QUOTE:
Copyright (C) 2009 by F. Scott Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.
Op-ed:
Because as the pundits have rattled the airwaves with their vitriolic
remarks about not having enough doctors, facilities, etc. to handle
another 47 million Americans; hence, they've managed to make
the argument for a government plan in the process. In other
words, medical care is only available to some no matter what
plan(s) are eventually adopted (whether that's a government
plan or collective private plans, or a combo thereof):
those with means and privilege don't like to be inconvenienced,
and that translates into rationing. Or in this case scenario, at
least 47 million Americans must be shut out of the health care
system in order not to inconvenience those who have paid the
full price of admission to the health care club in America. Because
even if the 47 million uninsured had enough money to buy
into the exclusive medical insurance club, there still wouldn't
be enough doctors or resources to handle them. So, only people
who can afford the most expensive care available can join the
club that is governed by the marketplace's theory of supply and
demand (or in this case, scarcity--whether intended, contrived,
or not). Those who are unemployed, and those who are uninsured
for other reasons, are considered to be collateral damage:
acceptable and necessary losses; just like a 4 or 5 percent annual
unemployment rate is acceptable and considered normal to any
healthy economic system. This is nothing more than pure greed
and selfishness, another arrow in the casket of the middle-class
and below. An acceptable aberration and deviation from the norm
of a smooth running, profitable health care system. Such callousness
will eventually take its toll when those marginalized awaken in a
cold sweat some August night. Time waits for no man...or woman.
May God show his mercy upon thee: all of us, and may our
Congress person's show wisdom in bringing this life and death
matter to a successful conclusion. Amen.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
AMERICA ASSASSINATES PEOPLE ALL THE TIME...? YOU'RE KIDDIN'? NOPE:
QUOTE:
The US Assassinates People All The Time!
Rachel Maddow interviews Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
"We're killing the wrong people and we're killing
the wrong people in the wrong countries" Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Bush's Hit Teams
By Robert Parry
The facts are already clear that his “global war
on terror” had morphed into an international
“dirty war” with Bush now having passed off
command to President Obama. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Video Shows British Army Officer Screaming at Hooded Iraqi Civilians
By Daily Mail Reporter
The men were scalded with boiling water, urinated
on, kicked, punched and hooded while in British military
custody, the hearing chaired by retired Court of Appeal
judge Sir William Gage was told. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
Foreclosures At Record High In First Half 2009 Despite Aid
By Lynn Adler
U.S. home foreclosure activity galloped to a record
in the first half of the year, overwhelming broad
efforts to remedy failing loans while job losses
escalated. Continue
***************************************************
QUOTE:
Ex-FBI AgentWhy I Support a New 9/11 Investigation
By Coleen Rowley
In the absence of my being there in New York City
to stand with the 9/11 families, first responders and
survivors, I offer the following statement in support
of your goal of a new investigation into the attacks
of September 11th and the NYC CAN campaign to
place it on the ballot for November. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Goldman Sachs Posts Record Profits
Matt Taibbi Probes Role of Investment Giant in US Financial Meltdown
By Democracy Now - Audio and TranscriptGoldman
Sachs, the nation’s most powerful financial company,
has reported the richest quarterly profit in its
140-year history: $3.44 billion between April and
June. We speak to Matt Taibbi, whose new Rolling
Stone article argues that “Goldman Sachs has engineered
every major market manipulation since the Great
Depression.” Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
‘Government Sachs’ Strikes Gold ... Again
By Robert Scheer
Connect the dots: Goldman Sachs made $3.44 billion
in profit this past quarter, while the U.S deficit topped
$1 trillion for the first time in the nation’s history and
appeared to be headed toward doubling that figure
before the budget year is out. Since most of the increase
in the federal deficit is due to bailing out the banks and
salvaging the greater economy they helped destroy,
why is the top investment bank doing so well? Continue
***********************************************
QUOTE:
Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily
*******************************************************
QUOTE:
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOVELIST F. SCOTT SINCLAIR
********************************************************
QUOTE:
A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS
*********************************************************
QUOTE:
And last, but not least: George Carlin videos. Check them out...!
***********************************************************
QUOTE:
F. Scott Sinclair is now also on: Twitter. com at
www.twitter.com/novelistfscott
**********************************************************
The US Assassinates People All The Time!
