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Earth to McCain: It's a Crisis
 Robert Scheer
Gag me with a spoon, as Valley girls used to say. Did you see that McCain-Palin ad promising "tougher rules on Wall Street to protect your life savings, no special interest giveaways"? Just how dumb do they think we are?
A Guide to Campaign Jargon
 Reg Henry
Rather than promote one ticket over the other, I believe the best thing I can do today is define the words, phrases and declarations that have melded into new meanings in the furnace of this political campaign.
A Palin Theocracy
 Marjorie Cohn
John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate has invigorated a lackluster campaign. The media can't stop talking about her. Given McCain's age and state of health (his medical file was nearly 1,200 pages long), Palin would indeed be a heartbeat away from becoming president.
The Ugly New McCain
 Richard Cohen
Following his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 South Carolina primary, John McCain did something extraordinary: He confessed to lying about how he felt about the Confederate battle flag, which he actually abhorred. "I broke my promise to always tell the truth," McCain said. Now he has broken that promise so completely that the John McCain of old is unrecognizable. He has become the sort of politician he once despised.
What's a Word for the Opposite of Progress? Palin.
 Cynthia Boaz
Given that Palin's positions on 'women's issues,' from reproductive rights to health care, are 180 degrees from the mainstream feminist base, one can only conclude that for many women, sharing a piece of anatomy is a more powerful source of solidarity than shared beliefs, values or principles.
Machismo Still Rules in Politics
 John M. Crisp
The problem is that many Americans have a very favorable visceral reaction to this rugged, conquer-the-wilderness image, even when they know, rationally, that there's little connection between machismo and good governance. In fact, too much tough-guy machismo only gets us in trouble.
Can We, For Once, Just Get Serious?
 Ann McFeatters
Sometimes it's as if we never got out of high school. We insist on choosing our presidents as if it is a popularity contest.
Big Banks Go Bust: Time to Reform Wall Street
 Dean Baker
With the demise of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, IndyMac, Bear Stearns and now Lehman Brothers, we've been treated to the failure of more major financial firms than during any year since the Great Depression. The sight of rich bankers getting the boot might be lots of fun if it were just a spectator sport. Unfortunately, we are in the game with these clowns.
The Impulse for US Hegemony in the World
 Gaither Stewart
I often return to the passage from Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes’ masterpiece, The Death of Artemio Cruz, the gist of which is that one cannot commit what North Americans have committed against Mexico and expect to be loved.
I'm a Little Confused...
 Susan McNulty, Ph. D.
Let me see if I have this straight... If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different." If you grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're a quintessential American story.
What's the Difference Between Palin and Muslim Fundamentalists? Lipstick
 Juan Cole
John McCain announced that he was running for president to confront the "transcendent challenge" of the 21st century, "radical Islamic extremism," contrasting it with "stability, tolerance and democracy." But the values of his handpicked running mate, Sarah Palin, more resemble those of Muslim fundamentalists than they do those of the Founding Fathers.
Is America Ready for Change?
 Marc Ash
Which candidate will bring about change? That's easy, Obama. McCain has been a good Republican soldier every step of the way. Obama is at least looking for a new way.
Campaign of Lies Disgraces McCain
 St. Petersburg Times
This nation is facing real challenges on the economy, health care, jobs and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are significant differences between how Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain would address them.
Making America Stupid
 Thomas L. Friedman
Imagine for a minute that attending the Republican convention in St. Paul, sitting in a skybox overlooking the convention floor, were observers from Russia, Iran and Venezuela. And imagine for a minute what these observers would have been doing when Rudy Giuliani led the delegates in a chant of “drill, baby, drill!”
9/11 Truth Has Failed To Create Change
 Lee Rogers
It is now seven years after the attacks of 9/11 and there is little question that the official story of these events is a complete fraud. Unfortunately, the corporate controlled media has successfully demonized and discredited people who have done legitimate research on these events and question the official story.
Masters of Defeat: Retreating Empire and Bellicose Bluster
 Prof. James Petras
Everywhere one looks, US imperial policy has suffered major military and diplomatic defeats. With the backing of the Democratic Congress, the Republican White House’s aggressive pursuit of a military approach to empire-building has led to a world-wide decline of US influence.
