Tuesday picks

Written by: Gerry Lykins on Feb 9, 2010 6:24 AM EST

Tuesday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ February 9th, 2010

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Did someone say ‘trickle down’????

The Worst of the Pain

By Bob Herbert

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/opinion/09herbert.html

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False Profits: We Will Be Suffering from Greenspan and Bernanke's Ineptitude for a Long Time

Dean Baker / PoliPoint Press  

http://www.alternet.org/economy/145248/false_profits%3A_we_will_be_suffering_from_greenspan_and_bernanke%27s_ineptitude_for_a_long_time

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This Trend is Not Your Friend

Wall Street's Killer Instinct Spells Death Knell for Jobs

By PAM MARTENS

http://www.counterpunch.org/

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As U.S. stocks fall again, should Greek debts worry us?

By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/84006.html

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

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

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Finish Health Care or Go Home

By E.J. Dionne —

Some Senate Democratic moderates are petrified that Republicans will make terrible trouble if health care is passed through the “reconciliation process.” If Democrats are that intimidated by Republicans, they should just give up their majority.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/finish_health_care_or_go_home_20100207/

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Cantor Suggests the GOP May Reject Obama’s Bipartisan Health Care Meeting

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/02/08/cantor-suggests-the-gop-may-reject-obama%e2%80%99s-bipartisan-health-care-meeting/

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Kudos to Sibelius

Obama Administration Demands Justification For Blue Cross Rate Increase

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/obama-administration-demands-justification-for-blue-cross-rate-increase.php?ref=fpc

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Thom Hartmann: Corporate Personhood - The Floodgates were Opened Today

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/thom-hartmann-corporate-personhood-floodga

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Sherrod Brown to introduce a Bill to counter the recent Supreme Court fiasco…

Please sign the Petition:

Sherrod Brown:  The legislation I want to see passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama is fairly simple:

1. FULLY DISCLOSE when corporations spend from their treasuries to protect special interest cronies in Washington
2. REQUIRE CONSENT from shareholders in the form of a majority vote before they advocate for or against candidates
3. PROTECT OUR ELECTIONS from the influence of foreign-owned corporations spending freely on American politics

http://www.sherrodbrown.com/site/petition-video

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Shunning Howard Zinn's History
The mainstream U.S. media ignores or denigrates progressive viewpoints, like those of Howard Zinn, notes William Blum.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/020710a.html

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Remembering John Murtha

John Nichols: His Iraq War debate with Dick Cheney called to bring the troops home and highlighted the difference between the modern era's sunshine patriots and winter soldiers.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/527969/john_murtha_the_old_soldier_who_said_bring_the_troops_home

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Palin owns the teabaggers now in an attempt to meld them with the GOP

By John Amato

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/palin-owns-teabaggers-now-attempt-meld

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Latinos say their votes could tip 40 congressional races

Overhauling the nation's immigration system is a backburner issue for Congress and President Barack Obama, but a group that supports new immigration policies says the issue could be a defining one in as many as 40 congressional races in areas with sizeable Latino populations. » read more

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/84011.html

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ACORN Smear Collaborator Claims Persecution to Raise Money for Her Legal Troubles

Liliana Segura / AlterNet  

http://www.alternet.org/rights/145588/acorn_smear_collaborator_claims_persecution_to_raise_money_for_her_legal_troubles

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This tale of horror is all too terribly real…and there is also in its reality a

Frightening metaphor…

Here There Be Monsters

by: William Rivers Pitt  |  t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

http://www.truthout.org/here-there-be-monsters56756

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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..

Among the latest LTEs  

or one of the ‘columnists’ articles, or from among the ‘most commented’ on items

http://news.cincinnati.com/opinion

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

Politics & Government

Tea Party grills party leaders

Tea Party expects 'lively' discussion

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

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I missed this one over the weekend….be sure to check out some informative items

in the margin on the right side of the screen…

Tea Partiers aim to remake local GOP

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100130/NEWS0108/1310329/Tea-Partier

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Since the teabaggers seem so bent on making a dent

How about some info on the area tea parties ?

Tea Party update - Join, or die?

http://www.journal-news.com/o/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/

Mike Wilson’s group:

http://cincinnatiteaparty.org/

Cincinnati 9/12 Project

http://www.cincinnati912project.com/

Ohio Liberty Council

http://www.ohiolibertycouncil.org/

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The group that organized the Nashville event:

http://www.teapartynation.com/

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Join the Climate Trial

Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Terry Tempest Williams, and Dr. James Hansen:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/02/08-9

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from and about ‘over there’

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Kidnapping Is Not Charity

By Eugene Robinson —

Even in the midst of a terrible natural disaster, spiriting away a busload of kids—with vague plans to worry about the “paperwork” later—is no act of charity.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/kidnapping_is_not_charity_20100208/

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London, Brussels and Istanbul: A Week of Western War Councils

by Rick Rozoff

http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/71323

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I don't mean to say I told you so, but...

Posted By Stephen M. Walt

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/08/i_dont_mean_to_say_i_told_you_so_but

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

Salehi: Iran would back Down if West supplies LEU; Khamenei vows self-defense against 'US-backed saboteurs'

http://www.juancole.com/

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Israel's Answer to War Crimes? Better Marketing

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/08-7

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Fareed Zakaria: The Truth About Sino-US Relations

http://www.truthout.org/fareed-zakaria-the-truth-about-sino-us-relations56750

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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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