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A Disturbing Caricature
 Cliff May
Let's not call the political cartoonist Pat Oliphant an anti-Semite or even an Israel-basher. Let's just be clear about what he is doing: encouraging those whose intentions are genocidal.
"We the People" to "King of the World": "YOU'RE FIRED!"
 Michael Moore
Nothing like it has ever happened. The President of the United States, the elected representative of the people, has just told the head of General Motors - a company that's spent more years at #1 on the Fortune 500 list than anyone else - "You're fired!"
Spanish Court May Indict Bush Officials
 IndictBushNow.org
The indictment and prosecution of Bush administration officials is becoming a reality. Clearly, millions of people worldwide stand with the mission of IndictBushNow and all those who are fighting for accountability.
America Is in Need of a Moral Bailout
 Chris Hedges
We live in an age of moral nihilism. We have trashed our universities, turning them into vocational factories that produce corporate drones and chase after defense-related grants and funding.
Obamanomics Isn't About Big Government
 Robert B. Reich
Twenty-eight years ago, Ronald Reagan used the severe economic downturn of 1980-82 to implement an economic philosophy that not only gave force and meaning to a wide range of initiatives but also offered a way back to sustained economic growth. Is there a similarly powerful animating idea behind Obamanomics? I believe there is - and it's not a return to big government.
Violent Crime and Insecurity in Mexico Are Rooted in Legacy of Impunity and Injustice from Past, Says Amnesty International, Commenting on Court Ruling on 1968 Student Massacre
 Suzanne Trimel
A Mexican court's finding that there is insufficient evident to prosecute former President Luis Echeverria for genocide in the 1968 massacre of students in Mexico City in effect condones the killings, disappearances and torture committed during Mexico's "dirty war" of the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
Derivative Markets... an Understandable Explanation
 Gustavo
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit. In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her loyal customers - most of whom are unemployed alcoholics - to drink now but pay later.
Message "Indict Bush Now" Rings Out from Coast to Coast
 IndictBushNow.org
The IndictBushNow movement made major headway on Saturday. Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the country to call for an end to Bush's most criminal legacy: the Iraq war.
US Socialists: Obamanomics Offers Little Hope for Working People
 Stewart A. Alexander
The new trillion dollar rescue plan, presented by the Obama administration, is like "robbing Peter to pay Paul" or it's like robbing the U.S. Treasury to payoff Wall Street and American taxpayers will pay forever.
Regarding Mexico: Biased News, Half-Truths and Fear Mongering Fuel Paranoia of All Things South of the Border
 Jan Baumgartner
The U.S. media and federal government have stirred up a toxic cauldron media blitz that has been force-feeding U.S. citizenry only partial truths and irresponsible generalizations about the violence plaguing Mexico.
Deceitful Relationship Between the United States and the United Kingdom
 Ivan Simic
For decades relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom was described as perfect, special and unbreakable. This unique relationship is best known through the remarkably close political, military, diplomatic and cultural relations. However, when it comes to this unique relationship, many things are left out and ignored.
The Mexican Evolution
 Enrique Krauze
The opinion that Mexico is breaking down seems to be shared by much of the American news media, not to mention the Americans I meet by chance and who, at the first opportunity, ask me whether Mexico will “fall apart.”
 Keith Olbermann Gets Tough With Bailed Out Banks - Enough!
 MSNBC
Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment on the latest atrocity from the banks. The vast, engorged, gluttonous multi-national corporations.
Spring Break in a Nation at War with Drug Lords
 Ruben Navarrette Jr.
A lot of Americans are wondering: Is it safe to travel to Mexico? It depends where you go, and what your intentions are once you get there.
How the World Pimps America
 The Real News Network
Pepe Escobar: And how the US is shifting the crisis into the rest of the world.
Times of Woe for the Big O
 Dan K. Thomasson
The images of cheering throngs in Denver and in Grant Park seem to be fading rather quickly for President Obama as more and more Americans realize what they should have understood in the first place - pledges sold in a campaign frequently have a very short shelf life.
Obama's Forced Servitude Agenda Moves Foward
 Lee Rogers
The push towards mandatory national service took another step this week with the U.S. House of Representatives voting in favor of the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act.
