ThinkFast: March 24, 2008
ThinkFast: March 24, 2008
According to Merrill Lynch, at the end of 2007, “36 percent of consumers’ disposable income went to food, energy and medical care, a bigger chunk of income than at any time since records were first kept in 1960.”
Health-care costs are “whacking away” at the wages of working class Americans. Premiums for family health coverage have increased 78 percent since 2001. “Even though workers are producing more, inflation-adjusted median family income has dipped 2.6 percent — or nearly $1,000 annually since 2000.”
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has consistently “condemned the influence of ’special interest lobbyists.’” Yet of “the 66 current or former lobbyists working for the Arizona senator or raising money for his presidential campaign, 23 have lobbied for telecommunications companies in the past decade.” McCain has received $765,000 in donations from these individuals and their spouses, co-workers, and clients.
“[E]vidence from nonprofit credit and mortgage counselors suggests that the number of people using these so-called ‘pay day loans’ is growing…a negative sign for economic recovery.” A pay day loan “is typically for a few hundred dollars, with a term of two weeks, and an interest rate as high as 800 percent.”
“Bipartisan support is mounting for the Justice Department to investigate the unauthorized searches of all three presidential candidate’s passport files by a State Department employee and three contracted workers in recent months.”
In addition to U.S. troop deaths reaching 4,000 in Iraq, “American forces have just experienced the most violent two-week period in Iraq since September 2007.” Between March 10 and 23, twenty-five soldiers were killed in Iraq.
The average price of gasoline has hit a record $3.26 a gallon, with diesel at a record $4.06. The average coast of gasoline jumped nearly 7 cents from two weeks earlier.
Young Army and Marine captains “have extensive combat experience and are regarded as the military’s future leaders.” But “the hardships of repeated tours are taking their toll,” sending these individuals back to “civilian life.” Capt. Kirkner Bailey of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment in Mosul said that “8 of my 10 friends who are captains are leaving the army.”
In talks Sunday night, JPMorgan Chase discussed offering Bear Stearns $10 a share, instead of its initial offering of $2, “in an effort to pacify angry Bear shareholders.” The New York Times reported that the Fed “was balking at the new offer price,” making it “possible” that the new deal could “collapse entirely.”
And finally: Since former New York state governor Eliot Spitzer’s “tête-à-tête with a call girl at the famous Mayflower Hotel,” business has been booming. The hotel’s gift shop “has been booming with people picking up Mayflower coffee mugs and post cards” and the venue’s bar “is busier than normal.”
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Winter Soldiers Gathering Censored by Corporate Media
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March 24th, 2008 at 9:00 amhttp://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/22/7822/
republicans believe that America is so weak that a few criminal thugs pose a threat to her.
Why do Republicans think America is weak?
March 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am“However, the personal testimonies of hundreds of Iraq veterans garnered only a small article in the metro section of the Washington Post. The New York Times¸ CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS ignored it completely.”
Visit Democracy NOW! website for complete transcripts of the Winter Soldiers gathering.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:07 amThe New York Times reported that the Fed “was balking at the new offer price,” making it “possible” that the new deal could “collapse entirely.”
JP Morgan should pay back the feds the borrowed billions, on behalf of the company they’ll soon own, if they want them off their back.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:08 amHere’s the link:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:08 amhttp://www.democracynow.org/
Nevar Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
“However, the personal testimonies of hundreds of Iraq veterans garnered only a small article in the metro section of the Washington Post. The New York Times¸ CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS ignored it completely.”
Visit Democracy NOW! website for complete transcripts of the Winter Soldiers gathering.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:13 am——————–
We can’t even get the few Progressive voices in the media to talk about the Winter Soldiers…Olbermann, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, Stephanie Miller etc.
Can someone do an unauthorized search of all the McBush/McChaney criminal activitives?…it would take several thousand people, none of course could be employed by the corporate media. By the way note to the press and the DOJ…it is a crime to destroy evidence even if the destruction is to make room for more incriminating evidence.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:16 amIranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Tehran is prepared to join the intergovernmental Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Iran joining biggest military power in the world
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=48781§ionid=351020101
March 24th, 2008 at 9:19 amPremiums for family health coverage have increased 78 percent since 2001
Proving that market manipulation has to do with the rise in costs, not the fundamentals of supply and demand. It’s been a real boon in the form of quarterly giant gift baskets to executives and managers meeting the bottom line of denying care and canceling policies. If you’re not putting in(premiums, deductibles, co-pays) more than you’re getting out of this rigged game, to them you’re not worthy of coverage.
