Kucinich: President Had Time to Consult with International Community, Not Congress?

Dandelion Salad by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Washington, Mar 29, 2011 Coincidental Timing of French, British War Games Points to Critical Lack of Information Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today sent a letter to Members of Congress in support of his amendment to the next funding measure that would prohibit funds from being used for U.S. participation [...]

John Perry: Obama’s Sickening Hypocrisy

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ jperryam on Mar 29, 2011 Pardon me, Mr. President, but is it not a betrayal of who we’re supposed to be when there is such a deafening silence in Washington regarding the well over one million innocent fellow human beings, in Iraq alone, who now lay dead as a result of the illegal wars of [...]

Immoralities of Empire by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 29, 2011 All empires, historically, were and are ravenous. They have to be, if part of being an empire is to advance beyond one’s borders and claim another’s land and resources as your own. So much is written of the Roman Empire, too much in semi glorifying [...]

Small Talk (in memoriam, for Joe Bageant, 1946-2011) By Gary Corseri

By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 29, 2011 (for J.B.) This one—tack-witted, sharp of tongue— thinks he’ll die soon, and so, smokes on (although he loves his wife). He has made peace at 62 (my age) with demons, destiny, and even the C.O.P.D. that will kick him in.

BP In Deep Water: The Making Of the Channel 4 Investigation by Greg Palast + video

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com March 29, 2011 For two decades, investigator Greg Palast has been on BP’s trail. In BP: In Deep Water, Palast takes Dispatches viewers along on his world-wide investigation of the oil giant. (Broadcast tonight, 8pm. UK only.) One year after BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig blew apart and spewed 170 [...]