It's a bird...It's a plane...No, it's Spitzer to the Rescue By Mike Whitney If Obama is serious about restoring confidence in the markets, he should replace current SEC chief Mary Schapiro with Eliot Spitzer. That would send a message to the world that the president is through messing around. Schapiro is another Wall Street toady who believes that the markets can regulate themselves. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22312.htm === "Graveyard of Empires." Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President By Ray McGovern The chickens are coming home to roost after eight years of Cheney and Bush, but there is no sign that President Obama is listening to anyone capable of fresh thinking on Afghanistan. Obama has apparently decided to stay in the chicken coop. And that can be called, well, chicken. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22307.htm === Putting A New Coat on a Failed Strategy By Ron Jacobs Washington and its NATO cohorts will stay in Afghanistan until the world is safe from Al-Qaeda. Left unsaid by Obama, just like it was unsaid by George Bush, is the reality that foreign troops killing Afghans and Pakistanis has done very little to end the supposed threat from Al-Qaeda. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22315.htm === Noam Chomsky on the Economy and Democracy Video & Transcript Chomsky: Plan is recycled Bush/Paulson. We need nationalization and steps towards democratization. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22316.htm === Obama's Attack on the Middle Class By Paul Craig Roberts If the tax rate on a multi-million dollar annual income goes up by 5 percentage points, the cutbacks won't really affect the lifestyle. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22313.htm === The Absurdity of Spending US Tax Dollars on Israel By PAUL J. BALLES Paul J. Balles argues that if enough ordinary Americans "feel the pinch and connect the dots between their own financial losses and America's continued unbridled support of Israel's devastating war machine, Israel could be forced to make peace with the Palestinians". http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22314.htm === Gaza War Crimes Investigation: Attacks on Medics Video Clancy Chassay asks why 16 medical workers were killed and more than half of Gaza's hospitals hit during Israel's invasion of Gaza. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22310.htm === A Brave Man Who Stood Alone. If only the world had listened to him By Robert Fisk Tom Hurndall had stayed in Rafah. He was only 21 where - in his mother's words - he lost his life through a single, selfless, human act. "Tom was shot in the head as he carried a single Palestinian child out of the range of an Israeli army sniper." http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22317.htm === The Logistical Nightmare in Iraq 283 Bases, 170,000 Pieces of Equipment, 140,000 Troops, and an Army of Mercenaries By Jeremy Scahill In the latest episode of Occupation Rebranded, it was revealed that the administration intends to reclassify some combat forces as "advisory and assistance brigades." While Obama's administration is officially shunning the use of the term "global war on terror," the labels du jour, unfortunately, seem to be the biggest changes we will see for some time. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22318.htm === Chill the Champagne 'Torture' Could Haunt Bush Officials By HILARY BROWN Spanish Judge Who Went After Pinochet Considers Charges for Gonzales, Others. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22311.htm === The Sycophantic Culture By Henry Pelifian Any society and its military is as only as good as its ability to not only perceive the truth but also use it as its basis for action. A nation of sheep is bred by sycophants. The sycophants are more a danger to society by creating failure than critics who often point the way to human progress and understanding. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22308.htm more here: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
