I just recently got a job at a grassroots congressional lobby located in Berkeley. I am a telephone operator that calls our members to give them political updates about what we are doing as an organization, asking them to make calls to action, and at the end I ask them to renew there membership with a one time gift...

August has been the deadliest month for the Iraqi civilian population since the US troop surge was announce by the Whitehouse. According to a recent Washington post report, 1,773 Iraqis have been killed during the month of August...

A fascinating clip of Dick Cheney talking about war with Iraq - in 1994.