CIVILIANISM PODCAST

It would be great if the US spread peace around the globe instead of ever-increasing bombings across borders where we have no business being. Instead we are finding new countries to invade. What will Bush do before he leaves office? Whatever it is, it looks like it is haunting him.

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The new McCain campaign tactic is to paint Obama as someone from the Middle East who pals around with Palestinians who are by definition, to ignorant Republicans, terrorists. Our media isn’t educating the public on this subject, so we have to. The latest Obama “friend” to be implicated as a terrorist is also a friend of Juan Cole, a scholar named Rashid Kahlidi. What’s not cool is the implication that just being a Palestinian makes you a terrorist, or that knowing a Palestinian makes you an associate of terrorists. It’s ludicrous! But that’s the last pathetic gasp from the McCain campaign. The increasingly sleazy John McCain.

Free Gaza.org’s boat trip triumphs again! Palestine attempts to rejoin the rest of the world, but Israel isn’t making it easy. Being Palestinian isn’t a crime, you know–but try telling that to the McCain campaign. Here is the link for Rashid Khalidi’s book, The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood.

Why did the U.S. bomb 8 civilians inside Syria? I talk about one theory: Daniel Levy’s essay on the many theories of why we attacked a construction site is here.

Help us send Michele Bachmann home, visit Tinklenberg’s website and help him out. Also visit the website of Paul Hipp (http://www.paulhipp.com) who has a new CD called Blog of War and sang the Tinklenberg song.

Powervote.org webcast with Al Gore on energy of the future:

McClatchy’s Iraq Blog written by Iraqis is here.

Police fear riots if Barack Obama loses US election. This only helps them justify SWAT teams and more.

Remember, DON’T VOTE PROVISIONALLY. Half of all provisional ballots are not counted.
Instead, get the situation resolved while you are at the polling place. Take your cell phone.
CALL THIS NUMBER IF THERE IS A PROBLEM: 1-866-OUR-VOTE or call
888-Vote-Smart (888-868-3762)
Other sites: 7 things to keep them from stealing your vote. Also check out Votersunite.org and Blackboxvoting.org to report anything odd during voting.