May 8, 2007
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Rising Above Politics — Can we quit talking and start walking? By Joe Bageant
8 May 2007 — Joe Bageant Well, lo and beshit! I never thought I’d ever see the day. But even in my hardcore Republican run hometown, many conservatives are quietly sneaking away from the sing-along around the campfire of George Bush’s war-crazed hootenanny. Most of them are ordinary bona fide conservatives. But others slipping off under Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Shining City On A Hill – Part 1
8 May 2007 — Media Lens The BBC’s Justin Webb On ‘Anti-Americanism’ “The shining city upon a hill” was how John Winthrop, one of the early Pilgrims, described America, his new homeland. Winthrop was making reference to the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus had addressed a large crowd: Continue reading
The New Dark Age 