Virtual Citizens provides free content to global media to reverse the tide of homegrown tyranny and empire, drawing inspiration from the 18th-century Enlightenment: its emphasis on reason, freethinking, natural law, popular sovereignty, human rights and its challenge to theocratic fundamentalism and aristocracy. http://www.virtualcitizens.com Reproduction approved with author credit and active link to virtualcitizens.com jcjones@virtualcitizens.com (John Calvin Jones) justin.raines@virtualcitizens.com (Justin Raines) Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 MDT 1440 http://www.virtualcitizens.com/pictures/vcitizens_icon_small.gif http://www.virtualcitizens.com 100 100 Author Paul Street explains how the invasion and occupation of Iraq was and is an illegal war crime; how Bush and cronies lied to Congress (another crime); and why the military personnel should do the honorable and smart thing ... QUIT! http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Calling_All_Troops__wake_up_quit_and_come_home_-_NOW http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Calling_All_Troops__wake_up_quit_and_come_home_-_NOW Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Calling_All_Troops__wake_up_quit_and_come_home_-_NOW#feedback The ghost of Enron raises its ugly head with Phil and Wendy Gramm in the middle and Mr. "I don't know nothing about economics" waving the surrender flag. Maybe we can have food prices go through the roof too. Let them eat mudcakes! http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/McCain_still_supports_corrupt_laws_which_benefit_Phil_Gramm_McCain039s_financial_advisor http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/McCain_still_supports_corrupt_laws_which_benefit_Phil_Gramm_McCain039s_financial_advisor Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/McCain_still_supports_corrupt_laws_which_benefit_Phil_Gramm_McCain039s_financial_advisor#feedback Sherwood Ross explains how the war-economy leaves a trail of despair and devastation in its wake. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Twenty-Five_Americans_killed_in_the_US_for_every_soldier_killed_in_Iraq http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Twenty-Five_Americans_killed_in_the_US_for_every_soldier_killed_in_Iraq Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Twenty-Five_Americans_killed_in_the_US_for_every_soldier_killed_in_Iraq#feedback Most cultures and traditions hold that those with more power, wealth, and knowledge have the responsibility to care for other, the less fortunate, those without. Tavis Smiley, millionaire, fails this test ... while he quotes the Bible and poses as a social critic. Either he is misguided or a soldier for American racism and corporate capitalism. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/What_is_wrong_with_Tavis_Smiley http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/What_is_wrong_with_Tavis_Smiley Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/What_is_wrong_with_Tavis_Smiley#feedback Author Greg Palast explains how Spitzer was a target because he was exposing the sub-prime crimes. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/On_Sub-prime_and_Spitzer__there_is_a_connection http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/On_Sub-prime_and_Spitzer__there_is_a_connection Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/On_Sub-prime_and_Spitzer__there_is_a_connection#feedback German citizen Murat Kurnaz was tortured in U.S. military bases in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and then Gitmo. How much more evidence does America need? http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Despite_US_Efforts_to_Conceal_More_Torture_Stories_Uncovered http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Despite_US_Efforts_to_Conceal_More_Torture_Stories_Uncovered Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Despite_US_Efforts_to_Conceal_More_Torture_Stories_Uncovered#feedback Author Richard Backus argues that the American economy offers an opportunity for fascism to take hold. Citizens must demand that their government preserve liberty not order. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/A_Harbinger_of_Fascist_America http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/A_Harbinger_of_Fascist_America Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/A_Harbinger_of_Fascist_America#feedback Vice President, Dick Cheney, gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation reads like agitprop from Big Brother. Are we still at war with Eurasia? http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Cheney_Channels_Orwell__Plagiarism_from_Room_101 http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Cheney_Channels_Orwell__Plagiarism_from_Room_101 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Cheney_Channels_Orwell__Plagiarism_from_Room_101#feedback Information about cloning and the imposition of cloned meat into the American diet, from restaurants to the grocery store. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Cloning_The_Plural_of_Cow_is_Cow http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Cloning_The_Plural_of_Cow_is_Cow Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Cloning_The_Plural_of_Cow_is_Cow#feedback Marjorie Cohn, law professor and head of the National Lawyers Guild, decries the Bush administration and the potential role of Judge Mukasey as Attorney General. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/We_Love_Torture http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/We_Love_Torture Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/We_Love_Torture#feedback Doctors and researchers at the University of South Carolina claim to have evidence that methamphetamine use by teens results in long-term brain damage. A study paid for by the U.S. Army and National Institute for Drug Propaganda is flawed and provides erroneous conclusions. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Your_Tax_Dollars_at_Work_More_Drug_War_Lies http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Your_Tax_Dollars_at_Work_More_Drug_War_Lies Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Your_Tax_Dollars_at_Work_More_Drug_War_Lies#feedback Author Norman Solomon gives a history lesson and demands that we stop the madness. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Pentagon_Lives_on_2_Billion_Per_Day http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Pentagon_Lives_on_2_Billion_Per_Day Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Pentagon_Lives_on_2_Billion_Per_Day#feedback Jonathan Cook details how and why the 1.5 million people who live in Gaza are imprisoned and how the Israelis and collaborators of Fatah are working together. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Understanding_Gaza_and_the_Politics_of_the_Prison http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Understanding_Gaza_and_the_Politics_of_the_Prison Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Understanding_Gaza_and_the_Politics_of_the_Prison#feedback The Board of Regents at the University of Colorado will soon vote to dismiss Ward Churchill. I think that his dismissal from CU is a wonderful idea. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Please_Fire_Ward_Churchill http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Please_Fire_Ward_Churchill Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/Please_Fire_Ward_Churchill#feedback Author Andre Damon reviews the latest findings from economists of MIT. The two report what we already know, the economy is bad and getting worse. And education is no means to overcome the growing power of the financial sector in a state which supports capital over people. http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/More_Education_Is_No_Escape_From_Stagnant_Wages http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/More_Education_Is_No_Escape_From_Stagnant_Wages Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:00:00 MDT http://www.virtualcitizens.com/articles/More_Education_Is_No_Escape_From_Stagnant_Wages#feedback