Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"Empire is about power; absolute power corrupts because it allows people such as Donald Rumsfeld to treat people, whether Iraqi civilians or American soldiers, as mere ciphers."

"Bush is likely to maintain his unilateral approach to foreign policy, although he may seek greater cooperation with allies in NATO and countries such as Russia and China. Kerry intends to replace unilateralism with multilateralism; this means the placing of greater priority on cooperation with the UN, the EU and other world powers."

"High cost of publication is not only the reason of falling quality of journalism. The lack of professional institutes, facilities to learn the needs of modern journalism, knowledge and feeling the moral & ethical values being media associates are another factor of deficiencies."

"Oct. 17, 2004 was an historic day for Labor. The Million Worker March (MWM) brought a progressive blueprint for change to Washington, D.C. In front of the Lincoln Memorial, the organizers’ central message rang out loud and clear: “The Labor Movement will follow its own independent agenda to restore America!” They also blasted the AFC-CIO’s boss, John Sweeney, and his cronies, for boycotting the event."

"Sharon's determination to act unilaterally means that, as a matter of design, there is to be no Palestinian counterpart with whom to implement the initiative."

"Although the candidates present opposing views on the decision to go to war in spring 2003, they share a basic commitment to maintain deep American involvement on the ground until Iraq is stabilized."

"...the ugly truth has arisen, just days before Election Day. Nothing could be worse for the Bush camp."

"Looking back over the past eleven years or so of America and Israel-Palestine, the only tangible difference between the Democrats and the Republicans (as now constituted under Bush and Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and Donald Rumsfeld) has been that while Republicans follow the full-frontal rejectionism of the Likud, Democrats have favored the slyer, less obvious but nonetheless implacable Zionism of Labor."

"In order to reach the Promised Land, we must begin to think outside of the box and to propose even the most preposterous ideas that might in the end lead us to something much better for us all."

"Talking about whether Musharraf should don the uniform or not in a country which has for better part of its existence been ruled by the military might seem rather naive."

"The world-view of Sharon, which at first appears so realistic, is the very opposite of realism. It is a view that will lead us to disaster."

"It now appears that The United Nations had cut a deal that allowed the Serbs to obliterate the entire male population of a major Southern European town."

"The notion that the United States has some special expertise in nation building, some unique gift and exceptional ability to bestow the “blessings of democracy” on others, stems in no small part from the mythology of the U.S. war in the Philippines."

"While 50 days is too early to make a judgment, at this stage Shaukat is certainly trying to make his rhetoric match his deeds, we will keep watching over his shoulder to see whether he will keep to it."

"Apart from the assaults on family through the disrespect of marriage and the mockery of family values, we witness the manufacture and wide spread consumption of alcoholic beverages, drugs, (illicit or "legal") pornography, violent games, decadent cinematic and media productions; while at the same time a systematic attack against values and principles that are the life blood of any progressive and truly civilized society."

"...both presidential candidates speak of continuing this discretionary war as a long-term proposition."

"As happened to the German Army under Nazi rule, Israel’s occupation army is forced to disavow any recognizable code of honour, and sink to the lowest levels of inhuman depravity."

"Compared to Bush, Kerry is intellectually rigorous and sound, yet may sound boring to the average simple-minded American voter."

"To obscure their own ultra-elite loyalties, Bush and Cheney will keep trying to portray Kerry and Edwards as tools of wealthy trial lawyers and Hollywood snobs."

"Rumors are flying around. In Ohio, the Republicans shredded some Democratic ballots. They were walking around gathering ballots to make voting easier for the Americans. When they got their hands on them, they took the law into their own hands."