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"Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them." - Mark Hertzgaard =
"If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what we have is a formula for dictatorship, - not democracy... But the American way is to criticize and debate openly, not to accept unthinkingly the doings of government officials of this or any other country." - Michael Parenti =
"America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home." Mark Twain =
"The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it." ? Felix Morley =
"Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act." Albert Einstein =
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do." - Edward Everett Hale === Afghanistan Demands 'Timeline' For End Of Military Intervention By AFP === U.S. Uses al-Qaeda To Justify Foreign Policy Fidel Castro Ruz Al-Qaeda, spawned by the empire itself, is a typical example of an enemy that the hegemonic power places where it needs to in order to then justify its actions, in the same way that, throughout history, it has manufactured enemies and attacks aimed at advancing its plans for domination.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21325.htm === A Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way to the Way to Damascus By Cynthia McKinney === Russian Analyst Predicts Decline and Breakup of U.S. By RIA === Colossal Financial Collapse The Truth behind the Citigroup Bank "Nationalization" By F. William Engdahl On Friday November 21, the world came within a hair's breadth of the most colossal financial collapse in history according to bankers on the inside of events with whom we have contact. The trigger was the bank which only two years ago was America's largest, Citigroup. The size of the US Government de facto nationalization of the $2 trillion banking institution is an indication of shocks yet to come in other major US and perhaps European banks thought to be 'too big to fail.'
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21318.htm === Rebuilding the Nation on a Foundations of Sand By Jim Kirwan === Left Out of the Bailout: The Poor By Mark Kukis "Recent data show poverty is already rising quite substantially," says Robert Greenstein, the executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "There is a strong potential for more hardship and destitution than we have seen in this country in a number of decades."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21319.htm === A Frenzy Over Free Food By Allison Sherry === "A People's History of Poverty in America" By Democracy Now! - Audio === "What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World" By Noam Chomsky === 23 Taliban killed: The US-led Coalition troops killed 23 Taliban in separate operations in central and southern Afghanistan, the military said on Tuesday. The first operation was conducted in Shah Wali Kot district of the country's southern province of Kandahar, said a statement.
http://tinyurl.com/643nf8 === Marine killed in Afghanistan bomb blast: A British soldier was killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
http://tinyurl.com/6f92rx === U.S. could OK Afghan "surge" before Obama takes office: Obama's repeated call for more U.S. forces for the war has led the Pentagon to expect little resistance from the incoming administration, officials said.
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Pakistan troops kill 20 militants: === Iraqi Sunnis unconvinced of U.S. pact on eve of vote: The Iraqi parliament's biggest Sunni bloc said it wanted guarantees of a public referendum on a U.S. security pact before it backed the contentious deal in a vote in parliament on Wednesday.
http://tinyurl.com/5mnljy === Iraq's Nouri Maliki may gain power with U.S. security agreement: An increasingly bold Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has sanctioned politically charged arrests of prominent Sunnis, personally supervised military operations and moved to sideline rivals in recent months, actions that have evoked memories of the country's authoritarian past.
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/itsonlyfair/latimes0553.html === Iranian leaders speak on U.S.-Iraqi pact: "The views of the Iraqi Parliament and senior clerics regarding the Iraq-U.S. security pact, which is based on maintaining sovereignty of Iraq and its national consensus, are confirmed by the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said in statements carried by the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
http://tinyurl.com/5nyjlm === IAEA chief ElBaradei: Let Syria have nuclear aid: Syria's bid for aid in planning a nuclear power plant poses no bomb-making risk and a Western move to block the project threatens to discredit the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA's director said in remarks released on Tuesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1040899.html === US Puts Pressure on Israel to Refrain from Attacks on Iran / Gaza: : === US has never advised Israel against Iran strike: Olmert: === US gathering intel on Iran defenses?: === Hungry Gazans Resort to Animal Feed as U.N. Blasts Israel: Half of Gaza's bakeries have closed down and the other half have resorted to animal feed to produce bread as Israel's complete blockade of the coastal territory enters its 19th day.
http://tinyurl.com/5bro6z === Gaza power plant shuts down: Gaza's sole power plant has shut down because Israel will not allow the importation of replacement parts needed for urgent repairs, an official in the impoverished Palestinian territory's energy authority said on Tuesday.
http://tinyurl.com/589mjs === Top UN official: Israel's policies are like apartheid of bygone era: ==== Israeli policeman headbutts woman in Palestinian demolition clashes: === Five Convicted in Terrorism Financing Trial: === Rights group: 500 Congo opposition members killed: === Zimbabwe on brink of collapse as outbreak of cholera spreads: The situation in Zimbabwe may soon "implode" as a cholera outbreak spreads and basic services collapse, South African leaders and a group of international statesmen warned yesterday.
http://tinyurl.com/5hej3y === Keep missile shield out of Poland, Czech Republic, Obama warned: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned the President-elect Barack Obama that Moscow will respond if he pushes on with plans for a missile defence system in Europe.
http://tinyurl.com/5ehhdp === U.S. missile-warning satellite fails: Space News reported on Monday that the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer John Young has signed a memorandum asking Congress to provide $117 million in funding in fiscal 2009 for a new satellite to hedge against a potential gap in satellite coverage around 2014.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4AN8FK20081124 === Russian warships arrive in Venezuelan port city: . === Chavez slams Obama's 'very bad signals' to Iran: "Iranian President "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent him a letter. The reply wasn't good. It was disrespectful. Obama was unable to get away from the cliche. He spoke like (President George W.) Bush. They are very bad signs," Chavez said in a late night news conference to foreign journalists.
http://www.dose.ca/news/story.html?id=992641 === Bolivarian Candidates Win Majority of State Govt`s in Venezuelan Local Elections: Before the elections, the opposition was hoping to win, at least, 14 state governments, a figure that progressively decreased as the electoral process reached its climax on Sunday.
http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=612363 === Colombia: Stop false accusations against human rights groups: President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia should stop making false and dangerous accusations against human rights groups that criticize his government, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today in a joint statement. Colombia should instead address the human rights concerns they raise.
http://tinyurl.com/65zqnd ==== Bin Laden Driver to Be Sent to Yemen: === Blair's private life', claims ex-US navy operator: === Bush Labor Department misled Congress in effort to privatize jobs: === === US Fed announces $800bn "stimulus": === Data shows sharper US contraction: === Home prices in record plunge: -
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Let us work towards Peace and Joy
Tom Feeley
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