It’s a bird…It’s a plane…No, it’s Spitzer to the Rescue By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney March 30, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ If Obama is serious about restoring confidence in the markets, he should replace current SEC chief Mary Schapiro with Eliot Spitzer. That would send a message to the world that the president is through messing around. Schapiro is another Wall Street toady who believes [...]

Michael Hudson: The Way We Were and What We Are Becoming

Dandelion Salad Bonnie Faulkner Guns and Butter www.kpfa.org March 4, 2009 “The Way We Were and What We Are Becoming” with financial economist and historian, Dr. Michael Hudson.  We begin with an analysis of the continuing bailout of insurance giant AIG and Monday’s stock market selloff; price and debt deflation; the two sectors of the [...]

Economic Meltdown: The “Dollar Glut” is What Finances America’s Global Military Build-up by Prof. Michael Hudson

Dandelion Salad by Prof. Michael Hudson Global Research, March 29, 2009 I am traveling in Europe for three weeks to discuss the global financial crisis with government officials, politicians and labor leaders. What is most remarkable is how differently the financial problem is perceived over here. It’s like being in another economic universe, not just [...]

5 Years by Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Sheehan for Congress by Cindy Sheehan Dandelion Salad Featured Writer Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox March 31, 2009 This Saturday on April 04th, my son Casey (and at least 11 other Americans and hundreds of Iraqis) will have been dead for five years. Casey, a humvee mechanic, was killed on 04/04/04 in [...]

Bankrupting the world By Jerry Mazza

By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at Online Journal www.jerrymazza.com March 31, 2009 The so-called Public Private Partnership Investment Program (PPPIP) introduced last Monday, by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner not only stands to bankrupt America but the global financial system as well. This is the worst yet of the bailouts, a swindle if [...]