Ch. 1: The Real War Heroes By William T. Hathaway

by William T. Hathaway Guest Writer Dandelion Salad July 13, 2011 The Real War Heroes From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War By William T. Hathaway Published by Trine Day “That must be them.” Petra took one hand off the steering wheel and pointed to a group of soldiers about two hundred meters away, standing [...]

Department of Homeland Security Finds FOIA to be “Politically undesirable”! by Sibel Edmonds

by Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post July 12, 2011 In theory, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) guarantees the legal right of the American public to obtain federal agency records. Judicially enforceable, FOIA was designed to ensure public access to Executive Branch records. The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that FOIA’s purpose [...]

Is the Debt Crisis Just Another Trumped Up Scam to Steal Social Security? by Jill Dalton

by Jill Dalton Guest Writer Dandelion Salad July 12, 2011 We’re all heard the hysteria, “If America doesn’t raise the debt ceiling she’ll default on her loans for the first time in our nations history.”  Everyone in Washington is in a panic.   All the Chicken Little’s are running around proclaiming, “The sky is falling!  The sky [...]

The Fourth Estate is Bankrupt By William Bowles

by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info 12 July, 2011 From the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth imperialism was the dominant national ideology, transcending class and party divisions. Britain was saturated in the ethos and attitudes of empire. They infused plays and books and, later, films. They informed school [...]

France Says NATO Bombing Has Failed by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Tripoli, Libya July 12, 2011 On Sunday July 10, France seemingly allied itself with Russia and China in calling on NATO to immediately stop its counterproductive and counterintuitive bombing, as more countries witness public demonstrations against NATO’s actions in Libya.  French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said in Paris that [...]