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"The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." - Edward Dowling
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20095.htm = "Let us revise our views and work from the premise that all laws should be for the welfare of society as a whole and not directed at the punishment of sins." -- John Biggs, Jr. (1895-1979) former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1945-65) =
"Free government is founded in jealousy, not confidence. It is jealousy and not confidence which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind those we are obliged to trust with power.... In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in men, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."-- Thomas Jefferson, 1799 =
"For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise." -- Harry Browne =
""The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." -- Albert Einstein Now, Is The Crucial Time You can make a difference! By Ramsey Clark === Ford's Legacy By David Glenn Cox All change in the world comes either from rot or from new growth. Ford's pardon of Nixon might have been expedient at the time, but it has allowed the rot to fester. Senator Carl Levin wants a congressional inquiry into the actions of the Vice President and the Attorney General and their role in the torturing of prisoners. Thanks to Gerald Ford this is a question rather than a precedent. Had Nixon been put on trial, win, lose or draw there would be precedent for putting members of the Executive branch on trial.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21526.htm === Guns, Butter, and Obama By Conn Hallinan Over the next several months there will be a battle for hearts and minds, but not in Iraq or Afghanistan. The war will be here at home, waged mostly in the halls of Congress, where grim lobbyists for one of the top 15 economies in the world are digging in to preserve their stake in the massive U.S. military budget.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21522.htm === In Case you missed it: In The Great Tradition Obama Is A Hawk By John Pilger In 1941, the editor Edward Dowling wrote: "The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." What has changed? The terror of the rich is greater than ever, and the poor have passed on their delusion to those who believe that when George W Bush finally steps down next January, his numerous threats to the rest of humanity will diminish.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20095.htm === 1/3 of Banks Will Disappear Next Year CBS Video Report === Greed Has Pushed Political Credibility and Financial Trust into Freefall By Gary Younge Greenspan's ideology was unfettered, free-market capitalism. Its understanding of how the world works was rooted in self-interest. It was a value system that placed the private before the public, the individual before the collective, and the wealth of the few before the welfare of the many.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21523.htm === Hey Reagan Democrats Now Do You Get It? By David Michael Green The very people who had failed to regulate the folks causing the Even Greater Depression of the early twenty-first century now took $700 billion worth of taxpayer money and handed it to those same financial 'industry' crooks, without any requirements at all on what they could do with the money. But when the blue collar auto industry wanted just $15 billion to keep millions of middle class jobs afloat, the Republicans wouldn't give it to them.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21528.htm === Higher Wages or Bubblenomics: What's it gonna be? By Mike Whitney === A New Wind Blowing By Mary Pitt === Pakistan Army Operation killed 11 militants in Sawat: === India threatens Pakistan with deadline: === 'Surgical strikes' mean war, senators warn India: The Senate on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of allowing India 'surgical strikes' in saying such attacks would be taken as aggression. "Any violation of Pakistani territory would be considered as war and would be repulsed with full force,"
http://tinyurl.com/8lehbp === What war with Pakistan could mean for India: ===
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Pakistan urges India to accept help offer: Pakistan's parliament called on India to respond positively to Pakistani offers of cooperation in investigating the Mumbai attacks and condemned "war hype" between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
http://tinyurl.com/98uug3 === Six "Taliban" militants killed near Afghan capital: === Torture, Slaughter and Lies : === Occupation Force Soldier Killed In Afghanistan: The ISOF said in a statement that the soldier was killed on Wednesday, but it did not specify victim's nationality or the circumstances leading to his death.
http://tinyurl.com/8tvc2e === Afghanistan's President Karzai laments coalition use of 'thugs': === Civilians deaths angering Afghans: report: Hundreds of Afghans have been killed in U.S. air strikes this year, undermining public support for the continued presence of NATO-led and U.S. coalition troops in Afghanistan and leading to a rift between President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1108205 === Iraq bomb kills woman and three children: A woman and three children were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded near the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, the US military and a medical official said.
http://tinyurl.com/7hdmpc === No evidence to convict 10,000 detainees- U.S. commander: U.S. forces in Iraq have detained 10,000 prisoners without evidence of their wrongdoing, a U.S. detention centers in Iraq commander said on Monday.
http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=105044 === Shoe-thrower is brave: Iraqi ex-speaker: The newly resigned Iraqi parliament speaker has praised the journalist who threw shoes at US President George W Bush and says the legislature should have supported him.
http://tinyurl.com/8mebjm === Iraq story buried by US networks: === US Says Iraq Won't Force Rebel Group Back to Iran: The State Department said Wednesday that Iraq has assured the United States it will not forcibly repatriate members of an Iranian rebel group that has been based in Iraq since the Saddam Hussein era.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1049394.html === Iran Leader's Christmas Message Decries Bullies: Iran's president is offering season's greetings to Christians in a British TV address and suggests that if Jesus were alive, he would oppose "bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers" - an apparent reference to the U.S. and its allies.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6522978 === Gaza Militant Killed In Israeli Attack: Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas, had said earlier on Wednesday that the latest rocket barrage was in retaliation to the killing of three Palestinian militants by the Israeli army on Tuesday.
http://tinyurl.com/a4n9qo === UN chief calls on Hamas to immediately end rocket attacks on Israel: === Rattling the Cage: Accept Hamas's offer: Hamas is offering Israel a cease-fire if Israel lifts the siege on Gaza - and Israel should take it.
http://tinyurl.com/7vpbj3 === Netanyahu pledges to topple Hamas if elected prime minister: === MK Pines: Netanyahu struck nasty deal with Eitam, sold Likud out for cash: "Netanyahu was feeling stressed out again over the Likud's financial troubles, and the solution he found was to sell the Likud to the far-Right in exchange for cash," Pines said in a press release.
http://tinyurl.com/9kmkcd ====
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Racist: Jewish parents thwart enrollment of Arab girl in daycare: === Bush pardons man who helped Israel during "wartime": === Somalia's President and PM decide to resign : ==== Medvedev: we will fight to defend interests: === Russia to allocate $35.3 billion for arms production in 2009-11: === Guantanamo lawyer says Gates may have committed perjury: === Robert Scheer: Cheney's Legacy of Deception: === Obama wants Bush war team to stay: === N.Y. investor kills himself after losing over $1 billion in alleged Madoff scam: === 'PONZI SCHEME' AT CITI: === Japan Should Scrap U.S. Debt; Dollar May Plummet, Mikuni Says: === Investor demands fund checks: The second-biggest investor in hedge funds will demand that some of the largest names in the industry, including Cerberus, Citadel, DE Shaw and SAC Capital, appoint independent administrators or face it pulling its money.
http://tinyurl.com/8udj6k === U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances: === US Army Ready If Downturn Gets Out Of Hand: The US Army War College is on the case - ready to handle "unforeseen economic collapse" and the "rapid dissolution of public order in all or significant parts of the US."
http://tinyurl.com/85qd48 === U.S. jobless claims surge to 26-year high: === Housing Starts Fall Through the Floor: === Unemployed Americans Competing With Immigrant Labor for Unskilled Jobs: "Everybody is coming to look for work," Rene Jemio, outreach coordinator for the hiring hall, told the Wall Street Journal. "It's not just your average immigrant anymore; it's African-Americans and whites, too.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470656,00.html ===
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US Army Ready If Downturn Gets Out Of Hand: The US Army War College is on the case - ready to handle "unforeseen economic collapse" and the "rapid dissolution of public order in all or significant parts of the US."
http://tinyurl.com/85qd48 Nice.  --B. |
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