This New York Times article ( “U.S. Weighs Takeover of Two Mortgage Giants” - 7/10/08) is typical of how the corporate media omit underlying causes in reporting on current economic difficulties.

This morning I watched an Australian current affairs program (Insiders) that came from the U.S. The topic, you guessed it, was the interminable American Election.

Keep your friends close..and your enemies closer..Reprinted with permission from TruthOut.org~Dusty
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Columnist Monday 14 April 2008
In the Persian Gulf region, the presence of American forces, along with British and French units, has become a semi-permanent fact of life. [...]

This following is an article from the Dark Wraith Classics, content first published at one or more properties of Dark Wraith Publishing during the period 2004 to 2007. It is reprinted here at The Sirens Chronicles by special permission. Website publishers interested in reprinting articles in the Dark Wraith Classics series may contact Dark Wraith [...]

Please welcome Rachel and Karen from the Coalition for a Democratic America~Dusty
By Rachel and Karen
Edited by BibleBelted and Donatra
In his wonderful article, “Pro-Death Conservatives Are Responsible for High Abortion Rates,” George Monbiot openly places the blame for high abortion rates on the Catholic Church as well as other conservative religions which ban contraception and which [...]

An essay by Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and Fences and Windows. This article appears at TruthOut and The Nation~Dusty
Disowned by the Ownership Society
By Naomi Klein
The Nation 18 February 2008 Issue
Remember the “ownership society,” fixture of major George W. Bush addresses for the first four years of [...]

Today, we have a guest author, Omnipotent Poobah. I love his writings and I hope that you will check out his blog here if you enjoy this one by him~Dusty
Page, AZ - I’ve always had a great love for travel. There’s something comforting about feeling the miles unspool under my feet. For me, the destination [...]

William Rivers Pitt graciously allows us to reprint one of his fine articles. You can read his posts at TruthOut.org~Dusty
I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed.
- George Carlin

Change, right?
That’s been the big buzzword since the middle of December or thereabouts. While the last [...]

This insightful post comes from Lew, who’s blog Unbrainwashed is a great read and I encourage everyone to check it out-Dusty
Former FBI translator and whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds has released a list of photos of those she claims to have overheard in wiretapped conversations (that took place, coincidentally, before Bush’s illegal wiretapping program was put in [...]

The Path to a National Popular VoteBy David Sirota
Creators Syndicate, 12/28/07
Right now, many are frustrated about Iowa and New Hampshire voters having such oversized influence in America’s presidential elections. In a few months, as the general election campaign unfolds, we will be similarly frustrated about Ohio and Florida. Who arbitrarily gave this handful of states [...]

Reprint of a VOA article. A heartfelt Thank You to VOANews.com for allowing Sirens to reprint this in it’s entirety. - Dusty
By Sayed Hassan
Islamabad
27 December 2007
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This is from Fran over at Ramblings. All the info you need to get in touch with your elected officials. - Dusty
Portland Indy Media reports:
Impeach Cheney
author: Mollie
Time to pressure Rep. John Conyers and other members of the Judiciary Committee:
Call toll free: 1-800-828-0498, 1-800-862-5530; email: http://judiciary.house.gov/contact.aspx
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands [...]

Todays feature is from Jolly Roger’s blog. Its authored by Jim Burke who also writes for Yes, I do take it personally-Dusty

There are good men and bad men. Because of past sins and despite my attempts to correct them, I know where I stand. I have no doubt commenter Sauros and I will be [...]

This post is reprinted with permission from MovementVisionLab.org. It’s a vitally important topic for the coming election year. You can watch the Heartland Presidential Forum in it’s entirety here. They also have portions of this forum on their YouTube channel here. The Forum was held in Iowa on December 1st and five of the Democratic [...]

Another in our series on the 14 Characteristics of Fascism and how the Republicans and BushCo in particular use them. -Dusty
PART IV: THE SUPREMACY OF THE MILITARY
Essay 2: The Recruitment of Skinheads, and Nazis
By BibleBelted
And to think there was a time when we thought the Bush Administration only anted to exploit the troops by [...]