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Bush's "Invasion" of Budapest
By Frederick Sweet

It was déjà vu all over again.

Bombed in Afghanistan
By Stewart Nusbaumer
With reality confusing and fear rising, illusions are being manufactured as fast as the drinks can be consumed.

Reasonable Doubt
By William Marvel
Aren't all American citizens subject to the scrupulous attention to due process that let Karl Rove off the hook?

You Must Hear Lucinda Williams
By Joseph Smigelski
I haven't witnessed such depth of emotion in a singer's voice since Bob Dylan's in the mid-1960s.

Junkland
By William Marvel
The aim of corporate craftsmanship is to assure that nothing works well for very long.

Life Without Religion
By Joseph Smigelski
As a teacher of English at the college level, one of the intellectual problems I am facing is reconciling my love for literature with my strengthening atheism.

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		Dispatch: â€œEvery Rocket Was A Painkillerâ€
		War scarred Afghanistan is an enigma wrapped in pain with a future that is anyoneâ€™s guess. By Stewart Nusbaumer


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		Shame on Canada for embarrassing the US with its successful national health-care plan. By William Marvel


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		We can make excuses for the atrocities and the horror, or we can accept the reality of the situation, listen to the conscience of our nation, and bring our troops home. By Jim Bush


		Dispatch: The Kabul Rumble
		With a brutal history and nasty war, Afghanistan is one dangerous country. But one danger has escaped our attention -- until now! By Stewart Nusbaumer


		Commentary: God Has Got to Go
		Religious fanaticism in all its forms leads inevitably to bigotry, hatred, and, too often, violent confrontations. By Joseph Smigelski


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		Maybe Barry took steroids. So what? Steroids can't make a guy a great hitter. By Joseph Smigelski


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		The idea of America as a Christian nation was anathema to the Founding Fathers, as it should be to all Americans. By Joseph Smigelski


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		Ideological fundamentalists in the Bush Administration have spent the past six years exacerbating America's problems rather than addressing them in a constructive fashion. By Scott D. O'Reilly


		Dispatch: Kabul Erupts in Gunfire
		Surrounded by gunfire in Kabul, our intrepid correspondent describes what makes a spark become a raging riot. By Stewart Nusbaumer


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		Even though neo-Nazis and fanatical Muslims don't need any help stoking the fires of their hatred, Israel's top American lobby AIPAC seems to have no qualms about fanning the flames. By Russ Wellen

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	Live from Kabul By Stewart Nusbaumer On the Road to Kabul Is Afghanistan progressing and becoming more stable -- or slipping back into civil war? The Morning the Apple Exploded An inside view of an Afghanistan beginning to explode, one apple at a time. The Kabul Rumble There are many dangers in Afghanistan, but one is seldom mentioned. "Every Missile Was a Painkiller" Afghanistan is an enigma wrapped in pain with a future that is anyone’s guess. Kabul Erupts in Gunfire A spark becomes a riot and Stewart is surrounded by gunfire. Bombed in Afghanistan With reality confusing and fear rising, illusions are manufactured as fast as drinks can be consumed. A Diffferent Fireworks On the 4th of July in Kabul there was a different type of fireworks. Where Did The Dough Go? Billions have been donated for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, so where did the money go?



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	Poems Watch Yourself! By Jim Bush Any Declaration That excludes someone Is going to cater To the interests of the few... Anzio By William Taylor In Some Amazing Way By Jim Bush National Sacrifices By Lydia Howell Too Hard To Take By Jim Bush For the One Thousand By Charles McCullagh Home Zone By Jan Barry toilet paper By Joseph E. Fasciani God Off His Back Porch By Stephen Oliver Calling Allen Ginsberg By Lydia Howell Coaching Winter Track in Time of War By W.D. Ehrhart The Truth Is Not Hidden By Jim Bush



	Cost of War US Soldiers: 2,287 (22 Feb 06) --Details --Count Controversy US Dollars: (JavaScript Error) --Details --More Than Vietnam

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	Dispatches from... By Stewart Nusbaumer China Astounded in China China’s development is stunning and its power is growing quickly; will America become a lapdog for the Asian dragon? Bombed in Beijing Yes China’s development is stunning, but not as stunning as the Goddess of Tiananmen Square. Enigma or Bomb? It's a weird world with weird Americans making it hard to tell what is really real. Tongue-Tied & Stomach Pumped While their language tells us about Chinese society, their cuisine tells us about a very dirty political secret. Drinking & Driving Driving in China teaches you to appreciate airplanes; drinking the booze will probably turn you into a tea drinker. Sexpots Galore When sex merges with politics, the Big Dog authorities never win.



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