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Has America's Chemistry Changed - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Has something in America's chemistry changed Do George W. Bush and his administration represent our wants and aspirations Do we not care that our president lies, cheats, and steals as long as he bullies the rest of the world and the weakest amongst us at home I hope not. George W. Bush does not dream my dreams. Bush has chosen to ensure that America's material prosperity, indeed the prosperity of the world, is something to be hoarded, not shared. Bush's tax cut plan is more...
http://www.bear-left.com/original/2003/0628chemistry.html

Bear Left Link of the Week GAO Cites Risks in Missile Defense - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Immature technology and limited testing will probably doom the missile defense version of Star Wars Episode Two (Bradley Graham, Washington Post).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14853-2003Jun4?language=printer

Bear Left Link of the Week The First Casualty - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The Bush adminsitration kept Americans from making an informed choice about going to war (John Judis and Spencer Ackerman, The New Republic).
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030630&s=ackermanjudis063003

Bear Left Link of the Week Poll Suggests World Hostile to US - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Respondents in 10 countries generally like the United States, but not its leaders, government, or policies (BBC News).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2994924.stm

Bear Left Link of the Week US Looks Away as New Ally Tortures Islamists - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Apparently, some brutal regimes are more palatable than others (Nick Paton Walsh, The Guardian).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,963497,00.html

Bear Left Link of the Week Missing Weapons of Mass Destruction - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Manipulation or misuse of national security intelligence data is an impeachable offense (John Dean, Findlaw).
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20030606.html

Bear Left Link of the Week A Road Map to Where - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The road map for Palestine is less a map for peace than for pacification (Edward Said, London Review of Books).
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v25/n12/said01_.html

Bear Left Link of the Week US Finds Evidence of WMD at Last--Buried in a Field in Maryland - (Found June 24, 2008 )

You might not have heard much about this biological weapons program (Julian Borger, The Guardian).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,965319,00.html

Bear Left Link of the Week Downsizing in Disguise - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The occupation of Iraq resembles the market-based "reconstruction" of economies in the 1980s and 1990s, only much, much worse (Naomi Klein, The Nation).
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030623&s=klein

Bear Left Link of the Week Calendar of Errors - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The search for weapons of mass destruction has truly been farcical (Linda Rothstein, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists).
http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/2003/ja03/ja03rothstein.html