by Jill Dalton Guest Writer Dandelion Salad June 28, 2011 Van Jones is calling all people of conscience who care about America to get involved, stand up and help rebuild the American Dream. Thursday evening I attended the “Rebuild the Dream” event in New York City hosted by Van Jones, featuring the musical group ROOTS with […]
by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox April 17, 2011 “There’s class warfare, all right but it’s my class the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” — Warren Buffett Our problems stem from acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.” — Dorothy Day Once upon a time, […]
by Joseph Natoli Guest Writer Dandelion Salad April 7, 2011 In the end, this is a war first with ourselves. As long as we refuse to admit that we are not self-creating nor free to choose to be free to choose, this will be a war we cannot identify, a war without a label. And as long […]
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Prof. Michael Hudson Global Research, March 31, 2011 Mr. Greenspan takes it all back. His Old Time Religion was right after all. It all seems so long ago! On October 23, 2008, Alan Greenspan choked up a mea culpa for his deregulatory policy as Federal Reserve Chairman. “Those of us who have looked […]
By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.jerrymazza.com Nov. 6, 2010 Judging from the mid-term elections, it is the lack of jobs for the unemployed, and the creation of any more taxes for anyone. Yet curiously, one of the first things Republican leaders asked of President Obama was to lower government spending, which he should […]
by Mark A. Goldman Guest Writer Dandelion Salad originally published at http://www.gpln.com on Nov. 7, 2009 Sept. 30, 2010 I’m writing in response to the George Soros lectures recently given at the CEU and made available at the Financial Times web site. I have a degree in economics and an MBA in Finance, both from […]
By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at Online Journal http://www.jerrymazza.com July 21, 2010 About 8 a.m. a week ago, I’m watching NY1 TV and here comes a video segment on Faisal Shahzad, post full-confession, showing him in previous days with reputed Taliban members. He’s in native dress, a Kalashnikov on his hip, back […]
By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.jerrymazza.com July 2, 2010 Before “Old Glory” gets raised, the burgers and dogs go on the grill; before the potato salad and coleslaw and other goodies get heaped on your plate, let me lay this pickle next to them… . First, do you feel independent if you’re one […]
[tweetmeme source= “DandelionSalads” only_single=false] http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1093534 by Dr. Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com May 7, 2010 Last week, Goldman Sachs was on the congressional hot seat, grilled for fraud in its sale of complicated financial products called “synthetic CDOs.” This week the heat was off, as all eyes turned to the attack of the […]
By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at Online Journal http://www.jerrymazza.com April 26, 2010 The Big Six investment banks, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, are “shorting the American Dream,” according to economist Simon Johnson and entrepreneur James Kwak in an interview on April 16, “Financial […]
by Dr. Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com Jan. 29, 2010 We are witnessing an epic battle between two banking giants, JPMorgan Chase (Paul Volcker) and Goldman Sachs (Geithner/Summers/Rubin). Left strewn on the battleground could be your pension fund and 401K. The late Libertarian economist Murray Rothbard wrote that U.S. politics since 1900, when […]
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Prof Michael Hudson Global Research, January 26, 2010 How Much More “Debt Recovery” can the Economy Take? It’s make or break time for Democrats since the January 19 defeat in Massachusetts. At stake is Mr. Obama’s credibility as an agent for change. Exit polls show that voters see his main change to be favoritism […]
by Richard C. Cook Featured Writer Dandelion Salad January 22, 2010 The new restraints on bank lending for speculation proposed yesterday by President Barack Obama follow the advice of former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker but will be much more credible if the president now fires Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council […]
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Michael Hudson http://www.globalresearch.ca, January 18, 2010 The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Hearings You almost could hear the bankers heave a sigh of relief when Haiti’s earthquake knocked the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearings off the front pages and evening news broadcasts last week. At stake, after all, is Wall Street’s power grab seeking […]
by The Other Katherine Harris Featured writer Dandelion Salad Glitzqueen Jan 11, 2010 NORTH POLE – Of Kringleshire, renowned from time immemorial as an elfin wonderland at the top of the world, only slush and traces of crushed peppermint remain.
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