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While millions of workers are struggling to get by on inadequate unemployment benefits, millions more are cut off completely as joblessness rises, reports.

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The Obama administration has clung for so long to the Bush administration's expansive claims of national security and executive power that it is in danger of turning President George W. Bush's cover-up of abuses committed in the name of fighting terrorism into President Barack Obama's cover-up.

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By Chris Hedges

The Democratic majority in Congress, under the cover of protecting some innocents, authorized massive acts of violence against other innocents.

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By Michael T. Klare

It may take a decade or two (or three) before historians will be able to look back and say with assurance, "That was the moment when the United States ceased to be the planet's preeminent power and was forced to behave like another major player in a world of many competing great powers."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23817.htm



Are You Ready for the Next Crisis?

By Paul Craig Roberts

Evidence that the US is a failed state is piling up faster than I can record it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23810.htm



After the Billionaires Plundered Alabama Town, Troops Were Called in ... Illegally

By Mark Ames

One of this year's more disturbing stories that were ignored was the illegal Army occupation of Samson, Alab., in March following a shooting spree that raged across two towns by a disgruntled worker, leaving 11 people dead.

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The US Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

By Larry Wilkerson

The beginning of the American "Imperial Rome" and Eisenhower's warning.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23809.htm



"Will the Dollar Still be the World's Reserve Currency in 5 Years?"

Interview with Prof. Menzie D. Chinn

By Mike Whitney

The Fed's measures have probably weakened the dollar over the short term; but in staving off a worse recession in the US (and a collapse in the financial system), it has probably meant a stronger currency over the medium term.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23814.htm



Loyalty to Israel vs. US

Video

Exclusive interview with Colonel Larry Wilkerson on US interests and the question of loyalties, and more.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25335.htm



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Cato Institute
by Julian Sanchez

10/23/09

Spoiler alert: Yes, there have been a number of well-documented abuses of power under the Patriot Act, as well as subsequent surveillance legislation. I’ll detail some of them in a moment, and the ACLU has a more thorough report. As that report should make abundantly clear, it’s really only a handful of the Patriot Act’s dozens of provisions that civil libertarians have serious problems with, and our concern in most cases is to improve them, not eliminate them. But there are three more general points I think it’s important to clarify before we delve into specifics...

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Christine Smith's Blog
by Christine Smith

So Obama has declared a ‘national emergency’ over the H1N1 ’swine’ flu. The main threat I see is government …not flu. But that’s the way it’s often been with ‘national emergencies.’ I view this latest ‘crisis’ as yet another excuse for big government to come in and supposedly save the day. Predictable, but nonetheless ominous, in my opinion...

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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

10/23/09

If there were a Nobel Audacity Prize, former Vice-President Dick Cheney would deserve to win it, hands-down. This guy is unbelievable. He’s taking President Obama to task for ‘dithering’ by not immediately sending 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. So, here’s a guy who, along with President Bush, had 7 years to straighten things out in Afghanistan. For all practical purposes, nothing tied their hands — not the Constitution (e.g., the declaration of war requirement), not the Congress, not the courts, and not the UN. Here was omnipotent government in action...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2009-10-23.asp


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JAMES WERRELL

Why Is Anyone Still Listening to Cheney?

mcclatchydc.com - Former President George W. Bush has had the good grace to go into seclusion and not stand on the sidelines second-guessing every move made by his successor. Cheney, by contrast, has taken it upon himself to serve as the chief critic of the Obama administration and chief defender of the Bush administration, even if it requires rewriting history.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/77670.html


From TomPaine.com

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A Third Surge? The Troops Need a Smarter Vision

Fareed Zakaria: "Dick Cheney has accused Barack Obama of 'dithering' over Afghanistan. I suppose if the president were to quickly invade a country on the basis of half-baked intelligence, that would demonstrate his courage and decisiveness to Mr. Cheney."

http://www.truthout.org/1026092



More Spending on Afghan War Could Hurt the Dollar

David R. Francis, The Christian Science Monitor: "Could an expanded war in Afghanistan be the costly straw that breaks the dollar's back, exacerbating already high concerns around the world over its value and damaging its central role in global commerce?"

http://www.truthout.org/1026097



Obama's AfPak War: "It's the Mission, Creep"

Steve Weissman, Truthout: "Dick Cheney and his neoconservative fringe are showing true gall and no grit in accusing President Obama of 'dithering' and 'waffling' on Afghanistan. They are, after all, the deep thinkers who rushed the Bush administration into Iraq, which diverted troops and other resources from their earlier mission to defeat the Afghan Taliban and catch or kill Osama bin Laden. Still, the shameless critics raise an intriguing question. Why has the president taken so much time to announce how many more troops he will send?"

http://www.truthout.org/10270910

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Obama Says He Will Not 'Rush' Decision on Troop Levels
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by NWV News

However, not everyone is happy about this latest military development coming so close to the transition from the Bush White House to the Obama Administration. Some observers believe this plan is part of a deal between President Obama and the current Secretary of Defense who remained in his current position even after the Bush-Obama transition........

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