2011 July | American Pendulum

Even Birds Have Withdrawn From Afghanistan

Posted by admin Top Stories Monday, July 25th, 2011

By David Swanson – As civilizations in various ages, on every continent, develop, they often grow top-heavy. They stop investing in what made them grow. They stop caring for their infrastructure and for the mass of their people. They start dumping more and more of their resources into an extremely wealthy minority and into wars. This is not some sort of natural cycle. Some cultures do it right away, some not for millennia.

As The U.S. Empire Spreads Abroad It Becomes A Police State At Home

Posted by admin Top Stories Monday, July 25th, 2011

By Sherwood Ross: As America’s empire spreads abroad, it becomes ever more the police state at home. The methods used for the suppression of foreigners by military force and violence are eventually mirrored in the “homeland.”

CIA Funding and Manipulation of the U.S. News Media

Posted by admin Featured Media Monday, July 25th, 2011

“The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media.” — William Colby, former CIA Director, quoted by Dave
Mcgowan, Derailing Democracy

'Super Congress': Debt Ceiling Negotiators Aim To Create New Legislative Body

Posted by admin Top Stories Monday, July 25th, 2011

This “Super Congress,” composed of members of both chambers and both parties, isn’t mentioned anywhere in the Constitution, but would be granted extraordinary new powers.

If Bush or Giuliani Had Been Stoltenberg

Posted by admin Top Stories Monday, July 25th, 2011

David Swanson – …it’s tempting to wonder how many people would still be alive today if George W. Bush or Rudy Giuliani had spoken after the 9-11 attacks as Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg just did [...] There’s a difference between blaming wars on mythical hatred of freedom and actually being free.

Cynthia McKinney & Ramsey Clark on Libya: NYC, July 30

Posted by admin National News/Opinion Monday, July 25th, 2011

Hear former U.S. Congressperson Cynthia McKinney, recently returned from leading a delegation to Libya during the U.S. bombing. And former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Akbar Muhammad & other leading opponents of the U.S. war on Libya along with VIDEO footage.

Mass Murder Is the Problem

Posted by admin Top Stories Monday, July 25th, 2011

Anti-Muslim fear is a problem in America, but it is not that disposition alone that should most concern us, and we must be careful in addressing such fear. It is everywhere and usually no direct threat to anyone, certainly no crime in itself.

English Defence League forges links with America's Tea Party

Posted by admin World Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Original from 2010: The English Defence League, a far-right grouping aimed at combating the “Islamification” of British cities, has developed strong links with the American Tea Party movement.

President Suffering from Newly Discovered Illness

Posted by admin National News/Opinion Sunday, July 24th, 2011

By Luke Hiken – When asked how it would take to treat his condition, he estimated that he would get a handle on it sometime after the 2012 Presidential election. He asked for understanding and patience from voting age Democrats, and urged the Republicans to support him as a result of his ongoing endorsement of everything they asked for.