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THE "BAILOUT"
Naomi Klein explains why the Wall Street bailout is simply another example of "Shock Doctrine" intended to steal more of our tax dollars.
THE GREAT HEIST
Michael Moore describes the bailout as "the biggest robbery in U.S. history."
WHO CREATED THE OBAMA RUMORS?
IS BARACK OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST? THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT WANTS THEIR FLOCK TO BELIEVE SO.
Who's behind the lies about Obama? The NYT found out.
DENNIS KUCINICH SPEAKS TRUTH TO THE DNC!
KARL ROVE'S THIRD TERM--THE MCCAIN SCENARIO-NYT
OBAMA PANDERS TO FAR RIGHT
Related Story: GEORGE LAKOFF SAYS OBAMA'S SHIFT TO THE RIGHT WILL GET HIM DEFEATED.
NUCLEAR POWER WILL SAVE US! THAT'S THE LATEST SPIN ...Shoul we drill? Here's why not.
DOOMSDAY SCENARIO? SEA ICE MELT LIKELY TO MELT PERMAFROST.
EXCELLENT GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE MANY PARTS OF THE U.S. ECONOMY FROM THE NYT. (PDF VERSION HERE IF LINK BELOW IS BROKEN)
HOW CONSERVATIVES WON--AND HOW PROGRESSIVES CAN USE THEIR STRATEGY TO TAKE BACK AMERICA.
THE TAPEWORM: WHY THE AL GORE MODEL OF ADDRESSING GLOBAL WARMING IS A DEAD END.
THE TRUTH ABOUT CANADIAN VERSUS U.S. HEALTHCARE: HINT--IT'S NOT SOCIALISM, IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT WORKS.
THE REPUBLICAN ECONOMIC LEGACY 2008: A COMPLETE STATISTICAL RECORD (BAD NEWS ALL AROUND)
A VIETNAM VETERAN WRITES A LETTER URGING HIS SON NOT TO JOIN THE MILITARY.
NEW: RETAIL STORES CAN NOT FORCE YOU TO SHOW ID WHEN USING CREDIT CARD. THEY MUST MAKE THE SALE WITHOUT AN ID.
RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. GERMAN RESISTANCE TO HITLER IN WWII SHOWS US THE WAY.
OUR LAME DUCK PRESIDENT IS LEAVING A TRAIL OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION AS HIS LEGACY--COAL MINING RULES THAT ALLOW MASSIVE POLLUTION FOR DECADES TO COME.--NYT
NEW RULES WILL ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT THUGS TO SPY ON YOU VIA SATELLITE--NEW YORK TIMES
PRIVATE ARMIES--THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S PERSONAL ARMY OF THUGS AND KILLERS. NEW DATA AND STATISTICS.
PRICE OF BASIC FOODS RISING--THE POOR WILL SUFFER FIRST. GRAPHIC
BUSH'S "SHADOW ARMY" OF MERCENARIES IN IRAQ NOW OUTNUMBERS U.S. TROOPS.
BUSH'S PUPPY DOG THEORY OF TERRORISM, by Richard Clarke
NEW RESEARCH: AMERICA: PROGRESSIVE VIEWS PREVAIL
REPUBLICAN SEX SCANDALS: The hypocrisy of the family values crowd would be funny if it hadn't caused so much harm. By Frank Rich-NYT
BLOOD ON OUR ALL-CONSUMING HANDS: The horrors of Iraq fade into the Disney World of America's blind consumption and callous disregard for violence. By Dahr Jamail
SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES: The time to convert the military industrial machine into something useful is not tomorrow. It's now.
VERMONT TOWNS WANT IMPEACHMENT: Despite resistance from their Democratic representative, people in Vermont have voted overwhelmingly to impeach the Bush/Cheney White House.
IRAN--US MILITARY READY TO ROLL: This report suggests that the U.S. Military, under guidance of VP Dick Cheney, has been prepping for "Operation Iranian Freedom" for years. The fuse is lit.
BEWARE THE BOOMERANG--Will "Iraq Syndrome" make us smarter, or more belligerent? Ira Chernus offers a wise and intriguing analysis of how America will respond to defeat in Iraq.
BUSH PART OF PLAME CONSPIRACY?: Truthout report shows handwritten notes from Dick Cheney regarding Bush's foreknowledge of Plame outing.
