WALL STREET JOURNAL AND NEW YORK TIMES ATTACK JOURNALISM |

By Stephen Lendman | Rarely is the mendacity of the ruling plutocracy as clear as when its ideological attack dogs go on the offensive to perpetrate character assassination on a "dangerous political foe"...thereby paving the way for eventual physical elimination. And it's all mainly done for the benefit of American public opinion.

REVIEW OF CHALMERS JOHNSON'S NEMESIS

Our democracy and way of life are now threatened because of our single-minded pursuit of empire with a well-entrenched militarism driving it that's become so powerful and pervasive it's now an uncontrollable state within the state. History is clear on this teaching we can choose as could all empires before us. We can keep ours and lose our democracy, but we can't have both. Rome made the wrong choice and perished. Britain chose more wisely and survived....[EDITORS PICK]

HUGO CHAVEZ SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC AGENDA Hugo Chavez Frias was reelected by an overwhelming nearly two to one margin over his only serious rival on December 3, 2006 giving him a mandate to proceed with his agenda to build a socialist society in the 21st century on a Bolivarian model...

FAKE CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION TO WAR

The US electorate sent a clear, unequivocal message in the November mid-term elections. End the Iraq war and bring home the troops. Many supporting war in the 109th Congress lost out to more moderate voices taking over their seats because voters want change and expect new faces to deliver starting with the top issue on voters' minds in recent polls - Iraq. A majority of the public demands it, protests and heated rhetoric...

REPORTS OF FIDEL'S IMPENDING DEATH ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED

Talk about wishful thinking by the empire vampires. Still, the desire is so strong that "reports of the Cuban President's impending demise come from such impeccable sources as US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte who told the Washington Post earlier this month US intelligence agencies believe Fidel Castro is "terminally ill" and would be dead in "months, not years."