Bhutto said she’d blame Musharraf if killed

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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The Path to a National Popular Vote

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 [...]

Quote of the Day - You gain strength, courage, and confidence by…

“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

Credit Crunch vs. Central Banks - You Lose

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 [...]

Quote of the Day - When one of your dreams comes true…

“When one of your dreams comes true, you begin to look at the others more carefully.”
- Anonymous

Video: Bush and the Neocons

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 [...]

NSA - Inside the Data Mine

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 [...]

Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil Americans

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 [...]

Agents of Disinformation, The Smearing of Dr. Ron Paul

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 [...]

Quote of the Day - Happiness often sneaks in through…

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.”
- John Barrymore