EMPIRE OR DEMOCRACY. Chalmers Johnson describes the coming collapse of the American Empire. Empire or Democracy, take your pick. You can't have both. BOOK LINK
BILL MOYERS' CALL TO ACTION. We're losing our media, and with it, our hopes of a democratic future and a better world. The time for action is now--speech given at the Media Reform Conference in Memphis, 2007
THE RICH STAND ACCUSED. Why is it that only the Europeans seem able to state openly that the world is headed for ecological disaster, with the U.S., especially our corporate oligarchy, leading the way.
LIKE SON, LIKE FATHER: BUSH 41's LONG DENIED CIA TIES TO BIG OIL. A new report from Russ Baker shows the senior Bush lied for decades about his CIA connections.
OUR FOUNDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: (NYT) Georgie Washington and his friends were only the first illegal immigrants to break the rules to settle in the lands of their predecessors.
DEC. 2006 News Poll: George W. Bush is "VILLAIN OF THE YEAR for 2006": Get the details here.
REPUBLICRATS: Once more, we have been trcked into voiting for a different version of the same duck.
Unprogressive Democrats (from TomPaine. com) Use the methods of FDR to reign in democratic sellouts.
PRESIDENTIAL TYRANNY--DEMOCRATS POISED FOR FAILURE. Don't expect Democrats to rise up to resist presidential tyranny. This dark essay suggests that they have already surrendered..
DEMOCRATS, DON'T WIMP OUT. Here's a column urging democrats to take their newfound power and use it for all its worth.
CHENEY'S REVENGE. Here's an especially dark theory about how VP Dick Cheney was betrayed in the 2006 election ("Reptiles eating reptiles") and what he's willing to to do to get back at the deserters. I'm not sure we buy this argument, but it's out of the box!--Editor
The Cheney-Bush Cabal. One thing hasn't changed in Washington. Cheney is still calling the shots.
NEW LEADERS, SAME OLD EMPIRE. This view from Europe lays out in grim detail why the new Democratic majorities in the U.S. may have little meaning in terms of real movement on the big issues.
Do We Need Public Schools at All? (Harpers) This insightful excavation of why public schools exist and how they serve the interests of corporations is both chilling and fascinating.
Iraq War Costs Now Well Past $2 Trillion (and rising) The U.S. now spends almost $10 billion per month to continue to occupy Iraq. That cost continues to rise, and the return on the investment is more terrorism, less U.S. credibility in the world, and waste. CURRENT COST: $5000 from every single living American.
"The Unfeeling President" (E.L. Doctorow) Much ink has been spilled about the moral vacuousness of George W. Bush. A renowned novelist says the bigger tragedy is Bush's seeming inablilty to feel for the survivors of the dead.
"YOU'RE BEING MICROTARGETED"--We were looking for an article on this topic, following Karl Rove's comments about studying dozens of polls each week. Unfortunately, this article was the best synthesis we could find. The article is flawed in that it paints microtargeting in a relatively rosy light, without addressing Rove's use of these types of tools for mischief. This profiling of citizens has been far from a boon for democracy in that respect--it has been used to pinpoint groups that are extremist in their views, then fuel outrage (and voter turnout) with inflammatory letters--sent from non-RNC sources--just prior to elections.--Editor
ENORMOUS U.S.FORTRESS IN BAGHDAD BEING BUILT WITH ILLEGAL, ABUSED LABOR BY UNSCRUPULOUS PRIVATE FIRMS, and the Pentagon is turning a blind eye.
OVERSIGHT 2007: TOP PRIORITIES THAT A NEW DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY SHOULD UNDERTAKE (Tom Paine.com)
THE HORROR. A NEW REPORT FINDS THAT 655,000 IRAQ CITIZENS HAVE DIED SINCE THE BUSH-CHENEY INVASION--(Washington Post, Oct. 10, 2006)
COMMODIFYING GRASSROOTS MEDIA Corporations are moving rapidly to weaken and commodify the rise of citizen-based media.
U.S. SPY AGENCIES ADMIT IRAQ INVASION IS FUELING TERRORISM (New York Times, Sept. 2006) 16 Separate agencies now agree--the U.S. attack on Iraq has given terrorists a powerful recruiting tool.