How dare they continue to call their product “insurance”. I’m sick of this illusion that the patient comes first.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:19 amAccording to Merrill Lynch, at the end of 2007, “36 percent of consumers’ disposable income went to food, energy and medical care, a bigger chunk of income than at any time since records were first kept in 1960.”
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Of course, our leaders will just say that “people are eating more”…
March 24th, 2008 at 9:20 amAnd the insurance companies internal feel-good slogan (via Sicko)? “We’re not denying care, we’re simply denying payment.”
March 24th, 2008 at 9:22 am“[E]vidence from nonprofit credit and mortgage counselors suggests that the number of people using these so-called ‘pay day loans’ is growing…a negative sign for economic recovery.” A pay day loan “is typically for a few hundred dollars, with a term of two weeks, and an interest rate as high as 800 percent.”
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WHY is this loan-sharking still legal???
March 24th, 2008 at 9:22 amI know several people named Richard.
None of them want to be called Dick.
It’s an individual choice to anyone named Richard.
So consider The Dick Cheney. It it possible his middle name is a$$hole? And if not, wouldn’t he be proud if it was?
March 24th, 2008 at 9:23 amHealth-care costs are “whacking away” at the wages of working class Americans. Premiums for family health coverage have increased 78 percent since 2001.
I’m sure all of you remember “Harry & Louise”. Well, everything that the Health Companies said the government run health care system would do, they have done. Plus the cost for health care has tripled or more. In the meantime reimbursements to doctors and hospitals are down. What does that tell you? Profits for the health care industry have risen dramatically.
It’s time for a single-payer health care system. The Health Care industry has ripped us off long enough. It’s time to end their gravy train.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:28 amI read somewhere 9 million homes are at risk in America
thats a lot
March 24th, 2008 at 9:29 amTobie Tall Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Tehran is prepared to join the intergovernmental Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Iran joining biggest military power in the world
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Biggest military power and formed specifically to oppose us. At some point, they will consider us a rabid dog that must be taken out for everyone’s safety. And our own military will be too broken to put up much of a fight. Thanks, Bushco.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:30 am“Bipartisan support is mounting for the Justice Department to investigate the unauthorized searches of all three presidential candidate’s passport files by a State Department employee and three contracted workers in recent months.”
Wait a minute. I thought they had already said the Justice Department would do an investigation. I think that Congress needs to demand that an Independent Council be assigned to investigate. That’s what happened when George’s daddy spied on Clinton’s passport records.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:31 amDoes the “Mission” of “Accomplishment” need any further definition:
http://i.l.cnn.net/money/2008/03/21/pf/saving/save_your_money.fortune/dollar_chart.jpg
In short, crude up over 300% and dollar de-valued over 1/3 since the stupid-a$$ed, nothing but business failure Presidunce “took over”.
I might just have to slap my dear old mom today for voting twice for the Idiot in Chief.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:31 amRantingTommy Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
republicans believe that America is so weak that a few criminal thugs pose a threat to her.
Why do Republicans think America is weak?
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Because they’ve gutted it like a tuna.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:31 amThey are not called ‘lying Republicans’ without reason…
March 24th, 2008 at 9:32 amIn addition to U.S. troop deaths reaching 4,000 in Iraq, “American forces have just experienced the most violent two-week period in Iraq since September 2007.” Between March 10 and 23, twenty-five soldiers were killed in Iraq.
So, hows that surge working guys? Now Bush will say that we need another surge to fix things. Problem is, Iraq is un-fixable by us. The only people who can fix Iraq are the Iraqi’s.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:33 amHagel Not Ready to Endorse McCain
Hagel pointed to their differing views over foreign policy in explaining his hesitation. “I’ve obviously got some differences with John on the Iraq war. That’s no secret.
Is the Iraq war winnable?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1939
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March 24th, 2008 at 9:33 amThird Armored Cavalry Regiment in Mosul said that “8 of my 10 friends who are captains are leaving the army.”
What do you expect. Bush has seriously broken our military and it is going to take a long time to fix it.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:34 amAccording to Merrill Lynch, at the end of 2007, “36 percent of consumers’ disposable income went to food, energy…a bigger chunk of income than at any time since records were first kept in 1960.”
Thanks to transportation costs. Also shows that free trade is worthless.