Rachel Maddow interviews Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
"We're killing the wrong people and we're killing
the wrong people in the wrong countries" Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Bush's Hit Teams
By Robert Parry
The facts are already clear that his “global war
on terror” had morphed into an international
“dirty war” with Bush now having passed off
command to President Obama. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Video Shows British Army Officer Screaming at Hooded Iraqi Civilians
By Daily Mail Reporter
The men were scalded with boiling water, urinated
on, kicked, punched and hooded while in British military
custody, the hearing chaired by retired Court of Appeal
judge Sir William Gage was told. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
Foreclosures At Record High In First Half 2009 Despite Aid
By Lynn Adler
U.S. home foreclosure activity galloped to a record
in the first half of the year, overwhelming broad
efforts to remedy failing loans while job losses
escalated. Continue
***************************************************
QUOTE:
Ex-FBI AgentWhy I Support a New 9/11 Investigation
By Coleen Rowley
In the absence of my being there in New York City
to stand with the 9/11 families, first responders and
survivors, I offer the following statement in support
of your goal of a new investigation into the attacks
of September 11th and the NYC CAN campaign to
place it on the ballot for November. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Goldman Sachs Posts Record Profits
Matt Taibbi Probes Role of Investment Giant in US Financial Meltdown
By Democracy Now - Audio and TranscriptGoldman
Sachs, the nation’s most powerful financial company,
has reported the richest quarterly profit in its
140-year history: $3.44 billion between April and
June. We speak to Matt Taibbi, whose new Rolling
Stone article argues that “Goldman Sachs has engineered
every major market manipulation since the Great
Depression.” Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
‘Government Sachs’ Strikes Gold ... Again
By Robert Scheer
Connect the dots: Goldman Sachs made $3.44 billion
in profit this past quarter, while the U.S deficit topped
$1 trillion for the first time in the nation’s history and
appeared to be headed toward doubling that figure
before the budget year is out. Since most of the increase
in the federal deficit is due to bailing out the banks and
salvaging the greater economy they helped destroy,
why is the top investment bank doing so well? Continue
***********************************************
QUOTE:
Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily
*******************************************************
QUOTE:
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOVELIST F. SCOTT SINCLAIR
********************************************************
QUOTE:
A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS
*********************************************************
QUOTE:
And last, but not least: George Carlin videos. Check them out...!
***********************************************************
QUOTE:
F. Scott Sinclair is now also on: Twitter. com at
www.twitter.com/novelistfscott
**********************************************************
Thursday, July 16, 2009
A BAND OF SCOUNDRELS...OR PATRIOTS, SURELY NOT A CABAL? YOU DECIDE...
QUOTE:
Death Squads and US Democracy
By Bill Van Auken
The revelation that the CIA initiated a covert program,
apparently involving assassinations, and kept it secret
from the US Congress on the orders of Vice President
Dick Cheney marks a deepening of the crisis in the
American state apparatus and an indication of the
degeneration of democratic processes within the US.
Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
The Man Who Knew Cheney's Secret
By Benjamin Sarlin
The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh was mocked in
March when he referred to Dick Cheney’s secret
squad of CIA assassins. Now, he talks to The Daily
Beast about the next shoe to drop. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Can The Economy Recover?
By Paul Craig Roberts
There is no economy left to recover. The US
manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring
and free trade ideology. It was replaced by a
mythical “New Economy.” Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
How Bad Will the Economy Get?
Really, Really Bad
By Thomas Greco, Jr.
Historically, every financial and economic crisis has
been used to further centralize power and concentrate
wealth. This one is no different, and in fact the moves
being promoted by the Obama administration and
the central banks of the Western powers will take
the whole world to the pinnacle of financial despotism --
unless enough people wake up and claim their own
"money power.” Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh Describes
'Executive Assassination Ring'
By Eric Black
Legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh
may have made a little more news than he intended
by talking about new alleged instances of domestic
spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert
military operation that he called an “executive
assassination ring.” Continue
**********************************************
QUOTE:
Crystal Ball GazingThe Future Is Deflation
By Mike Whitney
The US consumer, long considered an inexhaustible
resource, is tapped out. Without job security and
access to easy credit; consumer spending will slow,
prices will fall, demand will flag and the economy
will tank. There won't be a recovery. Continue
**********************************************
QUOTE:
"We're The Counterfeiters Of The World"
By Ron Paul - Video
The dollar now is worth 4 cents in comparison
to what it was worth in 1913 when the FED
was established. Continue
**********************************************
QUOTE:
Congressman Mark Kirk: China to Buy $80 Billion Worth of Gold
Video
Congressman Mark Kirk explains in detail China's
behind the scenes thinking about the dollar. Hint:
They are going to buy two Forth Knox's worth of
gold. Continue
**********************************************
QUOTE: Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily
*******************************************************
QUOTE:
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOVELIST F. SCOTT SINCLAIR
********************************************************
QUOTE:
A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS
*********************************************************
QUOTE:
And last, but not least: George Carlin videos. Check them out...!
