Americas

Canada has degenerated into a one-party state where voters, especially in Ontario, understandably care more about preventing a cabal of baby Bushes from seizing power than in voting out a sclerotic political machine. The only real unknown on Election Day is whether we get a majority or a minority Liberal government.

"...inside the corporate media frame, history can be supremely relevant when it focuses on Hussein’s torture and genocide. But the historic assistance of the U.S. government and American firms is largely off the subject and beside the point."

"The problem with reporting in Iraq is that it is so dangerous journalists cannot move in the streets of Baghdad anymore. Even the current Iraqi Government cannot move outside the Green Line. Are the risks worth the story or is the story worth the risk?"

"The smoking guns of 9/11 are no longer an elusive jigsaw puzzle absent of crucial pieces to create the picture."

The corrupt ex-Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, an eight-term member of the Congress, will be sentenced on 02/27/06, for taking $2.4 million in bribes. An ultra hawk, he pushed for the Iraqi War which has cost untold misery for the Iraqi people and death and pain to the lives of so many American families. Cunningham said he wants to “atone” for his wrong doings. If so, let him come clean at his hearing about all of the pervasive corruption on Capitol Hill.

"...beneath the surface of mass-media discourse, there are strong indications that the U.S. military command will intensify its bombardment of Iraq while reducing the presence of American occupying troops before the U.S. congressional elections next fall. With the White House eager to show progress toward U.S. disengagement from Iraq, we should expect enormous media spin to accompany any pullout of troops in 2006."

"...if Fateh emerges from the Palestinian elections stronger, and Hamas weaker, Labor might benefit in the Israeli elections. One way or another the two elections, and the coalition-building on both sides that follows them, can be expected to interact in a number of influential ways. It may seem an unfair burden, but politicians on both sides must now take into account that their campaign statements and their ministerial decisions may affect more than one important election."

"India is certainly on the go, Indians have reason to consider the country “shining” but the shine is like the gloss on a new cricket ball. After a few overs have been bowled the rough edges do creep through. And one’s inferiority complex straightens itself out when passing through the antiquated and cumbersome procedures at India’s international airports."