http://www.opednews.com http://www.opednews.com - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:24:28 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.opednews.com/images/rss_news.gif http://www.opednews.com/populum/archives.php 144 16 http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-the-Economists-Aren-t-by-Chaz-Valenza-091119-795.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-the-Economists-Aren-t-by-Chaz-Valenza-091119-795.html [My analysis of three indicators shows that within 12 months the annualized number of bankruptcies will roar past 1.5 million. This analysis forces us to ask many questions, including: When and how will Main Street emerge from the Great Recession? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Zinc-Dimes-Tungsten-Gold-by-Jim-Willie-091120-346.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Zinc-Dimes-Tungsten-Gold-by-Jim-Willie-091120-346.html [An historically unprecedented mess has been created by compromised central bankers and inept economic advisors, whose interference has irreversibly altered and damaged the world financial system, urgently pushed after the removed anchor of money to gold. Analysis features Gold, Crude Oil, USDollar, Treasury bonds, and inter-market dynamics with the US Economy and US Federal Reserve monetary policy. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-James-David-Manning-B-by-Daniel-Vojir-091119-519.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-James-David-Manning-B-by-Daniel-Vojir-091119-519.html [Are fraudulent ministers just plain stupid? Maybe so. James David Manning, "Ph.D" has been operating ATLAH Ministries Worldwide and calling for the death of the President. His last video was so threatening that Homeland Security paid him a visit on November 16th. He fully expects to be carted away any day now for his reasonless rantings. We hope he is. Pray for the members of his congregation. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Reasons-Not-to-Abandon-Afg-by-James-Brett-091120-641.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Reasons-Not-to-Abandon-Afg-by-James-Brett-091120-641.html [While looking for reasons to stay in Afghanistan, it would be beneficial to check out some of the assumptions being bandied about these days. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Washington-establishme-by-Glenn-Greenwald-091120-258.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Washington-establishme-by-Glenn-Greenwald-091120-258.html [Populist anger over elite-favoring economic policies has long been brewing on both the Right and Left (and in between), but neither political party can capitalize on it because they're both dependent upon and subservient to the same elite interests which benefit from those policies. http://www.opednews.com/articles/My-Comrade-is-an-Octopus-T-by-Abbas-Sadeghian-P-091120-889.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/My-Comrade-is-an-Octopus-T-by-Abbas-Sadeghian-P-091120-889.html [The American system of government is like a giant octopus. It is the biggest octopus you have ever seen. He has taken large areas for himself, and he is not scared of anybody. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Abandoned-Pets-Since-2007-by-James-Fox-091119-21.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Abandoned-Pets-Since-2007-by-James-Fox-091119-21.html [Abandoned pets since December 2007 has been estimated by the ASPCA at one to two million. Animal shelters and rescues have been struggling as donations and funds dry up. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Venezuela-Zamorian-farm-i-by-Patrick-J-O-Donog-091119-795.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Venezuela-Zamorian-farm-i-by-Patrick-J-O-Donog-091119-795.html [Carlos Gutierrez says he is 45 years old and is one of the leaders of the Ana Soto Zamorian farm near the village of Bobare (Lara State). http://www.opednews.com/articles/Creating-the-Jobs-America-by-Bob-Burnett-091120-608.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Creating-the-Jobs-America-by-Bob-Burnett-091120-608.html [While financial markets believe the great recession is over, millions of Americans continue to struggle. Unemployment is 10.2 percent and the more inclusive measure, underemployment, is at 17.5 percent. America's jobs crisis is both a short-term and long-term challenge. http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Bush-in-Obama-s-Clothing-by-Jordan-Thornton-091119-997.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Bush-in-Obama-s-Clothing-by-Jordan-Thornton-091119-997.html [The IAEA has found nothing suspicious or threatening about the "secret" Iranian facility at Qom, contradicting the hysterical claims made by the politicians trying to lie/frighten us into another senseless war, and the press that's helping them. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rogue-en-Vogue-by-Richard-Mathis-091120-559.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rogue-en-Vogue-by-Richard-Mathis-091120-559.html [Has Sarah Palin gone rogue with the meaning of rogue? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Another-Army-Takeover-Is-I-by-Muhammad-Khurshid-091119-512.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Another-Army-Takeover-Is-I-by-Muhammad-Khurshid-091119-512.html [There are reports that Pakistan Army has almost finalised the plan for taking over the power as the civilian leadership has failed in controlling the situation. It is not yet clear whether General Kiyani will take all the matters in his own hands or he will allow formation of a national government. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Great-Geopolitical-Bat-by-OilGuy-091118-152.