Stop Complaining About Right-Wing Protests! The Left Should Be (Re)Learning...
By Dave Lindorff OMG! Those protesters showing up at Democratic “town meetings” to promote the president’s health care “reform” program are being bused in from out of town? Scandal! Que horrible!...
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A Theme Song for Capitalism
By David Swanson Michael Moore's movie motivated me to bring this out. Here's a theme song for Capitalism that I wrote at the time of Paulson's Plunder. Here it is sung by Timbrewolf:And sung by...
View ArticleWant to Stick it to the Banks? Join a Credit Union
By Dave Lindorff A few months ago, like many struggling Americans, I had my credit line frozen at my local bank. I hadn’t done anything wrong, and have always paid my monthly installment payment on...
View ArticleForget the Happy Talk: Longer, Deeper Recession Ahead, Execs Warn
By Dave LindorffIf you google “recession easing,” you will find articles all the way back to April quoting Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as saying that the recession is easing, and that the...
View ArticleWhat a Hell of a Year! Good Riddance to It!
By Dave LindorffYou know, the year 2009 started out kind of nicely. We watched Barack Obama take the oath of office, serenaded by the awesome Aretha Franklin (wearing her awesome hat), after first...
View ArticleB-b-b-but There's Nothing I Can Doooooooo. Waaaaaaaaah. Bull.
You can join the rest of the country on Valentine's Day in breaking up with the big banks and making these too big to fail monstrosities too failing to be big: http://www.bankbreakup.org Come on. A...
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Bill to Be Introduced Wednesday to Bust the Mega Banks
This from the Senate:SENS. BROWN, KAUFMAN TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE CALL ON WALL STREET REFORM Senators to Announce Introduction of Bill Ensuring Banks Don’t Become ‘Too Big to Fail;” Have Resources to...
View ArticleThe Crime of Our Time: Congress Still Debating Whether to Slightly Regulate...
I just read Danny Schechter's latest, "The Crime of Our Time," which ads to his latest film, "Plunder," and a series of related books.It's useful to remember that Congress and the presidents bailed out...
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