Hypocrisy To The Nth Degree by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 31 July, 2010 Interesting how there is such an uproar about WikiLeaks and Sgt. Manning. As with the Pentagon Papers of the early 70s, sets of documents, incriminating in their content, are portrayed as Top Secret. Hogwash! To reveal a certain mindset, or how the perpetrators conduct [...]

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff: Europe Under the Crunch

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ [Note: send this video to your congressperson, the url is http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/michael-hudson-and-richard-wolff-europe-under-the-crunch/ or shorlink: http://wp.me/p5qmX-m3y Thanks.] GRITtv: blip.tv July 30, 2010 We’ve heard plenty about the recession in the U.S., but what about the rest of the world? Countries across Europe have faced budget crunches and conservative governments are using the crisis as an excuse [...]

Kucinich, Conyers, Sanders Renew Call for National Single Payer on Medicare’s Birthday

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Jul 30, 2010 Medicare for All is the most Cost-Effective Health Care Option for America Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are today reaffirming their efforts to provide all Americans with health care that would allow access to the doctor of choice [...]

Out of Afghanistan by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page July 30, 2010 The war in Afghanistan is nearly nine years old—the longest in American history. After the U.S. quickly toppled the Taliban regime in October 2001, the Taliban, by all accounts, came back stronger and harsher enough to control now at least 30 percent of the country. [...]

Susan Shaw: The oil spill’s toxic trade-off

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ TEDtalksDirector | July 27, 2010 http://www.ted.com Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that’s grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan Shaw shows evidence it’s sparing some beaches only at devastating cost to the health of the deep sea.