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Great-Geopolitical-Bat-by-OilGuy-091118-152.html [An extraordinary game of Geo-strategy is underway to lock in long term agreements in the energy sector. At a global level, the transit routes of future oil and amp; gas pipelines become the object of a power struggle involving not only the suppliers and end-users but also the transit countries. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Arrest-and-Torture-of-by-Angola-3-News-091118-481.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Arrest-and-Torture-of-by-Angola-3-News-091118-481.html [Jeanne Theoharis is the author of an April, 2009 article in The Nation, entitled ---Guantanamo At Home,--- which focuses on the arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment of US citizen Syed Hashmi in a New York City prison with Guantanamo-like conditions. Hashmi's trial will begin in New York City on December 1. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Defiance-with-Daniel-Craig-by-John-Bessa-091118-813.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Defiance-with-Daniel-Craig-by-John-Bessa-091118-813.html [Billed as a violent thriller, the defiance of enemy soldiers by loyal brothers, it delivers as advertised, and more, taking off right from the opening credits with the killing of family, family vengeance, and all-out world war. It also makes one curious, and opens a few inroads to the irony that is our recent history. I will follow this retro review with another: "Rabbit Redux: Eminem nearly a decade later." http://www.opednews.com/articles/Lynne-Stewart-Heroic-Huma-by-Stephen-Lendman-091120-487.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Lynne-Stewart-Heroic-Huma-by-Stephen-Lendman-091120-487.html [Lynne Stewart - betrayed by the criminal justice system she defended for 30 years. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Christmas-is-coming-the-e-by-Michael-Greenwell-091119-848.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Christmas-is-coming-the-e-by-Michael-Greenwell-091119-848.html [One case where doing nothing can actually be doing something. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Understanding-the-Orange-R-by-Andreas-Umland-091119-201.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Understanding-the-Orange-R-by-Andreas-Umland-091119-201.html [On November 21st, 2009, Ukrainian democrats will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of the start of demonstrations in Kyiv which led to larger political developments that came to reshape our understanding of post-Soviet politics. During the last five years, the 2004 events in Ukraine known as the Orange Revolution have become important reference points in the international study of democratic transition and consolidation. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Part-Two-Talking-About-Fo-by-Joan-Brunwasser-091119-100.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Part-Two-Talking-About-Fo-by-Joan-Brunwasser-091119-100.html [I go to Glen Urquhart School. We have a huge greenhouse and we partner with The Food Project to grow pesticide-free produce for local shelters. Actually, I don't think of myself as an activist. I just talk about what I'm into. I think my classmates and friends are probably also interested in really cool things,like speaking Chinese or trains. I just happen to collect all my ideas on a blog where what I am thinking is visible. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Do-You-Know-Afghanistan-by-Mick-Youther-091119-385.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Do-You-Know-Afghanistan-by-Mick-Youther-091119-385.html [President Obama says that he is still weeks away from a decision on Afghanistan--So call your Senators and Representative at the Congressional switchboard ((202) 224-3121), and call the Obama White House at (202) 456-1111, and let them know that the United States has wasted enough money on George W. Bush's misadventures in the Mideast. We have sacrificed enough lives. Enough is enough. http://www.opednews.com/articles/GET-HIP-DISCOVER-THE-DANG-by-Danny-Schechter-091119-979.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/GET-HIP-DISCOVER-THE-DANG-by-Danny-Schechter-091119-979.html [WHY WE SHOUD FEAR A "DOUB:E DIP" IN THE RED-CESSION. NEWS DISSECTOR DANNY SCHECHTER PICKS UP WHERE THE PRESIDENT LEFT OFF http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obscenely-Rich-Bankers-Cla-by-Jim-Hightower-091119-896.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obscenely-Rich-Bankers-Cla-by-Jim-Hightower-091119-896.html [While top executives of Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and other big investment houses were initially puzzled and hurt by the public's moral outrage, their audacious sense of personal worth and entitlement quickly kicked back in. So Europeans are now witnessing the spectacle of bankers draping themselves in radiant robes of ethical purity. http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Letter-from-Jennie-Green-by-Deborah-Emin-091119-231.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Letter-from-Jennie-Green-by-Deborah-Emin-091119-231.html [A letter from a friend about the state of affairs in Afghanistan. http://www.opednews.com/articles/President-Obama-The-Agoni-by-Grant-Lawrence-091118-620.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/President-Obama-The-Agoni-by-Grant-Lawrence-091118-620.html [Will President Obama send more troops to die for the occupation in Afghanistan? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Home-And-The-Repor-by-Eric-Lotke-091119-365.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Home-And-The-Repor-by-Eric-Lotke-091119-365.html [President Obama is home from China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today releases its 2009 report to Congress. What have we learned? That we need to pay attention because we're getting schooled. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Going-Rogue-A-Missed-Oppor-by-Richard-Cummings-091119-286.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Going-Rogue-A-Missed-Oppor-by-Richard-Cummings-091119-286.html [Why Sarah Palin is not a real populist and how she might have been one. http://www.opednews.com/articles/From-Subversive-Talk-to-Re-by-Joel-S-Hirschhorn-091118-247.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/From-Subversive-Talk-to-Re-by-Joel-S-Hirschhorn-091118-247.html [Mickey Z. is a true political dissident with a remarkable history of good writing. Here is my review of his newest book. http://www.opednews.com/articles/If-Health-Reform-Fails-In-by-Richard-Wise-091119-162.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/If-Health-Reform-Fails-In-by-Richard-Wise-091119-162.html [If health care reform fails, the result will not be a return to the status quo. It will be much worse. The banks and the insurance companies will have won the big prize and they will pay themselves handsomely for their victory. Meanwhile, Democrats in disarray will slink off stage left, blaming everyone but themselves for the outcome. http://www.opednews.com/articles/HHS-Task-Force-Mammogram-R-by-Michael-Collins-091119-987.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/HHS-Task-Force-Mammogram-R-by-Michael-Collins-091119-987.html [Now it's time to find out how this HHS research organization could impanel a group of experts to recommend cancer treatment protocols when none of the physicians on the panel were oncologists and none had any identified clinical experience treating cancer. http://www.opednews.com/articles/International-Moneytary-Fu-by-Dori-Sig-091118-456.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/International-Moneytary-Fu-by-Dori-Sig-091118-456.html [iceland banking crisis http://www.opednews.com/articles/Media-Disseminated-Myths-a-by-Stephen-Lendman-091119-27.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Media-Disseminated-Myths-a-by-Stephen-Lendman-091119-27.html [Corporate media lies and deception about Obamacare http://www.opednews.com/articles/Ambush-Alert-by-Bob-Patterson-091118-187.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Ambush-Alert-by-Bob-Patterson-091118-187.html [Are the electronic voting machines going to be used to ambush Latino voters in Colorado? http://www.opednews.com/articles/INTI-Pedro-Moreno-On-the-by-Patrick-J-O-Donog-091117-799.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/INTI-Pedro-Moreno-On-the-by-Patrick-J-O-Donog-091117-799.html [Pedro Moreno has been leading the government's agrarian reform program in Lara State for the last five years and has already received death threats from landowners opposing occupancy of idle lands for production by peasants. http://www.opednews.com/articles/40-Groups-Disagree-with-US-by-R-CALF-USA-091118-501.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/40-Groups-Disagree-with-US-by-R-CALF-USA-091118-501.html [On Nov. 17, 2009, R-CALF USA and 39 other groups sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to express their serious concerns about the agency's status submission. http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-s-the-Difference-betw-by-Ronnie-Manns-091119-50.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-s-the-Difference-betw-by-Ronnie-Manns-091119-50.html [Republicans in name only are being purged from the party but they were attempting to help find solutions while the Democrats in name only are standing in the way of progress. http://www.opednews.com/articles/BIOTERRORISM-IN-THE-UKRAIN-by-Tim-Alexander-Ear-091118-967.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/BIOTERRORISM-IN-THE-UKRAIN-by-Tim-Alexander-Ear-091118-967.html [An article by Tim Alexander, Earl of Stirling, detailing the latest facts about the Ukraine Pandemic which very much looks like pneumonic plague. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Short-Story--The-Tallyshe-by-P-Orin-Zack-091117-668.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Short-Story--The-Tallyshe-by-P-Orin-Zack-091117-668.html [What if corporations could be convicted for their crimes? Blogger John Frachetti had ignited the activist community gathered by the newly unionized workforce, and now the government threatened to shutter the chain of FW Diners to avert possible attacks against other misbehaving corporations. With the CEO recently murdered, John's been asked to speak to the Board, and a lot is resting on what he does, and who joins which side. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Visit-to-Asia--Ta-by-Saberi-Roy-091117-543.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Visit-to-Asia--Ta-by-Saberi-Roy-091117-543.html [Obama's tour across Asia - human rights issues, China and Burma http://www.opednews.com/articles/Net-Equity-for-Madoff-Vict-by-Ronnie-Sue-Ambrosi-091117-237.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Net-Equity-for-Madoff-Vict-by-Ronnie-Sue-Ambrosi-091117-237.html [Madoff Investors have been working for 11 months to have the Congressionally created definition used when determining their SIPC claims. This, because the trustee in the case has, with no legal authority, changed a Federally created mandate. http://www.opednews.com/articles/STOP-MK-ULTRA-PROGRAMS-NOW-by-Noeline-Clayfield-091116-809.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/STOP-MK-ULTRA-PROGRAMS-NOW-by-Noeline-Clayfield-091116-809.html [A short history of the MK ULTRA Mind Control progrms and the experiences of one programmed individual Duncan O'Finioan and his appeal to the governments of the world to stop this torture of innocent little children that are forced into these programs. http://www.opednews.com/articles/One-year-later--and-the-d-by-Pam-Rasmussen-091116-699.