Housing Rebound? “Not so fast” By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney October 29, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ Senate Democrats are a dogged bunch. And they’re not easily deterred from their primary duty of kowtowing the big banks. Case in point, the first-time home-buyer tax credit, the controversial bill which provides an $8,000 tax credit (re: subsidy) for new home buyers. Changes [...]

Where Have all the Flowers Gone? by Cindy Sheehan

Submitted on Buzzflash by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Oct. 30, 2009 Watching Obama salute a coffin at Dover Air Force Base with all the pomp and circumstance of US Military worship filled me with disgust and sorrow. Disgust because the White House PR apparatus went into [...]

Clock ticking in Honduras

Dandelion Salad The Real News Network For the past four months, ever since the military coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya from power in Honduras, the oligarchy has been accused of purposefully delaying to make it to the scheduled election of November 29th. But now, with only one month to go, it looks likely that [...]

Barack Obama, Heaven Sent for GOP, Part II by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com Oct. 29, 2009 Last week, we discussed why President Obama was heaven-sent for the GOP, pre-election. In my view (disagreed with by several commentators who made their cases very well I thought), he was the only prospective Democratic candidate who could have beaten [...]

Wilkerson: U.S. troop increase inevitable

Dandelion Salad RussiaToday October 29, 2009 While Barack Obama deliberates a decision regarding the war in Afghanistan, many people are questioning whether or not U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan will make the world more or less safe. RT’s Dina Gusovsky speaks to Lawrence Wilkerson, professor and former Chief of Staff to former Secretary [...]