Monday, May 25, 2009
NPR:Money To Run, But No Skills To Hide.
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Stalemate in Afghanistan??
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Wealth:Only Mexico & Russia More Unequal Than America.
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
MBA's Gone Bad; a Year of Infamy
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Insurance Companies Are Already Screwing Obama on Health Car
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Homeless:Down And Out in America in Photographs.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Power In America: Wealth, Income & Power.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
California running out of water for farming; growing popula
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
NPR: Can Democracy survive without newspapers, journalists?
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Sell Fuel Efficient Cars Act of 2008" introduced in Senate
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The Climate Debate Heats Up - NY Times
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
BofA and Citi Need Capital as Stress Tests Results Loom.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
25 Men Behind the Financial Crisis
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Robert Greenwald: Fire Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis
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Revolt & Bonuses/ B of A shareholders want Lewis out
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Money for Nothing
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Pelosi: 75% Of American's Want Investigation into Wallstreet
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Wiretap Recorded Rep Harman Promising to Intervene For AIPAC
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U.S. Soldier Killed Herself -- After Refusing Torture Duty
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Jim Webb Says Drug Legalization is "On the Table"
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Bush Officials Tried to Shift Bame for Abuse to Low Ranking
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MADDOW EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Bush official blasts torture memos
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Bailout Overseer Reports Progress To Congress
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Can Anti-trust laws break up Big Banks?
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Who Will Face Down the Gun Lobby?
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EPA to clean-up 50 most polluted sites with stimulus money
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Arctic meltdown is a threat to humanity (Tipping point?)
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Reich: Hold CEOs of big banks accountable, for bonuses etc.
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Fair Elections Now - New Bill for Campaign finance reform
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Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Economic InEquality is increasing
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
House Democrats backing away from "truth commission"
from: http://digg.com/d1nxQp
Saturday, April 4, 2009
More Tax Cuts for the Rich?
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Friday, April 3, 2009
FWD: Protest The Bloated Military Budget
Despite a much needed increase in funding for human needs in the FY 2010 budget, military spending still eats up 57% of the total.
This month, we ask you to stage an event outside your local post office on April 15 to protest the amount of tax dollars spent on the military.
We support the President's decision to put more of the budget toward meeting peoples' basic needs — that's one of our core values.
But we also believe in peace. The United States already accounts for about half of the world's total military spending. To stay true to our values, we must continue to protest the disproportionate amount of money our country invests each year in defense.
Let's take this opportunity to praise the president for shifting money to necessities like health care, food, and education.
Let's also use it to show people how much more we could do.
By working together, we can persuade President Obama to cut even more defense funding in next year's budget.
This month, remind people where their tax dollars are going — good and bad.
You can help!
* Host or attend an event on April 15 - http://support.afsc.org/site/Get...
* Download our resources to help educate your community we have exciting information you'll want to share - http://www.countdowntowithdrawal...
Join us on April 15.
Say yes to funding human needs. Say no to war.
The Wealthy need your help, from NYTimes
The two senators plan to propose an amendment to deeply cut estate taxes for the fraction of the top 1 percent of the population still subject to those levies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/opinion/02thu1.html
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Dems Investigating Bush Administration Role In AIG Collapse
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Pentagon War Spending Hits $685.7 Billion: GAO
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Letter to Obama, Congress re. Iraq and Afghanistan
(From my local newspaper)
In March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq with the blessing of a misguided U.S. Congress. Today it is widely acknowledged by the world that the case made for our invasion was a fabrication of lies and propaganda at the highest level of government.
Today there are over 150,000 U.S. troops remaining in Iraq and more than 50 military bases. Our troop withdrawal has been extended to August 2010 and we will continue to have a large number of our troops in Iraq far into the future.
Life in Iraq is a grim proposition for millions who are grieving dead and injured family members. Massive bombing has caused irreversible destruction. Many are still without electricity, clean water, sanitation, medical care and even basic shelter. Schools have been destroyed and advanced education interrupted.
Recent reports from Iraq describe a tragic situation where hundreds of thousands of war widows and orphans are destitute and forced into begging and prostitution.
