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What Patriotism Is, and Is Not
Thursday 03 July 2008
by: Michael Winship, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
On Monday, Senator Barack Obama discussed American history, his own patriotism, and the need for service and sacrifice.
At the beginning of the week, a friend sent me a scurrilous, anonymous e-mail attacking Barack Obama that has been circulating around her elderly cousin's senior living community in New Jersey. Headlined "Something to Think About," it lists 13 acts of assassination, kidnapping, war and terrorism, all of which, it notes, were committed "by Muslim male extremists between the ages of read more
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Senate Inaction Kills Climate Change Bill Friday 06 June 2008
by: Christopher Kuttruff, t r u t h o u t | ReportOn Friday, the Senate set aside a bill to combat climate change after failing to gather the 60 votes necessary to move the legislation forward. The bill, S.3036, was proposed by Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and John Warner (R-Virginia) to fight the country's massive level of carbon emissions. The legislation would instate a cap-and-trade system to gradually decrease US emissions by two percent a year for an ultimate 2050 goal of emissions 66 percent below 2005 levels.
While certain organizations assert that the legislation is too weak, the overall support for the bill by environmental groups is overwhelming.
The bill failed on the Senate floor after a variety of partisan maneuvers to stall debate and an eventual vote.
Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois), read more
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Fat Cat CEOs Too Dumb to Use Computers
By Scott Thill, AlterNet. Posted June 11, 2008.
Will their ignorance ever catch up with them?
Just what the hell is going on in the boardrooms of corporate America? From Angelo Mozilo's callous reply-button fuckup to chat-room lurks from execs at Burger King and Whole Foods, the nation is under attack by suits who make way too much money to know so little about how their computers work.
Let's start with Mozilo, whose Countrywide Financial Corporation has been one of the worst offenders in our housing meltdown, which is to say, our full-blown economic recession. The Calabasas, California-based lender's stock plummeted by 80 percent after it amassed nearly $100 billion in losses while servicing gamed loans and foreclosing on those who should have known better, had they only possessed enough common sense to spit out Countrywide's Kool-Aid. That was bad enough to swallow, until CEO Angelo Mozilo declared that, during this scam, he walked off with $1.9 million in salary, $20 million in performance-based awards and another $121 million in liquidated stock.
Thanks for playing, and fuck you very much. read more
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