Gunning for locally grown produce and fair trade policies, those ideas aren’t out in the open as much as we’d like them to be.
First come (poor and middle classes), last served.
We’re so eager for the smartest people of our nation to be at the forefront of implementing the best possible solutions, yet we’re in a rut_ in the 21st century no less_ of dealing with gasbag neocons.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:34 amThe New York Times reported that the Fed “was balking at the new offer price,” making it “possible” that the new deal could “collapse entirely.”
Ok, I’m confused. Why would the feds want JPMorgan Chase to offer Bear Stearns $2 a share rather than $10 a share? That would have been a great help to all the Bear Sterns employees who were stuck with worthless Bear Stearns stock.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:36 amThe hotel’s gift shop “has been booming with people picking up Mayflower coffee mugs and post cards” and the venue’s bar “is busier than normal.”
People are very weird!
March 24th, 2008 at 9:37 am“The average price of gasoline has hit a record $3.26 a gallon, with diesel at a record $4.06.”
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And I remember back during the gas crunch of the 1970’s, people started buying cars with diesel engines because the price of diesel was considerably less than gasoline.
The price of diesel is now soaring over the price of gasoline, and most private citizens aren’t even paying attention because of the focus on the gas price tag (which is probably why diesel is so much more — it goes up to keep gas down). Yet it’s the trains and trucks running on diesel that move our groceries and other goods to market, and transportation costs are driving the price of everything up.
We have got to find alternatives to fossil fuels, and we need to do it before the last drop of petroleum is used up.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:37 amTime to pull out of Iraq so they can also join the SCO along with Afghanistan
March 24th, 2008 at 9:38 amIn black churches, fiery sermons are the norm, not exception
During his fiery Sunday morning speech, he called President Bush a “one-eyed man,” told the predominantly African American congregation that the country is as segregated now as it was 50 years ago and said “America is running on fumes right now … we are on the wrong road.”
Black liberation theology healing or hurtful?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1938
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March 24th, 2008 at 9:41 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Biggest military power and formed specifically to oppose us. At some point, they will consider us a rabid dog that must be taken out for everyone’s safety. And our own military will be too broken to put up much of a fight. Thanks, Bushco.
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They won’t have “to take us out” militarily, misshusseinmolly. All they’ll have to do is call their markers and they’ll own the place.
We’ll all be “Under New Managment”…
That blithering idiot in the WH may have broken the place in just 8 short… er, make that, 8 of the longest years I’ve ever lived thru.
George W Botch – the man who put the “term” in “terminal”.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:42 amIf you’re not putting in(premiums, deductibles, co-pays) more than you’re getting out of this rigged game, to them you’re not worthy of coverage.
You are correct that they are playing a rigged game. My employer had to pay premiums for me for six months, all the while I was ineligible for physician benefits because I had a “pre-existing condition”. The only thing I get for this condition are prescriptions (which they do pay for which is really weird). But, they won’t pay for office visits to my doctor even if it has nothing to do with my “pre-existing” condition. If that’s not a rigged game, I don’t know what is.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:44 amThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:42 am
misshusseinmolly Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Biggest military power and formed specifically to oppose us. At some point, they will consider us a rabid dog that must be taken out for everyone’s safety. And our own military will be too broken to put up much of a fight. Thanks, Bushco.
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They won’t have “to take us out” militarily, misshusseinmolly. All they’ll have to do is call their markers and they’ll own the place.
We’ll all be “Under New Managment”…
That blithering idiot in the WH may have broken the place in just 8 short… er, make that, 8 of the longest years I’ve ever lived thru.
George W Botch – the man who put the “term” in “terminal”.
More like he put the “mess” in messianic ………..
March 24th, 2008 at 9:44 amBilbo, too many people are obsessed over keeping up with popular culture, if you could call it that, over keeping tabs on the issues.
Paris Hilton, cell phone plans, Britney…you get the point.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:44 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Ok, I’m confused. Why would the feds want JPMorgan Chase to offer Bear Stearns $2 a share rather than $10 a share? That would have been a great help to all the Bear Sterns employees who were stuck with worthless Bear Stearns stock.
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Article I read said the Fed didn’t want to look like a hand out to the stock holders.
Better it looks like a rip off, I guess.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:45 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:22 am
WHY is this loan-sharking still legal???
