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Michael Collins, The Economic Populist: 'The antiunion movement in the United States keeps us underpaid and represents a serious impediment to economic growth. Yet antiunion sentiment remains strong among the political establishment and their patrons. Why? Worker rights and a decent wage represent a toxic brew to the ruling elite. In the past, they expressed their antiunion position in a crude fashion. From the 1870 s through the 1920 s, industrialists fought union growth with hired thugs and complicit law enforcement officials. Organizers and union members were harassed, maimed, and killed throughout the country for simply acting on the right to organize and participate in a union.'

http://www.truth-out.org/strong-unions-worst-nightmare-financial-elite/1305640345



Deconstructing a Paul Ryan Sound Bite

Sam Pizzigati, Other Words: Rep. Paul Ryan from Wisconsin revels in his reputation as America s ultimate conservative policy 'wonk.' He plays the part well. At the drop of a hat, the Republican lawmaker can rattle off a stream of stats that make his rich-people-friendly budget nostrums seem almost reasonable. Last month, for instance, Ryan smoothly dispatched an angry constituent who dared challenge the tax-no-rich federal budget plan that has made the Wisconsin lawmaker a right-wing hero. That constituent, speaking at a town hall meeting, had just finished noting he saw 'nothing wrong with taxing the top.' Ryan saw his opening - and pounced.'

http://www.truth-out.org/deconstructing-paul-ryan-sound-bite/1305642591



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David Swanson, War Is A Crime: 'Now we know why Obama has gone to such outrageous lengths to keep Bush s lawyers out of prison, claiming powers of secrecy and immunity beyond Cheney s wildest dreams and pressuring foreign nations to clamp down on any outbreaks of law enforcement. If the Bush lawyers who 'legalized' aggressive war, lawless imprisonment, and torture were not consulted on how to keep the war in Libya going in perpetuity, they were certainly the inspiration for the latest White House brainstorming session.'

http://www.truth-out.org/sixty-more-days-libya-obama-does-bush-lawyers-proud/1305567617



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Boston Globe
by James Carroll

05/16/11

Instead of merely authorizing the president to make war against those who 'committed or aided' the 2001 attacks, the proposed National Defense Authorization Act expands the notion of America s enemy to include forces 'associated' with named antagonists like Al Qaeda and the Taliban. According to its critics (including numerous House Democrats who asked last week that such language be dropped), this seemingly innocuous expansion would, in effect, license an open-ended bleeding of the American battle away from Iraq and Afghanistan to any location in which such vaguely defined associates operate...

http://tinyurl.com/3bmlmf8



No end to the 'war on terror,' no end to Guantanamo

Future of Freedom Foundation Future of Freedom Foundation
by Andy Worthington

05/13/11

With the death of Osama bin Laden, there is a perfect opportunity for the Obama administration to bring to an end the decade-long 'war on terror' by withdrawing from Afghanistan and closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The justification for both the invasion of Afghanistan (in October 2001) and the detention of prisoners in Guantanamo (which opened in January 2002) is the Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed by Congress on September 14, 2001, just three days after the 9/11 attacks...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1105i.asp



The Trouble Is, Our Government Does not Know How To Tell the Truth

The Libertarian Enterprise
by James Glaser

05/16/11

It really does not matter if we have a Democratic or Republican administration. Both political parties worry so much about that next election, they are afraid to tell us the truth about anything, until they decide what version of a story will play best with the voters.

http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2011/tle619-20110515-07.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts308.html

Osama bin Laden Transfigured
http://lewrockwell.com/orig10/giraldi5.1.1.html



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http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan163.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/16-9

Mitch Daniels, Architect of US Debt Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/16-5

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The Battle Is Squared, and Why We Need Budget Jujitsu

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: 'Technically, the federal government has now reached the limit of its capacity to borrow money. Raising the debt ceiling used to be a technical adjustment, made almost automatically. Now it s a political football. Democrats should never have agreed to linking it to an agreement on the long-term budget deficit. But now that the debt ceiling is in play, there s no end to what the radical right will demand. John Boehner is already using the classic 'they are making me' move, seemingly helpless in the face of Tea Party storm troopers who refuse to raise the ceiling unless they get their way.'

http://www.truth-out.org/battle-squared-and-why-we-need-budget-jujitsu/1305639884



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/16-2

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I Am Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning Support Network

The Bradley Manning Support Network has released a 90-second campaign video! Now we need you to help us share it: on facebook, in blogs, in e-mails to your friends, and more. PBS prepares to do an evening special on Wikileaks, Julian Assange, and the 'idealistic young soldier,' Bradley Manning. The Frontline investigation will air May 24th. Amnesty International has published a report in which they hail Wikileaks, and the newspapers which reported heavily on its contents, as catalysts in the 'Arab spring,' the term for the democratic revolts in the middle east.

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Jim Hightower, Other Words: *Faster than you can say 'business as usual,' freshman Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have begun to execute Wall Street s agenda. They came, they saw, they were conquered. That sums up the fate of many tea-partying freshmen in the House of Representatives. As soon as they arrived, the corporate lobbying corps came to visit, saw what these supposed rebels were made of, and quickly conquered them without a fight. The forces of big business only needed to lay out some campaign cash. Faster than you can say 'business as usual,' budding lawmakers snatched up the money and began to execute the lobbyists' agenda.'

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Video

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation: 'We are on offense again, this time putting the spotlight on David Koch and denying him a chance to spend his millions on credibility and social status. We organized a flashmob in the heart of NYC. We projected four Koch Brothers Exposed videos on the facade of the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center during our Guerrilla Drive In..... The brothers David and Charles Koch have a knack for getting buildings named after themselves. Everything from theaters, to sports arenas and medical buildings bear the Koch brand. So why do the brothers hide from burnishing their name on their political causes?'

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