McCain's Integrity
 Andrew Sullivan
McCain has demonstrated in the last two months that he does not have the character to be president of the United States. And that is why it is more important than ever to ensure that Barack Obama is the next president.
Honoring Patriots and Remembering 9/11
 Antonio O. Garza
Today, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio O. Garza made a statement in remembrance of and in tribute to the men and women from over 90 countries, including Mexico, whose lives were lost seven years ago in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Reflections on 9/11
 Reverend Jesse L. Jackson
September 11, seven years later. It is an anniversary that we should mark with prayer, with lowered voices and sober reflection. September 11 was the most serious attack on America since Pearl Harbor. We must not forget. But bluster is not remembrance. We must take clear stock of where we are and what we must do, for much has been lost over these last seven years.
Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at the Stop Human Trafficking Symposium
 U.S. Department of Homeland Security
I think this conference is a great opportunity to talk about one of the most important moral and social imperatives facing our country and our society; in fact, the entire world, and that is ending the scourge of human trafficking.
Calling All Democrats: The Time to Vote is NOW!
 Paul Crist
Because voting from Mexico takes more time and effort than most voters back in the 50 states have to endure, those of us living here have to focus on the political choices before us now, even before the confetti is fully swept up in Denver and St. Paul.
Sarah Palin: A Gidget for God's Truth
 Steve Weissman
With his vice-presidential pick of Governor Sarah Palin, John McCain has found a winsome soul mate who is even more of a Christian nationalist, eager to use government to impose her religious views on the rest of us.
VP Candidate Alexander: Right Time for National Conference on Labor
 Socialist Party USA
In June 2008, Steve Zeltzer, a labor organizer and a political consultant, approached Stewart A. Alexander with a proposal to organize a national conference on labor; bringing together working class activist, working class political tendencies and those who want a socialist national alternative.
No Statue of Limitations on Impeachment, Not Too Late to Punish Criminals
 ImpeachBush.org
We have taken more than a few steps along the road to impeachment. Over 1,013,000 people have signed the ImpeachBush referendum, we've marched, we've sat-in, we've taken out prominent advertisements in major newspapers, and we've tirelessly called and written our legislative representatives. And regardless of how the Democratic leadership wished to avoid the issue, it could not be done.
Palin: Wrong Woman, Wrong Message
 Gloria Steinem
This isn't the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere.
 From Militarism to Peace
 The Real Network
Col. (Retd.) Ann Wright on responsible US withdrawal from Iraq and the prospects for a peaceful future.
How Home Became Homeland
 Roger Cohen
The threat level has been raised (or was that lowered?) to orange. I wonder idly what this means — an image of medium-intensity jihadist chatter menacing Armonk, N.Y., comes to mind — but I have no time to get that vision in focus before another cheery message rolls out across the airport.
A Plan for Juarez
 Alejandra Gomez
Plan Estrategico, a non-partisan association independent from the government, is convinced that the majority of politicians in Juarez act in terms of getting votes and not in favor of changing the city.
Mexico City Faces Its Taboos
 Jo Tuckman
Mexican feminists are rightly celebrating the recent supreme court's decision to uphold a law that allows legal and free abortion in Mexico City during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. But what often gets lost in how this is reported is just how recently such things seemed little more than a pipedream.
Bashing Obama's Dream?
 Steve Weissman
Hearing Barack Obama speak last week in Denver, I found it hard to avoid bittersweet memories of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in August 1963. How far our country has come! And how much further we have yet to travel on Dr. King's road to peace and social justice!
U.S. Drug Users: Main Cause for Mexico’s Bloodbath
 Patrick Osio Jr.
The American media's coverage of the narcoviolence taking place in Mexico paints a picture of lawlessness and corruption, with no regard for the American policies and drug market that made it that way.
How the Republicans Win
 Robert Parry
Barack Obama made it across the tightrope of the Democratic National Convention, gaining solid endorsements from Bill and Hillary Clinton and giving a rousing speech before some 80,000 supporters at Invesco Field in Denver. But now comes the time when the Republicans win elections.
It Should Now Be Called Cheap, Outsourced Labor Day
 Dave Gibson
With so many American companies now firing their American workers and opening factories in China, manufacturing jobs have become few and far between.
Nader and the Democrats
 The Real Network
Ralph Nader talks about the DNC.
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