http://www.opednews.com http://www.opednews.com - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion en-us Copyright 2010 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:39:03 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/Closing-the-Deal-in-Health-by-Douglas-Drenkow-100209-22.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Closing-the-Deal-in-Health-by-Douglas-Drenkow-100209-22.html [Any ideas will be considered in the health care summit; but most Democrats are confident that after public debate, with input from recognized health care experts, any reasonable observers will conclude that the GOP proposals, as we've heard before, will not be better than the (probably-by-then-reconciled) House/Senate plan for making health care insurance more available, dependable, and affordable (and lowering the deficit). http://www.opednews.com/articles/Upcoming-anniversary-of-Is-by-Abbas-Sadeghian-P-100209-43.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Upcoming-anniversary-of-Is-by-Abbas-Sadeghian-P-100209-43.html [Feb 11, is the 31st anniversary of the Iranian revolution. It's probably the most memorable day in the life of all living Iranians http://www.opednews.com/articles/Congo-s-Kabila-Wants-Peace-by-Georgianne-Nienabe-100209-529.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Congo-s-Kabila-Wants-Peace-by-Georgianne-Nienabe-100209-529.html [Ugandan General Gadi Ngabo is ready to move against Kinshasa. A reliable UN source today said, "General Gadi claims to control 10,000 troops in Petit-Nord. Neither Bosco Ntaganda's forces (FARDC) will stop nor will they fight against Gad's men, Bosco confirmed." The source added, "Only a go-ahead is being awaited to jointly fight Kabila's government." http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Carp-of-Truth-Jack-St-by-Chris-Floyd-100209-18.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Carp-of-Truth-Jack-St-by-Chris-Floyd-100209-18.html [aside from Blair, Straw was the only top UK figure completely "in the loop" throughout the long, complex manipulations toward war. Along with his American counterpart, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Straw played a key role both in the transatlantic talks that engineered the act of aggression and the hugger-mugger manipulations at the UN. http://www.opednews.com/articles/AIG-Gate-The-World-s-Grea-by-Ellen-Brown-100209-358.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/AIG-Gate-The-World-s-Grea-by-Ellen-Brown-100209-358.html [The onion is being peeled in the AIG bailout, which is being compared to the Watergate scandal. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sarah-palm-reader-Palin-by-Mary-MacElveen-100209-720.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sarah-palm-reader-Palin-by-Mary-MacElveen-100209-720.html [Is Sarah "palm-reader' Palin actually advocating a furthering of our wars within the Middle East? Just think if she did have our nuclear codes, she would be the danger to our national security. Is she trying to bring about rapture? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Aquarius-New-Moon--Februa-by-Cathy-Lynn-Pagano-100209-702.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Aquarius-New-Moon--Februa-by-Cathy-Lynn-Pagano-100209-702.html [The New Moon in Aquarius is the energetic time of year to plant seeds of ideas and ideals that will benefit all of us in the future. This year this is a vitally important activity. This new Moon falls near America's Aquarian Moon, which represents the People and their needs. What values do we want to live by? What virtues need renewing? Now is the time to imagine, for without a new vision, we won't know where we're going. http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-Should-We-Learn-from-by-Roger-Shuler-100209-436.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-Should-We-Learn-from-by-Roger-Shuler-100209-436.html [Richard Shelby has backed down from his blanket holds on presidential nominations. Here is how Obama should respond. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Globalization-Is-Killing-T-by-Thom-Hartmann-100209-822.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Globalization-Is-Killing-T-by-Thom-Hartmann-100209-822.html [Globalization is the villain here, and one that needs to be taken in hand and brought under control quickly if we don't want to see virtually the nations of the world end up subservient to corporate control, a new form of an ancient economic system known as feudalism. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Palin-Psy-Ops--Condesce-by-Robert-Parry-100209-74.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Palin-Psy-Ops--Condesce-by-Robert-Parry-100209-74.html [The American Right again has taken on the "populist" mantle of the plucky underdog facing down the "elitist" Obama and his arrogant entourage of House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, defenders of Big Government, not to mention the "liberal" news media. http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-Is-Now-Official-The-U-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-100209-473.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-Is-Now-Official-The-U-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-100209-473.html [What defines "threat"? Who will make the decision? What it means is that the government will murder whomever it chooses. There is no more complete or compelling evidence of a police state than the government announcing that it will murder its own citizens if it views them as a "threat." http://www.opednews.com/articles/WHY-MONEY---------by-Keith-Pope-100206-72.