Friday, January 01, 2010

Bangkok, Thailand: The Venice of the East...and rightly so...!

Copyright (C) 2010 by F. Scott Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Care to venture along the river that cuts through Bangkok like a tourist? Here's your chance to save lots of money by watching this video clip that gives you a firsthand glimpse and feeling of traveling upriver like a tourist does, day in and day out in Bangkok, Thailand. The price is right: nothing. So, I hope you enjoy the voyage as much as I did.

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The Fear DecadeSince 9/11, We've Embraced Our Inner Coward

By Ted Rall

Home of the free and the brave. Live free or die. Shoot first;

ask questions later. Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out. These

were the mottos of a brash, impetuous, audacious-to-a-fault

nation. That nation is dead. Continue

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Quote:Lining Up for the Wall Street Gravy Train

By Mike Whitney

The banks are not only taking depositors money and

using it in high-risk derivatives transactions and currency

"carry trades", they're also propping up the long daisy-chain

of insolvent creditors whose default could domino Lehman-like

through the entire financial system. Funny how the media

skips little tidbits like this when they give their rosy

evening roundup. Continue

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Something's Not Right Here

By Bill Moyers - Mat Taibbi - Robert Kuttner

Truth is, our capitol's being looted, republicans are

acting like the town rowdies, the sheriff is firing blanks,

and powerful Democrats in Congress are in cahoots

with the gang that's pulling the heist. This is not capitalism

at work. It's capital. Raw money, mounds of it, buying

politicians and policy as if they were futures on the

hog market. Continue

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A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF

F. SCOTT SINCLAIR’S NOVELS

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