America’s Wars – How Serial War Became the American Way of Life By David Bromwich

Dandelion Salad By David Bromwich TomDispatch July 21, 2009 On July 16, in a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that the “central question” for the defense of the United States was how the military should be “organized, equipped — and funded — in the years ahead, to [...]

Chair. Bernanke reports to Congress about the economy + Testimony + Grayson grills

Dandelion Salad Testimony Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. July 21, 2009 Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to present the Federal Reserve’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress. [...]

Kucinich: Is the Fed Paying Banks NOT to Loan Money?

Dandelion Salad Congressman Dennis Kucinich WASHINGTON (JULY 21, 2009) Domestic Policy Subcommittee Chair Announces New Probe of TARP Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has led the effort challenging the use of TARP funds through two administrations, today questioned whether or not “banks are parking a historic amount of taxpayers’ money in the Federal Reserve while [...]

The Great Tax Con Job By Thom Hartmann

Dandelion Salad By Thom Hartmann July 21, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ Republicans are using the T-word – taxes – to attack the Obama healthcare program. It’s a strategy based in a lie. A very small niche of America’s uber-wealthy have pulled off what may well be the biggest con job in the history of our [...]

George W. Bush, Part III By Cindy Sheehan

By Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox July 21, 2009 “When a government lies to you, it no longer has authority over you.” Cindy Sheehan. Dallas, Tx; 2005 Okay, so the United States of America has had a new puppet regime for six months now. I was never [...]