Tax Solution to Wretched Greed, by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn featured writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org January 30, 2009 By now most Americans have experienced extreme disgust upon hearing about the nearly $20 billion in bonuses given to people in New York City’s financial sector at the end of 2008. After sending the nation into the current economic black hole there is [...]

Food Safety after largest recall in FDA history + Salmonella outbreak forces major recall

Dandelion Salad Updated: 2.02.09 added another story Democracy Now! 1.29.09 Food Safety: Georgia Plant Knowingly Shipped Contaminated Peanuts; Study Links Corn Syrup to Toxic Mercury We look at two stories on food safety. The FDA has issued one of the largest food recalls in history after eight people died of salmonella poisoning. A Georgia peanut [...]

Countdown: Rove Subpoenas + Rove’s Claim of Executive Privilege

Dandelion Salad heathr456 Keith talks to Jerrold Nadler about Karl Rove’s claim of executive privilege and whether he will appear before Congress on Monday. more about “Countdown: Jerrold Nadler on the Rove…“, posted with vodpod *** Rachel Maddow Show: Michael Isikoff on Rove’s Claim of Executive Privilege Rachel Maddow talks to Michael Isikoff about Karl [...]

Neither The US Nor Israel Is A “Genuine Party To Peace” By Noam Chomsky

Dandelion Salad By Noam Chomsky January 28, 2009 “Information Clearinghouse“ Barack Obama is recognized to be a person of acute intelligence, a legal scholar, careful with his choice of words. He deserves to be taken seriously – both what he says, and what he omits. Particularly significant is his first substantive statement on foreign affairs, [...]

The Audacity of Empire, by Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Sheehan for Congress by Cindy Sheehan featured writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan for Congress January 29, 2009 Webster’s Dictionary defines empire as: a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority; especially: one having an emperor as chief of state. Even [...]