Countdown – Rep. Maxine Waters + Jonathan Alter + Jeffery Sachs

Dandelion Salad firedoglake more about “Countdown – Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)…“, posted with vodpod *** Countdown-Jonathan Alter visits, discusses the politics of the New Congress and the stimulus

Obama, like Bush, is Throwing Public Money into a Black Hole by Rodrigue Tremblay

Dandelion Salad by Rodrigue Tremblay Friday, February 13, 2009 “The [financial] crisis was not a failure of the free market system and the answer is not to try to reinvent that system. …Government intervention is not a cure-all.” – President George W. Bush, Thursday November 13, 2008 “There is no cause to worry. The high [...]

Maxine Waters Questions Bailed Out CEOs + Paul: The Fed Is the Source of Our Problems!!

Dandelion Salad tpmtv more about “Maxine Waters Questions Bailed Out CEOs“, posted with vodpod *** Ron Paul: The Federal Reserve Is the Source of Our Problems!! CSPANJUNKIEdotORG http://cspanjunkie.org/ February 10, 2009 C-SPAN more about “Ron Paul: The Federal Reserve Is the …“, posted with vodpod see The Recovery Plan From Hell – What Wall Street [...]

The Recovery Plan From Hell – What Wall Street Wants by Michael Hudson

Dandelion Salad by Michael Hudson ICH February 11, 2009 “Counterpunch“ Tuesday’s announcement of the Obama-Geithner recovery plan is basically an extension of the Bush-Paulson plan – yet more giveaways to financial insiders, with a view to concentrating the U.S. banking system into a cartel of just a few large banks. This is not altogether bad [...]

Cardoso, Gaviria, Zedillo Urge Obama to Decriminalize Marijuana

Dandelion Salad By Joshua Goodman Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) Former presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia said the U.S.-led war on drugs has failed and urged President Barack Obama to consider new policies, including decriminalizing marijuana, and to treat drug use as a public health problem. The recommendations by former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, along [...]