Good Riddance

Hillary Clinton has given her farewell speech; she is to be replaced by another warmongering imperialist. Good riddance.

The one thing Hillary did do and Obama admitted, is try to keep his image as well as empire's intact abroad. The world expected something different than what they got.

Just as her husband compartmentalized his (sex) life, Hillary talked the peace talk and acted as arbitrator in world conflicts - but she promoted business with warmongers; Lockheed Martin, for one - the maker of F35's, the death machines that the governor, mayor, congressman and senators want to come to BTV.

There's a wonderful blog, Undernews, I've read for years. The blogger owner lived right in the midst of the DC scene for years, but now has retired to Maine. He's collected quite a dossier on the ex-Madam Secretary and her sleazeball husband. Take some time and look here.

More civilians bombed in Afghanistan (Updated with video)

Updated Thursday afternoon: Afghan villagers yesterday mourned relatives buried in mass graves after US-led airstrikes.

The mules pick it up after Bush and Co. It's been a record month for bombings in Afghanistan. A bombardment on Monday killed over 100 civilians. So, when the media headlines a report on the bombings by the Red Cross, we get hypocritical abject apologies from Clinton and Obama with the usual promise of an investigation.

THE 'TEAM'

You ain't gonna hear this on the mainstream media outlets, and you sure as hell didn't hear this tonight on the PBS Newshour or Democratic Party pimpin' blogs. Godless Liberal Homo gives a resounding D to the foreign policy 'team' announced by the Dear Leader today

Obama's national security team is rather disturbing, to put it mildly. The two marquee nominations, Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense are absolutely execrable. Neither has sound judgement on foreign policy in general and especially on matters of war and peace. Both are dishonorable, rightist war mongers who should never hold any office in government. Their support of the Bush agenda of endless war is downright sickening. Read it all...

All I can say is contact your congressperson.

YES WE CAN!

Not to be missed from The Independent:

Obama has surrounded himself with to Clintonista foreign policy hawks. Amazing (but not surprising) that the hawks who supported and advised Hillary in the primaries now get Obama's listening ear. Don't blame me, I voted for Nader.