I am a Charity! by Cindy Sheehan + Marisa Tomei reads Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Dec. 12, 2009 Dear Mr. Obama, I hear that you were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize recently in Oslo, Norway and that, in addition to that spiffy medal, it comes with 1.4 million tax-free dollars that you are going to “donate [...]

Mercenaries and assassins: The real face of Obama’s “good war” By Bill Van Auken

Dandelion Salad By Bill Van Auken www.wsws.org 12 December 2009 Reports that mercenaries employed by the notorious Blackwater-Xe military contracting firm participated in CIA assassinations in Iraq and Afghanistan have further exposed the real character of so-called “good war” that is being escalated by the Obama administration. Citing former employees of the firm and US [...]

Bernanke’s Fake Economic Recovery by Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad by Mike Whitney www.globalresearch.ca, December 12, 2009 Counterpunch- 2009-12-11 “Economic recovery” is a term that has no fixed meaning. But it’s worth mulling over to determine whether aggregate demand is strong enough to keep the economy from tipping back into recession.  In normal times, the Fed slashes interest rates to increase the flow [...]

Bertolt Brecht in Hollywood By Gary Corseri

By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 12, 2009 Bertolt Brecht walks past Hollywood and Vine. It’s 1947; Hitler’s toast, the devil in the mushroom cloud still laughs over the doomed, domed cities; Russia is restive, but contained. The air is sultry and redolent with orange fragrance wafting from the San Fernando Valley, mingling [...]

End the U.S. Wars Rally: Cynthia McKinney: President Obama, Stop Bankrupting our Nation!

Dandelion Salad liamh2 December 12, 2009 On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, ex-Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, directly opposite the White House. Rep. McKinney ran for President of the United States in the 2008 election on [...]