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Radio Left Review — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:03:00 -0500

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Obama got it Wrong! Bush Made No "Mistake" on Iraq!

Radio Left Review — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:03:00 -0500

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Yesterday, May 31, Barack Obama criticized John McCain for his statement that the Iraq surge...

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Radio Left Review — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:03:00 -0500

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Watch out, Lou Dobbs. Max and the Marginalized have burritos and they’re not afraid to use them.

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This Week: In Memoriam

Radio Left Review — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:03:00 -0500

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this Week with George Stephanopoulos notes the passings of director-actor-producer Sidney Pollack, french fry magnate J.R. Simplot, actor Harvey Korman as well as 9 troop members in Iraq and Afghanistan, which, according to icasualties.org, brings the casualty count for Iraq to 4,397. IBC reports 191 Iraqi civilian casualties this week.

Also, reported today, Gen. William E. Odom passed away:

William E. Odom, 75, a retired Army lieutenant general who was a senior military and intelligence official in the Carter and Reagan administrations and who, in recent years, became a forceful critic of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, died May 30 at his vacation home in Lincoln, Vt. [..]

He had a reputation as a military hard-liner who opposed any compromise with the Soviet Union, which made his vocal opposition to the current involvement in Iraq all the more cogent and surprising.

“Among senior military people, he was probably the first to consider the war in Iraq a misbegotten adventure,” Brzezinski said yesterday. “He believed that we’re just stoking hostility to the United States in that region and developing an opposition that cannot ...

Furman University protests Bush speech: We Object!

Radio Left Review — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:03:00 -0500

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Well, well, well, a Bush protest at Furman University. And he talks about of all things—redemption.

WaPo:

Delivering the final commencement address of his tenure, President Bush told supporters and protesters at Furman University here Saturday that he was far from “a model citizen” when he left college but that “it is never too late to recover and get back on track.”

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Although he received a warm welcome, Bush’s visit was preceded by controversy as more than 200 faculty and students signed a letter objecting to his policies on the Iraq war, detentions and other issues. A conservative group responded with its own, larger list of signatories, and said the protesters were being disrespectful of the presidency and of graduating seniors.

Several dozen protesters greeted Bush’s arrival outside the stadium Saturday, and a group of 14 faculty members stood during Bush’s speech while wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase “WE OBJECT.”

Bush made a joking reference to the protests, telling the audience: “I, too, am a strong believer in free speech. And to ...

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