Their reality is in sharp contrast to the country club-like atmosphere of the Green Zone where American and foreign opportunistic business is conducted. Visiting congressional and military leaders often have no contact with the average Iraqi.
The United States plans to greatly increase troops in Afghanistan. Many thoughtful scholars, who understand the history of this area and its diverse tribal leadership, believe that massive military escalation is not the way to win the people's hearts and minds. It is equally disturbing to hear of the many U.S. bombings inside the border of Pakistan. Civilians are the frequent "accidental" target in both of these regions.
Members of Voices of Peace of Battle Creek are asking Congress to rethink the use of military force in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Iraq war has wasted hundreds of billion of dollars and caused countless deaths and suffering.
Instead, direct our U.S. government's resources toward peaceful negotiation and humanitarian work and towards building an international partnership to help these people reconstruct their lives, country and government.
U.S. Military Examiner: The Troops Aren’t Coming Home
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Fox News still #1 in brain-washing Americans
Fox remains on a mountain above its two closest competitors, with its prime-time audience in March more than that of MSNBC and CNN combined. "The O'Reilly Factor" has done particularly well, keeping more of its postelection audience than anything else on CNN and MSNBC.
Through Wednesday, Fox was averaging 2.73 million prime-time viewers in March. MSNBC had 1.16 million and CNN had 1.14 million. The March ratings period ends Friday, and it's doubtful CNN will be able to overcome MSNBC.
From the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/6346592.html
Exec says Coleman donor ordered $100K payments
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The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Levin to Release Full Declassifed Report On Detainee Torture
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Call-in Day for Healthcare in the Budget
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Molly Ivins warned about the banking collapse in 1999
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Now Citigroup Is Building A $10-Million New Executive Suite!
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
AIG staff: We deserve this money
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Washington knew AIG was preparing to pay bonuses
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Red Cross Described Torture at CIA Jails.
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Obama will try to block executive bonuses at AIG
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 18 mins ago
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared Monday that insurance giant American International Group is in financial straits because of "recklessness and greed" and said he intends to stop it from paying out millions in executive bonuses.
"It's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay," Obama said at the outset of an appearance to announce help for small businesses hurt by the deep recession.
"How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat," the president said.
A.I.G. Paying $160 Million in Bonuses After Federal Bailout
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Friday, March 13, 2009
UK:Secret Emails Show Iraq Dossier Was 'Sexed Up'.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
$18.4 Billion In Post-Bailout Bonuses and Counting!
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Where Were The Media As Wall Street Imploded?selling out!!
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Rightwing Economics Departments Unswayed by Crashing Economy
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Ron Paul Wants Millions for Ear Marks (Pork)
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Bank Nationalization: Still A Radical Idea?
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Joe the Afterthought
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
The 20 most corrupt members of Congress
The 20 most corrupt members of Congress
from http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/He is the Minority Leader in the 110th Congress and sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee. Sen. McConnell’s ethics issues stem from earmarks he has inserted into legislation for clients of his former chief of staff, lobbyist Gordon Hunter Bates, in exchange for campaign contributions as well as the misuse of his nonprofit The McConnell Center for Political Leadership at the University of Louisville. Sen. McConnell was profiled in CREW’s 2007 congressional corruption report.
Gordon Hunter Bates and the Bates Capitol Group LLC
Gordon Hunter Bates served as Sen. McConnell’s chief legal counsel and then chief of staff from 1997 to 2002. After a 2003 lawsuit ended his bid for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, he opened a lobbying firm, Bates Capitol Group LLC (Bates Capitol). Bates Capitol clients include: E-Cavern, Voice for Humanity, Appriss Inc. and Boardpoint LLC, all of which have received earmarks thanks to Sen. McConnell. In addition, the senator rewrote legislation to help another Bates Group client, UPS Inc. All of these companies have made substantial contributions to Sen. McConnell’s campaigns.
If Sen. McConnell accepted donations to his campaign and political action committees in direct exchange for earmarking federal funds to clients of Bates Capitol, he may have violated the bribery statute and House rules. In addition, by using his position as a member of Congress to financially benefit clients of a lobbying firm owned by his former staff member, Sen. McConnell may be depriving his constituents, the United States Senate and the United States of his honest services.