***********************************************************
QUOTE:
F. Scott Sinclair is now also on: Twitter. com at
www.twitter.com/novelistfscott
**************************************************
Death Squads and US Democracy
By Bill Van Auken
The revelation that the CIA initiated a covert program,
apparently involving assassinations, and kept it secret
from the US Congress on the orders of Vice President
Dick Cheney marks a deepening of the crisis in the
American state apparatus and an indication of the
degeneration of democratic processes within the US.
Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
The Man Who Knew Cheney's Secret
By Benjamin Sarlin
The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh was mocked in
March when he referred to Dick Cheney’s secret
squad of CIA assassins. Now, he talks to The Daily
Beast about the next shoe to drop. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Can The Economy Recover?
By Paul Craig Roberts
There is no economy left to recover. The US
manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring
and free trade ideology. It was replaced by a
mythical “New Economy.” Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
How Bad Will the Economy Get?
Really, Really Bad
By Thomas Greco, Jr.
Historically, every financial and economic crisis has
been used to further centralize power and concentrate
wealth. This one is no different, and in fact the moves
being promoted by the Obama administration and
the central banks of the Western powers will take
the whole world to the pinnacle of financial despotism --
unless enough people wake up and claim their own
"money power.” Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh Describes
'Executive Assassination Ring'
By Eric Black
Legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh
may have made a little more news than he intended
by talking about new alleged instances of domestic
spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert
military operation that he called an “executive
assassination ring.” Continue
**********************************************
QUOTE:
Crystal Ball GazingThe Future Is Deflation
By Mike Whitney
The US consumer, long considered an inexhaustible
resource, is tapped out. Without job security and
access to easy credit; consumer spending will slow,
prices will fall, demand will flag and the economy
will tank. There won't be a recovery. Continue
**********************************************
QUOTE:
"We're The Counterfeiters Of The World"
By Ron Paul - Video
The dollar now is worth 4 cents in comparison
to what it was worth in 1913 when the FED
was established. Continue
**********************************************
QUOTE:
Congressman Mark Kirk: China to Buy $80 Billion Worth of Gold
Video
Congressman Mark Kirk explains in detail China's
behind the scenes thinking about the dollar. Hint:
They are going to buy two Forth Knox's worth of
gold. Continue
**********************************************
QUOTE: Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily
*******************************************************
QUOTE:
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOVELIST F. SCOTT SINCLAIR
********************************************************
QUOTE:
A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS
*********************************************************
QUOTE:
And last, but not least: George Carlin videos. Check them out...!
***********************************************************
QUOTE:
F. Scott Sinclair is now also on: Twitter. com at
www.twitter.com/novelistfscott
**************************************************
Monday, June 01, 2009
TED RALL IS ON THE WARPATH...! HE WANTS OBAMA TO RESIGN...
QUOTE:
MR. OBAMA: RESIGN NOW
BY TED RALL
*********************************************
QUOTE:
Do Americans Have a Moral Conscience?
By Paul Craig Roberts
If the Obama regime does not hold the Bush regime
accountable for violating US and international law,
then the Obama regime is complicit in the Bush regime’s
crimes. If the American people permit Obama to look
the other way in order “to move on,” the American
people are also complicit in the crimes. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
Defining Moments in US History and their Relevance Today
By Charles Sullivan
It is beyond absurd to think of President Obama as
anything but a political conservative dressed in the
garments of liberalism and masquerading as a man
of the people. Obama’s voting record, his political
appointments, the money trail, and his policy decisions
reveal his true colors. So much for change we can
believe in. Continue
*****************************************************
QUOTE:
Chevron, Shell and the True Cost of Oil
By Amy Goodman
The economy is a shambles, unemployment is
soaring, the auto industry is collapsing. But profits
are higher than ever at oil companies Chevron
and Shell. Yet across the globe, from the
Ecuadorian jungle, to the Niger Delta in Nigeria,
to the courtrooms and streets of New York and
San Ramon, Calif., people are fighting back against
the world's oil giants. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
China warns Federal Reserve Over 'Printing Money'
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
China has warned a top member of the US Federal
Reserve that it is increasingly disturbed by the
Fed's direct purchase of US Treasury bonds. Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
Exploding Debt Threatens America
By John Taylor
Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade its
outlook for British sovereign debt from “stable” to
“negative” should be a wake-up call for the US
Congress and administration. Let us hope they
wake up. Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
IS 2012 THE YEAR OF THE "GREATEST DEPRESSION"
IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY: THE MOTHER OF ALL
DEPRESSION?
