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Written by: Gerry Lykins on Feb 7, 2010 8:32 AM EST

Sunday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ February 7th, 2010

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Editorial: The Truth About the Deficit

The government will soon need to address the deficit, but the last thing it should do is slash spending when unemployment is high and growth is fragile.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/opinion/07sun1.html?hp

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Global market turmoil hints that U.S. recovery may founder

Conflicting U.S. jobs data and mounting concerns about debt defaults abroad that threaten global economic growth triggered a worldwide wave of stock-market volatility Friday amid fears that the improving U.S. economy could unravel. » read more

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/83814.html

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Deepening Debt Crisis:

The Bernanke Reappointment: Be Afraid, Very Afraid
By Prof Michael Hudson
When banks “provide credit” by writing loans, what they are selling is debt.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24608.htm

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Goldman’s Hand in AIG’s Collapse

Recently disclosed internal documents and an audio recording regarding a 2008 securities standoff between Goldman Sachs and insurance giant AIG appear to be the smoking guns necessary to pinpoint Goldman’s culpability in the mortgage meltdown and the collapse of AIG.

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/goldman_pushed_aig_to_collapse_20100206/

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Hey Congress -- Stand up to Wall Street!

Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog  

http://www.alternet.org/economy/145559/hey_congress_--_stand_up_to_wall_street%21

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Prejudice and Principle Brew at Tea Party Meet

600 delegates from all over the US descended on the cavernous Gaylord hotel to plot strategy as opening speech harks back to America's segregationist past

by Ed Pilkington

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/06

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

Saying 'Constitution' while meaning 'Lawlessness': Palin attacks Obama

http://www.juancole.com/

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Palin E-mails Reveal Powerful 'First Dude'

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/internal_emails_show_robust_role_for_shadow_govern.php?ref=fpblt

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As the he antics of O'Keefe and company demonstrate, the right has failed to train many genuine journalists. So why do mainstream journalists swallow their line?

James O'Keefe, the Landrieu 'Sting' and the Truth About Conservative 'Journalism'

By Eric Alterman

http://www.alternet.org/news/145564/james_o%27keefe%2C_the_landrieu_%27sting%27_and_the_truth_about_conservative_%27journalism%27

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On Super Bowl Sunday, a Focus on the Fetus

Katha Pollitt:The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100222/pollitt

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Something else to consider on Superbowl Sunday…

Offensive Play

How different are dogfighting and football?

by Malcolm Gladwell

Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell#ixzz0er7Fj1SM
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell#ixzz0er7W4tbV

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Disquiet on the Western Front

Vigilante Justice in the Land of Enchantment

By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR

http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair02052010.html

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The Best Way to Honor Howard Zinn

by Ralph Nader

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/02/06-0

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If you missed Bill Moyers Journal on Friday evening.. the whole show was worth watching.. and particularly Bills final comments copied & pasted below!….

From Bill Moyers JOURNAL…

WHAT'S NEXT FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE?
In the wake of a controversial Supreme Court decision giving corporations and unions more freedom to spend on elections, many federal and state lawmakers are hoping to curb Citizens United V. FEC's effect on elections. Find out how some legislators are fighting to curb Big Money spending even as the Court invalidates laws in 24 states aimed at keeping elections clean.

DEBATING CITIZENS UNITED V. FEC
Libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie and legal scholar Lawrence Lessig discuss public financing of campaigns and the effects of money on politics.

DR. MARGARET FLOWERS ON MEDICARE FOR ALL
Pediatrician Margaret Flowers speaks about protesting for change and her recent arrest in an effort to get a Medicare-for-all plan back on the table.

BILL MOYERS: Everybody's been talking about that Republican retreat last weekend, where President Obama engaged his opponents in a give and take. But what you may not know is that it was organized by something called the Congressional Institute. Nice highfalutin civic bunch, you might deduce from its name. Turns out the Congressional Institute is funded by corporate contributions and run by top Republican lobbyists. There are fourteen members on its board--twelve are registered lobbyists. And the contributors to the Congressional Institute read like a who's who of corporate America. Among its benefactors have been General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Time Warner, UPS. The institute's chairman lobbies for among others, Goldman Sachs, B.P., Health Net and AHIP. That's the trade group for the health insurance industry that fought tooth and nail against the public option and brought the White House to its knees.