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/WHY-MONEY---------by-Keith-Pope-100206-72.html [Yes, maybe you do know some of this, Reader, perhaps even most of it. But your children and the young - these days of less than thirty or even forty - know little or nothing of it as the subject of reality has never crossed their minds, or the information is not there for them. And it has not crossed your mind to tell them. So I AM telling them. This is for them, rather than for you. They need to know. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Not-so-Happy-Valentime-by-Ursula-Siebert-100207-432.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Not-so-Happy-Valentime-by-Ursula-Siebert-100207-432.html [V-Day Frenzy can drive a single person mad in a society filled with couples.Our hormones keep pushing us into that direction of mating, yet we all stumble on, looking for another chance in the school of hard knocks, sometimes resigning ourselves to not having any luck in this game of love. It's just another day for selling merchandise at a time of year that would otherwise be very quiet with Christmas over and Easter far away. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Brownbaggers-not-Teabagger-by-David-Swanson-100209-971.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Brownbaggers-not-Teabagger-by-David-Swanson-100209-971.html [On February 17th, PDA will be joined by CODEPINK, AfterDowningStreet, Democrats.com, the California Nurses Assn./National Nurses United, and United for Peace and Justice in holding brownbag vigils outside (or inside) at least 36 congress members' offices. http://www.opednews.com/articles/BEATING-M-A-S-H-Well-that-by-ALONE-100208-541.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/BEATING-M-A-S-H-Well-that-by-ALONE-100208-541.html [Well, one of the AP's big headlines following the Super Bowl on Sunday was "Super Bowl is Most Watched TV Show Ever". I was startled as I realized that the Final Episode of M*A*S*H had been able to hold its own against the Super Bowl, sponsored so much by the Department of Defense's recruiting services to the tune of millions year-after-year for over 26 years. [That episode was called "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen".] http://www.opednews.com/articles/To-Tea-or-Not-To-Tea-by-Joel-S-Hirschhorn-100209-600.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/To-Tea-or-Not-To-Tea-by-Joel-S-Hirschhorn-100209-600.html [Surely there are many other political dissidents and rebels who, like me, are not attracted to the national tea party movement for some good reasons. Is the Republican Party using this movement to advance itself, rather than to get true reforms of our dysfunctional political system? http://www.opednews.com/articles/IS-MULLAH-MUSTAFA-BARZANI-by-Hamma-Mirwaisi-100204-354.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/IS-MULLAH-MUSTAFA-BARZANI-by-Hamma-Mirwaisi-100204-354.html [Oil is the reasons for the US Governments support of Mr. Massoud Barzani. This policy is really hurting the interest of the USA people. Many American ex-officials are partner in the oil deals of Kurdistan. I believe it is wrong for the USA, in the long range this kind of policy does not going to help the people in the USA and in Kurdistan either. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Easy-To-Say-NO-by-Mark-D-Kimball-100208-44.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Easy-To-Say-NO-by-Mark-D-Kimball-100208-44.html [Just a little blurb on the ease of doing nothing. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Working-toward-health-care-by-aldebra-schroll-100208-295.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Working-toward-health-care-by-aldebra-schroll-100208-295.html [A physician's perspective on the increasing challenges of our current health care system. It provides examples of why physicians are leaving the field of medical care and why patients are frustrated too. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Valentine-Tips-for-Men-Dr-by-Martha-Rosenberg-100209-106.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Valentine-Tips-for-Men-Dr-by-Martha-Rosenberg-100209-106.html [A recent poll revealed that while women plan their holiday gifts in advance, men often buy them at the gas station on the way to a family gathering. Other men who resist the gas station, consider the hardware store fertile gift buying territory since if they buy a tool for their wife, they will have a new tool. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Single-Payer-Healthcare-Go-by-Jerry-Policoff-100209-270.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Single-Payer-Healthcare-Go-by-Jerry-Policoff-100209-270.html [It may be premature to suggest that single-payer is on the verge of passing in Pennsylvania, but after the State Democratic Committee unanimously endorsed the Single-Payer Legislation and three Gubernatorial candidates pledged to sign it when it reaches their desks, the light at the end of the tunnel is clearly in sight. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-The-U-S-Economy-Rec-by-Richard-Clark-100206-709.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-The-U-S-Economy-Rec-by-Richard-Clark-100206-709.html [Even though the U.S. financial system nearly melted down in late 2008, the truth is that most Americans simply have no idea what is happening to the U.S. economy. Most people seem to think that the nasty little recession the banksters got us into is almost over and that very shortly we will be experiencing another period of economic growth and prosperity, just like we always have before. This is rather far from the truth. