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Question for Mitt Romney

Question for Mitt Romney

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What is Mitt Romney’s position on torture? See: Romney, Torture and Teens In right-wing Republican circles, abusive authoritarianism without due process is endemic – and profitable. By Maia Szalavitz When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he’d support doubling the size of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, he was trying to show voters that he’d be tough on terror. Two of his top fundraisers, however, have long supported using coercive tactics that have been likened to torture for troubled teenagers….

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America, where have we gone

America, where have we gone

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Where have we gone, America? On Staged “Terrorist” Attacks and Dictatorship Impeach Now or Face the End of Constitutional Democracy, Paul Craig Roberts, Counterpunch Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran. Bush has put in place all the necessary measures for dictatorship in the form of “executive orders” that are triggered whenever Bush declares a national emergency. Recent statements by Homeland Security Chief Michael…

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Nuclear Plans, Libby’s Friend, Scope of War, SOTU

Nuclear Plans, Libby’s Friend, Scope of War, SOTU

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Some recommended reading – do your homework. Saving the World By Stopping the Pentagon’s Programs By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet All that work against nuclear proliferation – gone, gone, gone. Another way we make the world a more dangerous place. Then there is “Complex 2030,” a proposal to consolidate and update the entire nuclear complex, including the opening of a new plutonium “pit” facility capable of producing 125 new bombs a year. Estimated price tag: $150 billion over 25 years. The…

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