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War, Peace and Obama’s Nobel by Noam Chomsky
The hopes and prospects for peace aren’t well aligned—not even close. The task is to bring them nearer. Presumably that was the intent of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in choosing President Barack Obama.
The prize “seemed a kind of prayer and encouragement by the Nobel committee for future endeavor and more consensual American leadership,” Steven Erlanger and Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote in The New York Times.
The S-Word and Dr. Kevorkian's Accountant: Health care Rx from my socialist fire department by Greg Palast
Tell me where it hurts, Mr. President.
What's killing you, Barack, is what's killing us all: an evil germ called "Medical Loss Ratio."
"Medical Loss Ratio" [MLR] is the fancy term used by health insurance companies for their slice, their take-out, their pound of flesh, their gross - very gross - profit.
The "MLR" is the difference between what you pay an insurance company and what that insurer pays out to doctors, hospitals and pharmacists for your medical care.
Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government? by Bill Moyers
The following is excerpted from the transcript of Bill Moyers' interview with Dem Rep. Marcy Kaptur and former head of the IMFSimon Johnson from PBS's Bill Moyers Journal.
Bill Moyers: I sat in a theater packed with passionate moviegoers, every one of them seemingly aghast at the Wall Street skullduggery exposed by Michael Moore in his latest film. It's called 'Capitalism: A Love Story.' Here's an excerpt:
WTF? Obama Gets the Nobel Peace Prize? by Dave Lindorff
It's not a much of a travesty as when Henry Kissinger, a war criminal of the first order who was an architect of the latter stages of the Indochina War, and was personally responsible for the slaughter of well over a million innocent people, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, while that war was still raging, but the awarding of the latest Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama is travesty enough.
10 of the Most Obscenely Stupid Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories and Attacks Against the President by Tana Ganeva
Today, President Barack Obama is slated to give a speech urging America's schoolchildren to do their homework and stay in school.
Naturally, conservatives are extremely alarmed, because obviously the president is looking to create a vast army of adorable little zombies that will help him destroy America faster.
Empire, Obama and America's Last Taboo by John Pilger (video)
Pilger examines Obama'a position as President of the U.S. and puts into perspective. Recorded in San Fransisco on July 4th, 2009.
Obama on Drugs: 98% Cheney? by Greg Palast
Eighty billion dollars of WHAT?
I searched all over the newspapers and TV transcripts and no one asked the President what is probably the most important question of what passes for debate on the issue of health care reform: $80 billion of WHAT?
Meet the Birthers by Rachel Morris & Daniel Schulman
Ann Coulter thinks they’re "cranks." Right-wing radio kingpin Michael Medved prefers to call them "nutburgers." Their ranks include a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, a Clinton conspiracy theorist, a habitual presidential candidate, and a professional poker player. They’re convening amateur grand juries and suing the President—not to mention suing each other.
Howard Zinn: “I Wish Obama Would Listen to MLK” by Amy Goodman
AMY GOODMAN: My next guest for the rest of the hour is Howard Zinn, one of the country’s most celebrated historians. His classic work, A People’s History of the United States, changed the way we look at history in America. First published a quarter of a century ago, the book has sold over a million copies and continues to sell more copies each successive year.
Got a Hopeover? A Dictionary for Disheartened Obama Fans by Naomi Klein
To produce programs capable of meeting the current crises, we are all going to have to stop hoping and start demanding.
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