I believe the Maryland state legislature is among the states trying to pass some regulations on the practice, but there’s no Federal law governing payday loans that I know of.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:46 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:37 am
#33 was was referring to this post. Sorry about that, Bilbo.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:46 amSign of the times, or a bunch of neo-hippies?
Even communities across Texas are forming “local community garderns”. It’s not just for the poverty-stricken.
LINK
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March 24th, 2008 at 9:46 amHagel Not Ready to Endorse McCain
Wouldn’t it be something if Hagel endorsed Obama.
Now that would impress me.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:48 amMcWars Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Gunning for locally grown produce and fair trade policies, those ideas aren’t out in the open as much as we’d like them to be.
With you there. “Free trade” is just a nice name for exploitation of lax labor standards in the developing world.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:48 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:44 am
If that’s not a rigged game, I don’t know what is.
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That’s why casinos are so profitable. It is statistically impossible to beat the house over the long run.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:48 amWe have got to find alternatives to fossil fuels, and we need to do it before the last drop of petroleum is used up.
We have to do it way before then. Soon we will have wars over oil. Hey, if China and/or Russia destroys us our economy, we won’t be able to afford gasoline, thereby leaving more for them. This is serious folks, very serious.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:51 amDieNowForPeace Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Sign of the times, or a bunch of neo-hippies?
Even communities across Texas are forming “local community garderns”. It’s not just for the poverty-stricken.
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This reminds me of the “victory gardens” people planted in their own yards and own communities during World War II. Not only did they provide a supply of food during tight times, but the food was produced right where it was consumed, saving on precious transportation resources as well.
A good idea then and a good idea now.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:52 amThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Ok, I’m confused. Why would the feds want JPMorgan Chase to offer Bear Stearns $2 a share rather than $10 a share? That would have been a great help to all the Bear Sterns employees who were stuck with worthless Bear Stearns stock.
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Article I read said the Fed didn’t want to look like a hand out to the stock holders.
Better it looks like a rip off, I guess.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:53 am—————
Maybe some of the insiders who attended that emergency Sunday night meeting were promised a few million shares at $2. Perhaps they planned to organize this resistance knowing the stocks would move up in price. BSC is now trading at $9.90. That’s almost 500% profit in less than 10 days. Not bad.
In addition to U.S. troop deaths reaching 4,000 in Iraq, “American forces have just experienced the most violent two-week period in Iraq since September 2007.” Between March 10 and 23, twenty-five soldiers were killed in Iraq.
Was “The Surge” supposed to increase the surge in US casualties ?
March 24th, 2008 at 9:55 amgood morning…
several interesting headlines:
All options should be open against Iran, says Israel
March 24th, 2008 at 9:55 amHindu – 44 minutes ago
Jerusalem (PTI): Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has told visiting US vice president Dick Cheney that “all options should remain on the table” in the country’s bid to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Cheney Says Hamas Trying to ‘Torpedo’ Mideast Peace Talks Voice of America
Cheney Says Saudis ‘Kept Their Word’ On Oil Production Wall Street Journal
katy Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:55 am
good morning…
several interesting headlines:
All options should be open against Iran, says Israel
Hindu – 44 minutes ago
Jerusalem (PTI): Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has told visiting US vice president Dick Cheney that “all options should remain on the table” in the country’s bid to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Cheney Says Hamas Trying to ‘Torpedo’ Mideast Peace Talks Voice of America
Cheney Says Saudis ‘Kept Their Word’ On Oil Production Wall Street Journal
Did Ehud Barak talk to Joe Lieberman and get his okay 1st ?
March 24th, 2008 at 9:57 am#31 — You are correct that they are playing a rigged game. My employer had to pay premiums for me for six months, all the while I was ineligible for physician benefits because I had a “pre-existing condition”. The only thing I get for this condition are prescriptions (which they do pay for which is really weird). But, they won’t pay for office visits to my doctor even if it has nothing to do with my “pre-existing” condition. If that’s not a rigged game, I don’t know what is.
To neocons, the insurance industry is a good thing in America — as long as they don’t come down with the need to use it, or that they are so wealthy they don’t need a policy.
They have the dynamic perfectly set to their liking. Screw those outside of their inner circle.
#14 — Well, everything that the Health Companies said the government run health care system would do, they have done.
“If your Mama gets sick, you might talk to a bureaucrat instead of a doctor” — Some repuke from Sicko.
Well we’re talking to bureacrats in the private government –and we have to pay just to do that!
