House Republicans plan to vote on House Resolution 568 – which calls on the President to take our nation to war should Iran even become capable of building a nuclear weapon - without building one. The resolution also takes containment – like sanctions and diplomacy – off the table as an adequate response to a nuclear Iran – leaving military action as the only possibility.

So, despite U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies determining that Iran is NOT building a nuclear weapon – Republicans in the House want to drag an already war-weary nation and stretched-thin military into another war. And the Congressional watchdog group – United Republic – has found that lobbyists working on behalf of the Israeli lobbying group AIPAC – are the ones primarily pushing this bill. So far this year – AIPAC has hired seven lobbyists and spent more than $700,000 pushing several pieces of legislation, including this one calling for war with Iran.

If Bush’s two-failed wars taught us any lesson – it’s to be skeptical of those calling for more war. So why is it legal for foreigners to write our laws?

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Tuesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Rally against "Austerity American Style"
- Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
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Article: "Will Democrats Embrace "Austerity American Style"? Crash This Party And Find Out" by Richard (RJ) Eskow.

Article: "Sanders Fires Up Rally Outside Peterson ‘Fiscal Summit’" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Peter Peterson".

Article: "Conservatives: Giant Bullies Who Abuse the Weak" by Chauncey DeVega.

Article: "National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform" (Bowles-Simpson/Simpson-Bowles) by Wikipedia.

Video: "Heads or Tails" (Bain Capital closed mill).

Article: "Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?" by Jennifer Kahn.

Book: "Agrarian Justice" by Thomas Paine.

Article: "Walker to leave GAO next month" by Klaus Marre - 02/15/08.

Article: "Bush Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia" by Yvonne Ridley.

Video: "Occupy Bilderberg Street Action • Info Jam the Alamo • We Are Change San Antonio".

Hour Two: Is Facebook co-founder an American hero or anti-American?
- Carrie Lukas, Independent Women's Forum

Article: "Right-Wing Lauds Facebook Co-Founder’s Decision To Renounce US Citizenship: He’s ‘An American Hero’" by Adam Peck.

Article: "The Phony Solyndra Solar Scandal" by Dave Johnson.

Article: "The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death" by Ed Pilkington.

Article: "Michele Bachmann renounces Swiss citizenship" by Tim Mak.

Article: "The Cash-for-Visas program" by Michelle Malkin.

Book: Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith, 1759.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent

Article: "Rebekah Brooks charged with perverting the course of justice" by Sandra Laville.

Article: "FBI opens inquiry into JPMorgan Chase $2 billion trading loss" by Richard A. Serrano and Jim Puzzanghera.

Article: "Dimon: London Whale issues "tempest in a teapot"" by MarketWatch.

Article: "Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan CEO, Defends Lobbying, Fends Off Critics At Shareholders Meeting" by D.M. Levine.

Article: "Senior Dems clash over barring detention of accused terrorists" by Jeremy Herb.

Hour Three: Romney bad for business
- Leo Gerard, President-United Steelworkers

Video: "Steel" (Obama).

Video: "American Dream" (Romney).

Article: "Fortune 500 companies have record profits of $825 billion in 2011" by AFP.

The good: "Hagel: Reagan wouldn't identify with today's GOP" by Josh Rogin.

The bad: "Wisconsin Judicial Commission's chairman not reappointed by high court's conservative bloc" by AP.

The very, very ugly: "RNC Chairman Responds To JPMorgan’s Massive Loss By Saying ‘We Need Less’ Financial Regulation" by Travis Waldron.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Book: "The Republican Noise Machine : Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy" by David Brock.

Article: "Common Cause Sues US Senate Over Constitutionality Of Filibuster Rules" by Susie Madrak.

Book: "Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader.

Book: "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission", 2010.

Article: "For Romney, a Course Set Long Ago" by David D. Kirkpatrick.

Article: "Former Mormon Explains Why Mitt Romney Should Never Be President" by Sarah Wood.

Article: "Harry Reid: Filibuster Rule Has 'Been Abused,' Needs Changing" by Jennifer Bendery.

Article: "Greece fails to form coalition government for third time" by AP.

Article: "Virginia House Rejects Judge Because He Is Gay" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "‘Americans Elect’ Ends Online Primary After No Candidates Qualify To Run" by Amy Bingham.