US Power 'to Decline by 2025' : US National Report By Al Jazeera and agencies
The current global financial crisis is the beginning of a weakening of the US dollar to the point where it becomes "first among equals", said the National Intelligence Council's (NIC) Global Trends 2025 report published on Thursday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21290.htm === US Global Trends Report: Key points By The BBC Brazil, Russia, China and India are picked as countries which might benefit, boosted by rising oil and commodity price rises that have generated windfall profits for the Gulf states and Russia, as well as a shift in manufacturing and some service industries to Asia. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21291.htm ==== Rahm Emanuel's Israeli gate By Paul J. Balles Paul J. Balles considers the racist, anti-Arab comments made by the father of Rahm Israel Emanuel - President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff - and asks why these comments are acceptable to the American public whereas if they had been referring to Jews, African Americans or Hispanics they would have caused uproar. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21298.htm === War or Peace? The World After the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election By Richard C. Cook Whatever agreements U.S. bankers and politicians may once have made with China for them to take over U.S. manufacturing while the nation lived off financial profits have grievously backfired. Solving this conflict with China peacefully may be the next president's greatest challenge. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21296.htm === Clinton Decides to Accept Post at State Dept By PETER BAKER Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21289.htm === The Third Clinton Administration By RALPH NADER While the liberal intelligentsia was swooning over Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, I counseled "prepare to be disappointed." His record as a Illinois state and U.S. Senator, together with the many progressive and long overdue courses of action he opposed during his campaign, rendered such a prediction unfortunate but obvious. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21297.htm === Imperial Presidency Has the US become over-dependent on military force? By Al Jazeera Riz Khan speaks with Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21288.htm === Gates seen more likely to stay as Pentagon chief: - What Robert Gates once called "inconceivable to me" - his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day - is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/gates_defense === Obama Said to Pick Geithner as Treasury Secretary : Geithner helped lead the U.S. response to the deepest financial crisis in seven decades, including the takeover of American International Group Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. rescue, and decision to let Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. fail. http://tinyurl.com/5p8yvl === Why Washington Cannot Prevent Depression: The dire reality: Washington is not God. It cannot save the world. It cannot prevent the next depression. Hard to believe? Here's the proof: http://tinyurl.com/6axs34 === Dennis Kucinich "Racketeering On A Scale This Country Has Never Seen Before!!!" 4 Minute video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAaUkmAKw4A === Citigroup May Get Government Rescue, Investors Say: Citigroup Inc. will probably get rescued by the U.S. government after a crisis in confidence erased half its stock-market value in three days, investors and analysts said. http://tinyurl.com/5jl9gl === In case you missed it: Professor Ngaire Woods: The death of the dollar?: We are living in economic chaos. Banks, homes, jobs, and businesses are at risk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7684397.stm === GM May Have Weeks, Not Months, Without Aid, York Says: Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner ``all but said'' at congressional hearings in the past two days that GM can't continue to operate until a new U.S. administration takes over in January, York said in a Bloomberg Television interview today. http://tinyurl.com/5os9n2 === White House to extend unemployment benefits: With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would sign quickly legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/20/business/20usecon.php ----- video: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=282504-1 National Intelligence Council on Global Trends ID: 282504-1 Format: Speech Event Date: 11/20/2008 Length: 52 minutes __._,_.___ __,_._,___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
