Francis M Goodwin 's items

Rummy’s Reverie: “The Media Made Me Lose The War” | Mike Whitney

Mike Whitney -- Information Clearing House Aug. 30, 2006 -- Don Rumsfeld may be a lousy Secretary of Defense, but he’s the best buck-passer this country’s ever had. Nothing is ever his fault. Not Gua ...

Why Are We In Iraq? | Michael S. Rozeff

Michael S. Rozeff -- Lew Rockwell Defeat in Iraq Aug. 30, 2006 -- Have the President and his men accomplished their objectives in Iraq? Saddam Hussein is no longer a threat to Saudi Arabia or the reg ...

Return Of People Power | John Pilger

John Pilger -- Information Clearing House Aug. 30, 2006 -- In researching a new film, I have been watching documentary archive from the 1980s, the era of Ronald Reagan and his "secret war" against Ce ...

Mexico Leftist To Create Parallel Government | Mark Stevenson

Aug. 30, 2006 -- MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to recogni ...

110-Building Site in N.Y. Is Put Up for Sale | Charles V. Bagli & Janny Scott

CHARLES V. BAGLI and JANNY SCOTT -- New York Times Aug. 20, 2006 -- Metropolitan Life is putting Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- a stretch of 110 apartment buildings along the East River ...

These Horrific Things Apparently Mean Nothing To Anyone | Mogambo Guru

Richard Daughty, the angriest guy in economics -- World News Trust Things just do not make sense to me anymore, and it is that bewildering confusion and "fear of the unknown" that brings out the para ...

Treasury Official Henry Due 20 Percent Of Gleacher Fund Profits | Robert Schmidt

Robert Schmidt -- Bloomberg Aug. 24, 2006 -- The U.S. Treasury official leading a government inquiry into the hedge-fund industry is owed up to $2.5 million in payments keyed in part to hedge-fund in ...

Bush White House To Be Subpoenaed By Wiretap Lawyers | Raw Story

Aug 29, 2006 (Raw Story) -- Two attorneys representing claimants in a lawsuit over wiretapping by the National Security Agency will subpoena the White House today. Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer, who rep ...

The Pentagon's "Second 911" | Michel Chossudovsky

"Another attack could create both a justification and an opportunity to retaliate against some known targets" Michel Chossudovsky -- GlobalResearch.ca Aug. 10, 2006 -- One essential feature of "defen ...

Halliburton Provided Iran With Key Nuclear Reactor Components, Sources Say | Jason Leopold

Jason Leopold -- World News Trust Aug. 6, 2005 Scandal-plagued Halliburton -- the oil services company once headed by Vice President Cheney -- sold an Iranian oil development company key components f ...