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Where's George Orwell when we need him? Because we Americans need him. We desperately need him. Consider: in August 2001, immediately after reading a memo entitled "Bin Laden determined to strike in US", President George Bush went bass fishing - and never called a meeting to discuss the issue. A month later, on September 11, when he was told that the terrorists had attacked, Bush spent the next seven minutes reading a children's book, The Pet Goat, with a group of schoolchildren. And when it comes to his own military service, recent revelations show that Bush got out of fighting...

Yes, Dick Clarke's American Grandstand (Politicizing National Security for Fun 'n Profit) will be making a stop in Philadelphia at the Free Library on April 30th, 2004, at 8 pm. A book signing will follow the event.But don't let the name of the venue fool you. Dickie is charging 20 clams per ticket, or 8 bucks if you are willing to settle for a simulcast (I guess Dickie thinks that simply being in his enlightened presence is worth twelve bucks).Address of the Free Library is 1901 Vine Street. Let's get our side of the message out. After all, I can't...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) called on Thursday for humility and common sense on Iraq (news - web sites) and urged President Bush (news - web sites) to make a bold and honest appeal for help to end the chaos. Fierce fighting not seen since the fall of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) a year ago has raged in Iraq over the past week, as U.S. forces battle both Sunni and Shi'ite militants. At least three dozen American soldiers have been killed since last weekend. Kerry, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam war,...

The U.S. Military Is in Real Trouble By J. David Galland 04/08/2004 11:09 Our 30-year old all-volunteer Army is crucially close to being broken.Never in the history of the post-Vietnam volunteer Army has such a beaten up and over-tasked force had to sustain itself in the face of ever-expanding requirements and constantly accelerating deployment tempos that we see today. The quality of our force is suffering. Anybody who denies that fact is either blind or ignorant. If the military is not bolstered, very soon, with an infusion of smart, well-trained, and highly-motivated volunteers, the force will suffer even more. Where...

SAN PABLO ETLA, Oaxaca U.S. citizen Mary Ellen Sanger doesn't know how long she will have to stay in a Oaxacan prison, but she is adamant she shouldn't be there."We are unconditionally innocent and we're in jail," she says of herself and two fellow Americans John Barbato and Joseph Simpson arrested on Oct. 13 for an alleged land takeover. "We don't trust andybody anymore."Dubbed "The Oaxaca Three" by their friends and supporters, these jailed Americans claim they are innocent victims of a vicious land dispute between a 92 year-old U.S. widower and a Mexican university headed by a member of...