Rule by fear or rule by law? By Lewis Seiler & Dan Hamburg

Dandelion Salad By Lewis Seiler, Dan Hamburg ICH 02/12/08 “San Francisco Chronicle” 02/04/08 “The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian […]

Don’t Even Think About It By James Ridgeway & Jean Casella

Dandelion Salad By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella Mother Jones January 23, 2008 The war against “homegrown terrorism” is on. Enter the thought police. Perhaps no campaign tactic is more effective than fearmongering, and in the current presidential race the sum of all fears, once again, is radical Islamic terrorists—or “jihadists,” to use the now-ubiquitous […]

Repress U – How to Build a Homeland Security Campus in 7 Steps By Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Dandelion Salad By Michael Gould-Wartofsky Tomdispatch.com January 10, 2008 Free speech zones. Taser guns. Hidden cameras. Data mining. A new security curriculum. Private security contractors… Welcome to the new homeland security campus From Harvard to UCLA, the ivory tower is fast becoming the latest watchtower in Fortress America. The terror warriors, having turned their attention […]

Social Repression & Internet Surveillance By Nikki Alexander

Dandelion Salad By Nikki Alexander 01/04/08 “ICH” H. Res. 1695, 1955 & S.1959 Perhaps a clear and simple law is needed that states: “Congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of speech. Speech includes ‘the broad and constant streams of information’ freely exchanged on the Internet.” Does the Internet need to be singled out? […]

Thinking for yourself is now a crime By Paul Craig Roberts

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts 1/04/08 “ICH Extinguishing Liberty’s Light and Independent Views What was the greatest failure of 2007? President Bush’s “surge” in Iraq? The decline in the value of the US dollar? Subprime mortgages? No. The greatest failure of 2007 was the newly sworn-in Democratic Congress. The American people’s attempt in November […]

We Are All Prisoners Now By Paul Craig Roberts

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts 12/26/07 “ICH” “They’re locking them up today They’re throwing away the key I wonder who it’ll be tomorrow, you or me?” The Red Telephone (LOVE, 1967) At Christmas time it has been my habit to write a column in remembrance of the many innocent people in prisons whose lives […]

Maxine & Ted – Don’t Call Us If You Call Us Terrorists! by Linda Milazzo

Dandelion Salad by Linda Milazzo Atlantic Free Press Thursday, 20 December 2007 On October 23rd, Congress voted to stifle Americans’ right to dissent when it passed House Resolution 1955, the “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007,” sponsored by California Congresswoman, Jane Harman. In sanctioning the ambiguous definitions for “homeland terrorism” contained in […]

Police State America – A Look Back and Ahead by Stephen Lendman

Dandelion Salad by Stephen Lendman Global Research, December 17, 2007 Year end is a good time to look back and reflect on what’s ahead. If past is prologue, however, the outlook isn’t good, and nothing on the horizon suggests otherwise. Voters last November wanted change but got betrayal from the bipartisan criminal class in Washington. […]

Kucinich: Give me the vote, I’ll give you back your country! (video)

Dandelion Salad EvanMoody December 15, 2007 Kucinich House Parties. Save the Bill of Rights. Contribute $100 to the Kucinich Campaign. Added: December 14, 2007 see Today is the Day to Donate to Dennis Kucinich (video) + Declare your support for the Bill of Rights. TODAY! Kucinich on HR 1955 Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act Dennis Kucinich […]

Video Discussion of H.R. 1955 Homegrown Terrorist Prevention Act (link)

Dandelion Salad After Downing Street Host: Tina Richards, Press TV Sue Udry, Defending Dissent Foundation David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org CLICK HERE, and then click “6 Dec 2007” see Kucinich on HR 1955 Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act US House passes Democrat-crafted “homegrown terrorism prevention” legislation by Naomi Spencer The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act: A Tutorial in Orwellian […]

‘Homegrown Terror’ Act an Attack on Internet Freedom? by Rep. Ron Paul

Dandelion Salad by Rep. Ron Paul December 7, 2007 Before the US House of Representatives, December 5, 2007 Madame Speaker, I regret that I was unavoidably out of town on October 23, 2007, when a vote was taken on HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization & Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act. Had I been able to vote, […]

Kucinich: I am a candidate of the mainstream By Jayson Whitehead (interview)

Dandelion Salad By Jayson Whitehead C-VILLE Dec. 4, 2007 Dennis Kucinich says, “These other candidates are more like Republicans” On Friday, December 7, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich will appear at Lane Auditorium in the County Office building to, as he says, “organize, so that we can have the financial and human resources to be able […]

Wage Peace – Where To Begin By William Sumner Scott, J.D.

Dandelion Salad By William Sumner Scott, J.D. 12/03/07 “ICH” Americans opposed to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are more than merely frustrated with their lack of success. They are disillusioned. Although they converged from divergent origins in 2006 to change the control of Congress, no progress toward World peace has resulted. To the contrary, […]

Kucinich Weekly Update 12.03.07 (video)

Dandelion Salad Kucinich2008 In case you missed Dennis’s marathon campaign sweep across the state of New Hampshire, or his presentation to the Democratic National Committee, or his two major Presidential forums in Iowa, we have it all here. The highlights of those and other events are featured in this week’s edition of the campaign news […]

New survey: Glassbooth.org – Presidential Candidates and You

Dandelion Salad This is a different kind of survey based on the importance of each issue to you. It’s a fun and easy survey, doesn’t take much time and it gives you a percentage of how your beliefs match up with the various candidates. ~ Lo New survey: Glassbooth.org h/t: The Largest Minority For evmonk’s […]