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Do as we say, not as we do, the new model of Democracy Inc.

June 20, 2009 – 6:28 am

Not long ago, in a country far away, the world held its breath as a tightly-fought election drew to its climax. The popular democratic candidate appeared to have won, but at the last minute, 25 key votes from the electoral college of a state run by the candidate’s brother assured victory for the son of [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Barack Obama, Genocide, Global security, Intifada, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, carpet bombing, ethnic cleansing, gaza | Also tagged 2000 US election, Afghanistan, Democracy Inc, Iran elections, Iraq, US foreign policy, War on Terror | Comments Off

Obama opts to continue with 'Preventive Detention'

May 24, 2009 – 9:28 pm

This article, originally published on ProPublica, deals with the Obama volte-face on holding prisoners without charge in Guantanamo Bay. It’s a long piece, but not as long as the sentences already served and, by all accounts, about to be extended, to several people who have been denied the right to a fair trial and held in [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Global security, Insurgency, Policy, Totalitarian drift, US Politics, War on Terror, human rights abuse | Also tagged Add new tag, Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Anti-Terrorist legislation, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Combatant Status, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, detention without trial, Guantanamo Bay, Hamdan, homeland security, human rights abuse, laws of war, opponents of preventive detention say it's Orwellian that such a system would imprison a person based on future dangerousness, Preventive Detention, ProPublica, rendition, Salim Hamdan, Supreme Court, Terrorist | Comments Off

Most Americans rate Bush as one of the worst five Presidents

January 14, 2009 – 8:58 pm

Rasmussen Reports, 13 January 2009 President George W. Bush in a final press conference on Monday 12 January, 2009 acknowledged he made some mistakes in the White House, but most Americans – at least for now – are a lot more critical than that. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Americans say Bush is one of the [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in George W Bush, Global security, Iraq, Law and order, Political spin, US Politics, War on Terror | Also tagged 77% say Bush hurt the Republicans, GOP, homeland security, Iraq, Only 26% believe America will be a safer place by the end of Obama’s first year, Poll votes George Bush worst US president, President George H.W. Bush, Republican Party, Tony Blair, US Politics, War on Terror | Comments Off