The McConnell Center for Political Leadership
The McConnell Center for Political Leadership was founded by Sen. McConnell in 1991 as a non-profit organization for which the senator raises funds. Two of the largest donors to the McConnell Center are Ashland Inc. and UPS, which have donated $500,000 and $400,000 respectively. Some donations to the McConnell Center have been delivered to Sen. McConnell’s Capitol Hill office.
The University of Louisville Foundation was sued by the Courier Journal because the center insisted on maintaining the anonymity of its donors. In August 2008, the Kentucky Supreme Court held that the University of Louisville could not withhold information about donors from public records requests. The court agreed with the newspaper that “certain donors may not simply wish to conceal their identities, but rather may wish to conceal the true purposes of their donations.” Though the court ruled that the identities of 62 donors who requested their donations be anonymous need not be revealed, future donors will not be permitted to make anonymous donations.
If Sen. McConnell provided legislative assistance in return for contributions to the McConnell Center, he may have violated federal law and House rules.
More Pork for the Military-Industrial complex, PMA Group
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Why a War Crimes Commission Could Enable Prosecutions
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Monday, February 23, 2009
George W. Bush: Worst record of job creation-ever
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Stanford Owns The Congress - HUGE List of donations to campaign comm.
Source: Open Secrets Org
Name
Total
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
$965,500
National Republican Congressional Cmte
$250,125
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte
$202,000
Republican National Cmte
$160,744
National Republican Senatorial Cmte
$133,345
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla)
$45,900
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas)
$41,375
Pres. Barack Obama (D)*
$31,750
Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio)
$28,200
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz)*
$28,150
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)
$27,500
Democratic Party of New Jersey
$25,000
Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas)
$20,100
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)
$19,700
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
$17,000
Rep. Charlie A. Gonzalez (D-Texas)
$15,500
Rep. Max Sandlin (D-Texas)
$15,500
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
$15,100
Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas)*
$14,500
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala)
$14,000
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)*
$11,800
Rep. Martin Frost (D-Texas)
$11,000
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss)
$8,800
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev)
$8,500
Greg Davis (R-Miss)
$8,500
Raul L. Martinez (D-Fla)
$7,600
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)
$7,300
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
$7,000
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
$6,900
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
$6,100
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash)
$6,000
Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill)
$5,300
Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio)
$5,000
Del. Donna Christian-Green (D-VI)
$5,000
Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)
$5,000
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa)
$5,000
John Neely Kennedy (R-La)*
$5,000
Bill Richardson (D)
$4,600
Rudolph W. Giuliani (R)
$4,600
Nikki Tinker (D-Tenn)
$4,600
Mitt Romney (R)
$4,600
Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY)
$4,550
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY)
$4,000
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass)
$4,000
Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD)
$4,000
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
$4,000
Rep. Ken Bentsen (D-Texas)
$4,000
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill)
$3,500
Woody Jenkins (R-La)
$3,500
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
$3,500
Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla)
$3,500
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill)
$3,000
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va)
$3,000
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn)
$3,000
Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla)
$3,000
Rep. Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio)
$3,000
Rep. Melvin L. Watt (D-NC)
$3,000
Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC)
$3,000
Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY)
$2,550
Jonathan Powers (3-NY)
$2,550
Rep. Michael E. McMahon (D-NY)
$2,550
Rep. Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla)
$2,500
Rep. Adam H. Putnam (R-Fla)
$2,500
Sen. Gordon H. Smith (R-Ore)
$2,500
Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich)
$2,500
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga)
$2,500
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va)
$2,500
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss)
