The troops who entered My Lai village had been led to believe that everyone in the village should be killed. Testimony before the Peers inquiry showed platoon leaders involved in the operation had been given that same message by 2 company commanders.
The reason for consumer hostility is that the station is serving up what might be the costliest gas in the land. This week, as crude oil flirted with $110 a barrel and gasoline prices surged nationwide, a gallon of regular at Amerigo was going for $5
"I was an administrator for the Democratic party for over 6 years and i am well educated in the nomination process, I left the party to support Dr. Paul so i know what i am talking about."
Today in Saint Charles County Missouri, the largest Republican County caucus in the state 111 of a possible 137 Delegates were elected for Ron Paul. The Republican Platform was amended to oppose the Patriot Act, The Iraq war, the Federal Reserve, Fia
...key culprits: the CEOs who misrepresented their books and cashed out before the public knew what was happening, and the credulous finance reporters and securities analysts who cheered them along until it was too late.
The majority of Americans are ready to trade diminished privacy, and protection from search and seizure, in exchange for the promise of increased protection of their physical security. Polling consistently supports that conclusion, and Congress has l
The case has drawn wide attention not because of the city's law itself, but because the court may decide for the first time whether gun rights are truly protected by the Constitution, just like the right to free speech or the right to freely prac
Acting quickly to prevent a run on major global financial firms, the Federal Reserve cut its discount rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.25% and offered to lend money to a longer list of firms than ever before. (In other words, big business win
Last month, 2,250 homes in the Valley were foreclosed on. That is 200 more than in January. A year ago, there were only 365 foreclosures in metro Phoenix.
The deal values New York-based Bear Stearns, with 14,000 employees, at $2 a share, compared with $30 at the close on March 14. The central bank will provide financing for the transaction, including support for as much as $30 billion....
Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life, according to Britain's most senior police forensics expert.
Records of journeys made by people using smart cards that allow 17 million Britons to travel by underground, bus and train with a single swipe at the ticket barrier are among a welter of private information held by the state....
``The government is prepared to do what it takes to maintain the stability of our financial system,'' Paulson told the ``Fox News Sunday'' television program in Washington today. ``Our focus, our No. 1 priority, is the stability of ou
The Bush administration will "do what its takes" to stabilize chaotic markets and minimize the economic damage, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said after a tumultuous week capped by the government rescue of a teetering investment bank.
Three Afghanis were arrested Wednesday at an international airport in India for flying with forged Mexican passports. In 2004 alone, In June 2004 alone, border patrol agents arrested 77 “Middle Eastern” men attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.
Beginning Friday April 4, 2008, American citizens from across the country will
muster onto Patriot Point, for something that has never been done on this stretch
of the border. We are going to "Light Up The Line".
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi leaders have failed to take advantage of a reduction in violence to make adequate progress toward resolving their political differences, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday. (FAILED SURGE???)
Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president who has linked his political future to U.S. success in Iraq, was in Baghdad on Sunday for meetings with Iraqi and U.S. diplomatic and military officials, a U.S. government
Soldiers on foot and in armored carriers swarmed Tibet's capital Saturday, enforcing a strict curfew a day after protesters burned shops and cars to vent their anger against Chinese rule. In another western city, police clashed with hundreds of B
While trying to stop a drunk driver, Minsk police seized four vehicles along the road and forced the drivers to block the traffic lanes. Shortly thereafter, a drunk driver smashed into the vehicle barricade with the occupants still in their cars.
The point is that most who buy gold do so to protect against a depreciating currency rather than as an investment in the classical sense. Americans understand this less than citizens of other countries....
The Surveillance Society. The New Authoritarianism. The Age of Paranoid Politics. These are just a few of the ways writers and thinkers describe the age we’re now living in. The signs of anxiety and fear in this post 9-11 era are all around us. Schoo
Having given a lot of thought to both the differences and the similarities between the two superpowers - the one that has collapsed already [Russia], and the one that is collapsing as I write this [U.S.] - I feel ready to attempt a bold conjecture, a
Google Video - This Award-winning documentary, which features presidential candidate RON PAUL, was inspired by the book, "The Creature From Jekyll Island" ... all » by author and FREEDOM FORCE founder, G. EDWARD GRIFFIN.
Two 2-minute videos: one, a promotional video for Obama's Trinity Church, celebrating their separateness; and two, a collection of uncomfortable facts from his past.