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And today we stand in shame with 2.3 million of our citizens behind bars, most for nonviolent drug offenses. More than 1 in 100 adults in the United States is incarcerated, and 1 in 9 black men ages 20 to 34 is behind bars. The United States, with less than 5 percent of the global population, has almost 25 percent of the world's prisoners. ~ By Chris Hedges , in America's Democratic Collapse , Truthdig . Posted June 3, 2008 . Continue reading

Rev. Jeremiah Wright Who pushed the American mainstream media off the wall? Rupert Murdoch or those Arianna Huffington called the lunatic fringe elements? The best news in America is the childish and foolish debate over whether Miley Cyrus posed topless or backless for Vanity Fair magazine and the political nonsense over Rev. Jeremiah Wright 's right to his own opinions. Miley Cyrus Americans want Rev. Jeremiah Wright to give up his life long convictions on calling a spade a spade without apologies or regrets, but he has proved to be a man of principles. Senator Barack Obama cannot dictate to Rev. Jeremiah Wright and make him retract his unpatriotic statements. Rev. Jeremiah Wright is not Barack Obama's Man Friday. Senator Barack Obama is so desperate to win the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party that he ready to even push his spiritual godfather over the cliff. As the American news channels are falling over themselves over Miley Cyrus's photographs in Vanit...

Obama's gyrations on Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran are not the actions of one imbued with superior intuitive judgment, but rather the machinations of a political opportunist looking to avoid having his fingerprints on any issue that might be controversial, and require real judgment, while preserving his freedom to bludgeon his adversary for actually taking positions as elected office demands. It is hard to discern whether Senator Obama is a man of principle, but it is clear that he is not a man of substance. And that judgment, based on his hollow record, is inescapable . ~ Joseph C. Wilson on Obama's Hollow "Judgment" and Empty Record Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson,You have judiciously stated the facts on the differences between Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama . But from the winning streak of Barack Obama in dozens of primaries and caucuses, you can see that the majority of American voters have accepted his political rhetoric of fallacy and hypocrisy as ...