$2,500
Rep. Stephen Ira Cohen (D-Tenn)
$2,500
Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn)
$2,500
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla)
$2,500
Sen. John E. Sununu (R-NH)
$2,500
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)
$2,500
Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa)
$2,500
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky)
$2,500
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La)
$2,500
Rep. Walter Clifford Minnick (D-Idaho)
$2,300
Dan Seals (D-Ill)
$2,300
Linda D. Stender (D-NJ)
$2,300
Rep. John A. Boccieri (D-Ohio)
$2,300
Rep. Deborah Halvorson (D-Ill)
$2,300
Ashwin Madia (D-Minn)
$2,300
Republican Party of Texas
$2,300
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala)
$2,000
Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi (R-Ohio)
$2,000
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)
$2,000
Christine Jennings (D-Fla)
$2,000
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas)
$2,000
Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas)
$2,000
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
$2,000
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla)
$2,000
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
$2,000
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas)
$2,000
Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Md)
$2,000
Rep. Pete King (R-NY)
$1,500
Sen. John Breaux (D-La)
$1,500
Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas)
$1,500
Tony Perkins (R-La)
$1,500
Rep. David Scott (D-Ga)
$1,500
Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr (R-La)
$1,500
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
$1,500
Daniel Johnson (D-NC)
$1,250
Joe Garcia (D-Fla)
$1,000
Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La)
$1,000
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas)
$1,000
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif)
$1,000
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del)
$1,000
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn)
$1,000
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WVa)
$1,000
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash)
$1,000
Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
$1,000
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
$1,000
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
$1,000
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan)
$1,000
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont)
$1,000
Sen. Rod Grams (R-Minn)
$1,000
Sen. Robert G. Torricelli (D-NJ)
$1,000
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
$1,000
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass)
$1,000
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass)
$1,000
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga)
$1,000
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn)
$1,000
Sen. John Edwards (D)
$750
Pres. George W. Bush (R)
$750
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas)
$500
Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
$500
Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla)
$500
Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn)
$500
Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr (D-Tenn)
$500
Sen. David Vitter (R-La)
$500
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla)
$500
Rep. Robert E Latta (R-Ohio)
$500
Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio)
$500
Bruce Lunsford (D-Ky)
$500
Vernon Jones (D-Ga)
$500
William G. Shafroth (D-Colo)
$500
Democratic Party of Tennessee
$500
Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss)
$250
George E. Irvin Sr (D-Miss)
$250
Sen. George Allen (R-Va)
$250
Rep. Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr. (R-Miss)
$250
Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)
$250
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sen. Patrick Leahy: Investigate Bush-Cheney Abuses
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Rep. Kucinich introduces Dept. of Peace Bill with 62 co-sponsors
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) yesterday reintroduced legislation that would authorize a Cabinet-level Department of Peace.
“It is well known that in times of economic difficulty violence increases. When relationships are strained by economic hardship, domestic violence, violent robbery and abuse of children and animals all increase. When the world is facing possibly the largest economic downturn since the Great Depression, now is not the time to ignore social issues and interpersonal relationships, now is the time to make special attention to make sure that our relations and health do not suffer along with our pocket books,” stated Kucinich.
The Cabinet-level Department authorized in the legislation embodies a broad-based approach to peaceful, non-violent conflict resolution at both domestic and international levels. The Department of Peace would serve to promote non-violence as an organizing principle in our society, and help to create the conditions for a more peaceful world
“Peace is a foundational principle of this Congress and of this country. This bill gives it a chance to have an animating power in our civic life by addressing the issues of domestic violence, spousal abuse, child abuse, violence in the schools and racial violence,” added Kucinich."
