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"Equal Opportunity": Just Another Fairy Tale
A note of appreciation from the richBy Author Unknown / September 21, 2008 Let’s be honest: you’ll never win the lottery. On the other hand, the chances are pretty good that you’ll slave away at some miserable job the rest … Continue reading
David Sirota : The $700 Billion Questions
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, with friend. Paulson detailed what he called “a comprehensive approach” to repairing financial markets on Friday, Sept. 19. (Hold on to your wallet.)Using the shock doctrine, Wall Street and Washington’s wrecking crew aim to get the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Bush Administration, Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Economy, Finance, Henry Paulson, Treasury Dept.
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The Monday Movie: Does Capitalism Work?
The myth that capitalism works conveniently ignores reality. In this video, political scientist and activist Michael Parenti debunks this popular myth. Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
Being Realistic Eventually Turns Out To Be Right
The Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels monument in Berlin.Photo: commons.wikimedia.org / Manfred BrückelsReality Catches Up to the Free MarketBy William Pfaff / September 18, 2008 Karl Marx, were he still about, would surely be interested in the report that unregulated … Continue reading
The Country is a Deregulated Mess
‘It has become obvious that UNregulated business activity gravitates to the dark side’By Randy H. / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2008 I admit that I’ve vacillated back and forth between Democrat and Republican over the last 40 years. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Capitalism, Deregulation, Republican Party
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Economic Meltdown : Are We a Nation of Village Idiots?
‘Conservative Republicans always want the government to stay out of business and avoid regulation as long as they are making lots of money’By James Moore / September 18, 2008 Don’t let them tell you this economic meltdown is a complicated … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Economy, Finance, Market Regulation, McCain, Phil Gramm, Republican Party, Wall Street
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The Day the Neoconservatives Nationalized AIG
The AIG RescueBy Jon Taplin / September 16, 2008 A few months ago, neoconservatives were screaming bloody murder when Hugo Chavez nationalized the phone company. Today a neoconservative U.S. Government nationalized AIG, the largest insurance company in the world, because … Continue reading
Boeing’s Streak of Greediness and Arrogance
Ask Not What Your Company Can Do For You … The Boeing StrikeBy David Macaray / September 15, 2008 There’s an axiom in labor relations: When business is suffering, management will approach the workers and ask them to make the … Continue reading
Alice Embree : Lipstick on a Capitalist Pig!!
Long Live the Capitalist Pig / Tattoo art by Eduardo Lecleres / Pure Body Arts, Brooklyn‘It’s not about the lipstick, friends. It’s about the pig’By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / September 10, 2008 OK. So maybe people in … Continue reading
Thursday Thought: The USA Today
Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens | The Rag Blog | Posted August 28, 2008
Global Warming: We’re Not 100% Doomed
‘Almost all political conflict, especially in the US, boils down to a fight between the Sane Billionaires and the Insane Billionaires’By Jonathan Schwarz I believe human civilization will likely — despite current appearances — manage to mitigate global warming and … Continue reading
Yugoslavia : Precursor to the Bloodbaths in Afghanistan and Iraq
Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) regulars John Pilger digs beneath the received wisdom for the break-up of Yugoslavia and points to a largely ignored memoir by the former chief prosecutor in The Hague – and an echo from current events in … Continue reading
