US congressman: “There is no occupation in Gaza!”

Here is Scott Horton interview with Alan Grayson, Florida Congressman. Alan Grayson discusses his “War Is Making You Poor” bill that seeks to limit war spending and cut income taxes, how ending war spending on Afghanistan would free up enough money to eliminate federal taxes on income under 35k/year, why Israel’s blockade of Gaza is simply to keep Hamas from obtaining weapons and why the link between unconditional US support for Israel and 9/11 isn’t worth commenting on!

Just imagine if you replaced ‘Israel’ with ‘Iran’, What would be the reaction of US officials?!

Listen and enjoy!!

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Today’s Tyrants

“Don’t you see that the truth is not put into action and the false is not prohibited? The believer should desire to meet his Lord while he is right. Thus I do not see death but as happiness, and living with tyrants but as sorrow.”

Hussain,  son of Ali said at the Battle of Karbala when he encountered the Yazid’s army led by Hurr.

My Interview With Aljazeera English

Q&A: Tweeting from Tehran

By Kathleen McCaul

Online social networking has played a big role throughout the Iranian elections.

The oppostion used it to organise their campaign, then to get out the vote, and eventually to plan the enormous protests that followed the counting of the votes.

But not all those who are part of the information uprising in Iran are against the government.

Al Jazeera English spoke to one pro-government user of Twitter, the social networking website, who is known in the Iranian blogosphere by the nickname Shahrazad.