Sunday, February 8, 2009
New G.O.P. Chairman Made Questionable Payment To Sister
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Richest 1% hold more wealth than any time since 1929
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Friday, February 6, 2009
The Wall Street Journal Blew Chance to Expose Madoff
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
SEC pummeled as Madoff tipster testifies
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Obama says "Some Banks Won't Make It"
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Dodd Orders Treasury to Recover Billions in Wall St. Bonuses
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Bailouts for Bunglers
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In Daschle’s Tax Woes, a Peek Into Washington
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Reasons why U.S.-Israel relations won't change: PAC $$$
Candidate Contributions: 2007-2008 Campaign Cycle
Total 2007-2008 campaign contributions: $183,000
(this is just ONE, pro-Israeli PAC - there have to be at least a dozen of them)
Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) $4500
Engel, Eliot (D-NY) $5000
Levin, Carl (D-MI) $5000
Cohen, Steve (D-TN) $5000
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) $5000
Reed, Jack (D-RI) $5000
Durbin, Richard (D-IL) $5000
Rockefeller, John (D-WV) $5000
Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) $5000
Harkin, Tom (D-IA) $5000
Baucus, Max (D-MT) $5000
Wicker, Roger (R-MS) $5000
Coleman, Norm (R-MN) $5000
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $5000
Landrieu, Mary (D-LA) $10000
Lowey, Nita (D-NY) $2000
Crowley, Joseph (D-NY) $2000
McHenry, Patrick (R-NC) $2000
Giffords, Gabrielle (D-AZ) $2500
Cornyn, John (R-TX) $2500
Israel, Steve (D-NY) $2500
Andrews, Robert (D-NJ) $2500
Johnson, Tim (D-SD) $2500
Lautenberg, Frank (D-NJ) $2500
Pryor, Mark (D-AR) $2500
Salazar, John (D-CO) $2500
Marshall, Jim (D-GA) $2500
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (D-FL) $2500
Schiff, Adam (D-CA) $2500
Roberts, Pat (R-KS) $2500
Kirk, Mark (R-IL) $3000
Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA) $3500
Bean, Melissa (D-IL) $3500
Sanchez, Linda (D-CA) $3500
Reichert, Dave (R-WA) $3500
Hall, John (D-NY) $3500
Barrow, John (D-GA) $3500
Collins, Susan (R-ME) $3500
Dreier, David (R-CA) $3500
Boswell, Leonard (D-IA) $3500
Gerlach, Jim (R-PA) $3500
Edwards, Chet (D-TX) $3500
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) $3500
Harman, Jane (D-CA) $3500
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) $3500
Ackerman, Gary (D-NY) $3500
Berman, Howard (D-CA) $3500
Emanuel, Rahm (D-IL) $500
Michaud, Michael (D-ME) $500
Warner, Mark (D-VA) $1000
Boehner, John (R-OH) $1000
Risch, Jim (R-ID) $1000
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX) $1000
Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) $1000
Baca, Joe (D-CA) $1000
Enzi, Michael (R-WY) $1000
Klein, Ron (D-FL) $1000
Becerra, Xavier (D-CA) $1000
Udall, Tom (D-NM) $1000
Hodes, Paul (D-NH) $1000
Costa, Jim (D-CA) $1500
400 richest Americans’ incomes doubled under Bush
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Angry Senator Wants Pay Cap On Wall Street 'Idiots'
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wall Street bonusfest 2008: 6th largest haul on record
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Keith Olbermann: Former NSA analyst, Tice, talks a/ illegal spying
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Russell Tice, a former analyst for the National Security Agency, appeared on last night's MSNBC "Countdown" and revealed a massive and targeted domestic spying program has been in effect for the last several years. While the Bush Administration vigorously maintained all spying was done legally and only on international communications involving suspected terrorists, Mr. Tice noted the eavesdropping program was much broader and alleged specific domestic, non terrorist groups were targeted. Here's a video of the interview:
Rachel Maddow Show/ NSA spying with Carl Bernstein
Russell Tice, a former analyst for the National Security Agency, appeared on last night's MSNBC "Countdown" and revealed a massive and targeted domestic spying program has been in effect for the last several years. While the Bush Administration vigorously maintained all spying was done legally and only on international communications involving suspected terrorists, Mr. Tice noted the eavesdropping program was much broader and alleged specific domestic, non terrorist groups were targeted. Here's a video of the interview:
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
How The Republican Party Has Conned America for 30 Years
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Monday, January 26, 2009
The Dirty Dozen: 12 People to Blame For the Financial Crisis
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
This Land is Your Land FORBIDDEN VERSES Sung at Inauguration
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Vowing transparency, Obama OKs ethics guidelines
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Study Busts Antarctica's Chill On Global Warming
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Warming map for Artic Winters from 1954-2003
Recent observed surface air temperature changes over the Arctic region are the largest in the world. Winter (DJF) rates of warming exceed 4 degrees C. over portions of the Arctic land areas (shown left). We provide Arctic temperature trends and changes of other primary surface variables (e.g., sea level pressure, precipitation, sea ice cover) archived in this climate summary, portions of which are published each year in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/
