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U.S. War Costs Reach At Least $3.7 Trillion And Counting — Imagine all the people…
Given the current state of economic affairs in the United States (and elsewhere), it’s rather painful to imagine all the jobs that could have been created from investing in BUILDING things, rather than BLOWING THEM UP (cough cough). ….. When … Continue reading
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Cutting $100 Billion?… Easy — If Only Washington Had a Brain
Here’s the latest news from Congress, in case you’ve been in Afghanistan for the last couple of weeks. A debate about slashing the federal budget is now upon us, while fears of a possible government shutdown as spring approaches are … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Foreign Policy, Obama White House, Politics
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From 9/11 to 2/11
By ROGER COHEN Published: February 13, 2011 Perhaps the most effective antidote to 9/11 will prove to be 2/11, the day Hosni Mubarak conceded the game was up with his 30-year-old dictatorship and left town under military escort for the … Continue reading
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Eisenhower’s Warning Still Challenges A Nation
Before President Reagan urged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” and even before President Kennedy told Americans to ask “what you can do for your country,” President Dwight D. Eisenhower coined his own phrase about “the military-industrial … Continue reading
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Arianna Huffington: For our democracy to survive, citizens have to be able to know what our government is really doing
I attend a lot of conferences on media and technology — indeed, they might actually be the biggest growth sector of the media — but the one I attended this past weekend was one of the most fascinating I’ve been … Continue reading
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Michael Moore: Why I’m Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that I have put up $20,000 of my own money to help bail Mr. Assange out … Continue reading
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Ron Paul: Wikileaks Reveals U.S. Government’s Delusional Foreign Policy
“We should view the Wikileaks controversy in the larger context of American foreign policy. Rather than worry about the disclosure of embarrassing secrets, we should focus on our delusional foreign policy. We are kidding ourselves when we believe spying, intrigue, … Continue reading
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