...the time , from within a party that is purged and vetted and now, sadly, only purveyors of: misinformation unbridled greed censorship militarism deficits bribery extortion retribution theocracy racism corporatism imperialism cronyism incompetence to benefit very few and the military-industrial complex ( the most conservative supporters of Israel are in there). Pawlenty, Bachman and John Kline are in there too...

..., are now traitors to this great nation's constitution and Bill of Rights. Spoliers of a society evolved by progressives and carefully crafted centuries of policies to develop opportunity for all. The New Republican Party, proven purveyors of: misinformation unbridled greed censorship militarism deficits bribery extortion retribution theocracy racism corporatism imperialism cronyism incompetence

...It is hardly a secret that the regime of President Hamid Karzai is becoming more isolated with each passing day, as Taliban guerrillas move ever closer to Kabul. When in doubt, escalate the war is an old imperial motto. The strikes against Pakistan represent -- like the decisions of President Richard Nixon and his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger to bomb and then invade Cambodia (acts that, in the end, empowered Pol Pot and his...

...theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/island_britain/ 'A sonar probe of the bed of the English Channel has produced evidence that Britain may have become an island is less than 24 hours, the Daily Telegraph reports. The survey, led by Imperial College London's Sanjeev Gupta, revealed the "remains of a huge valley, running south-west from the Strait of Dover" plus "deep bowls, scour marks and piles of rubble on the sea bed that may have been caused...

...theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/island_britain/ 'A sonar probe of the bed of the English Channel has produced evidence that Britain may have become an island is less than 24 hours, the Daily Telegraph reports. The survey, led by Imperial College London's Sanjeev Gupta, revealed the "remains of a huge valley, running south-west from the Strait of Dover" plus "deep bowls, scour marks and piles of rubble on the sea bed that may have been caused...

...: 관동군), was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the early twentieth century. ...- August 1945 Country Empire of Japan Branch Imperial Japanese Army Type Infantry Role Army group Garrison/...by former Qing Dynasty officials with help from Imperial Japan in 1932. The state was founded and administered by Imperial Japan, with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, ...> abolished in 1945 after the defeat of Imperial Japan at the end of ...

...-san-ichi butai?) was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and... some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel. Officially known by the Imperial Japanese Army as the Kempeitai Political Department and Epidemic Prevention Research Laboratory, it was initially set ...

...historically silly to suggest they were the end of a Japanese Feudal system that had come to an end decades previously. Indeed, some of the things that MacArthur reforms addressed were problems *created in* the Meiji period, that had not existed under Feudal Japan ... the universal conscription that was the death knell of the Samurai as a feudal warrior class was also the foundation of Japanese Imperial expansion in the early 20th century.

... the target of Counter Culture mentality is the Domestic Injustice, it gives liberals a great opportunity to attack conservatives on foreign issues as well. Conservatives can be charged with greedy capitalism and neo-imperialism. Liberals can say the global climate is on the verge of collapse because of greedy corporations and piggish materialistic Americans--generally conservatives(though liberals eat just as much and use just as much ...

... heard that story, but it fits with what I know. Probably our occupation was not as bad as they expected. Indeed: they expected an extremely harsh occupation. My best friend in Japan is the son of an Imperial Navy officer. He has told me that his father expected the occupation authorities to round up army and navy officers, along with their families, and put them all to death. But they were quite committed to make the ...