March 24th, 2008 at 9:57 amIn my day we had loan sharks, but they didn’t have logos, storefronts and TV ads.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:58 amThey’re popping up everywhere.
My favorite is title loans: screw up a couple-hundred-dollar loan and lose your car!
That’s almost 500% profit in less than 10 days.
If it’s only on paper, it’s worthless.
The stock market is for the uber rich. By luring retiring moms and dads into it, brokerage firms benefited greatly, often at the destruction of family wealth.
Honestly, the Stock Market is not someplace to “get rich” unless you can afford to lose EVERYTHING.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:58 amConsumers drive the economy and their “discretionary” spending is being sucked away by rising energy costs and health care expenses. Monetarist “remedies” which are causing inflationary pressures and the death of the dollar all combine to rob the economy of business and strangle off jobs. Humongous Republican cut-tax-and-spend-insanely budgets are the nails in the coffin of this economy slumping toward a new Great Depression, so let’s bail out Bear Stearns investors without getting anything for it!
March 24th, 2008 at 10:00 amLoan sharks are still bilking the troops around military bases, I’m guessing.
March 24th, 2008 at 10:07 amAnd this from the Holy Crap file:
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/03/21/02286.html
WTF has happened to my country?? (rhetorical)
March 24th, 2008 at 10:20 am#37, dnfp
March 24th, 2008 at 10:24 amThere were “victory” gardens during WWII.
After 5 years, and no victory in sight, people are forced economically to start their own “survival” gardens.
That’s not a bad thing — the Ag dept, the FDA, and all govt. agencies can’t keep poisons from our food any way – so grown your own. It’s cheaper and healthier.
Oops, shouldda read your post first, Miss Molly – you said nearly the same thing :)
March 24th, 2008 at 10:26 amcheck this out:
Will Wall St. donations sway candidates?
Some Democrats fear undue influence by financial industry
By Janet Hook and Dan Morain
March 23, 2008
WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, who have run for president as economic populists, are benefiting handsomely from Wall Street donations, easily surpassing Republican John McCain in campaign contributions from the troubled financial services sector.
It is part of a broader fundraising shift toward Democrats, compared to past campaigns when Republicans were the favorites of Wall Street. But some Democrats worry that the influx of money will make their candidates less willing to call for reforms to increase regulation of financial markets, which have been in turmoil following a wave of foreclosures on subprime mortgages.
These concerned Democrats argue that their candidates, and McCain, should be willing to push hard for financial institutions to accept more government regulation – in exchange for likely future bailouts, such as the recent deal the Federal Reserve orchestrated for JPMorgan Chase & Co. to take over Bear Stearns.
“I want to hear Clinton, Obama and McCain talk about a quid pro quo,” says Jared Bernstein, an economist with the Democratic-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “If we don’t hear it, especially from Democrats, it makes sense to ask why not and ask if they are inappropriately cozy with the financial services industry.”
March 24th, 2008 at 10:28 am[...]
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-id.infocus23mar23,0,3592199.story
Marie Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Oops, shouldda read your post first, Miss Molly – you said nearly the same thing :)
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Perfectly OK — just proof that GMTA!
March 24th, 2008 at 10:32 amGlenn Greenwald at Salon dot com has a list (and links) of John McCains ties to religious extremists. It’s quite lengthy.
It’s up to you Obama supporters to get on the phone and call your favorite talk shows and make McCain’s ties to these nutbags an issue. Or else continue to watch Obama poll numbers drop.
It’s Item #1:
March 24th, 2008 at 10:37 amhttp://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/23/various_items/index.html
hey, zooey -
Aspiring Idaho politician changes name to ‘Pro-Life’
By: SilentPatriot @ 7:12 AM – PDT
And he’s running for Larry Craig’s old seat. What’s the matter with Idaho?
http://www.crooksandliars.com/
ha!
March 24th, 2008 at 10:38 ambut i’m gonna bet that ploy won’t work… … right?
The World According to Monsanto – A documentary that Americans won’t ever see
The gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years. The endless list of genetically modified seeds sold and controlled by Monsanto are putting at enormous risk age-old agricultural patterns under the presumptuous slogan of aiming at solving the huge problem of hunger in the world.
