OpEdNews Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Our-founding-fathers-const-by-W-Christopher-Epl-080917-792.html September 17, 2008 By W. Christopher Epler (Bill) Ladies and gentlemen, let’s do an anatomy of a religious fanatic. First and foremost, a religious fanatic (e.g., America’s “religious right” and the Armageddon air heads) have a literally psychotic relationship with nature. Let’s look very carefully at this relationship (or [...]
Archive for September 18th, 2008
18 Sep
Heck Of A Job Bush! From Riches To Rags In Under Eight Years..
Justanothercoverup.com William Cormier As we take stock of our economy, the outlook is dire. Rather than the mortgage crisis being almost played-out, the long term effects are now being felt by some of America’s most legendary and prestigious financial institutions. The consensus from the White House seems to be slanted and we’re protecting the huge [...]
18 Sep
Testimony by Elizabeth Edwards Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives
Center for American Progress America’s Need for Health Reform By Elizabeth Edwards September 18, 2008 Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member Deal, and distinguished Members of the committee, I thank you for the opportunity to testify on the topic of health care reform. We are in the middle of a great debate on health care in the [...]
18 Sep
Dangerous Doctrine
Center for American Progress America must consider the global implications of President Bush’s risky preventive war policy. By Lawrence J. Korb and Laura Conley September 17, 2008 During the Cold War, the United States had a clear, coherent, widely supported national security strategy that focused on containing and deterring Soviet communist expansion. In waging the [...]
18 Sep
McCain’s Solution for the Economy: Tax Breaks for Wal-Mart
John McCains economic plan calls for a $1.5 billion tax cut for Wal-Mart, and millions more for their CEO, Lee Scott. Isn’t that part of the problem?
18 Sep
ECONOMY
thinkprogress.org The New Hoovers This week started off rough. In fact, Monday was the first “Black Monday” of the century, comparable, as the Center for American Progress’s Andrew Jakabovics notes, to “the 20th century’s signature day in financial history back in the Fall of 1929.” By the end of the day, the Dow Jones [...]
18 Sep
Fundamentally, McCain Has Something to Worry About
By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 18, 2008; Page A03 John McCain has a fundamentals problem. It is political as well as economic, and it remains the biggest obstacle standing between the Arizona senator and the White House. McCain didn’t single-handedly create this problem, but he made it worse Monday when, as [...]
18 Sep
For a Bailout, Press ‘One’ . . .
Uncle Sam throws a phone line. (Bob Staake For The Washington Post – ) By Alan Neff Washington Post Thursday, September 18, 2008; Page A21 “Hello! You’ve reached the United States Treasury‘s automated bailout hotline. Please listen carefully, because our options have recently changed. If you’re too big to fail, press or say ‘one.’ If [...]
18 Sep
Down Days for McCain
By David S. Broder Washington Post Thursday, September 18, 2008; Page A21 When it’s September and important issues cry out for attention but we seem consumed by trivia — watch out. In September 2001, cable news and even some “serious” newspapers were preoccupied with Gary Condit, a married California congressman who had an affair with [...]
18 Sep
Wall Street’s Just Deserts
By Harold Meyerson Washington Post Thursday, September 18, 2008; Page A21 At the risk of speaking ill of the dead, what good was Lehman Brothers, anyway? And if Merrill Lynch was so bullish on America, why is it that, despite the torrent of foreign investment that flowed in to Lehman, Merrill and their Wall Street [...]
