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Yearly Archives: 2008
Paul Craig Roberts Proposes an Economic Fix
Source, and for additional information about the market free-fall.A Solution?By Paul Craig Roberts / October 10, 2008 Readers have been pressing for a solution to the financial crisis. But first it is necessary to understand the problem. Here is the … Continue reading
AIG Proves Corporate America Has No Shame
AIG execs planned SECOND resort trip after bailoutBy Helen Kennedy, Daily News Staff Writer / October 8, 2008 Even as the White House on Wednesday branding it “despicable” for bailed-out AIG to spend $443,000 on a swank company junket, honchos … Continue reading
GOP Rallies : Conservatives Go Ballistic
A McCain supporter yells at Obama supporters before McCain and Palin arrive at a rally, Oct. 8, 2008, in Strongsville, Ohio. Photo by AP.McCain campaign riling up base by ‘ratcheting up fears and frustrations.’ By Jonathan Martin / October 10, … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Conservatives, McCain Campaign, November Election, Political Ethics, Republican Party
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Chomsky: "Progressive Legislation and Social Welfare Have Been Won by Popular Struggles, Not Gifts from Above"
Anti-Democratic Nature of US Capitalism is Being ExposedBy Noam Chomsky / October 10, 2008 Bretton Woods was the system of global financial management set up at the end of the second World War to ensure the interests of capital did … Continue reading
Sarah the Scoundrel : The High Art of Lying
Sarah Palin: Drive-by liar?‘When a candidate repeatedly lies about herself and her accomplishments, the lies reflect profound character disorders.’By Sherman De Brosse / The Rag Blog / October 10, 2008 See video of Sarah Palin defending the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ … Continue reading
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The NSA DOES Spy on Innocent Americans
NSA Snooped on Innocent Americans’ Private Calls from Iraq, Former Operators ChargeBy Ryan Singel / October 09, 2008 The National Security Agency routinely listened in on the intimate and innocent phone calls of Americans in Iraq, including government personnel, journalists … Continue reading
Ron Ridenour: Sounds of Venezuela, Part XI
Ocumare de la Costa at Cata beach in Aragua state, one of hundreds of coastline beaches. Photo: Ron Ridenour. Click here to view the entire series. Sounds of VenezuelaPart XI: Ocumare de la CostaBy Ron Ridenour / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Cleese Does Hannity. And Good…
John Cleese, shown with Sean Hannity. Madagascar photo by rodeime.It’s a beautiful poem from the comedy icon of Monty Python fame that perfectly captures the essence of Sean Hannity. Ode to Sean Hannityby John Cleese Aping urbanityOozing with vanityPlump as … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox News, John Cleese, Poetry, Right Wing Media, Sean Hannity
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Cholera in Iraq: A Result of Government Corruption
Children fill water containers in a former Baghdad army base, now a slum. Cholera has infected many supplies. Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGESCorruption blamed as cholera rips through IraqBy Patrick Cockburn / October 10, 2008 BAGHDAD — A deadly outbreak of cholera … Continue reading
You Don’t Need a Weatherman : George Will and Friends Blast McCain Tactics
George Will calls Sarah Palin John McCain’s ‘female Sancho Panza.’Conservative pundits say negative campaign just isn’t cutting it.By Michael C. Moynihan / October 9, 2008 A bit of conservative blowback on the McCain campaign’s impotent strategy of making the final … Continue reading
Victory for Free Speech at University of Texas
Sign supporting Obama and Rick Noriega on dorm window at UT-Austin.Administration gives in; allows political signs in dorm windows.By Jay Root / October 9, 2008 AUSTIN — Facing a free-speech uproar, the University of Texas backed down Thursday from punishing … Continue reading
CODEPink Questions Henry Paulson’s Leadership
Should Henry ‘The Fox’ Paulson Guard the Henhouse?By Medea Benjamin / October 9, 2008 On Tuesday, October 7, a group of CODEPINK pranksters pranced in front of the New York Stock Exchange. One, wearing an oversized papier maché head of … Continue reading