Now if any Democrats out there are gloating over this, I'm not finished. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also had a cozy little retreat last weekend at a Ritz-Carlton resort in Miami Beach, which boasts "sumptuous marble baths," a spa, and a two million dollar art collection. The website Politico.com reports that in addition to prominent Democratic senators there were plenty of representatives from industries the Democrats regularly attack when they wear their populist hat: the American Bankers Association, the tobacco giant Altria, the oil company Marathon, several drug manufacturers, and the defense contractor Lockheed Martin, as well as Heather and Tony Podesta -- two of the biggest corporate spear carriers on K Street and two of the biggest Democrats in town. Very, very intimate. And very, very politically incestuous.

One final note: after the Supreme Court handed down its decision two weeks ago, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the leader of Senate Republicans, praised it from the senate floor. He dismissed the notion that the decision might allow a flood of foreign money to influence our elections. Now we learn from TalkingPointsMemo.com that Senator McConnell has received substantial funds from a subsidiary of a big foreign defense contractor that's currently being investigated by the Justice Department for bribery. Senator McConnell has been quite good to that subsidiary -- this year alone he's requested seventeen million dollars in earmarks for its Louisville facility. Yes, the sun, and the dollar signs, shine bright in Senator McConnell's old Kentucky home.

Let's face it, two political parties; equal opportunity hypocrites.

That's it for the Journal. Go to our website at PBS.org and click on Bill Moyers Journal. You can read Dr. Margaret Flowers' letter. You'll also learn how your state's laws will be affected by the recent Supreme Court decision. We'll also link you to websites where the debate rages on.

That's all at PBS.org.
I'm Bill Moyers. And I'll see you next time.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html

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Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet

By Frank Rich

A funny thing happened after Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military: A curious silence befell much of the right. If this were a Sherlock Holmes story, it would be the case of the attack dogs that did not bark.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/opinion/07rich.html

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**************Closer to ‘home’ items…(Ohio/Indiana/Kentucky area)

Do you have the ‘fortitude’ to do some rapid responding today?

Your progressive voice is needed!  Please check out your local paper’s website for an item or two that motivates you…

Here at the Enquirer…the following offer some possibilities..

Whether from the latest LTEs, like:  or from among articles

or from among articles in the section  From the columnists:

or even from among the ‘most commented on’ items

http://news.cincinnati.com/opinion

===========or, perhaps there’s something on the ‘news’ page?

Politics & Government

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS

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Ohio State items

Attorney General Approves Ohioans For Humane Farms Ballot Language
By: Dave Harding, ProgressOhio
http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CXbK

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America's Dark Side

The Anti-Empire Report

By William Blum

Progressive activists and writers continually bemoan the fact that the news they generate and the opinions they express are consistently ignored by the mainstream media, and thus kept from the masses of the American people. This disregard of progressive thought is tantamount to a definition of the mainstream media.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24609.htm

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from and about ‘over there’

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Thousands of Civilians Flee Afghan Region as Nato Plans Onslaught

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/06-0

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The US Military: A Mindset of Barbarism

by: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t | Interview (Part 1)

http://www.truthout.org/the-us-military-a-mindset-barbarism56706

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Beware the Iron Wall, the Coming War

Will Israel Target Gaza or Lebanon First?

By RAMZY BAROUD

http://www.counterpunch.org/baroud02042010.html

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Israeli Minister Adds Heat to Exchange With Syria
By ISABEL KERSHNER

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24599.htm

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Todd Gordon / Jeffrey R. Webber

Consolidating the Coup in Honduras

http://www.counterpunch.org/webber02052010.html

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Peace and Solidarity

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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

- Mark Twain, humorist and author (1835 - 1910)

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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Attributed to George Orwell

 

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