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/One-year-later--and-the-d-by-Pam-Rasmussen-091116-699.html [This op-ed gives a personal perspective on the conditions in the Gaza Strip one year after the Israeli invasion, and calls on readers to say "enough is enough." http://www.opednews.com/articles/Thank-You-David-Bowie-by-Ilene-Flannery-Wel-091118-359.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Thank-You-David-Bowie-by-Ilene-Flannery-Wel-091118-359.html [How one mother managed to stay calm when her teenage son declared, "By the end of next year I want to be a fully blown transvestite." http://www.opednews.com/articles/Perfect-storm-approaching-by-Frosty-Wooldridge-091118-148.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Perfect-storm-approaching-by-Frosty-Wooldridge-091118-148.html [In all great social change, it takes an educated citizenry to create ---consciousness shift--- which moves to ---critical mass shift--- that ends with a paradigm shift via ---tipping point." http://www.opednews.com/articles/Deception-Lies-and-Gullib-by-Bettye-Johnson-091118-672.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Deception-Lies-and-Gullib-by-Bettye-Johnson-091118-672.html [The travelling show of the Catholic Church in the U.S. showing a tibia supposedly of Mary Magdalene is questionable in its authenticity. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Art-Photography-Night-Zin-by-Mac-McKinney-091119-381.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Art-Photography-Night-Zin-by-Mac-McKinney-091119-381.html [If Dracula had been a little more sensitive, instead of waxing euphoric over his howling wolves as his "children of the night", he might have gone on a moonlight walk (or flight) and admired some of the beautiful flowers of the night. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Beard-by-Jan-Baumgartner-091118-5.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Beard-by-Jan-Baumgartner-091118-5.html [Miscommunication between Venus and Mars. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-Alabama-Democrats-bein-by-Dana-Jill-Simpson-091118-128.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-Alabama-Democrats-bein-by-Dana-Jill-Simpson-091118-128.html [For far too long Alabama Democrats have been politically targeted by a small group of Republicians called, "the Alabama Gang". And after all, it was not the Alabama Republicans who voted for President Obama. In fact, they did everything they could to defeat him. The time has come for President Obama to support the Alabama Democrats in their fight against Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions and "the Alabama Gang". http://www.opednews.com/articles/Talking-About-Food-and-Far-by-Joan-Brunwasser-091118-758.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Talking-About-Food-and-Far-by-Joan-Brunwasser-091118-758.html [I saw Food, Inc. and it really opened my eyes to what is happening. I can't figure out why people aren't more pissed off about this. Factory farming makes animals objects - not living, breathing, creatures. People say to me "But, it's just a chicken"... Right, it is a chicken, but I wouldn't say "just." I would say,it's a funny, bossy,silly animal that I am not willing to torture for the sake of cheap,tasteless meat and eggs. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pediatric-Zyprexa-Brochure-by-Martha-Rosenberg-091118-587.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pediatric-Zyprexa-Brochure-by-Martha-Rosenberg-091118-587.html ["Your medicine is called Olanzapine. Pronounced 'o-lan-za-peen,'" says the lime green kids' brochure for the antipsychotic Zyprexa, published by Britain's National Health Service (NHS). "Many children, teenagers and young people need to take medicines prescribed by doctors to help them stay well and healthy," says the text amid cartoons of happy children skating, roller blading and playing soccer. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Criminal-Injustice-by-Kathy-Malloy-091118-150.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Criminal-Injustice-by-Kathy-Malloy-091118-150.html [Why are Republicans afraid of the law? Did they collectively buy into Dubya's belief that the U.S. Constitution, and therefore our entire system of government, was nothing more than a ---goddam piece of paper,--- and, furthermore, should be abandoned if it might possibly be used to protect a swarthy Muslim? http://www.opednews.com/articles/January-9th-National-Citi-by-George-Washington-091118-404.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/January-9th-National-Citi-by-George-Washington-091118-404.html [It's the American thing to do. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Can-t-We-Do-to-DC-What-by-David-Swanson-091118-157.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Can-t-We-Do-to-DC-What-by-David-Swanson-091118-157.html [I've been reading a brand new book called "The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle," which is in large part an analysis of what worked in the protesting of the World Trade Organization 10 years ago. Why is it, I wonder, that activists were able to shut down the center of this major city in Washington state, but for years we have been unable to shut down the center of Washington, D.C., in opposition to wars. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dear-President-Obama-Who-by-Ralph-Nader-091118-513.