REDEFINING RAPE (New York Times) The latest legislative horror from the Bush Administration seeks to narrowly redefine what constitutes rape.
MORE TOXIC LEGISLATION FROM THE EPA The EPA has done it again--creating a new allowance for dangerous soot that would permit 3,700 premature soot-caused deaths every year in nine cities alone.
HUGO CHAVEZ INTERVIEW (by Greg Palast). Is Hugo Chavez really crazy, or is he the best hope for an FDR-style New Deal in Latin America?
"NATIONALISM, NOT ISLAM, MOTIVATES MOST SUICIDE BOMBERS" New research provides a reality check on why suicide bombers occur only in occupied nations.
"EXPOSING THE WAR PROFITEERS" Forces are in motion to hold war profiteers accountable, with or without the support of Congress.
"WON'T DEPLOY? CAN'T DEPLOY: There are no more troops to send" The title says it all. From SLATE magazine.
AMERICAN MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY LOCAL POLICE THAN TERRORISTS Here's one of those "reality check" articles that's worth reading when you start worrying about anthrax and dirty bombs.
"ALARM SOUNDS ON US POPULATION BOOM" "One of the most alarming findings was that baby boomers -- those born between 1946 and 1964, about 26 percent of the US population -- were not downsizing as their children became adults and moved out. Instead, many have moved into bigger houses or bought vacation properties, and the tally of homes with space greater than 3,000 square feet went up 11 percent from 1988 to 2003."
"RENDEZVOUS WITH OBLIVION" (by Thomas Frank, NYT) Are we reliving the very worst that the 19th Century had to offer? Is this era the spark that can ignite a new liberalism--and yes, the "New Democrats" have failed us.
"GULLIBLE AMERICANS" (by Paul Craig Roberts) Other nations have learned that governments can not be trusted, especially those run by Neoconservatives steeped in the ammoral ideology of power.
PORTLAND, MAINE, CITY COUNCIL ADDRESSES MEDIA CONSOLIDATION. Here's an interesting resolution passed at the local level. Not sure what, if any effect it might have.
DEAD ZONE THREATENS U.S. SUBURBAN DREAM (The Guardian) Petrol price rises may cause the housing bubble to burst, triggering global recession and the fall of America's Eden, writes Paul Harris in New York (Aug. 2006)
INTERNET FRONT GROUPS--BEWARE PROPAGANDA: (from Common Cause). These groups may SOUND like advocates for Internet freedom and neutrality, but they're on the payroll of phone companies, cable providers and Internet companies. Don't be fooled. With names like "Keep It Local NJ," and "Consumers for Cable Choice," they sound like consumer advocates, but they're wolves in sheep's clothing.
CONSERVATIVE BOOT CAMP (from the New York Times). If you have any doubts about how and why the conservative movement has been hijacked by the militarist evangelicals and ammoral corporate capitalists, read this piece from the NYT. Note that this tiny group such raised $2.3 million from a single donor, while progressive groups can barely stay afloat.
"TOP FIVE MYTHS ABOUT AMERICA" An interesting opinion piece, (we have not fact checked it--LNTV), debunking many commonly held beliefs about the U.S. media, political parties and U.S. generosity. (Also, we received a detailed criticism of MYTH #1 regarding the religious background of the founders and have asked permission and posted it HERE.)
"NEOCONS RISE FROM MIDEAST ASHES" (Robert Dreyfuss)--Israel's attacks on Lebanon may be part of a bigger scheme to resurrect Washington's neocon thugs.
"IF ONLY GAY SEX CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING" (from the LA Times)--In coming years, billions will be wasted trying to prevent poorly educated thugs with box cutters from hijacking airlines, but Global Warming, a far greater risk, will be largely ignored.
FALSE FRAMING -- (from TomPaine.com) Even linguist George Lakoff can sometimes be fooled by the language framing of the right. The word FREEDOM is easily misused to mean the complete opposite. Here's an explanation.
USA VOTING FACTS--If you're not concerned about voting fraud now, you will be after reading the facts and links on this short compilation page.
BLUE NATION by Chris Bowers--In this short piece, Chris Bowers makes the case that if you draw the RED STATE BLUE STATE map today, America is heavily blue!
The Hidden History of 9-11-2001--What really happened on 9-11? The author makes a case for the fact the government foreknowledge of the event is not simply a conspiracy theory, but a logical, if sinister extension of U.S. Policy. Also, for a comprehensive list of 9/11 "truth" sites, CLICK HERE.
