The perilous state of our economy: Illustrated in the following articles are some of the financial issues we now face as a nation. Say “No” to Globalism America is being plundered We tell you who, how and why www.AugustReview.com Financial Sector Evaluation of World Bank assistance for the financial sector www.worldbank.org/ieg Economic Crisis of 2008 [...]
Archive for April, 2008
29 Apr
Emptying the Breadbasket
Emptying the Breadbasket For decades, wheat was king on the Great Plains and prices were low everywhere. Those days are over. By Dan Morgan Special to The Washington Post Tuesday, April 29, 2008; Page A01 At Stephen Fleishman’s busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end. Breaking the [...]
29 Apr
Averting an energy crisis
Averting an energy crisis By Graham Allison and Robbie Diamond April 29, 2008 GAS PRICES are skyrocketing; the average price of a gallon of regular hit $3.50 last week. Venezuela has threatened to cut off oil exports to the United States. The dollar has fallen by 30 percent against the euro over the [...]
29 Apr
The Pentagon’s Puppets
www.americanprogressaction.org The Pentagon’s Puppets The Bush administration has covertly tried to influence public opinion in its favor throughout the Iraq war, planting stories in Iraqi newspapers and disseminating misleading polls. Last week, The New York Times reported that the Pentagon has been using more than 75 “military analysts” as “puppets,” revealing one of the most [...]
28 Apr
Senate Republicans Block Pay Disparity Measure
Senate Republicans Block Pay Disparity Measure Lilly Ledbetter, whose equal-pay suit was overturned last year, greets Sen. Barack Obama before his vote on a bill to make it easier to sue in such cases. (By Sarah L. Voisin — The Washington Post) By Lori Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 24, 2008; Page A04 [...]
28 Apr
A Worsening Food Crisis
A Worsening Food Crisis The U.S. and its allies need to act. Sunday, April 20, 2008; Page B06 THE WORLD’S most dangerous conflicts stem from religion and ideology — tragic proof that man does not live by bread alone. But when bread is hard to get, that, too, causes unrest. And lately, it [...]
28 Apr
The New Economics of Hunger
The New Economics of Hunger A brutal convergence of events has hit an unprepared global market, and grain prices are sky high. The world’s poor suffer most. By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 27, 2008; Page A01 The globe’s worst food crisis in a generation emerged as a blip on the [...]
28 Apr
Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice
Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice Mauritania, and much of Africa, relies on imported food. As trade breaks down, destitute people face tough choices. By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 28, 2008; Page A01 NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania Even before he took a butcher knife to the she-goat’s throat, Likbir Ould Mohamed Mahmoud knew [...]
28 Apr
Democrats Registering In Record Numbers
Democrats Registering In Record Numbers 1 Million New Voters For Last 7 Primaries By Eli Saslow Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 28, 2008; Page A01 RALEIGH, N.C. — They lined up shoulder to shoulder inside the gray high-rise downtown, their politics as diverse as their backgrounds. An ex-felon who needs health insurance, followed by [...]
28 Apr
Petraeus, Falling Upwards
Petraeus, Falling Upwards Selling the President’s General The Petraeus Story By Tom Engelhard Tomdispatch.com You simply can’t pile up enough adjectives when it comes to the general, who, at a relatively young age, was already a runner-up for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2007. His record is stellar. His tactical sense extraordinary. His [...]
27 Apr
Putting the War on Autopilot
Putting the War on Autopilot By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Thursday, April 24, 2008; 1:28 PM While four out of five Americans want the next president to take the country in a new direction, President Bush is trying to lock in the current course beyond his presidency — starting with his plans for the [...]
27 Apr
Running on Sweet Nothings
Running on Sweet Nothings By David Ignatius The Washington Post Thursday, April 24, 2008; 12:00 AM Maybe it’s in the nature of politics to sugarcoat reality, but this year’s political campaign is becoming an escape to Fantasy Island, rather than a real exploration of the serious problems facing the United States. Candidates in both parties [...]