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dear-President-Obama-Who-by-Ralph-Nader-091118-513.html [Who would have thought last year that on assuming the presidency, that you would consider plunging deeper in to this quagmire without an exit strategy? The deeper you plunge, the greater your rejection of the history of occupations fueling insurgencies in that region. The more you insulate yourself from contrary judgments to those you have been receiving from your inner councils. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Federation-Why-Not-by-Uri-Avnery-091118-181.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Federation-Why-Not-by-Uri-Avnery-091118-181.html [The more trust between the parties develops, the easier it will be to deepen the partnership and to widen the powers of the joint institutions. Perhaps, at this stage, conditions may be ripe for the founding of a wider association of the entire region, on the lines of the European Union. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-Obama-Appoint-Rabid-by-Roger-Shuler-091118-43.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-Obama-Appoint-Rabid-by-Roger-Shuler-091118-43.html [An Alabama news Web site is reporting that the Obama administration is leaning toward the appointment of a "rabid Republican" as U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Martin-Luther-King-and-Unj-by-Jason-Paz-091117-142.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Martin-Luther-King-and-Unj-by-Jason-Paz-091117-142.html ["I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hu-Jintao-Abides-US-Survei-by-Jay-Janson-091118-510.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hu-Jintao-Abides-US-Survei-by-Jay-Janson-091118-510.html [n Confucian ethics and in the Martial Arts, confrontation is a sign of ineptitude a show of weakness. If one makes a move that is ungracious or forward and unbalanced, his opponent will withdraw to take advantage of this lack of balance or propriety in behavior and allow awkwardness to do the punishing, preferably without resorting to any retort at all. Hu Jintao silently observed Obama, a guest, criticizing his host's country http://www.opednews.com/articles/Accountability-by-Noeline-Clayfield-091118-928.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Accountability-by-Noeline-Clayfield-091118-928.html [An outline of the status quo and how we have relegated our personal power to our elected representatives who pay only lip service to their constituents and line their pockets with gold from the lobbyists representing special interest groups with a personal agenda. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-Corporal-Punishment-Alw-by-Suzana-Megles-091118-736.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-Corporal-Punishment-Alw-by-Suzana-Megles-091118-736.html [I have been wondering for a long time re the decision to forego corporal punishment. Seeing what some of today's youth are guilty of makes me wonder even more. http://www.opednews.com/articles/2010-A-progressive-strate-by-Brent-Budowsky-091118-855.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/2010-A-progressive-strate-by-Brent-Budowsky-091118-855.html [The issues discussed in this column stand at the heart of the American economy and the source of discontent that now spreads throughout the land. With the principled stand of progressive patriotic populism, we speak for the majority of voters. With a total mobilization to support those who stand with us in 2010, we can confound the experts again, as we did in 2006 and 2008. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-visit-to-Asia---by-Saberi-Roy-091118-402.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-visit-to-Asia---by-Saberi-Roy-091118-402.html [Obama's visit across Asia - Expectations and Agenda http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-the-Tea-Party-Really-by-Rowan-Wolf-091118-644.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-the-Tea-Party-Really-by-Rowan-Wolf-091118-644.html [The "Tea Party" is more akin to the nativist Know Nothings than the colonists rebelling against British corporate monopoly. http://www.opednews.com/articles/J-Street-Responds-to-Sarah-by-Press-Release-091118-728.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/J-Street-Responds-to-Sarah-by-Press-Release-091118-728.html [Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director of J Street, issued the following statement in response to Sarah Palin's comments to ABC News' Barbara Walters: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Flashback-fro-2003-A-Posi-by-Rob-Kall-091118-737.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Flashback-fro-2003-A-Posi-by-Rob-Kall-091118-737.html [here's an article I wrote almost exactly six years ago, the first year OpEdNews was in existence. Any comments on progress on these ideas? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mother-Clucker--The-Wrath-by-Ilene-Flannery-Wel-091117-365.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mother-Clucker--The-Wrath-by-Ilene-Flannery-Wel-091117-365.html [How 17-year olds can act like 3-year olds, or how a mother loses her cool on a long drive with her teenage sons. http://www.opednews.com/articles/THE-DARTMOUTH-JFK-PHOTO-FI-by-Jim-Fetzer-091116-941.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/THE-DARTMOUTH-JFK-PHOTO-FI-by-Jim-Fetzer-091116-941.html [A Dartmouth computer scientist, Hany Farid, claims that it is "extremely unlikely" that backyard photographs of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald are fake based on a digital analysis of shadows. Had he conducted a literature search, he would have known that the shadows are but one of multiple indications of fakery. Even if he were right about the shadows, he would be wrong about the photos, one of which was on LIFE's cover. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Universal-Single-Payer-Hea-by-Stephen-Lendman-091118-288.