Posted on December 28, 2007 by Sopan Greene
Source: CNN
Two months before her death, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto sent an e-mail to her U.S. adviser and longtime friend, saying that if she were killed, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf would bear some of the blame.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto addresses supporters Thursday in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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Posted on December 28, 2007 by Sopan Greene
These conversations have some merit, though I encourage readers to focus on the money and power which influences every candidate and every president. At this point most people should be aware that the President is a face person who does not make the final decisions on how the country is run. Do you really think [...]
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Posted on December 28, 2007 by Sopan Greene
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience
in which you really stop to look fearin the face. You are able to say to yourself,
“I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.”
. . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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Posted on December 27, 2007 by Sopan Greene
Source: Daily Kos
by gjohnsit
Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:04:38 AM PST
“If I had to be bold I’d say we began a recession in December.”
- Bill Gross, Pimco Funds founder
The credit crunch that started in August is threatening to bring the economies of the entire 1st world to a grinding halt.
To combat that the central banks [...]
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Posted on December 27, 2007 by Sopan Greene
“When one of your dreams comes true, you begin to look at the others more carefully.”
- Anonymous
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Posted on December 26, 2007 by Sopan Greene
The Fall of the House of Bush 1 of 3: Craig Unger interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now
Watch the other 2 videos in this series on You Tube
Source: Truthout
Go to Original
Bush and the Neocons
By Chris Pepus
Chicago Reader
Thursday 20 December 2007
When you know the [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2007 by Sopan Greene
Source: Truthdig
A Dig led by Onnesha Roychoudhuri
On April 20, 2007, former Qwest telecommunications CEO Joseph Nacchio was found guilty on 19 of 42 counts of insider trading. “For anyone who has ever made a call in Qwest territory, the term ‘convicted felon Joe Nacchio’ has a nice ring to it,” U.S. prosecutor Troy [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2007 by Sopan Greene
Source: Finance.Comcast.net
By RACHEL KONRAD and BOB PORTERFIELD, Associated Press Writers
SAN FRANCISCO - Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the last year and prompting warnings of worse to come.
An Associated Press analysis of financial data from the country’s largest [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2007 by Sopan Greene
Source: Op Ed News
Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win.” This old truism seems to be playing out in the case of the candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul for president. At first he was ignored. He was ignored in the early republican debates, getting [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2007 by Sopan Greene
“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.”
- John Barrymore
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