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Greg Palast, Author of Armed Madhouse, on How Rove May Have Already Stolen the 2008 Election
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 4:06pm. Interviews
A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW
People ask me: Are they going to steal the 2008 election? No, they’ve already stolen the 2008 election. We still have a chance of swiping it back, but the reason I’ve expanded and put out the new edition of Armed Madhouse is to tell you how they will steal in 2008, and what to do about it. That’s one of the main new things. Plus a special chapter on New Orleans and my bust down there.
– Greg Palast
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You might say, since the 2000 election, BuzzFlash and Greg Palast have shared many a foxhole in the fight for democracy. He’s a workaholic, like we are — and he doesn’t flinch one iota in investigating the powers that be.
One of the things that makes Palast such an incredible asset is that he is in the I.F. Stone tradition of his doing thorough research. As much as he’s built up a Sam Spade sleuthing persona, it is grounded in his ability to shift through large piles of documents and data that most modern reporters would just look at and cry, "No way, I’ve got to meet someone for a daquiri."
Mainstream jounalism in D.C. is built on the "easy story," as in the one that is handed to you by the Executive Branch. Actually, Palast doesn’t work in D.C. much at all. He is out traveling around the country — and world — doing actual investigations into what is really going on.

WTF!
John McCain is such a moron!
Here are some "McCainisms":

"We have a lot of work to do. It’s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border." –referring to a border that does not exist, July 21, 2008

"I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government
took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to
Czechoslovakia." –referring to a country that no longer exists, Phoenix, Arizona, July14, 2008

In The Know: How Can We Make The War In Iraq More Eco-Friendly?

The A.V. Club interviews Errol Morris:

I wish they’d just get it over with and make [Iraq] the 51st state, because I think it’s the perfect red state: religious fundamentalists, lots of weaponry. How could you go wrong? We’re already spending a significant fraction of our gross national product on the infrastructure; such as it is, on Iraq. Make it the 51st state and get it over with.

Dear President Bush,

5 Years ago, you took us to war in Iraq. Since then, 4000 American soldiers and more than a million Iraqis have been killed in this brutal and senseless war.

You mentioned two years ago that when all was said and done, the Iraq occupation would be "just a comma" in the history books.

Well, hopefully that sentance will read "Bush took the US into an illegal war and occupation, so we tried him for war crimes."

Thanks for listening,

Cal

March 4th. Here’s what happened today in history:

1275: Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the sun.

1789: The constitution goes into effect.

1791: Vermont becomes a state.

1837: Chicago becomes incorporated as a city.

1970: French submarine Eurydice explodes.

2005: The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by US soldiers in Iraq, causing the death of an Italian Secret Service Agent and injuring two passengers.

2008: Brett Farvre retires.