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Universal-Single-Payer-Hea-by-Stephen-Lendman-091118-288.html [Imagine - doing the right thing is economically beneficial. http://www.opednews.com/articles/There-are-far-more-powerfu-by-Mary-MacElveen-091117-270.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/There-are-far-more-powerfu-by-Mary-MacElveen-091117-270.html [There are women, who wear our military uniforms to insure this country's safety day-in-and-day-out, but their faces are not seen or heard from as the media concentrates on her. Many of them have died in service to God and country. Who exactly does she think she is in denigrating those around her as women have come home in caskets in service to you and me? http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-earwig-and-soldier-sui-by-Ed-Tubbs-091117-255.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-earwig-and-soldier-sui-by-Ed-Tubbs-091117-255.html [If we stand idly by, saying nothing to anyone lest we dampen the holiday spirits of those around us, we will be the ones inserting the earwig into their ears. Whatever violence a returning combat veteran may visit upon anyone, possibly including one of us or one of our kids or one of our parents, will be of our own doing. We will have no one to blame but ourselves. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Temporal-blindness-and-ove-by-Frosty-Wooldridge-091117-205.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Temporal-blindness-and-ove-by-Frosty-Wooldridge-091117-205.html [---TEMPORAL BLINDNESS is a limitation in cognitive process. People with temporal blindness cannot gather and process available information into predictions of future conditions. Their processes cannot connect future conditions to a causing behavior. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Open-Letter-to-House-Progr-by-Kellia-Ramares-091117-447.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Open-Letter-to-House-Progr-by-Kellia-Ramares-091117-447.html [Taking the House Progressive Caucus to task for voting for the "Greater Health Insurance Industry Profits Act", especially at the expense of women's rights. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Don-t-Go-Down-Without-A-Fi-by-Ilene-Flannery-Wel-091117-109.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Don-t-Go-Down-Without-A-Fi-by-Ilene-Flannery-Wel-091117-109.html [This is a story about my sexual assault of 30 years ago. I wrote it when Jaycee Lee Duggar was found alive a few months ago. I am hoping that other women - and men - will learn from this, as I finally have, to not only report these types of attacks, but to finish the job by ensuring that we assist in the capture and conviction of our assailants. I will have to live with my own inaction for the rest of my life. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Colombian-dictatorship-is-by-Arthur-Shaw-091117-46.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Colombian-dictatorship-is-by-Arthur-Shaw-091117-46.html [Even after Eva Golinger's recent disclosure of a document prepared by US Air Force, most of the bourgeois media and reactionary bourgeois regimes persist in spreading lies that this US military build-up in Colombia ... that is, increasing the number of US military bases there from 3 to 10 and expanding their operational capabilities ... aims http://www.opednews.com/articles/Billy-Mays-lives-by-Ed-Tubbs-091117-878.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Billy-Mays-lives-by-Ed-Tubbs-091117-878.html [What got me was not anything Ms. Winfrey asked, nor anything Palin said, but the ga-ga looks on the faces of Winfrey's audience. I couldn't determine whether it was that of a ---When Harry Met Sally---sexual orgasm or . . .. http://www.opednews.com/articles/2012-Agree-to-Agree-by-David-Glenn-Cox-091117-589.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/2012-Agree-to-Agree-by-David-Glenn-Cox-091117-589.html [Much has been made of the Mayan calendar ending in 2012, the next Y2K. Anyone remember what happened on Y1K? Christians and just plain Joes gathered on hilltops with their arms raised and swaying in a religious rapture waiting for Jesus to come and save them. http://www.opednews.com/articles/attn-RICHMOND-World-s-lar-by-Stephen-Fox-091117-828.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/attn-RICHMOND-World-s-lar-by-Stephen-Fox-091117-828.html [Evidently, the heat from the truthful bad press about the medical effects of aspartame has gotten to the corporate giant Ajinomoto, who is trying to change the name to something more warm and fuzzy: AMINOSWEET. Let's hope Obama's FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg, MD, rejects their name change and kicks this neurotoxic carcinogen out of the USA once and for all! Please google and readRead RUMSFELD'S BIOWEAPON LEGACY! http://www.opednews.com/articles/New-evidence-of-the-terrib-by-Richard-Clark-091117-162.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/New-evidence-of-the-terrib-by-Richard-Clark-091117-162.html [New cross-cultural evidence shows conclusively that all of the following problems are much more common in societies (like the US) where opportunities to gain educational and income vary greatly from one class to another: Mental illness, drug abuse, teenage births, obesity, the proportion of the population in prison, educational performance of school children, levels of trust and strength of community life, and social mobility http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-New-State-Solution-by-Chris-Hedges-091117-584.