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Town hall meeting - Sen. Ron Wyden takes heat for Congress not bringing the troops home Although few senators can match U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden's long record opposing the war in Iraq, it didn't protect him from being thoroughly roasted Tuesday by angry anti-war activists at a town hall meeting in Portland. The noontime event at Portland State University attracted more than 300 people, many of whom charged that the Oregon Democrat hasn't done enough to end the war. The senator was also repeatedly verbally flayed for not supporting the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. "Do...

ne of the two major political parties of the United States has linked all its electoral hopes on domestic pathologies, economic downturns and foreign failure. It is actually difficult to name any positive development for America that would benefit the Democratic Party's chances in a national election. Name almost any subject, and this unhealthy pattern can be discerned. If African Americans come to believe that America is a land of opportunity in which racism has been largely conquered, it would be catastrophic for the Democrats. The day that most black Americans see America in positive terms will be the day...

The leftists are organizing a counterculture protest over the weekend against the War on Iraq. Advertisements promoting their treason chic struggle to rid the world of an evil dictator appeared on Sept. 19th in the New York Times and on Oct. 4th in the Los Angeles Times . Notable signers include Edward Asner, Angela Davis, Noam Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, Ossie Davis, Daniel Ellsberg, Eve Ensler, Tom Hayden, Bell Hooks, Casey Kasem, Mumia Abu Jamal, Martin Luther King III, Michael Lerner, Katha Politt, Edward Said, Jonathan Schell, Gloria Steinem, Oliver Stone, Marisa Tomei, Kurt Vonnegut, and Howard Zinn. The website claims...