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David Sirota, Truthout: "When you look past the craziness, chaos and confusion of politics these days, you still find roughly two major schools of thought that aim to explain What's Fundamentally Wrong. The first says America is paralyzed by a political system that is too democratic - too responsive to citizens' whims. This is the religion of almost everyone in the permanent Washington elite, regardless of party.... By contrast, most people living outside of Washington (i.e., the Rest of Us) see America harmed by a political system that is too undemocratic."

http://www.truthout.org/david-sirota-the-senates-lesson-about-democracy57434



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Fifteen Reasons
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/07-7

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Calling All Rebels

By Chris Hedges

There are no constraints left to halt America's slide into a totalitarian capitalism. Electoral politics are a sham. The media have been debased and defanged by corporate owners. The working class has been impoverished and is now being plunged into profound despair.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24941.htm



To H... In A Handbasket

By David Michael Green

American government is in the process of imploding, and it won't be long until the pathetically minuscule social safety net that we have will be shredded as well.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24933.htm



The homeless pay the price

Homeless and mental health services in the US are being cut back as cities, counties and states run out of cash.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/mar/20/homelessness-mental-health



There Ain't Gonna Be No Revolution

By Joe Bageant

As I see it, there is no "will of the people" mandate. H..., the people want more cable channels, fried chicken buckets and someone to tell them there really is a free lunch.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25232.htm


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Will a second American Revolution be French?

WendyMcElroy.Com
by Wendy McElroy

03/10/10

America has become a society of elites. Specifically, those in the political class who enjoy an endless economic bounty that comes from the sweat and blood of taxpayers. At the pinnacle are politicians with rich salaries, plush expense accounts (not counting bribes), platinum pensions and health insurance, etc. Then there are the millions of civil servants who are paid considerably more than their private-sector counterparts, who have greater job security due to unions, and who enjoy a pension plan that others can only dream about. The devouring appetite of these elites is fed by the ever-increasing taxes, fees and other money-grabs from the private, productive sector of society. As the level of theft increases, more productive people are being driven in poverty, homelessness and a despair that could easily turn into rage. Last night I was reading about the conditions in 18th century, pre-Revolutionary France. (Specifically, I was reading about the Physiocrats who were precursors to libertarianism.) The parallels to the U.S. did not escape my notice...

http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.3131



The unanswered question

In These Times
by Susan J. Douglas

03/30/10

Helen Thomas’ pointed, and deceptively courageous question, ‘Why do they want to do us harm?’ obviously begs the bigger question: ‘Why do we not know why they want to do us harm?’ Of course, as the many contributions in this issue demonstrate, there certainly are people who know full well, or certainly suspect, why the United States is in the crosshairs of various aggrieved groups. But the mainstream media — beleaguered by budget cuts that have especially slashed international news, much too complicit with news management by political elites, hamstrung by news routines that favor fleeting attention to isolated events over broader historical or political context, and incessantly pressured by forces on the right — have played a central role in keeping people in the dark...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/5705/the_unanswered_question


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Paul Loeb, Truthout: "With over 100,000 copies in print, my book 'Soul of a Citizen' has inspired thousands of citizens to make their voices heard and actions count--and to stay involved for the long haul. I spent the past year writing a wholly revised new edition, which St Martin's will publish March 30..... I like to think of it as an antidote to the political demoralization, paralysis, and despair that so many people are feeling these days. Here's the first excerpt, adapted from the chapter called 'The Cynical Smirk.'"

http://www.truthout.org/soul-a-citizen-excerpt-what-cynicism-costs-us57404



Campaign 2010: Déjà Vu All Over Again

Michael Winship, "Truthout: "Comparisons are odious, the old saying goes, and certainly Democrats are dealing with some smelly, stinky realities as they stare down the next eight months until Election Day 2010 and pundits galore compare the party's prospects to debacles of the past."

http://www.truthout.org/campaign-2010-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-all-over-again57411



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Civil liberties advocates and U.S. constitutional law scholars lost no time in condemning proposed legislation introduced in the Senate Thursday that would hand the government the power to indefinitely detain terrorism suspects without charge and to conduct trials through military commissions only.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50568



McCain, Lieberman Attempt to Ban Civilian Trials for 'Enemy Combatants'

The legislation by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would result in banning all civilian trials for terror suspects who have been classified as enemy combatants and forcing their cases into military commissions.

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Group Presses Holder on Lawyers Who Defended Gitmo Detainees

Keep America Safe, the organization launched by former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney, put out a new video today pressing the Justice Department to release the names of all the lawyers on staff who either represented or advocated on behalf of Guantanamo detainees.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6259834-503544.html



UK involved in my torture, says suspect

Britain may have colluded with America in the rendition of terror suspects that involved "torture flights" from UK territory, judges were told yesterday.

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Liz Cheney wants to keep American safe

AntiWar.Com
by Kelley B. Vlahos

03/09/10

Witch hunts and fishing expeditions were supposed to go out of fashion when young America passed a Constitution and incorporated a Bill of Rights. But that hasn’t stopped our more morally endowed elected (and self-appointed) leaders from pursuing them — for power, political retribution, or to win elections, all under the guise of making this country safe and ‘free,’ blessed by God, and of course, indivisible. Well, that last part doesn’t seem terribly important anymore. In fact, these things only work when we are divided. But let’s move on. The latest Real American to take up this higher mission is Elizabeth Cheney, the self-possessed terror gumshoe and daughter of the man who says we don’t torture enough, bomb enough, or humiliate enough ‘bad guys’ to meet the high tough-guy standards of this free and democratic nation...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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ACLU: Senator Graham Proposes Indefinite Detention Legislation To White House
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/03/23-12



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A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a civil lawsuit accusing former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for the alleged torture by US forces of two Americans who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm.

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Does the Financial System need New Guard Rails?

By Mike Whitney

Confidence is flagging because unemployment is high. And unemployment is high because demand is weak. That means that the money that should be going to people who will generate more economic activity, is actually going to prop up lending institutions that don't lend and banks that operate as casinos.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24923.htm



Our World Balances on a Sea of Debt

By Darius Guppy

The banks that control the world's supply of money are no better than counterfeiters - and their system of juggling debt has left the global economy teetering on the brink of ruin. Convicted fraudster Darius Guppy offers a provocative personal view.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24925.htm



Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist, Says Federal Reserve System 'Corrupt'

By Shahien Nasiripour

One of the world's leading economists said Wednesday that the very structure of the Federal Reserve system is so fraught with conflicts that it's "corrupt."

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Die schon vor 40 Jahren einsetzende Bewegung der "Sovereign Citizen" scheint über die rechten und konservativen Tea-Party-Proteste gegen Steuern einen erneuten Aufschwung zu erleben.

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Five lies about the American economy

Reason
by staff

The ongoing recession has raised a troubling question for otherwise resurgent Keynesian economists: How can the American economy keep getting worse under the intensive care of an interventionist economic team almost universally praised for its brilliance? The answer may be that the Obama administration is dealing with a fictional economy, one that bears little resemblance to the economy the rest of us inhabit. And when the difference between fact and fiction becomes too apparent, they just make stuff up. Herewith, five big lies the administration loves to tell and the mainstream media (with some notable exceptions) love to repeat …” (for publication 04/10)

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Invitation to an Anti-Keynes Project
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