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Contracts with Devils

If the Republicans can so easily toss aside their Constitutional duty and willingly make contracts with Devils, what might Americans expect from them; a National default or worse?

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Christianity is the most prevalent religion, but certainly not the only one represented in the Congress.

However, most Republicans, if not all, are beholden to Evangelicals who pull the Party’s political strings, and to Grover Norquist who holds signed promises from most Republicans not to raise taxes under any circumstance.

Franklin Lamb in Tripoli - Libyans ask `Why Now?`

The bottom line is that there is support for Gaddafi in Libya and the west isn't paying attention.

(TRIPOLI, Libya) - A fresh report from Tripoli on the mood and situation on the ground. Franklin Lamb is a well known International lawyer who provides regular updates from the Arab world.

Recent reports have seen other writers take exception to Franklin's point of view.

Christianity`s God and Politics

If America does not take care of its own, and allow other peoples to care for themselves, we eventually may lose the title as the greatest nation on earth, if in fact we still carry that honor.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Members of both Parties embrace Christianity, but of the two, Democrats accommodate to their religion more than do Republicans who commit to the cult of Jesus, or at least pretend to do so as not to offend their political base which is subservient to the Party will.

Clearly, there are Democrats who are tainted sufficiently by Christian belief to be cast with Republicans on occasion, but as people of logic they do not submit to the same extent as their counterparts.

Plastic isn`t Fantastic When Used as Invisible Shrapnel

You wouldn't believe what is killing and maiming people in Palestine.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This article is about war-related issues in Palestine that are missing the radar in western newsrooms.

I am referring to the use of plastic in rockets that leave behind undetectable shrapnel in humans, munitions that amputate by heat, and the massive killings of Palestinian farm animals and wildlife through the use of Israeli-manufactured tablets deposited on Palestinian land.

E PLURIBUS EQUALITY

This poem is dedicated to the spirit of Salem's new Peace Mosaic 2011.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It's Bigotry that makes us small, filling hearts with nought but gall,
Corrupting minds with seeds of hate, eclipsing freedom from its fate;

Look about and ye shall find those in our midst yet colorblind...

Stand with Aung San Suu Kyi

Time for the world to focus and do what is right...

(NEW YORK) - The future of Aung San Suu Kyi and her amazing movement for democracy in Burma is hanging in the balance this week, and we could make the difference.

Suu Kyi has bravely called on the military regime to free the thousands of monks and peaceful activists still held in horrific prisons, some in cramped dog cages. Unprecedentedly, thousands of Burmese have risked their own safety to join her call for freedom through an online petition.

United States Knesset Resolution 185 Reconsidered: To be or Not To Be American

Acting as a broker for peace, America limits the participants to Israeli and Palestinian negotiators is futile at best since the US is not an objective broker nor could it be.

(LAVERNE, Calif.) - This week the US Senate unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by its masters, the State of Israel and AIPAC.

It will prevent the UN from exercising its constitutional rights to free speech to deliberate on the recognition of a Palestinian State.

Abbas: A September Palestinian State or Lose World Support

“If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you” - American philosopher William Irwin Thompson

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Palestinian Authority, under Mahmoud Abbas, must immediately stop the limping and lackluster effort and present their resolution this September to the U.N. General Assembly to recognize a Palestinian State.

This will be the only worthy initiative that the PA has ever adopted since its founding in which the far majority of the world is supportive.

APN to Obama as Flotilla Sets Sail: Engage Israel to End Gaza Blockade

Foreign Minister Avigdor Leiberman's characterization of them as "terror activists" is reprehensible. It is consistent with a worrying trend of conflating unarmed protest with violence and terrorism.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Israel confronted an international flotilla seeking to challenge its blockade of Gaza, with tragic results.

At that time APN called on Israel to investigate the operation that led to these results and to reassess its Gaza policy. APN noted that the difficult situation presented to Israel by the flotilla underscored the extent to which the continued policy of blockading Gaza was untenable and increasingly indefensible.

Demystifying 9/11: Israel and the Tactics of Mistake

A critical examination of Israel's close proximity to America's pivotal moment in history.

(JACKSON, Miss.) - Many years ago I read a fascinating discussion of the "tactics of mistake."

This essentially entailed using a target's prejudices and preconceptions to mislead them as to the origin and intent of the attack, entrapping them in a tactical situation that later worked to the attacker's strategic advantage.