by David Corn Global Research, November 8, 2008 Mother Jones, July-August 20 Years before Phil Gramm was a McCain campaign adviser and a lobbyist for a Swiss bank at the center of the housing credit crisis, he pulled a sly maneuver in the Senate that helped create today’s subprime meltdown. Who’s to blame for the [...]
Archive for November 8th, 2008
8 Nov
Reflections About the Presidential Race, and the First Amendment
November 8, 2008 www.opednews.com by Esther L. Clarke (Posted by Brasch) It is just starting to sink in. I called out to our youngest daughter, Gillian, as she set off down the road to meet the bus that she should be gracious. Don’t gloat I said. She said “yeah right, after what they’ve put me [...]
8 Nov
That huge voter turnout? Didn’t happen
POLITICO By DAVID PAUL KUHN | 11/8/08 5:56 PM EST Despite widespread predictions of record turnout in this year’s presidential election, roughly the same portion of eligible voters cast ballots in 2008 as in 2004. Between 60.7 percent and 61.7 percent of the 208.3 million eligible voters cast ballots this year, compared with [...]
8 Nov
The Five Most Wanted Rip-off Artists from Wall Street and Washington
By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. Posted November 3, 2008. Our economy didn’t melt down, it was taken down the unbridled greed of economic elites, enabled by their political courtesans in Washington. What the hell’s happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money? Even my state’s [...]
8 Nov
The Triumph of Ignorance: How Morons Succeed in U.S. Politics
By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. Posted October 31, 2008. Obama has a lot to offer, but until our education system is fixed or religious fundamentalism withers, anti-intellectuals will flaunt their ignorance. How was it allowed to happen? How did politics in the United States come to be dominated by people who make a virtue out of [...]
8 Nov
Unemployment rate in US surging
Some 10 million out of work; Mass. among the last hit STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident-elect Barack Obama – with his vice president, Joe Biden (second from left), his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel (second from right), and other economic advisers – called yesterday in Chicago for a new stimulus package. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) By Robert Gavin [...]
8 Nov
Obama Calls On Congress to Act Fast on Stimulus
Jobless Rate Hits Highest Level Since 1994 Obama Holds Press Conference on Economic Crisis By David Cho, Michael D. Shear and Michael S. Rosenwald Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, November 8, 2008; Page A01 With fresh evidence that the U.S. economy is shedding jobs even faster than expected, President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday that his [...]