Also HERE's the NIST report challenging the "Inside Job" allegations about 9/11. We're interested in whether this report has been challenged.
"WHY IT'S OVER FOR AMERICA" by Noam Chomsky--An inability to protect its citizens. The belief that it is above the law. A lack of democracy. Three defining characteristics of the 'failed state'. And that, says Noam Chomsky, is exactly what the US is becoming. In an exclusive extract from his devastating new book,"Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy," America's leading thinker explains how his country lost its way.
Was the 2004 Election Stolen? (from Rolling Stone Magazine, by Robert F. Kennedy) Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.
Why did the media fail us on Iraq? Here's an article about a panel that took place at Columbia University with Robert Fisk, Seymour Hersch and other reputable journalists. For once, the raw truth about the U.S. Media is outed!
Looking for solidarity? Here's a "Pledge of Resistance" that unites all patriotic Americans under one flag of non-violence, peace and compassion. .
Why Bill Clinton was No Friend to the Poor. We had a few letters from fans of the show upset that we slammed Bill Clinton's trade policies. Don't take our word from it. Here's a thoughtful piece that lays out Clinton's failure toward working class citizens.
Liberalism. Is the pendulum swinging back toward its natural condition of a liberal, progressive public, or do we need to go much further...toward a radical new view of our future, closer to ..gasp...socialism? Several interesting blog articles.
Scooter Libby Sings! Click HERE to visit a site that includes the entire Fitzgerald filing, or CLICK HERE to download the 39-page PDF of that filing.
Kurt Vonnegut's Last Stand
The latest "LiberalAgenda!"
"Attention Deficit Democracy" Can the American Empire be saved from apathy?
"WHO WILL SAVE AMERICA?" A thoughtful new essay about the end of the American Dream.
AL GORE talks about why TELEVISION trumps the Internet when it comes to political discourse.
"REPUBLICAN NEMESIS" by James Kroeger
NEW! THE END OF THE INTERNET--WILL CORPORATIONS GET THEIR WAY?
NEW: THE KATRINA COVERUP: February 2006
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: Looking at what's happening in Bolivia can give hope and direction to social and political reformers in the U.S. in 2006.
IMPEACH! Many call for a Bush-Cheney Impeachment. Read Several Articles HERE.
" Inside the House of Horrors that is Congress" from Rolling Stone.
A great piece on how to reform the Democratic party from The Nation.
NEW from BuyBlue.org, the ten best and ten worst corporations in terms of political donations.
"How to talk about KARL ROVE to a conservative."
A full report on George W. Bush's 300 Environmental Crimes Against Nature.
The "War on Terror" is over, according to linguist George Lakoff.
Is the "Liberal Blogosphere" ready to displace the major TV news networks? How many people are really involved?
Here's an article written 5 years ago urging progressives to create a tv news show. Note how the idea was shot down by fellow progressives almost immediately. The Liberty News TV moral: Question Authorities. Action is what matters.
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Defending radical environmentalism--Includes great articles such as "What are the Moral Limits of Consumption?"
New book by Chalmers Johnson on the U.S. Empire.
Our friend David Sirota has written a great primer to give to one of your friends who doesn't understand your concern about catastrophic policies of the last six years. (Click cover to order.)
Watch the LNTV exclusive streaming video (below) of David Sirota talking about his book. Here's his appearance with Eli Pariser of Move-On in Portland on June 19, 2006.
Nobody understands the evil behind America's obsession with oil and election fraud like journalist Greg Palast.
Also, here's another Liberty News TV exclusive--streaming video of a talk Greg Palast gave in Washington D.C. in June.
Wondering how to fight the right? Here's a great primer! Visit their website HERE.
Galbraith's book about economics was never as pertinent or needed as it is today. Here's how to make a good society--even in the framework of capitalism.
To save the world, we need to change how we think about the future. Thom Hartmann points the way.
Our culture appears to be in its waning stages, but what will it look like on the other side--police state or sustainable communities?
How money really works. What should you REALLY fear? (Hint: It's not terrorists).
Noam Chomsky expains why the public hasn't got a clue.
How George W. Bush bankrupted America and betrayed the Reagan legacy--(by a true conservative.)