Dissent Mag

by Jonathan Greenberg, author of “America 2014: An Orwellian Tale”
November 17, 2004

As President Bush moves to implement what he proclaims to be his “mandate,” millions of Americans find ourselves baffled that so many of our fellow citizens could have voted for a leader whose tenure has been marked by a series of failures and deceptions. For an answer, I suggest that we look to George Orwell’s 1984, and to the triumph, this election season, of a little known but essential component of the Republican right agenda known as ‘perception management.”

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By Paul Craig Roberts

I’ve been watching the dollar die all my life. I sometimes think I will outlast it. When I was a young man, gold was $35 an ounce. Today one ounce gold bullion coins, such as the Canadian Maple Leaf, cost more than $1,000.

Note - Video “Dollar Collapse ” below the article

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In the first U.S. combat operation of the war in Iraq, Navy commandos stormed an offshore oil-loading platform. “Swooping silently out of the Persian Gulf night,” an overexcited reporter for the New York Times wrote on March 22, “Navy Seals seized two Iraqi oil terminals in bold raids that ended early this morning, overwhelming lightly-armed Iraqi guards and claiming a bloodless victory in the battle for Iraq’s vast oil empire.”

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Controversial USA Government Activities

from: Douglas Walker
apta@discover.net

The following is a list of this century’s most controversial
government activities. It will be updated regularly in order to keep
readers abreast of newly declassified materials:

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