***************************************************
QUOTE:
Torturing the Rule of Law
By Rep. Dr. Ron Paul
“Enhanced interrogation” as some prefer to call it, has
been used throughout history, usually by despotic
governments, to cruelly punish or to extract politically
useful statements from prisoners. Governments that
do these things invariably bring shame on themselves.
Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
War Is Sin
BY CHRIS HEDGES
*************************************************
QUOTE:
Another Outrage
By Cindy Sheehan
I have spoken to men who were still in their teens
who were sodomized with broom handles in
Guantanamo. I have seen the horrific photos
of the US’s inhumanity to man and cannot forgive
my country for the terror it has unleashed on
the world. I can’t stand the fact that our government
operates with such craven cowardice and has
harmed so many people while Americans revel
in blissful ignorance. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
The Eight-Year-Long Psychological Operation
Osama Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive?
By Tod Fletcher -
Review of a new book by David Ray GriffinGriffin
strikes at the root of this pretext for war by closely
examining all the evidence that has come out since
September 11, 2001, either indicating that bin Laden
is still alive or that he is in fact dead. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
He Kept Us Safe (Except When He Didn’t)
By David Michael Green
I’m really sick to death of hearing the Bush administration
people brag about how they kept us safe from terrorists,
matrimonially inclined homosexuals, and other really
mean people. Continue
*****************************************************
QUOTE:
The Bases of Empire:
The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts
By Chalmers Johnson
There has been no public discussion by the
Obama administration over starting to liquidate
our overseas bases or beginning to scale back
our imperialist presence in the rest of the world.
Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
The Next Leg Down
By Mike Whitney
Collapsing home prices and credit markets continue
to put downward pressure on consumer spending,
forcing the Federal Reserve to take even more radical
action to revive the economy. Last week, Fed chief
Ben Bernanke raised the prospect of further monetizing
the debt by purchasing more than the $1.75 trillion
of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities (MBS)
already committed. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold
By Andy Kroll
How the Financial Bailout Scams Taxpayers, Subsidizes
Wall Street, and Props Up Our Broken Financial System.
Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
Capitalism Produces Rich Bankers, Socialism Produces Happiness
By Phillip Bannowsky
When you consider that virtually no newspaper, broadcaster,
well-funded think tank, teacher, or anybody's boss or
commander ever said something nice about socialism,
it's remarkable that only 53 percent of us still favor rule
by the moneyed class. Perhaps folks are learning how
capitalism sacrifices happiness for individual gain. Continue
********************************************************
QUOTE:
Are Investors in the US and Abroad Losing Faith in the Dollar?
By Mark Trumbull
Are US debtors, from the federal government to
the cash-strapped state of California, going to default?
Will the Federal Reserve resort to inflation — debasing
the value of dollar assets — in its efforts to lift a
debt-bound economy back to growth? Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
Credit Default Swaps
The Poison in the System
By Mike Whitney
The question now is whether Congress will pull their
heads out of the sand long enough to do the people's
work and pass the laws that will re-regulate the system.
There is a remedy, but it requires action, and fast.
Without course-correction, the prospect of a derivatives
meltdown gets bigger by the day.Continue
**************************************************
Over The Rainbow
By Stephen Lendman
The original Oz book conceals an unsuspected depth....
(Although) a children's story, (it) delineated a
Midwesterner's vibrant and ironic portrait of (America)
as it entered the twentieth century," beset with serious
flaws. Continue
***************************************************
QUOTE:
Obama's Animal Farm
By James Petras
The Democratic Pigs are now pursuing the same
brutal, military policies of their predecessors,
the Republican Porkers, only now it is in the
name of the people and peace. Orwell might
paraphrase the policy of President Barack Obama,
as 'Bigger and bloodier wars equal peace and justice'.
Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
Buyers Remorse
Is It Too Late To Swap Obama For McCain?
By Mike Whitney
I don't know about you, but I believe that America is
based on the idea that every man has certain basic
ights, and the most fundamental of all those rights
is the right to know why the state has thrown your
ass in jail. That's numero uno! It's called habeas
corpus and the whole judicial system rests on that
one foundation stone. People like Obama, who don't
believe in habeas, shouldn't even call themselves
"American" in my book because they don't believe
in the underlying principles. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
The Almighty Renminbi?
By Nouriel Roubini
Traditionally, empires that hold the global reserve
currency are also net foreign creditors and net lenders.
The British Empire declined — and the pound lost its
status as the main global reserve currency — when
Britain became a net debtor and a net borrower
in World War II. Today, the United States is in a
similar position. Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
U.S. Health Care Lies About Canada
Greed, U.S. Politics, Dysfunction
By Diane Francis
I am an American who has lived in Canada for
more than 35 years. I can vouch that the system
is more than adequate and is not run by civil servants
but by doctors who are able to treat everyone,
rich or poor. Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
Health Care's Enigma in Chief
By David Sirota
The most stunning and least reported news
about President Obama's press conference with
health industry executives this week wasn't those
executives' willingness to negotiate with a Democrat.
It was that Democrat's eagerness to involve those
executives in a discussion about health care reform
even as they revealed their previous plans to pilfer
$2 trillion from Americans. Continue
***********************************************
QUOTE:
Economic Recovery is Wishful Thinking
By Dean Baker
The media has been touting whatever good economic
news it can find. But the truth is economic recovery
is nowhere in sight. Continue
******************************************************
QUOTE:
Goodbye, GM
By Michael Moore
As I sit here in GM's birthplace, Flint, Michigan,
I am surrounded by friends and family who are
filled with anxiety about what will happen to
homes and businesses in the city have been
abandoned. Imagine what it would be like if you
lived in a city where almost every other house
is empty. What would be your state of mind?
Continue
***********************************************
QUOTE:
In Case You Missed It
War Is A Racket
By Major General Smedley Butler, USMCWAR is a racket.
It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily
he most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is
the only one international in scope. It is the only one
in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the
losses in lives. Continue
******************************************************
QUOTE:
Everyone Should See "Torturing Democracy"
by: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
******************************************************
QUOTE:
The Future of Manufacturing, GM, and American Workers (Part I)
by: Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
OPINION
*******************************************************
QUOTE:
Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily
*******************************************************
QUOTE:
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOVELIST F. SCOTT SINCLAIR
********************************************************
QUOTE:
A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS
*********************************************************
QUOTE:
And last, but not least: George Carlin videos. Check them out...!
***********************************************************
QUOTE:
F. Scott Sinclair is now also on: Twitter. com at
www.twitter.com/novelistfscott
**********************************************************
MR. OBAMA: RESIGN NOW
BY TED RALL
*********************************************
QUOTE:
Do Americans Have a Moral Conscience?
By Paul Craig Roberts
If the Obama regime does not hold the Bush regime
accountable for violating US and international law,
then the Obama regime is complicit in the Bush regime’s
crimes. If the American people permit Obama to look
the other way in order “to move on,” the American
people are also complicit in the crimes. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
Defining Moments in US History and their Relevance Today
By Charles Sullivan
It is beyond absurd to think of President Obama as
anything but a political conservative dressed in the
garments of liberalism and masquerading as a man
of the people. Obama’s voting record, his political
appointments, the money trail, and his policy decisions
reveal his true colors. So much for change we can
believe in. Continue
*****************************************************
QUOTE:
Chevron, Shell and the True Cost of Oil
By Amy Goodman
The economy is a shambles, unemployment is
soaring, the auto industry is collapsing. But profits
are higher than ever at oil companies Chevron
and Shell. Yet across the globe, from the
Ecuadorian jungle, to the Niger Delta in Nigeria,
to the courtrooms and streets of New York and
San Ramon, Calif., people are fighting back against
the world's oil giants. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
China warns Federal Reserve Over 'Printing Money'
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
China has warned a top member of the US Federal
Reserve that it is increasingly disturbed by the
Fed's direct purchase of US Treasury bonds. Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
Exploding Debt Threatens America
By John Taylor
Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade its
outlook for British sovereign debt from “stable” to
“negative” should be a wake-up call for the US
Congress and administration. Let us hope they
wake up. Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
IS 2012 THE YEAR OF THE "GREATEST DEPRESSION"
IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY: THE MOTHER OF ALL
DEPRESSION?