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-New-State-Solution-by-Chris-Hedges-091117-584.html [The Israelis have orchestrated acute misery and poverty in the Palestinian territories over the past two decades in an effort to subdue and ethnically cleanse the captive population. They have reduced Palestinians, many of whom now live on less than $2 a day, to a subsistence level. http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Army-Underreporting-S-by-Dahr-Jamail-091117-722.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Army-Underreporting-S-by-Dahr-Jamail-091117-722.html [The suicide rate for the Army for 2008 was calculated roughly at 20.2 per 100,000 soldiers, which for the ---rst time since the Vietnam War is higher than the adjusted civilian rate. Thus far, 2009 is on pace to set another record for the number of suicides in the Army. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Welcome-Home-Soldier-Now-by-Paul-Rockwell-091117-252.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Welcome-Home-Soldier-Now-by-Paul-Rockwell-091117-252.html [More and more U.S. soldiers and Marines, at great cost to their own careers and reputations, are speaking publicly about U.S. atrocities in Iraq, even about the cowardice of their own commanders, who send youth into atrocity-producing situations only to hide from the consequences of their own orders. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Democrats-to-Obama-Get-Ou-by-John-Nichols-091117-862.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Democrats-to-Obama-Get-Ou-by-John-Nichols-091117-862.html [In place of a continuing U.S. military presence, the California Democrats are urging Obama "to oversee a redirection of our funding and resources to include an increase in humanitarian and developmental aid." http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Ugly-Truth-about-Jobs-by-Robert-Parry-091117-166.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Ugly-Truth-about-Jobs-by-Robert-Parry-091117-166.html [Many Americans have been sold on the right-wing and neoconservative message that any government effort to address the nation's domestic needs is dreaded ---socialism--- and that the government's primary -- if not only -- role must be to lavish money on the military to ---keep us safe.--- http://www.opednews.com/articles/Harry-Reid-Speak-Wobbly-a-by-Mark-Karlin-091117-448.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Harry-Reid-Speak-Wobbly-a-by-Mark-Karlin-091117-448.html [Don't believe any rumors about Reid promising to sink the Stupak Amendment or including a stronger Public Option in the joint reconciliation bill with the House. Harry swings like the wind, buffeted by forces from all sides that he has no inherent ability to keep in line. http://www.opednews.com/articles/REAL-Bottom-Up-Job-Creatio-by-Rob-Kall-091117-973.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/REAL-Bottom-Up-Job-Creatio-by-Rob-Kall-091117-973.html [Obama and his misguided collection of Goldman Sachs Economics Experts have either been miserable failures or brutally betrayed American workers, when it comes to helping American workers and main street. Here are some genuine bottom up ideas that Obama and congress could implement which would start giving people jobs and help. http://www.opednews.com/articles/International-Court-Acquit-by-Georgianne-Nienabe-091117-606.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/International-Court-Acquit-by-Georgianne-Nienabe-091117-606.html [The International Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) announced it has overturned a 20-year sentence and acquitted Protais Zigiranyirazo, accused genocidaire and suspected murderer of American primatologist Dian Fossey. Citing "serious errors" during the 2008 trial, ICTR Chamber Judge Theodore Meron ordered the immediate release of Zigiranyirazo, known as Mr. Z. http://www.opednews.com/articles/They-Should-Get-a-Union-by-David-Swanson-091117-755.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/They-Should-Get-a-Union-by-David-Swanson-091117-755.html ["If a majority of workers want a union, they should get a union. It's that simple. We need to stand up to the business lobby and pass the Employee Free Choice Act. That's why I've been fighting for it in the Senate and that's why I'll make it the law of the land when I'm president of the United States." --Barack Obama http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dealing-with-Anti-Semetism-by-Scott-Baker-091117-714.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dealing-with-Anti-Semetism-by-Scott-Baker-091117-714.html [A number of readers, and even some editorial staff, have pointed out the rise of anti-semitism, both in American society, and even here on Op Ed News. To counter that, I went to one of the leading Jewish Pro-Israel Groups, Facts And Logic About the Middle East (FLAME) for another side. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-Justice-Move-Forward-by-Roger-Shuler-091117-490.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-Justice-Move-Forward-by-Roger-Shuler-091117-490.html [Greg Craig has exited the Obama White House. Is that good news for those who want to see accountability for Bush-era political prosecutions? http://www.opednews.com/articles/On-What-Planet-Does-Barney-by-Dan-Fejes-091117-421.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/On-What-Planet-Does-Barney-by-Dan-Fejes-091117-421.html [Barney Frank has become something of a darling on the left because of his feistiness. That quality seems to work best for someone who will go down with the ship on principle... someone like Dennis Kucinich, who voted against the House health care bill under just that circumstance. It does not work so well with someone who appears to be at least half in the pocket of the interests he ostensibly oversees. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Tell-Congress-to-Go-To-Hel-by-Rob-Kall-091117-494.