US to embrace flood victims

Dandelion Salad Press TV Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:11:44 GMT The US government is bracing itself to care for up to 30,000 people fleeing record flooding in the country’s northern plains. US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said amid ‘historically unprecedented’ flooding in the Red River valley region between the states of Minnesota and North [...]

Pepe Escobar: Obama held hostage by PPPIP

Dandelion Salad http://www.therealnews.com 3.28.09 transcript President Obama’s destiny – more than his foreign policy decisions – will be sealed by how he deals with the US financial crisis, argues Pepe Escobar. The verdict of top economists on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s new PPPIP has not been auspicious. Some speak of taxpayer rip-off while Nobel Prize [...]

Bill Moyers Journal: Labor + William Greider

Dandelion Salad Bill Moyers Journal 3.27.09 James Thindwa James Thindwa, whose campaign for economic fairness for working people in Chicago has brought him up against the city’s powerful political establishment and corporate giant Wal-Mart. via Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS. *** William Greider For years best-selling author William Greider sounded the [...]

How the Scam Works by Michael Hudson

Dandelion Salad by Michael Hudson ICH March 27, 2009 “Counterpunch“ Newspaper reports seem surprised at how high banks are bidding for the junk mortgages that Treasury Secretary Geithner is now bidding for, having mobilized the FDIC and Fed to transfer yet more public funds to the banks. Bank stocks are soaring – thereby bidding up [...]

Paying for the Deficit by Ralph Nader

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page March 27, 2009 Where is the revenue coming from to help reduce the tidal waves of red ink during the massive deficit spending by Washington to bolster Wall Street greed, stimulate the economy and rescue homeowners? The scale of federal deficit is witnessed by the new frequency [...]