Congress Should Withhold Second Part of Bailout from Treasury by Dennis Kucinich

Dandelion Salad afterdowningstreet.org Nov 17, 2008 Citing Administration’s Failure and Unwillingness to use funds to Prevent Foreclosures, as Congress Intended Washington D.C. (November 17, 2008) Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today sent a letter to Representative Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, recommending that Congress inform the White House that it will not [...]

Begich, 3,700 votes ahead, headed to victory in Alaska

Dandelion Salad By Sean Cockerham Anchorage Daily News McClatchy Washington Bureau 11/18/2008 Democrat Mark Begich appears headed to victory over Republican Sen. Ted Stevens in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. The Anchorage mayor widened his lead to 3,724 votes in Tuesday’s counting of absentee and questioned ballots. The only votes left to count are approximately 2,500 [...]

An Hour with Bolivian President Evo Morales: “Neoliberalism Is No Solution for Humankind”

Dandelion Salad Democracy Now! Nov. 18, 2008 An Hour with Bolivian President Evo Morales: “Neoliberalism Is No Solution for Humankind” Bolivian President Evo Morales joins us in the firehouse studio to discuss the election of Barack Obama, US-Bolivian relations, the global economic crisis and more. Morales is visiting the United States at a time when [...]

Repairing the Congress-Citizen Disconnect by Cameron Salisbury

by Cameron Salisbury featured writer Dandelion Salad Opedinfo.com Nov. 18, 2008 Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s ‘emergency’ $700 billion bailout was authorized in record time by both houses of Congress despite the opposition of an estimated 80% of U.S. taxpayers, each of whom seems to have contacted his/her legislators more than once. For days, Congress was [...]

America’s Moronic Iraqi Policy By Paul Craig Roberts

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts November 18, 2008 “Information Clearinghouse“ According to all accounts the US faces its worse economic crisis since the Great Depression with $2 trillion in near-term financing needs for bailouts and economic stimulus. This is an enormous sum for any country, especially for one that is so heavily indebted that [...]