The Best Way To Wake Up The World To The Obama Deception
 Prison Planet.com
The Obama Deception is already receiving critical acclaim and topping popularity rankings of global Internet video websites, but we are now urging our supporters to push even harder by letting people know how they can watch the full documentary absolutely free.
Food Lines Show Signs of National Depression
Stewart A. Alexander
The numbers are staggering, 31.8 million Americans receiving food stamps and 697,000 individuals added to the unemployment lines; these numbers have not been seen since the Great Depression.
IndictBushNow on the March this Saturday!
 IndictBushNow.org
Bush may be gone, but his most criminal legacy - the war in Iraq - remains. The IndictBush movement is mobilizing to have a big presence at this Saturday's National March in Washington, DC and at the simultaneous demonstrations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
War is Breaking Out in Mexico - Will it Unravel the United States We Know?
 Tony Dolz
The Perfect Storm is brewing. Millions of refugees escaping war, hunger and violence in Mexico may storm our Southern Border during the Obama first term. The Winds of Change threaten to align an Economic Depression of historical dimensions, massive unemployment and civil disorder against a sea of pressing refugees.
How Not to End Another President's War (L.B.J. Edition)
 Robert Dallek
On Nov. 24, 1963, two days after John F. Kennedy's assassination, President Lyndon B. Johnson met with his principal national security advisers to consider the most volatile issue he had inherited: Vietnam.
Going, Going, Gone - Legacy of Gandhi
 J. Sri Raman
As the hammer came down at an international auction in New York on March 5 and a poor, long-deceased Indian's possessions were declared "sold," a collective sigh was certainly heard across his country. Opinion, however, is divided on the source of the deep sigh.
Is the US Headed for Socialism?
 Paul Crist
This is ridiculous. The media has been obsessing about President Obama's plan to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans — from 35% to 39.6% — even asking if that makes him a socialist.
Ending NAFTA Inspired Trucking Program Could Spark Retaliation
 Dana Gabriel
Allowing Mexican long-haul trucks full access inside the U.S. is a component of NAFTA. Safety and security issues have proven to be a huge stumbling block in achieving this objective of the agreement.
Idiot Wind
 William Rivers Pitt
One thing is certain: martial arts movie star Chuck Norris does not like President Obama. Not at all. Not one little bit. Norris dislikes Obama so much, in fact, that he discussed running for the office of president of Texas.
Drunks on Horseback in Puerto Vallarta: One Last Fling Before Economic Reality Sets In?
 Jane Stillwater
"Wanna go on a drunken horseback ride up the Cuale River canyon?" asked my friend JR. Not really. I'm a Muslim. We're not supposed to drink alcohol. But the offer was so tempting that I went along anyway.
Reaching Out to Conservative Christians: A Time for Healing Old Wounds
 Joe Brewer
Obama's recent reversal of the Bush administration's ban on stem cell research offers progressives an opportunity to reflect upon our relationship to religion.
Crab Legs Should Not be Devoured in Public
 Bill Keller
One of the great things about gardening is dining on the produce that the garden yields and my thoughts are on sweet yellow corn. Just as I focus on produce like this, I have a habit of thinking about certain speciality products that one can obtain from one of our food stores. Such is the case of indulging in Alaska king crab legs.
Who was Jesus?
 University of Gothenburg
The historical person Jesus of Nazareth - beyond the accounts in the creeds and the Gospels, which are all characterized by religious belief - is the focus of Tobias Hägerland's dissertation from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
"Mistakes Were Made..."
 Tom Chavez
Recently, Dick Cheney, the ex Vice President of the United States of America stated on CNN that "mistakes were made" with regard to the well publicized capture program. I am writing to you because I am one of those mistakes.
U.S. Support for the Mexican War on Drugs?
 Mark Alvarez
A serious problem requires serious action, discussion and criticism, not a narrow militaristic focus on a war with drug cartels. Doing what has always been done will not produce better results.
To Hell with the Fruitcakes: Obama is an American
 Capitol Hill Blue
It is an article of faith in the loopier precincts of the Internet, impervious to evidence to the contrary, that Barack Obama is ineligible to be president of the United States because he is not a "natural born citizen" as the Constitution requires.
Putting Rush Limbaugh Into Perspective
 Jay Ambrose
Rush Limbaugh wants President Barack Obama to fail, he has said more than once, and liberal commentators are aghast, either because they haven't bothered to check out the context of his remarks or are hopelessly befogged by bias.
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