’92 Ponzi Case Investigation Missed Signals About Madoff
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"The End of Banking as We Know It" - from NYTimes
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Monday, January 19, 2009
"The End of Banking as We Know It" - from NYTimes
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
2008 U.S. Foreclosure Heat Map
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Hot Button - Red State Indiana
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Widening Gap: Republican / Democratic View on Climate Change
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Bill: Contempt of Congress pursued against Bush's Chief Stff
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Obama, Rick Warren, Africa, AIDS, abstinence only
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Conyers: Obama Should Not Nominate Sanjay Gupta
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Conyers introduces bill to investigate Bush war powers
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Sneaky Senate resolution on Gaza and Code Pink
Dear xxx,
Yesterday, the Senate passed a secretly drafted and fast-tracked resolution co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Senator Mitch McConnell by unanimous voice vote (meaning there will be no written record of who voted yes or who abstained) "recognizing the right of Israel to defend itself against attacks from Gaza and reaffirming the United States' strong support for Israel in its battle with Hamas, and supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process." (You can read the full text of the bill here)
There was nothing in this one-sided legislation, which was familiarly referred to by Senate staffers we spoke to as "The AIPAC bill," that will help the 1.5 million Gazans who are currently under siege. And there is nothing in this bill that will do anything to support "the Israeli-Palestinian peace process."
Congress is expected to vote on similar legislation within the next few days. Please call your Representative TODAY to ask him or her to vote no on any legislation that fails to call for an for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire -- as well as for unimpeded access for humanitarian aid into Gaza and a lifting of Israel's blockade.
If you don't know who represents you in Congress, then you can find out at Congress.org (enter your zip code in the upper right corner of the website). Once you know who represents you call 202-224-3121 and the operator will connect you to your Representative*.
Please amplify your impact on Congress by forwarding this email to your friends.
Calling for Peace,
Gael, Jodie, and Medea
PS. Today, CODEPINK, along with Jewish and Muslim women, will deliver a flood of white roses to Obama's Washington, DC hotel, with the message, "Please do not be silent. The children of Gaza need your help." For $5, you can add a white rose to the bouquet and a voice to the chorus of those who speak out!
* When you are connected to your Representative's office, keep your message short and to the point. Tell them:
Congress should be calling for an immediate, unconditional, comprehensive ceasefire. The assault on Gaza must stop and Hamas's firing of rockets into Israel must stop. The blockade of Gaza must be lifted so that medicine, food, fuel and other necessities can flow freely into the territory. With close to 800 killed and over 3,000 wounded, the carnage must end before any diplomatic settlement can be achieved.
It is vitally important that Congress hears from us! A Representative's voting choice can be swayed by as few as 20 phone calls. Your call WILL make a difference -- call 202.224.3121 NOW
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Open Left:: Letters from Wingnuttia - New Deal Edition
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Natl Security, Dennis Blair - the Military-Industrial Complex
Quoting from Wikipedia:
As early as 2002, the President of IDA, Retired U.S. Air Force General Larry Welch, was being paid an annual salary of $323,979, according to IDA’s Form 990 for the year beginning Sept. 29, 2001 and ending Sept. 27, 2002.
At least ten other IDA executives were also paid annual salaries of over $140,000 in 2002. For instance, the IDA Vice-President for Administration and Finance, Ruth Greenstein, was paid an annual salary of $261,212, while the IDA Vice-President for Planning and Evaluation was paid $212,554. Annual salaries of between $196,889 and $231,076 were also paid to the directors of IDA’s five weapons research divisions in 2002.
In addition, the chairman of the IDA board of trustees, former University of South Carolina President John Palms, was paid an additional $27,100 in 2002 by IDA for his work as IDA board chairman. MIT Professor Sheila Widnall, a former Clinton Administration Secretary of the Air Force, also was paid an additional $10,800 in 2002 by IDA for apparently representing MIT on IDA’s board of trustees in 2002.
Although IDA is a non-profit, from its Pentagon weapons research contracts in 2002 it earned total revenues of $145 million that were $4 million more than the $141 million it had to spend on its weapons research think-tank activity. These funds are spent on internally-initiated research projects.
