If Mark Twain were living now instead of a century ago -- when he declared himself "an anti-imperialist" and proclaimed that "I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land" -- the famous writer's views would exist well outside the frame of today's mainstream news media.

      In the current era, it's rare for much ink or air time to challenge the right of the U.S. government to directly intervene in other countries. Instead, the featured arguments are about whether -- or how -- it is wise to do so in a particular instance.

      It's not just a matter of American boots on the ground and bombs from the sky. Much more common than the range of overt violence from U.S. military actions is the process of deepening poverty from economic intervention. Outside the media glare, Washington's routine policies involve pulling financial levers to penalize nations that have leaders who displease the world's only superpower.

      In Haiti, abominable poverty worsened during the first years of the 21st century while Uncle Sam blocked desperately needed assistance.

No you wouldn't be free today if the news media of sixty odd years ago had done what you liberals are doing today and had been successful.

You people are the cause of our problems in Iraq. You are giving aid and comfort to our enemies and are traitors. You should be tried as such. You would have been tried as such sixty years ago.

Wake up and try honesty. It fits better.

In reference to: Will Bush the Beheader use Terrorism to Become America's Pinochet?, by Harvey Wasserman

I had meant to respond to Harvey Wasserman's May 5, 2004 "Put George W. Bush in Prison!!!" column that day, but I would have just made most of the same comments that follow with possibly a few other observations thrown in for lagniappe.  We will, IMNSHO, soon decide as a nation whether we the people are to continue the noble experiment in freedom and liberty as our founders foresaw, at least as they foresaw it for us white guys, whether this government will hereinafter be of, by, and for the people, or whether this once-Republic will drift into a corporatist, theological, totalitarian police state.  Going forward we the people will get the government we so richly deserve unless we the people vote so overwhelmingly against this regime, this cabal, in November for the election to again be stolen (of course it's possible, if not likely, than an election will not take place). Should there be an election, GWB will likely receive more than 40% of the vote no matter should all the highly suspected high crimes and misdemeanors, all the suspected unconstitutional and illegal acts, including an aggressive

I notice that you, like just about so many these days, keep on ranting about Bush is to blame for this and Bush is to blame for that. Bush is to blame for just about everything, as if this dumbshit bastard was some kind of wizard with the capability of doing much more more than to eat, bark and shit, like any  other dog around.

You have had plutocracy rather than democracy prevailing in the US of A for generations. The President elected, whether Democrat or Republican, is the candidate supported by the "big money" in America, and is their man, running the show during his period, the way they want it run. This is a fact, not needing any further discussion but to be put on record here. It is evidently not clearly seen by the majority of the brainwashed American population, but for anyone observing the election process and show from outside, there is no doubt. Period. It is a fact.