NYTimes.com Published: January 27, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Obama intends to adopt a tougher line toward Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, as part of a new American approach to Afghanistan that will put more emphasis on waging war than on development, senior administration officials said Tuesday. Danfung Dennis for The New York Times American soldiers [...]
Archive for January 28th, 2009
28 Jan
Recovery and Reinvestment 101
Center for American Progress Recovery and Reinvestment 101 SOURCE: AP/J. Scott Applewhite The Capitol is illuminated as Congress works late on an economic stimulus package. January 28, 2009 Download this brief (pdf) 1. What caused the current recession? 2. Is recession only a problem in the United States? 3. What is the most important issue [...]
28 Jan
Employers cut 14,100 more jobs
Labor hits keep on coming as several large companies push workforce reductions. By Ben Rooney and Kenneth Musante, CNNMoney.com staff writers Last Updated: January 28, 2009 How will the economic stimulus package help your job situation? NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The job market took another savage beating Wednesday after several companies announced cost cutting plans [...]
28 Jan
House passes $819 billion stimulus bill
Obama lobbied for the bill aggressively, but it garnered no Republican support. Senate likely to take up its version next week. By David Goldman, CNNMoney.com staff writer Last Updated: January 28, 2009 NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The House passed an $819 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday on a party-line vote, despite President Obama’s efforts to [...]
28 Jan
Why House Republicans Aren’t Worth Listening To
Posted by Christopher Hayes, The Nation at 4:28 PM on January 27, 2009. Whenever John Boehner shows up on your TV, change the channel. This has, all things considered, been a pretty great week for the republic: executive orders increasing government transparency, banning torture, and beginning the process of closing Guantanamo. Obama’s also given a [...]
28 Jan
Why House Republicans Aren’t Worth Listening To Posted by Christopher Hayes, The Nation at 4:28 PM on January 27, 2009. Whenever John Boehner shows up on your TV, change the channel. Post Tools EMAIL PRINT 35 COMMENTS Share and save this post: Got a tip for a post?: Email us | Anonymous form PEEK RSS Feed [...]
28 Jan
For Decades, Right-Wingers Have Pushed Paranoia and Xenophobic Politics and Called It ‘Moral Clarity’
By Sara Robinson, Campaign for America’s Future. Posted January 28, 2009. Conservatives live in a world of seething aggression that most progressives can’t even fathom. As he was prepared to slink off into the history books as arguably the worst president in American history, I actually sat down and watched George W. Bush speak. There [...]
28 Jan
Contact Your State District Attorneys To Prosecute Bush and Cheney
theteam@peaceteam.net The Best Way To Light A Fire For Federal Prosecutions of Bush And Cheney Is To Get Collateral State Actions Going After weeks and weeks of unbelievable work, we have completed compiling a database of the current contact information for every state district attorney, for EVERY county in the country. And we have put [...]
