Monday matters

Written by: Gerry L on Feb 2, 2009 7:48 AM EST

Monday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ February 2nd,  2009

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Risks Are Vast in Revaluation of Assets

By VIKAS BAJAJ and STEPHEN LABATON

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/business/economy/02value.html?_r=1&hp

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GOP leaders doubt stimulus bill will pass Senate

Senate Republican leaders cite lack of support for stimulus bill, call for major changes

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/02/gop_leaders_doubt_stimulus_bill_will_pass_senate.php

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For GOPpers, isn’t it always about havig it ‘their way’…

As Obama Talks Of Bipartisanship, Definitions Vary

A Redefinition of Bipartisanship

For Obama, fixing "broken politics" means replacing gamesmanship with honest arguments.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/01/AR2009020102066.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

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Will the Recovery Plan Lead to the Stimulation We Need?

Questions Must Be Asked, New Demands Raised, More Needs Put On Agenda
By Danny Schechter

It is time for a euphoria check or maybe a check on euphoria, a time to start raising our own questions about government plans rather than reflexively rallying behind the Democrats just because the Republicans are so obstinate and revolting.

It is important to recognize that behind the GOP’s JUST SAY NO rejectionism is an calculated reaction. If they back and it succeeds, they look stupid. If it fails as many expect it will, they can say, “see we told you so” as part of a plan to stage a political comeback in two years. Rush Limbaugh may have the moxie to call for its failure but many of his party mates are more cagey.

They know that time may be on their side, and can read sentences like this from financial writer David Leonhardt in the New York Times magazine:

“(The economy) won’t recover anytime soon. It is likely to get significantly worse over the course of 2009 no matter what President Obama and Congress do.” ) If you look at the world through a hyper—partisan lens like they do, the silver lining is clear. Wait it out and then make political hay off everyone’s misery.”

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/39475

 

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Groups target GOP senators on stimulus

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/groups-target-gop-senators-on-stimulus-2009-01-29.html

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SEE THE AD

http://www.jobsandeconomicrecovery.com/er

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Tell Congress: Invest in American Jobs Now

http://www.jobsandeconomicrecovery.com/page/speakout/economicrecovery

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Please consider sending the following message (you can copy & paste) or send your own message to each of the ‘targeted’ Republicans:

Senator Susan Collins from Maine

http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.Email

Senator Olympia Snow from Maine

http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email

Senator Judd Gregg from New Hamphire

http://gregg.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=contact.contactform

Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska

http://murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactMe.EMailLisa

Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa

http://grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm

also, please consider contacting Mitch McConnell…who would lead the Senate filibuster effort…

http://mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm

 

Suggested Message…from the Campaign for Jobs & Economic Recovery…

 

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Sins of Omission: Help for the Beleaguered Homeowner

The omission of a measure to let bankrupt homeowners have their mortgages modified under court protection weakens the overall stimulus and recovery package.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/opinion/02mon1.html?ref=opinion

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Sins of Omission: The Forgotten Poor

Two programs for the poor that urgently need federal funding— legal services and access to family planning — were stripped from the House economic package.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/opinion/02mon2.html?ref=opinion

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Ohioans Seek Slice Of the Stimulus Pie

Governor, Mayors Jockey to Secure Cash

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Strickland projects a deficit of $7.3 billion in the next two-year budget. Working with other Democratic governors, he has sought $250 billion for education, particularly to prevent deep staff cuts, as well as money to help meet rising Medicaid costs.

In a budget proposal that Strickland will make today, he projects that Ohio will receive $3.4 billion for emergency fiscal relief, including Medicaid and education funding. The sum does not include anticipated federal infrastructure dollars.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/01/AR2009020101978.html?hpid=topnews

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Bailouts for Bunglers

By PAUL KRUGMAN

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/opinion/02krugman.html?_r=1

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Is the Entire Bailout Strategy Flawed? Let's Rethink This Before It's Too Late

By Joseph Stiglitz, CNN
http://www.alternet.org/story/124166/

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The Bad Bank v. Good Bank Option
A new scheme for bailing out U.S. banks is for taxpayers to accept all the bad mortgages in a "bad bank," but there is another option for the U.S. government to start a "good bank,"

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/013009b.html

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Chris Hedges thinks its worse than that…Could HE be right??

