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Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies: 'As the Super Congress eyes trillions in budget cuts that will undermine the quality of life for most Americans, here s a stunning fact to contemplate: 25 hugely profitable US companies paid their CEOs more last year than they paid Uncle Sam in taxes.'

http://www.truth-out.org/fracking-irs/1314798221



Corporate Elites Still Doing a Job on American Workers

Jim Hightower, Truthout: 'On this Labor Day weekend, our country is engulfed in deep economic anxiety, and no doubt you share my heartfelt concern for those Americans who are suffering the worst of these uncertain times. I refer, of course, to millionaire corporate chieftains and big bankers.'

http://www.truth-out.org/corporate-elites-still-doing-job-american-workers/1314793830



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In These Times
by Glenn Greenwald

08/26/11

Barack Obama has continued virtually all of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney s once-controversial terrorism and civil liberties policies, a fact now recognized across the political spectrum. Even the right wing acknowledges these policies have continued under the Obama presidency, which is interesting, because for decades Republicans have made political hay by accusing Democrats of being weak on national security (aka 'soft on terrorism') in this age of terror...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/11787/obamas_illegal_assaults



Cheney s deceit of Shakespearean proportions

The Nation
by Robert Scheer

08/31/11

The deceit of Dick Cheney is indeed of Shakespearean proportions, as evidenced in his new memoir. ... Here is a man who ... trafficked in the campaign of deceit that caused tens of thousands to die, wasted trillions of dollars in resources and indelibly sullied the legacy of this nation through the practice of torture, which Cheney defends to this day. Still this villain claims that, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the horrid methods he endorsed were a necessary response to the threat of Osama bin Laden...

http://tinyurl.com/3zxqb2n


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers: 'It costs money to run a government, and the more you want the government to do, the more it usually costs. One point to consider is how much do we want our government to do? Another is, who should pay for it? Tax policy is how government funds its services and also one way it fulfills the will of the people who elect it by providing tax incentives or disincentives for particular types of behaviors. Consider how home mortgage interest deductibility has fueled home buying, for example. As we have seen ... some companies have worked hard to get out of paying for anything, including taxes.'

http://www.truth-out.org/unequal-protection-unequal-taxes/1314714610



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/30-12

Message to Washington: 'Put America Back To Work'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/30-10

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Stop Obama from managing the economy

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

08/30/11

As the presidential campaign season gets into full swing, be prepared to hear the standard arguments as to which candidate and which party is better at managing the economy. The debate surfaces every four years. Republicans will cry, 'President Obama and the Democrats have made a mess of the economy. Elect us because we?re able to do a better job at managing the economy.'

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-08-30.asp



Who says Obama s bad for business?

Antiwar.com
by Kelley B. Vlahos

08/30/11

President Obama s critics like to say he s anti-business, and that he doesn t understand, nor even like, the military. He is a Democrat, after all, so how could he? Well, we can say that s fundamentally not true with only two words: Blackwater Worldwide...

http://bit.ly/n5LCG2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Because the U.S. began operations in Iraq and Afghanistan without sufficient planning or oversight to track spending - it lost $1 out of every $6 spent.

http://read.bi/qpu87u



Panel Blasts DoD Over Waste in War Contracts

The Pentagon has wasted more than $30 billion on contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan because of shoddy management and a lack of competition, an independent inquiry said Aug. 29.

http://bit.ly/nbzQDI


From Information Clearing House



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A squadron of airmen with key skill sets, including air traffic control and civil engineering, is preparing for a mission to train air forces in Africa to deliver supplies and large numbers of troops into conflict zones.

http://1.usa.gov/p03bEU



U.S. Tactics in Libya May Be a Model for Other Efforts

The Libya action helped to establish two principles for when the United States could apply military force to advance its diplomatic interests even though its national security is not threatened directly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/world/africa/29diplo.html?_r=1



Libya down Syria next?

Obama has asked for the resignation of the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad. Assad has been criticized for using violence against his own people, but will Syria suffer the same fate as Libya?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuy902KsTlI&feature=player_embedded



Evidence of U.S. Effort to Arm Syrian Opposition Emerges

Lebanese Army investigators said they uncovered a connection between the smugglers and the political entourage of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is backed by the United States and Saudi Arabia.

http://bit.ly/oCUNCI


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard185.html

Cursed Be Unconditional Obedience
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance255.html



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By Shamus Cooke

Health care is a commodity that is bought by those who can afford it, instead of it being the human right of every person.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28989.htm



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By Noam Chomsky
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22114.htm



Rise of Another CIA Yes Man

By Ray McGovern

Forgive me if my thinking about loyalty to the facts seems 'obsolete' or 'quaint' - or if it seems unfair to expect CIA analysts to put their careers on the line when politicians and ideologues are misleading the nation to war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28987.htm



The Last Whistleblower

By Paul Craig Roberts

'The ability of whistleblowers to bring accountability to government is about to disappear.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28992.htm



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