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Deepak Chopra, AlterNet: "The following is a memo to Barack Obama from Deepak Chopra ... 'You have been elected by the first anti-war constituency since 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected after promising to end the Korean War. But ending a war isn't the same as bringing peace. America has been on a war footing since the day after Pearl Harbor, 67 years ago. We spend more on our military than the next 16 countries combined. If you have a vision of change that goes to the heart of this country's deep problems, ending our dependence on war is far more important than ending our dependency on foreign oil.'"

http://www.truthout.org/010109A



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Deepak+Chopra

Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers: "Members of Congress have at least one reason to ring in the new year: They've given themselves a $4,700-a-year pay raise starting Thursday. With the economy in a recession and millions of Americans losing their jobs, however, members are under fire to rescind the pay hike, which will increase their base salaries to $174,000, roughly a 2.8 percent raise."

http://www.truthout.org/010109C



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=recession
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=jobless
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rob+Hotakainen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m60s-_kSo38


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Bolton
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

By PAM MARTENS

We've arrived at the finish line in the race to the bottom and it's clear there are few winners: once the little fish were eaten, the big fish fed on each other (Madoff's Ponzi scheme and assorted hedge fund frauds against the wealthy). Now the big fish have no where else to feed but at the government's bailout trough, transferring the debt-ownership society to our children.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21599.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ownership+society
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Madoff
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ponzi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bailout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=PAM+MARTENS

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29455/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Finanzkrise

Kim Coghill, Reuters: "Many investors said good riddance on Wednesday to one of the worst years on record and prayed that government rescue plans will pull the global economy out of its fierce tailspin later in the new year. More pain is expected in the near term as bleak economic reports roll in, flagging more bankruptcies, bad debts and layoffs through at least early 2009, and more sleepless nights for everyone from central bankers to consumers struggling to pay off mortgages and credit card bills."

http://www.truthout.org/123108S



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mortgage
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bankruptcies
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=layoffs
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kim+Coghill

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul499.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Enron
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/paul

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/stewart9.html



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