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Our Economy May Be in a Death Spiral — Will Washington Stop the Bleeding?
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted November 15, 2008
The Bush-Paulson plan isn’t doing anything to address the underlying problems threatening America’s economic future.
In September, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson sold his $700 billion bailout to Congress on the premise that [...]
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The racist backlash to Obama’s presidency
Crooks & Liars- By David Neiwert Monday Nov 17, 2008 12:03pm
[From Creative Loafing.]
As we predicted before the election, Barack Obama’s victory has loosed a flood of hatefulness from the racist right in America. Digby yesterday had a detailed post laying out some of the cases that have erupted so [...]
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Bailout tally: $3.8 trillion and counting
Think Progress- By Faiz Shakir at 11:57 am
CNBC is keeping tabs on the amount that the federal government has been forced to spend to bail out corporate America. The total? “Three-point eight trillion dollars. That’s $3,800,000.000.000. More than what was spent on WW II, if adjusted for inflation, based on [...]
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Intolerance and its Consequences
By- Sharon at Simply Art-Rageous
November 16th, 2008
Again I’m reminded of one of my favorite quotes by Mark Twain:
“Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion –- several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor [...]
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