Recent NWCitizen Articles

Rumsfeld doesn’t have a clue
By John Servais · Wed Dec 22, 2004
He embarked on a war of conquest of a foreign country for the benefit of oil companies.
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Diversity of news
By John Servais · Mon Dec 20, 2004
Reading foreign news websites is a most enlightening process. We learn things and read perspectives not found in our controlled US media. Not that other media are not controlled to some extent also, b
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Three blind mice?
By John Servais · Wed Dec 15, 2004
Richard Cohen of the Washington Post has it right. You need to register with the Wa Post to read his column, Presidential medals of Failure. The fourth failure is, of course, Bush himself. But these t
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What are those poor kids dying in Iraq trying to protect?
By John Servais · Tue Dec 14, 2004
When Al-Jazeera first went with an English version last year, they were boomed off line in the US by several never-revealed Internet companies using illegal electronic processes. The common assumption
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That soldier didn’t think of that question all by himself
By John Servais · Fri Dec 10, 2004
An energetic reporter set it up - and made sure it would happen. Edward Lee Pitts, embedded with a unit going north to Iraq, saw the troops working with unarmored vehicles and saw an opportunity to ge
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We need to use critical thinking
By John Servais · Thu Dec 9, 2004
Israel is restarting the terrorist violence. Since Arafat died a month ago, there have been no serious Palestinian attacks - and all the world has been watching the Palestinian leaders try to organize
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We think a little torture will protect us
By John Servais · Sun Dec 5, 2004
To be concise, if we start to rationalize torture then we are lost. It is the absolute opposite direction of democracy. It is the basic tool of the tyrant - the dictator. Terror is created by torture.
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Below is a response from John Poirier
By John Servais · Tue Nov 30, 2004
to my post of Nov 6. He sees things differently, and I think he is right. I received several emails on that post, but this is the one that explains things best.

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Shame on Israel
By John Servais · Thu Nov 11, 2004
Today they again arrested Mordechai Vanunu. We expect the worst for him. This courageous Jew has dared to speak out against Israel’s madness. This in a country that says it is tolerant. But he
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One can be for gay rights and not be for gay marriage
By John Servais · Sat Nov 6, 2004
The Democratic Party continues to be unable to understand people and what motivates them. The party - and party members - have pushed extreme gay rights issues up the noses of conservative Christians
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We have a new reality
By John Servais · Wed Nov 3, 2004
Well, Americans like the Bush vision and values. He is elected by a majority of the people and electors. And he has a Senate and House of Representatives that are able to carry through his programs.<b
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Some election recommendations
By John Servais · Mon Nov 1, 2004
I don’t kid myself that these have much affect, as most who check this blog have their own strong opinions. But, for the record, and for those who ask me each election, here are some issues and candid
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If we force it down their throats then it is not democracy
By John Servais · Mon Oct 18, 2004
The beauty of a website is you don’t force yourself on others. I got an email today from TL - and he graciously gave me the email addresses of dozens of people. And he gave them to many others. All of
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Boy, does Crossfire ever deserve it
By John Servais · Sat Oct 16, 2004
Jon Stewart - host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central - was guest on CNN Crossfire on Friday. They thought he would be funny as well as plug his book America (The Book) A Citizen’s Guide to Democr
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There is little that distinguishes him
By John Servais · Fri Oct 15, 2004
Robin Bailey is running to replace Doug Ericksen as state representative. Check her website and her positions. Whatcom County would benefit greatly if she wins. Ericksen has not represented even his c
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Regarding the presidential election
By John Servais · Thu Oct 14, 2004
(My conservative readers can now stop reading. Nothing local posted this morning.)

At the debate last night, Bush stressed that rather than controls on who buys guns, we should more strongly pu
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Mike Cooper for Commissioner of Public Lands
By John Servais · Mon Oct 4, 2004
Note. Tue, Oct 5 - I have tweaked this post to correct a confusing statement.

Rarely are we allowed a vote for real choice. And for real improvement in our government. If you value our environm
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Of course it was a “mistake”
By John Servais · Fri Oct 1, 2004
FoxNews.com posted fabricated Kerry quotes today - and was caught. Of course it was a “mistake” - but it had already done some harm. The reporter, Carl Cameron, is their reporter covering Kerry and he
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An E-Newsletter from Larry Klepinger is required reading
By John Servais · Tue Sep 28, 2004
by any political junkie from Whatcom County. Larry just barely lost to Suzanne Sinclair for Republican challenger to Rick Larsen for US Congress. You can download it from the link below, or you can go
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74 US Soldiers killed in Sept.
By John Servais · Mon Sep 27, 2004
The daily rate of deaths is the second highest since the war “ended”. And this is the 4th straight month of increased deaths. But daily we are told by the Bush government that things are getting better.
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