***************************************************
QUOTE:
Torturing the Rule of Law
By Rep. Dr. Ron Paul
“Enhanced interrogation” as some prefer to call it, has
been used throughout history, usually by despotic
governments, to cruelly punish or to extract politically
useful statements from prisoners. Governments that
do these things invariably bring shame on themselves.
Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
War Is Sin
BY CHRIS HEDGES
*************************************************
QUOTE:
Another Outrage
By Cindy Sheehan
I have spoken to men who were still in their teens
who were sodomized with broom handles in
Guantanamo. I have seen the horrific photos
of the US’s inhumanity to man and cannot forgive
my country for the terror it has unleashed on
the world. I can’t stand the fact that our government
operates with such craven cowardice and has
harmed so many people while Americans revel
in blissful ignorance. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
The Eight-Year-Long Psychological Operation
Osama Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive?
By Tod Fletcher -
Review of a new book by David Ray GriffinGriffin
strikes at the root of this pretext for war by closely
examining all the evidence that has come out since
September 11, 2001, either indicating that bin Laden
is still alive or that he is in fact dead. Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
He Kept Us Safe (Except When He Didn’t)
By David Michael Green
I’m really sick to death of hearing the Bush administration
people brag about how they kept us safe from terrorists,
matrimonially inclined homosexuals, and other really
mean people. Continue
*****************************************************
QUOTE:
The Bases of Empire:
The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts
By Chalmers Johnson
There has been no public discussion by the
Obama administration over starting to liquidate
our overseas bases or beginning to scale back
our imperialist presence in the rest of the world.
Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
The Next Leg Down
By Mike Whitney
Collapsing home prices and credit markets continue
to put downward pressure on consumer spending,
forcing the Federal Reserve to take even more radical
action to revive the economy. Last week, Fed chief
Ben Bernanke raised the prospect of further monetizing
the debt by purchasing more than the $1.75 trillion
of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities (MBS)
already committed. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold
By Andy Kroll
How the Financial Bailout Scams Taxpayers, Subsidizes
Wall Street, and Props Up Our Broken Financial System.
Continue
*************************************************
QUOTE:
Capitalism Produces Rich Bankers, Socialism Produces Happiness
By Phillip Bannowsky
When you consider that virtually no newspaper, broadcaster,
well-funded think tank, teacher, or anybody's boss or
commander ever said something nice about socialism,
it's remarkable that only 53 percent of us still favor rule
by the moneyed class. Perhaps folks are learning how
capitalism sacrifices happiness for individual gain. Continue
********************************************************
QUOTE:
Are Investors in the US and Abroad Losing Faith in the Dollar?
By Mark Trumbull
Are US debtors, from the federal government to
the cash-strapped state of California, going to default?
Will the Federal Reserve resort to inflation — debasing
the value of dollar assets — in its efforts to lift a
debt-bound economy back to growth? Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
Credit Default Swaps
The Poison in the System
By Mike Whitney
The question now is whether Congress will pull their
heads out of the sand long enough to do the people's
work and pass the laws that will re-regulate the system.
There is a remedy, but it requires action, and fast.
Without course-correction, the prospect of a derivatives
meltdown gets bigger by the day.Continue
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Over The Rainbow
By Stephen Lendman
The original Oz book conceals an unsuspected depth....
(Although) a children's story, (it) delineated a
Midwesterner's vibrant and ironic portrait of (America)
as it entered the twentieth century," beset with serious
flaws. Continue
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Obama's Animal Farm
By James Petras
The Democratic Pigs are now pursuing the same
brutal, military policies of their predecessors,
the Republican Porkers, only now it is in the
name of the people and peace. Orwell might
paraphrase the policy of President Barack Obama,
as 'Bigger and bloodier wars equal peace and justice'.
Continue
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QUOTE:
Buyers Remorse
Is It Too Late To Swap Obama For McCain?