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Tell-Congress-to-Go-To-Hel-by-Rob-Kall-091117-494.html [Just thinking. The current legislation that the Democrats have celebrated in the House is a pile of shit, an incredible insult. People are dying. People are enslaved in jobs they hate, abused by employers, because they can't afford to leave because they'd lose healthcare coverage. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Say-No-to-a-New-Nuclear-Bo-by-Don-Williams-091117-769.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Say-No-to-a-New-Nuclear-Bo-by-Don-Williams-091117-769.html [If you love our world, drop everything for ten minutes and visit http://www.Y12SWEIS.com. Leave a comment there telling the US government to get behind a vision embraced by unlikely bedfellows who have envisioned a nuclear-weapons-free future. Specifically, ask our politicos and bureaucrats to drop plans to build a ruinous new weapons complex in Oak Ridge, TN. http://www.opednews.com/articles/KSM-and-MSM-by-David-Swanson-091117-498.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/KSM-and-MSM-by-David-Swanson-091117-498.html [Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the corporate "mainstream" media make quite a pair. We're hearing a very "balanced" debate over whether KSM should be tried in New York City, and whether the most insane objections to that proposal are really insane or not. But what are we not hearing? http://www.opednews.com/articles/DU-weapons-use-in-Iraq-dr-by-Ann-Garrison-091116-104.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/DU-weapons-use-in-Iraq-dr-by-Ann-Garrison-091116-104.html [On Friday, 11.13.2009, the London Guardian reported a "Huge rise in birth defects in Fallujah," Iraq. I sent the news to KPFA Radio 94.1FM Weekend News Anchor Anthony Fest, along with contact info for Bob Nichols, San Francisco Bay View Newspaper correspondent and winner of a 2004 Project Censored Award, then edited the result and posted to the Youtube. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Short-Story--Unvarnished-by-P-Orin-Zack-091115-741.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Short-Story--Unvarnished-by-P-Orin-Zack-091115-741.html [What if corporations could be convicted for the crimes they commit? Having issued the orders that enabled the newly unionized workforce of the FW Diners to transform the chain into a hotbed of activists, parole officer Claire Fuller had been photographed speaking with blogger and suspected terrorist John Frachetti. It's bad publicity for the case. The judge is asking questions. If you were in her position, what would you do? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Based-on-a-Politico-com-ar-by-Mary-MacElveen-091117-137.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Based-on-a-Politico-com-ar-by-Mary-MacElveen-091117-137.html [So, game-playing politicians, tell us how you will help us with detailed plans instead of floating a picture of a hug between two politicians. If you are successful in your campaign, the hardest part is now upon you to actually get the people's business done. My question is by using tactics like these: Are you even up for the job? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-You-Eating-This-Pork-by-Martha-Rosenberg-091117-413.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-You-Eating-This-Pork-by-Martha-Rosenberg-091117-413.html [Working in a hot, fly and manure infested hog barn amid screams of 2,784 sows, 483 sows with litters, 864 gilts, 5,400 nursery pigs and 15 boars could make anyone snap. But some of the workers sound snapped before working at Country View. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Breaking-Justice-Dept-Cor-by-Jesselyn-Radack-091117-920.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Breaking-Justice-Dept-Cor-by-Jesselyn-Radack-091117-920.html [It's gone from bad to worse. I've written previously about how Brad Birkenfeld, the whistleblower who shattered 75 years of Swiss bank secrecy, is the only one going to jail in this multi-billion dollar scandal. But now my dyspepsia has turned to projectile vomiting. I have asked in previous diaries why, when the U.S. had UBS kingpin Martin Liechti in its claws, it set him scot-free back to Switzerland. http://www.opednews.com/articles/For-Obama-it-s-one-term--by-Harvey-Wasserman-091117-850.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/For-Obama-it-s-one-term--by-Harvey-Wasserman-091117-850.html [Standing down in Afghanistan and amp; Iraq would be truly historic.It could end the epoch-dating to 1492-when Europe continually marched throughout the Third World.More narrowly,it would acknowledge,at last,America's inability to shape every corner of the Earth to its overbearing whim.Perhaps it would finally curb this nation's addiction to squandering blood and amp; treasure on these absurd,hopeless and ultimately suicidal military excursion. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pentagon-s-Global-Reach-A-by-Rick-Rozoff-091116-472.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pentagon-s-Global-Reach-A-by-Rick-Rozoff-091116-472.html [Pentagon's Global Reach: Around The World In 12 Days http://www.opednews.com/articles/Marijuana-Decrim-Frank-Ch-by-Steve-Elliott-091116-38.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Marijuana-Decrim-Frank-Ch-by-Steve-Elliott-091116-38.html [According to multiple, well-placed sources (both inside the Legislature and those observing), Chopp, through a lack of political will and leadership, is the legislator most responsible for the death of marijuana decrim in the last session. It's a symptom of a larger problem, really: Chopp's unwillingness to use the big Democratic majority to ensure passage of progressive legislation.