On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television (ARTE – French-German cultural tv channel) by French journalist and film maker Marie-Monique Robin, entitled ‘The World According to Monsanto’ (Le Monde selon Monsanto[1]). Starting from the Internet over a period of three years Robin has collected material for her documentary, going on to numerous interviews with people of very different backgrounds. She traveled widely, from Latin America, to Asia, through Europe and the United States, to personally interview farmers and people in influential positions.
link to article:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_siv_o_ne_080323_the_world_according_.htm#_ftn1
link to video:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/monsanto_movie080307
This is my spring break and I get to sleep in all week! I am on the left coast so it just looks like it is later than it is. Anyway, it is not just fuel that is affecting our food costs. Our good friends have offered us a piece of their garden if we can help with it. I really think that the food situation is going to be devastating for the global population and economy.
March 24th, 2008 at 10:43 amMCMetal Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:44 am
The Republic of Stupidity Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:42 am
misshusseinmolly Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Biggest military power and formed specifically to oppose us. At some point, they will consider us a rabid dog that must be taken out for everyone’s safety. And our own military will be too broken to put up much of a fight. Thanks, Bushco.
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They won’t have “to take us out” militarily, misshusseinmolly. All they’ll have to do is call their markers and they’ll own the place.
We’ll all be “Under New Managment”…
That blithering idiot in the WH may have broken the place in just 8 short… er, make that, 8 of the longest years I’ve ever lived thru.
George W Botch – the man who put the “term” in “terminal”.
More like he put the “mess” in messianic ………..
More like he put the “shit” in shithead…..
March 24th, 2008 at 11:05 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:36 am
The New York Times reported that the Fed “was balking at the new offer price,” making it “possible” that the new deal could “collapse entirely.”
Ok, I’m confused. Why would the feds want JPMorgan Chase to offer Bear Stearns $2 a share rather than $10 a share? That would have been a great help to all the Bear Sterns employees who were stuck with worthless Bear Stearns stock.
Or the feds don’t want to be responsible for that much money if things go belly up? If the feds promised JPMorgan Chase they’d cover any losses, then JPMC figures why not up the ante, if Sterns and Bear flops it’t the tax payers who suffer, not them.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:09 amQ. Why do Republicans think America is weak?
A. For it is they who refused to serve.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:11 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Tobie Tall Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Tehran is prepared to join the intergovernmental Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Iran joining biggest military power in the world
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Biggest military power and formed specifically to oppose us. At some point, they will consider us a rabid dog that must be taken out for everyone’s safety. And our own military will be too broken to put up much of a fight. Thanks, Bushco.
They’ll have to finish off Tibet, first.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:50 amIran will fit right in with the SCO, alrighty
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3612661.ece
March 24th, 2008 at 12:44 pmThey’ll have to finish off Tibet, first.
Iran will fit right in with the SCO
Two out of three items on your 2008 wish list complete…
March 24th, 2008 at 1:24 pmIran will fit right in with the SCO, alrighty
Another casualty of Cowboy Diplomacy.
Heck, why not just sell’em weapons? It worked for Reagan.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:59 pmNew meaning to the term “Bear Market”?
March 24th, 2008 at 4:07 pmhttp://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ pages/ frontline/ bushswar/
March 24th, 2008 at 8:21 pmTonight and tomorrow night on PBS. Can’t wait – need to set the recorder for this one. I think, though, I probably need to put something in front of the TV to protect it from things that might get thrown at it. I have tried posting this 2 times already and it keeps getting held for moderation. I cut out some of the text from the press release and will try again!
All our money goes for food ..My Husband asked how much did I spend this week ? And what did I get …I got very FEW stuff to eat …I am so sick …really… I have no insurance …been sick since 2003 …I cant afford insurance and food at the same time then they want me to pay either $3,000 deductable or $5,000 …come on ? I might as well die ..Last week I had a tubal and blood is comming out my rear end also ..I am 45 years old ..I am so afraid to die .I cant tell my husband …I asked the divine mercy .org to pray for me ..this reminds me of what JESU SAID in Revelation about the END of DAYS > A Days wages for a pound of Barley ! I feel its already here for me !GOD BLESS ALL !
March 24th, 2008 at 10:19 pmI’m sure all of you remember “Harry & Louise”. Well, everything that the Health Companies said the government run health care system would do, they have done. Plus the cost for health care has tripled or more. In the meantime reimbursements to doctors and hospitals are down. What does that tell you? Profits for the health care industry have risen dramatically.
It’s time for a single-payer hp nc6200 battery,hp nc6400 battery health care system. The Health Care industry has ripped us off long enough. It’s time to end their gravy train.
October 15th, 2008 at 5:21 am