Wednesday articles

Written by: Gerry L on Nov 19, 2008 8:13 AM EST

Wednesday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ November 19th,  2008

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Obama Taps Clinton Vet for Attorney General

so, who is he??

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081118_obama_taps_clinton_vet_for_attorney_general/

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and so, now…

The Trouble With Eric Holder

John Nichols

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/384564

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Zapping the Volt

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/passingthrough/384140

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Getting to Yes

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In an exchange with Representative Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, it quickly became apparent that it was Mr. Paulson who did not understand the intent of Congress as expressed in the bailout bill. ~~~

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19wed1.html?_r=1

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Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions
By CNBC.com |

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21263.htm

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I’ve never done this before. In my entire seven years as the ACLU’s executive director, I have never asked you to sign a presidential petition written in appreciation and support, rather than in outrage and protest.
That’s how dramatically different things can be now.

After eight years of a Bush administration that thumbed its nose at the Constitution and the rule of law, it was incredibly gratifying to see President-elect Obama in his “60 Minutes” interview affirm his intentions to reject torture and put an end to the Guantánamo prison camp and its sham military commission system which have been a stain on America’s name at home and abroad.
Just last week, you helped the ACLU run a full-page ad urging Barack Obama to take the lead on these critical issues. And now, using language strikingly similar to the words we use to describe the horrors of Guantánamo Bay, the President-elect has confirmed his promise.

Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director, ACLU

https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=close_gitmo_on_day_one&JServSessionIdr004=byecd9dp63.app23a

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Howard Dean offers some hints….

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/dean-basks-in-election-re_n_144793.html

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Many Groups Spied Upon In Md. Were Nonviolent

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111803487.html?hpid=moreheadlines

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Plame, Wilson to take CIA leak lawsuit to Supreme Court

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Plame_Wilson_to_take_CIA_leak_1118.html

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Election Protection In Ohio (And America) Isn't Over

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/nationofgandhis/CLmx

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“the motor mouth from Missouri knows precisely the kind of red meat his listeners crave,”

Bill Ayers and the Demons to Come

http://www.truthout.org/111808R

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from and about ‘over there’

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Cancel the Missile Project in Eastern Europe
by Jacob G. Hornberger

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2008-11-17.asp

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Russia warns Georgia against military build-up

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Russia_warns_Georgia_against_milita_11182008.html

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US Bin-Ladin Hunt Phoney

By Juan Cole

November 17, 2008 "Juan Cole" -- - The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Persian Afghan press alleging that French troops were at one point close to capturing Usamah Bin Ladin in Afghanistan, but that American forces stopped them from doing so. It says that a forthcoming French documentary containing interviews with the French soldiers provides proof for the allegation. The argument is that the Bush administration needed Bin Ladin to be at large in order to justify its military expansionism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21256.htm

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U.S. Seeks New Afghan Routes

Rise in Taliban attacks along a NATO supply line from Pakistan has officials seeking alternatives.

Candace Rondeaux and Walter Pincus

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111803940.html?hpid=topnews

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

Security Agreement Requires all US Troops Out of Iraq by 2011;
Blocs in Parliament Maneuver to Defeat It

http://www.juancole.com/

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Under Iraq troop pact, U.S. can't leave any forces behind

By Leila Fadel | McClatchy Newspapers

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/56110.html

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Will The US Government And Media Finally Report The Slaughter Of Iraqis By The US Military?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-schwartz/will-the-slaughter-of-ira_b_143503.html

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Why has piracy exploded off the coast of Somalia, and how can it be stopped?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-big-question-why-has-piracy-exploded-off-the-coast-of-somalia-and-how-can-it-be-stopped-1024520.html

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This article dating back to Aug. 2008 links highjacking to Islamist insurgency…

Piracy ransoms funding Somalia insurgency

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSLO00572320080824

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While here…a different take…

Somalia Resurfaces

http://www.truthout.org/111807O

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How Bush Tried to Bring Down Evo Morales

Orchestrating a Civic Coup in Bolivia

By ROGER BURBACH

http://www.counterpunch.org/burbach11182008.html

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The translation is not perfect…but still, worth reading rather than watching..

Because the ‘voice-over’ on the video is unclear and disconcerting in my opinion…

Juan speaks Spanish fluently…they would have ended up better to have had Evo

Speak, then Juan translate…

An Hour with Bolivian President Evo Morales: “Neoliberalism Is No Solution for Humankind”

~~But we also saw in the presence of the ambassador of the US as a constant conspiracy. And I remember that I talked to you, and I actually denounced the ambassador, because he used to call me the Andean bin Laden. And the coca growers, he used to call them Taliban. That’s when I was a leader, and I was a candidate for the presidency. Permamently, from the State Department of the US, I have been accused of being a drug trafficker and a terrorist. And even now that I’m president, that continues on on the part of the embassy. I know it does not come from the American people.

I need ambassadors who are diplomats and that if there’s a possibility to cooperate, that they cooperate. If they have the possibility of doing good business, they should do it, but also that Bolivia would benefit it. But we don’t need aggression, conspiracies. Unfortunately, the financial resources that come from the US—they talk about corporation, that corporation really is financing destabilization. And so, that makes us want to be respected as a country.~~~

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/18/an_hour_with_bolivian_president_evo

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Peace and Solidarity

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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Attributed to George Orwell

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