By Mike Whitney
I don't know about you, but I believe that America is
based on the idea that every man has certain basic
ights, and the most fundamental of all those rights
is the right to know why the state has thrown your
ass in jail. That's numero uno! It's called habeas
corpus and the whole judicial system rests on that
one foundation stone. People like Obama, who don't
believe in habeas, shouldn't even call themselves
"American" in my book because they don't believe
in the underlying principles. Continue
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QUOTE:
The Almighty Renminbi?
By Nouriel Roubini
Traditionally, empires that hold the global reserve
currency are also net foreign creditors and net lenders.
The British Empire declined — and the pound lost its
status as the main global reserve currency — when
Britain became a net debtor and a net borrower
in World War II. Today, the United States is in a
similar position. Continue
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QUOTE:
U.S. Health Care Lies About Canada
Greed, U.S. Politics, Dysfunction
By Diane Francis
I am an American who has lived in Canada for
more than 35 years. I can vouch that the system
is more than adequate and is not run by civil servants
but by doctors who are able to treat everyone,
rich or poor. Continue
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QUOTE:
Health Care's Enigma in Chief
By David Sirota
The most stunning and least reported news
about President Obama's press conference with
health industry executives this week wasn't those
executives' willingness to negotiate with a Democrat.
It was that Democrat's eagerness to involve those
executives in a discussion about health care reform
even as they revealed their previous plans to pilfer
$2 trillion from Americans. Continue
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QUOTE:
Economic Recovery is Wishful Thinking
By Dean Baker
The media has been touting whatever good economic
news it can find. But the truth is economic recovery
is nowhere in sight. Continue
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QUOTE:
Goodbye, GM
By Michael Moore
As I sit here in GM's birthplace, Flint, Michigan,
I am surrounded by friends and family who are
filled with anxiety about what will happen to
homes and businesses in the city have been
abandoned. Imagine what it would be like if you
lived in a city where almost every other house
is empty. What would be your state of mind?
Continue
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QUOTE:
In Case You Missed It
War Is A Racket
By Major General Smedley Butler, USMCWAR is a racket.
It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily
he most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is
the only one international in scope. It is the only one
in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the
losses in lives. Continue
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QUOTE:
Everyone Should See "Torturing Democracy"
by: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
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QUOTE:
The Future of Manufacturing, GM, and American Workers (Part I)
by: Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
OPINION
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A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS
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And last, but not least: George Carlin videos. Check them out...!
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F. Scott Sinclair is now also on: Twitter. com at
www.twitter.com/novelistfscott
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Monday, May 04, 2009
Judge Andrew Napolitano: The "Hero" of the Day. A Profile of Courage, Especially Being Connected to FoxNews. A Real American If I've Ever Seen One...!
QUOTE:
Five Things You Should Know About the ‘Torture’ Memos
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
The memos describe in vivid, gut-wrenching detail the
procedures that the CIA apparently inquired about. The
memos then proceed to authorize every procedure asked
about, and to commend the CIA for taking the time to ask.
Continue
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QUOTE:
Economy On The Ropes
By Mike Whitney
The real economy is sinking fast and, with it, any
hope for a quick recovery. Policymakers are
completely at a loss. The public knows that things
are far worse than they are being told. Continue
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QUOTE:
Somalis Say Illegal Fishing By Foreign Trawlers Drove Them To Piracy
By SHASHANK BENGALI
The international community is shouting about piracy.
But long before this, we were shouting to the world
about our problems," said Eid, a bony-cheeked former
lobsterman with a bushy goatee. "No one listened."
Continue
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QUOTE:
Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon:
When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal
By Cenk Uygur
Condoleezza Rice was recently speaking at Stanford
when students asked her an excellent question on
waterboarding and torture. They have her answer
on tape and it isn't pretty. Condi Rice absolutely
pulls a Nixon. Continue
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QUOTE:
Swine Flu?
A Panic Stoked in Order to Posture and Spend:
By Simon Jenkins
Health scares enable media-hungry doctors,
public health officials and drugs companies to
benefit by manipulating fright. Continue
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QUOTE:
Copyright (C) 2009 by F. Scott Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.
