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Another Bank Fails (And There’s a McCain Involved)
Silver State Bank Goes Belly UpBy Cookie Jill / September 8, 2008 Guess Andrew McCain learned “economics” from his dad. Regulators on friday shut down Silver State Bank, saying the Nevada bank failed because of losses on soured loans, mainly … Continue reading
Junior’s Legacy Revealed
Bush’s Legacy Memo Leaked to Press By Lee Camp / September 9, 2008 Click the graphic to read it Source / 23/6 Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
Howard Zinn : ‘US Influence Is Declining, Its Power Is Declining’
Howard Zinn is the author of, most notably, A People’s History of the United States, a National-Book-Award-nominated text that investigates US history from the standpoint of the oppressed. Other books by Zinn include Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology and … Continue reading
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Designed to Maintain the Political Status Quo
Deception and Delusion: Dummies for Democracyby Joel S. Hirschhorn / September 9, 2008 I confess. I believe there is a ruling class that sustains the two-party plutocracy running the nation for the benefit of the rich and corporate class. Their … Continue reading
Demobama Versus Republicain
This appears as a comment to an AlterNet article titled “Why Obama’s Message Resonates with Millions” by Matt Taibbi. The article is fine, but this faux conversation between competing wings of the Money Party says more than most of us … Continue reading
Election Nearing : Ratchet Up the Fear Factor
It disgusts me that the politics of fear has become big business in the US. How can I be anything but deeply cynical about a power elite that ratchets up this fear-mongering for the election and a complacent population that … Continue reading
Why Do We Continue to Tolerate the BushCo Lies?
Video Shows US Carnage In AfghanistanBy Tom Coghlan / September 8, 2008 Harrowing video film backs Afghan villagers’ claims of carnage caused by US troops KABUL — As the doctor walks between rows of bodies, people lift funeral shrouds to … Continue reading
Explaining the Results of US Presidential Elections
Why Rednecks May Rule the WorldBy Joe Bageant / September 7, 2008 During this US election cycle we are hearing a lot from the pundits and candidates about “heartland voters,” and “white working class voters.” What they are talking about … Continue reading
Another Episode of Bringing Democracy to Iraq
Karkh juvenile prison in 2004. The prison currently holds 315 children, while its capacity is 250. Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFPInmates tell of sexual abuse and beatings in Iraq’s overcrowded juvenile prison systemBy Jonathan Steele / September 8 2008 BAGHDAD — Hundreds … Continue reading
Capitalist Democracy in Amerikkka Has Reached Its Logical Conclusion
Riot police face off with demonstrators as the police block a bridge into downtown St. Paul to keep protesters from getting close to the site at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota September 4, 2008. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj)Tyranny on Display … Continue reading
Khyber Pass Reopens for Traffic to NATO Troops
I cannot resist remarking that this is eerily similar to the Pakistani reaction following the events of September 11, 2001: instant acquiescence. Recall that there was rumour of a threat from the reigning US Vice-Emperor that Pakistan would be bombed … Continue reading
A Little Succession History from an Expert
John Tyler, the first US Vice President who succeeded to the Presidency in 1841The Sarah Palin selection: Why McCain’s inexperienced running mate falls short of meeting the implicit constitutional qualifications for vice presidentsBy John W. Dean / September 5, 2008 … Continue reading
