Why the Oil Price Is High By Paul Craig Roberts
How to explain the oil price? Why is it so high? Are we running out? Are supplies disrupted, or is the high price a reflection of oil company greed or OPEC greed. Are Chavez and the Saudis conspiring against us? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20072.htm === You Know Something's Happening But do you know what it is, Mr. Jones? By Joseph Danison The progressive tries to game a rigged system to work in the people's interest. He's a true Sisyphus. His chance of getting that stone over the top and achieving a permanent state of popular political control is slim to none. The populist wants to fundamentally change the system, eliminate that insuperable mountain, that is, de-privatize it, so that it operates in the interest of the general Welfare. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20068.htm === The Greatest Purveyor of Violence On the Planet. By Cynthia McKinney We do not have to accept or tolerate such glaring disparities in our society. We do not have to accept or tolerate bloated Pentagon spending, unfair tax cuts, attacks on our civil liberties, and on workers' rights to unionize. We don't have to accept or tolerate our children dropping out of high school, college education unreachable because tuition is so high, or our country steeped in debt. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20069.htm === Iraq - What Happened To The $23 Billion? The Greatest Heist In History Must Watch BBC - Video The US justice department has imposed gagging orders which prevent the real scale of the problem emerging. But Panorama's Jane Corbin has spoken to some of those involved - with astonishing stories to tell of who got rich and who got burned. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20071.htm === War, Inc. By Mike Ferner Smedley Butler learned that in war "nations acquire additional territory if they are victorious. They just take it." With leasing more in vogue than ever, getting the use of additional territory - call it property -can be more profitable than actually acquiring it. But the end result is the same. "This newly acquired territory is promptly exploited by the few," Butler explained, "the self-same few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20070.htm === In Defense of America By Frank Silva Can we stop already? Can we just stop arguing? America is a capitalist country. Capitalism is what made America great! It's what's going to keep America great! Anyone who disagrees with that has no concept of history, economics, or patriotism. Anyone who disagrees with that is clueless about what it means to be a proud American. And anyone who disagrees is a poor, pathetic, lazy loser that probably couldn't make money with an insider trading tip. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20066.htm === Leaders With No Conscience By Rand Clifford As Osama bin Laden lay dying, December of 2001...might he have imagined that seven years later he would be on bogeyman life-support, still officially issuing messages as ruling poster boy for America's mindless, force-fed terror obsession? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20067.htm === Afghan officials: 31 killed in US airstrikes: Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary says most of the 31 people were foreign fighters. But Khalid Farooqi, a lawmaker from Paktika, says at least nine civilians were killed. http://tinyurl.com/673b8h === US-led raid kills Afghan civilians : Three women and a child have been killed along with a number of Afghan fighters in an air raid led by US troops, the US-led forces in Afghanistan said. http://tinyurl.com/5k29xg === 20 killed in US attack Pakistani troops: Twenty people, including 11 security personnel, were killed when a border check-post of paramilitary forces in Mohmand agency in tribal areas of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, was destroyed Wednesday by coalition forces http://tinyurl.com/5ru7zt === Pakistan decries 'cowardly' US raid : The US military on Wednesday has said that the air and artillery assault was aimed at Taliban fighters and had been co-ordinated with Islamabad. http://tinyurl.com/6p6j6m === Pakistan Army denounces coalition forces' attack: The spokesman condemned this completely unprovoked and cowardly action the FC post and regretted the loss of precious lives of our soldiers. He also informed that a strong protest has been launched by the Pakistan Army and we reserve the right to protect our citizens and soldiers against aggression. http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/June08/11/02.htm === US defends airstrikes that angered Pakistan: Defense Department press secretary Geoff Morrell defended the bombing Wednesday and said it was too early to know whether the strike killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary forces, as alleged by the angry Pakistani Army. http://tinyurl.com/638joo === Iraq: At least 13 killed in another bloody day of US occupation: Five minibus passengers were killed and 10 wounded when a bomb exploded in the Kadhimiya district of northwestern Baghdad, http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSKAM125999 === U.S. security talks with Iraq in trouble in Baghdad and D.C.: Meeting the July 31 deadline seems increasing doubtful, and in Baghdad and Washington there is growing speculation that a United Nations mandate for U.S.-led military operations in Iraq may have to be renewed after it expires at the end of 2008. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/40549.html === Turkish warplanes strike northern Iraq: Turkish warplanes attacked northern Iraq on Monday, Iraqi security officials said on Tuesday, bombing a mountainous area that is home to rebel Kurdish separatists. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080610/wl_nm/iraq_turkey_dc_1 === McCain says cutting US casualties in Iraq is primary goal: Avoiding casualties in Iraq is more important than bringing troops home, Republican John McCain said Wednesday, feeding an outcry from Democrats who quickly declared him to be out of touch with the public and the needs of the military. http://tinyurl.com/5jnjg2 === Iraq, perceived hypocrisy fuel record anti-Americanism: report: Anti-Americanism is at record levels thanks to US policies such as the war in Iraq, and Washington's perceived hypocrisy in abiding by its own democratic values, US lawmakers said Wednesday. http://tinyurl.com/5ug6j8 === Israeli occupation forces kills 4 in Gaza attack; Negev man wounded by mortar: The Israel Occupation Forces killed four Palestinians - one militant and three civilians - in three separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, and an Israeli man was lightly wounded by a mortar shell fired from the coastal territory http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/991806.html === Palestinian girl, 10, killed by Israeli tank: A 10-year-old Palestinian girl was killed early on Wednesday by a shell fired from an Israeli tank in the south of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian medical worker said. http://tinyurl.com/6ahjyv === Hamas: Israeli cabinet decisions unveil schemed plans to attack: "These decisions prove that the occupation wants to hinder the lull's efforts and that the occupation prepares a new criminal operation against Gaza Strip," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoom said. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/11/content_8349294.htm === It's a Mitzvah: Barack Obama promised $30 billion in military assistance for Israel. He declared that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force has "rightly been labeled a terrorist organization." He used terms such as "false prophets of extremism" and "corrupt" while discussing Palestinians. And he promised that "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided." http://tinyurl.com/66luf6 === Knesset votes to topple government next week: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government survived four separate no-confidence motions on Monday, but factions now numbering 74 MKs have expressed support for dissolving the Knesset. http://tinyurl.com/6j2pu2 === Famine-hit Ethiopia ups army budget : The Ethiopian government has announced plans to increase its military budget by $50m to $400m, just one week after it appealed for international help to tackle its worst famine in 25 years. http://tinyurl.com/6dpg3l === Defying U.S., EU mulls ending Cuban sanctions: Closed-door talks on the move are continuing as EU leaders hosted U.S. President George W. Bush for a farewell summit in Slovenia. EU foreign ministers will decide on the sanctions at a meeting in Luxembourg next Monday, the envoys said. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7575977 === Home price drop means $4 trillion in lost capital: U.S. housing decline, sparked last year by subprime mortgage debt defaults, will likely last another two years as a wider group of consumers, including prime borrowers, feel the pinch from a tightening of credit. http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1147167220080611?rpc=401&; ===