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Think Again: Climate Change
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Monday, January 5, 2009
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR #1 TOPIC AT OFFICIAL OBAMA WEBSITE
SPECIAL PROSECUTORQUESTION NUMBER ONE NOW ON THE OBAMA SITE
Thanks to your valiant participation, the question we told you about, asking about a special prosecutor for the gravest crimes of the Bush/Cheney administration is now NUMBER ONE on the official Obama site. And as of last check they are still open for voting. So if you have not voted already, the easiest way to find the question is
1. Sign in at http://change.gov/openforquestions and remember you have to set up a login for yourself at that site to vote
2. Click on "Additional Issues" under "Pick a Topic" on the left
3. The special prosecutor question started by "Bob Fertik" should be the one leading the top of that section (and now leading all questions over all topics with 16,000 votes).
4. Look right for the checkbox, mouseover it so it goes from white to dark, then click to cast your vote
Please cast your vote as soon as possible, as the voting may close at any time. They may not work straight through holiday weekends, but we DO,
What this means is that Obama will now have to ANSWER this question on his official site, just as if he had accepted this question at a real press conference. And we're going to keep the heat on in every other possible way, just stay tuned.
THEN GET YOUR NEW CONVICT DICK & W CAP TO DEMONSTRATE WITH
As we in the White House accountability movement look forward, whether it's impeachment, federal prosecution, or state by state prosecutions as a last resort, the key work is "convict". And that is why we are introducing a new cap to wear to continue to carry the ball with that says "CONVICT DICK & W" in red, white and blue. If you want to be one of the first to get one of these new caps please submit the page below.
New Convict Dick & W Cap: http://www.usalone.com/convict_cap.php
We are not setting a price for these. You can have one for a contribution of any amount. We just want to put as many out there as possible. And we will have much more news for you soon about planned actions to pressure prosecutors at all levels to step up to the plate and do their duty.
We are in this thing for the long haul, folks. The criminal dictators of the future can only be constrained by pursuing prosecution NOW of the criminal dictators of the present and past. In some cases it has taken many years of work by dedicated activists to bring criminal former heads of state to justice.
We the people will never forget the crimes of the Bush/Cheney administration. How can we? Their willful disasters will cripple our economy, our military, every aspect of our government and our own personal lives for many years to come. But if we just continue to speak out, someday soon enough there WILL be prosecutors at some level who will have the integrity, backbone and determination to do what Congress to their eternal shame did not.
Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.
Senator Reid calls Bush a liar - Meet The Press
SEN. REID: I wrote a book and I said that in the book several times. David, I am who I am. I'm going to continue being who I am. I think you just have to call things the way you see them. I really do believe that President Bush is the worst president we've ever had. I think his efforts to destroy Social Security were very bad. That brought about one of those statements. I think as we've looked now at what's happened to the stock market, wouldn't that have been an awful thing to do, to privatize Social Security? Medicare, he's done, he's done his very best to destroy Medicare. Medicare, a wonderful program. Perfect? Of course not. But one of the best programs ever developed to take care of sick people. So...
MR. GREGORY: You said that the war is lost. Today, in 2009, that's no longer your view?SEN. REID: David, listen, someone else will have to determine that as the years go on. What has the war done? It's brought about--it's destabilized the Middle East. We have a civil war going on in Israel. We have a civil war in Iraq, as indicated today, more than 50 people killed with a bomb in Iraq today. We have Lebanon, a civil war there. We have Iran thumbing their nose with every, everyone. And if that weren't bad enough, our standing in the world community is so far down as a result of this war, so--and that doesn't take into consideration the tens of thousands who have been injured...
SEN. REID: ...and the thousands have been killed in the war. So it's, it's--historians will have to talk about what the war in Iraq did. But I think historians today indicate, as I have, the outline that I've given.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608
Sunday, January 4, 2009
The N.Y. Developement Project & the $100,000 donation to Clinton
A picture of DESTINY USA - developement in Upstate New York; heavily financed with tax breaks and subsidies etc.. The chief developer gave $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation in 2004. Hillary Clinton pushed a bill through the Senate which helped this developement.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Survey: Oil May Lose Top Rank as Cheapest Energy
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