrisy of democracy and how our failures create environmental devastation
What hypocrites the U.S. has become: we pontificate on global platforms and put the boot in at home. The United States has lost the moral courage to be a global leader, today we’re all hype and no substance.

 

I like how Ron Paul has solutions from thinking outside the box, of the left-right status quo which has us in this mess.

Nuclear Power to be Banned in California!

 

Friends of Rick Perry: Mr. and Mrs. Gramm 1/4

 

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer — Farewell to Arms Video
An end to war and its insideous nature.

 

Mr Kim, who has led the communist nation since the death of his father in 1994, died on a train while visiting an area outside the capital, the announcement said.

Gingrich: ‘Activist Judges’ Should Be Arrested
Gingrich gives illegal immigrants a break – goes after Federal judges instead. Instead of rounding up illegal immigrants, he would round up “activist” judges, that is, those whose opinion he disagrees with, and ask them to explain themselves, or risk arrest. He wants to weaken the judiciary, he says, in the new land of Gingrich.

 

I’ve been reluctant to weigh in on the Chinese situation, in part because it’s so hard to know what’s really happening. I hope that I’m being needlessly alarmist here. But it’s impossible not to be worried: China’s story just sounds too much like the crack-ups we’ve already seen elsewhere. And a world economy already suffering from the mess in Europe really, really doesn’t need a new epicenter of crisis.

General: ‘We’re not leaving’ Afghanistan

 

Twelve biggest US lies of 2011

 

Israel, US: We will stop Iran

 

North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader Kim Jong Il has died

 

Newt Gingrich’s assault on “activist judges’ draws criticism, even from right – The Washington Post

 

Eric Holder Tells NY Times He’s Taking Hits For Obama Because “We’re Both African American”

 

House GOP leaders want new payroll tax cut bill

 

Montana’s Coal to Gas Conversion Proposal: Can it be up and running quickly?
We discovered this article after reading that Libetarian candidate, Bill Still, supports researching coal-to-gas as a clean energy option. Fischer-Tropsch first developed the technology that converts coal into a relatively clean liquid fuel in the 1920′s. A new interest in developing it is emerging as the world realizes coal is here to stay for a while and the could be a safer way to use it.

 

Czech playwright and former dissident who led his nation after the collapse of communism After the Soviet invasion that turned the Prague spring of 1968 to long winter, he became a leading dissident, a founder of Charter 77 and Vons (the Czech acronym of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted), and spent much of his 40s in and out of prison. Finally, he emerged as the effective voice of the crowds that, after 20 years of sullen resentment, at last exploded in Wenceslas Square in the winter of 1989 and, having postered all of freezing Prague with the slogan Havel na Hrad! (Havel to the Castle!), did indeed send him across the river and up the hill to the castle as president of the reborn republic.

French Credit Downgrade Could Come ‘Within Days’ – Guardian

 

Egypt clashes kill 10, undermine Army narrative of democratic transition – Chick

 

DHHS Plans to Award Exclusive Rights to Apply Marijuana as a Medical Therapeutic – - Union of Medical Marijuana Patien