OP-ED
Does something smell fishy to you? Does the Swine Flu
pass the smell test? Why wasn't there a worldwide warning
given for the ordinary (seasonal) flu that killed 36,000
Americans (and 500,000 internationally)? If something is
too good to be true, it probably is. And in this case scenario,
I believe they're trying to justify something: spending on
vaccines, drugs purchased (past and present), etc. or
whatever. But the smoke screen isn't working, whatever
it's intended purpose. Logic and common sense would tell
you to concentrate your energy and resources on
the prime killer and most virulent flu strain. Now
isn't 36,000 deaths (500,000 worldwide) a more
formidable and virulent flu pandemic than the
minor Swine Flu death toll of less than 100 people
(+or -)? You do the math... Did the authorities and
the complicit news media warn you to wash your
hands, wear a mask, close schools and businesses,
send million of doses of antiviral drugs to hospitals
in every state when 36,000 people died last year?
Did the world community panic over a half
million deaths? Nothing. Not a decibel of warning.
Yet, there are lots of dead bodies strewn about
graveyards because of the so-called benign seasonal
flu. Thus, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell
you that there's something rotten in Denmark, and
that's putting it mildly, my friends. If you can't put
2 and 2 together, then all I can say is: good luck,
you'll need it. Nuff said. I hope so... Boy, they must
think we're stupid. Whatever...
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QUOTE:
ONE NATION, TWO SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE
BY TED RALL
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QUOTE:
Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily
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QUOTE:
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOVELIST F. SCOTT SINCLAIR
********************************************************
QUOTE:
A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS
*********************************************************
QUOTE:
And last, but not least: George Carlin videos. Check them out...!
*********************************************************
Five Things You Should Know About the ‘Torture’ Memos
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
The memos describe in vivid, gut-wrenching detail the
procedures that the CIA apparently inquired about. The
memos then proceed to authorize every procedure asked
about, and to commend the CIA for taking the time to ask.
Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
Economy On The Ropes
By Mike Whitney
The real economy is sinking fast and, with it, any
hope for a quick recovery. Policymakers are
completely at a loss. The public knows that things
are far worse than they are being told. Continue
****************************************************
QUOTE:
Somalis Say Illegal Fishing By Foreign Trawlers Drove Them To Piracy
By SHASHANK BENGALI
The international community is shouting about piracy.
But long before this, we were shouting to the world
about our problems," said Eid, a bony-cheeked former
lobsterman with a bushy goatee. "No one listened."
Continue
**************************************************
QUOTE:
Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon:
When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal
By Cenk Uygur
Condoleezza Rice was recently speaking at Stanford
when students asked her an excellent question on
waterboarding and torture. They have her answer
on tape and it isn't pretty. Condi Rice absolutely
pulls a Nixon. Continue
************************************************
QUOTE:
Swine Flu?
A Panic Stoked in Order to Posture and Spend:
By Simon Jenkins
Health scares enable media-hungry doctors,
public health officials and drugs companies to
benefit by manipulating fright. Continue
***********************************************
QUOTE:
Copyright (C) 2009 by F. Scott Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.
OP-ED
Does something smell fishy to you? Does the Swine Flu
pass the smell test? Why wasn't there a worldwide warning
given for the ordinary (seasonal) flu that killed 36,000
Americans (and 500,000 internationally)? If something is
too good to be true, it probably is. And in this case scenario,
I believe they're trying to justify something: spending on
vaccines, drugs purchased (past and present), etc. or
whatever. But the smoke screen isn't working, whatever
it's intended purpose. Logic and common sense would tell
you to concentrate your energy and resources on
the prime killer and most virulent flu strain. Now
isn't 36,000 deaths (500,000 worldwide) a more
formidable and virulent flu pandemic than the
minor Swine Flu death toll of less than 100 people
(+or -)? You do the math... Did the authorities and
the complicit news media warn you to wash your
hands, wear a mask, close schools and businesses,
send million of doses of antiviral drugs to hospitals
in every state when 36,000 people died last year?
Did the world community panic over a half
million deaths? Nothing. Not a decibel of warning.
Yet, there are lots of dead bodies strewn about
graveyards because of the so-called benign seasonal
flu. Thus, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell
you that there's something rotten in Denmark, and
that's putting it mildly, my friends. If you can't put
2 and 2 together, then all I can say is: good luck,
you'll need it. Nuff said. I hope so... Boy, they must
think we're stupid. Whatever...
**********************************************
QUOTE:
ONE NATION, TWO SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE
BY TED RALL
**********************************************
QUOTE:
Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily
*******************************************************
QUOTE:
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOVELIST F. SCOTT SINCLAIR
********************************************************
QUOTE:
A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS
*********************************************************
QUOTE:
And last, but not least: George Carlin videos. Check them out...!
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