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War Powers, War Lies: Part 21: Day Late, Dollar Short

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column War Powers, War Lies: A Series: Part XXI: Day Late, Dollar Short               As we have seen, in the contest for control of the nation’s powers to start and to wage […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 20: Mine To Know

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column War Powers, War Lies: A Series: Part XX: Mine To Know               As we have seen, our national leaders lust for impunity from criticism, and in time of war they have […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 19: Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been?

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column War Powers, War Lies: A Series: Part XIX: Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been?               This series has mainly been about the Executive and the Judiciary.  The Executive begins, wages, […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 18: Proxies

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column War Powers, War Lies: A Series: Part XVIII: Proxies               With the signing of Japan’s surrender on September 2, 1945,  the United States went to war.  This was a forty-years’ war, […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 17: Wilson’s Gag

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column War Powers, War Lies: A Series: Part XVII: Wilson’s Gag               It is not always an easy to distinguish political speech and association that the First Amendment protects from treasonous utterances […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 16: Speechcrimes and Groupcrimes

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column   War Powers, War Lies: A Series: Part XVI: Speechcrimes And Groupcrimes               It is a truth universally acknowledged that a politician will take every possible measure to avoid criticism, blame or […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 15: Weapons of Mutual Deception

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column War Powers, War Lies: A Series Part 15: Weapons Of Mutual Deception   Published in the Maryland Daily Record June 30, 2006                During the waning days of the Soviet Union, […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 14:Super Bowl

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column War Powers, War Lies: A Series Part 14: Super Bowl Published in the Maryland Daily Record May 26, 2006   …signs that con you Into thinking you’re the one That can do […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 13: The War That Wasn’t

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column |  Next Big Picture Column  War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column  War Powers, War Lies: A Series Part 13: The War That Wasn’t Published in the Maryland Daily Record March 31, 2006              When George Bush and his apologists linked the U.S.-led attack […]

War Powers, War Lies: Part 12: Not GWOT

It may have been lousy intelligence. It was effective public relations, however. In February 2003, 72 percent of Americans polled answered yes to the question: “Was Saddam Hussein personally involved in the September 11 attacks?” And this result was in line with poll after poll.