It’s Not Going to Be OK The daily bleeding of thousands of jobs will soon turn our economic crisis into a political crisis. Our empire is dying. How will we cope with our decline? Will we cling to the absurd dreams of a superpower and a glorious tomorrow or will we responsibly face our stark new limitations?

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090202_its_not_going_to_be_ok/

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How Unions Tried to Save US Autos
Years ago, labor unions urged the U.S. auto industry to go for smaller cars and national health insurance, TheRealNews reports.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/020109a.html

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Even the New York Times agrees that there should be accountability,  sort of…

A New Subpoena for Karl Rove

The scandals of the Bush Justice Department will not be put to rest until Karl Rove and others who have been subpoenaed provide Congress with the information it needs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/opinion/02mon3.html?ref=opinion

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Secret Renditions Still an Option for CIA

http://www.truthout.org/020109A

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please consider contacting The White House

remind the Obama Administration that our country needs

a ‘restoration’ of American values…which does NOT

mean condoning kidnapping and rendering onto torture…

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

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The Other Iran

ROGER COHEN

The axis-of-evil myopia has led U.S. policy makers to underestimate Iran’s social, psychological and political forces for pragmatism, compromise and stability

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/opinion/02cohen.html?ref=opinion

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from and about ‘over there’

 

 

 

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America Faces the Music in Davos

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090201_america_faces_the_music_in_davos/

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Dissent beginning to spread across Russia as crisis bites

Thousands protest at Putin's handling of economy while rift with Medvedev grows

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dissent-beginning-to-spread-across-russia-as-crisis-bites-1522983.html

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A plea for ‘accountability’

The Black Flag Is Waving

by Uri Avnery

http://www.antiwar.com/avnery/?articleid=14176

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Turkey's turn from the West

By Soner Cagaptay

http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/news.jsp?key=345924&rc=op&npc=op

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American U.N. Official Abducted in Pakistan

A senior United Nations official was abducted and his driver was killed Monday morning in the southwestern city of Quetta, according to U.N. and Pakistani officials

http://www.twcbc.com/cinci/SEM/bundle.html?gclid=CKCWtrTQvZgCFQIyxwodTjekZA

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Suicide bomber kills 19 Afghan policemen

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/01/AR2009020100324.html?hpid=moreheadlines

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

Centralizing Parties advancing in Iraq's Provincial Election Results

The big news out of the leaks from Iraq's vote counters is that parties seeking a strong central government appear to have won big in the elections for provincial governments.

http://www.juancole.com/

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Iraq's Shocking Human Toll: About 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million Orphans

By John Tirman, The Nation

War on Iraq: Now that Bush is gone, perhaps we can honestly face the damage we have wrought and the responsibilities we must accept from it.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/123818/iraq%27s_shocking_human_toll%3A_about_1_million_killed%2C_4.5_million_displaced%2C_1-2_million_widows%2C_5_million_orphans/

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Low turnout in Iraq's election reflects a disillusioned nation

Voter turnout in Iraq's provincial elections Saturday was the lowest in the nation's short history as a new democracy despite a relative calm across the nation. Only about 7.5 million of more than 14 million registered voters went to the polls. Interviews suggest that the low voter turnout also is an indication of Iraqi disenchantment with a democracy that, so far, has brought them very little. » read more

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/61245.html

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Israeli jets bomb Gaza targets

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/02/200921231710542401.html

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What Ceasefire?

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090202_what_ceasefire/

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Playing Favorites in Palestine

By Amjad Atallah

http://www.forward.com/articles/15043/

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Waltz With Bashir, Part 2

by Ari Folman, David Polonsky, and Tom Engelhardt

http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=14173

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The Silence of the Jurists

by Gideon Levy

One silence, of all the shameful silences, has thus far roared especially loud - the silence of the jurists. The 41,000 attorneys in the State of Israel are entrusted with protecting its image as a lawful state, and this large and grand army has once again strayed from its function. There is a deep suspicion throughout the world that Israel carried out a series of war crimes, and the jurists of our country are holding their peace.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/01-2

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Peace and Solidarity

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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

- Mark Twain, humorist and author (1835 - 1910)

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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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