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Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

08/05/11

When someone habitually engages in suicidal behavior, repeating the same pattern in spite of recognizing, on some level, that their actions are self-destructive, one has to wonder if they harbor a death wish. Which raises the question: So why is the American ruling class intent on committing suicide?

http://bit.ly/nLnh5S



100 ways Obama is just like Bush

The Humble Libertarian
by staff

08/01/11

More of the same. A LOT more of the same. In fact, every negative aspect of the Bush Administration has come back with a vengeance in the presidency of Barack H. Obama. Everything the American people detested so strongly about Bush has not only characterized the presidency of his successor, it s gotten much worse. Don t believe me? The following is a list of 100 ways President Obama is just like President Bush...

http://bit.ly/nBzwPe


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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America in Decline

Noam Chomsky, Truthout: 'Corporate power s ascendancy over politics and society - by now mostly financial - has reached the point that both political organizations, which at this stage barely resemble traditional parties, are far to the right of the population on the major issues under debate. For the public, the primary domestic concern is unemployment.'

http://www.truth-out.org/america-decline/1312567242



The Republicans' Double-Dip Recession, and What Must Be Done

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: 'Republicans repeatedly assured the nation that once the debt-limit deal was done - capping spending, cutting the budget deficit, and getting '90 percent' of what they wanted - the economy would bounce back. Just the opposite seems to be happening. Call it the Republican s double-dip recession. Wall Street investors aren t ideologues. They don t obsess about budget deficits ten years from now, or the size of the government. One day doesn t make a trend, but a giant sell-off like this is motivated by hard, cold realities.'

http://www.truth-out.org/republicans-double-dip-recession-and-what-must-be-done/1312550917



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