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Deficit-Boogeyman-and-by-Sam-Rhodes-100208-21.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Deficit-Boogeyman-and-by-Sam-Rhodes-100208-21.html [Deficit spending during a massive recession is no cause for paranoia. Jobs are the only cure. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-The-Disappeared-the-n-by-Bob-Patterson-100208-483.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-The-Disappeared-the-n-by-Bob-Patterson-100208-483.html [Will "coercive confinement" render writ of habeas corpus obsolete? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Visiting-A-Modern-Day-Slav-by-Angola-3-News-100209-499.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Visiting-A-Modern-Day-Slav-by-Angola-3-News-100209-499.html [Angola was and is still is very much a slave plantation. At 18,000 acres, it is the largest prison in the US--the only prison with its own zip code. The patterns established in the old south have proliferated and expanded throughout the US, as African Americans are disproportionately policed, prosecuted, convicted,disenfranchised and imprisoned in the prison industrial complex. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Seven-Miscellaneous-Photog-by-GLloyd-Rowsey-100207-322.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Seven-Miscellaneous-Photog-by-GLloyd-Rowsey-100207-322.html [I've said that photography is not art, but it was when it was new. In a time long ago when most of the great American photographers were men: Ansel Adams, Carleton Watkins, Ed Weston, and others - which was late in the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th. But there was one woman too. http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Million-Acts-of-Kindness-by-Suzana-Megles-100207-530.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Million-Acts-of-Kindness-by-Suzana-Megles-100207-530.html [I don't know about you, but I am always eager to read about inspirational accounts. Here is a man who provided one for me. His goal is to promote the doing of a million acts of kindness in one's lifetime. Doable? Only you can answer that. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Would-You-Do-This-To-Your-by-Ilene-Flannery-Wel-100205-452.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Would-You-Do-This-To-Your-by-Ilene-Flannery-Wel-100205-452.html [How brain disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are like Alzheimer's. Some people people with these illnesses need long-term care. But one group, the ones deemed "mentally ill" are refused the long-term care they need through federally sanctioned discrimination. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Former-Green-Party-candida-by-Ross-Levin-100208-545.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Former-Green-Party-candida-by-Ross-Levin-100208-545.html [Grace Ross, who ran in 2006 as the Green Party's candidate for governor of Massachusetts, is now running in the Democratic primary for the same office, against incumbent governor Deval Patrick. "I wasn't planning to run again," stated Ross, "but things got worse. Things got worse for regular people." http://www.opednews.com/articles/Growing-Hunger-in-America-by-Stephen-Lendman-100209-721.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Growing-Hunger-in-America-by-Stephen-Lendman-100209-721.html [Shocking truth about a growing emergency http://www.opednews.com/articles/Submit-Your-I-M-THE-PEOPL-by-thepen-100209-713.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Submit-Your-I-M-THE-PEOPL-by-thepen-100209-713.html [We're having a contest to see to see who can submit the most creative YouTube video on the theme of "I'M THE PEOPLE", because apparently five members of the Supreme Court can't tell the difference between natural citizens and disembodied, fictitious business entities. http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-call-for-humanitarian-he-by-Ezili-Danto-100208-542.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-call-for-humanitarian-he-by-Ezili-Danto-100208-542.html [Action Alert: A call for help from Croix-des-Bouquets at zone Li Lavoix, Haiti http://www.opednews.com/articles/Globalization-Is-Killing-T-by-Thom-Hartmann-100208-651.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Globalization-Is-Killing-T-by-Thom-Hartmann-100208-651.html [Globalization is killing Europe, just as it's already wiped out much of the American middle class. Spain and Greece are facing immediate crises that many other European nations see on the near horizon: aging boomer workers are retiring with healthy benefit packages, but the younger workers who are paying for those benefits aren't making anything close to the income (or, therefore, paying the taxes) that their parents did. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Neuropsychology-of-Ayatoll-by-Abbas-Sadeghian-P-100208-208.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Neuropsychology-of-Ayatoll-by-Abbas-Sadeghian-P-100208-208.html [Ayatollah Khomeini's fame in western countries is mostly related to the events which took place from 1979 to 1982. However, he had been a part of Iranian politics since the early 1950's. His introduction to western media was due to his leadership during the Iranian revolution of 1979. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Jobs-Continue-to-Vanish-Wh-by-shamus-cooke-100208-51.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Jobs-Continue-to-Vanish-Wh-by-shamus-cooke-100208-51.html [At first glance it appeared there was a typo in the headlines. The national media reported that, in January, another 20,000 more jobs were lost. Somehow, the unemployment rate dropped, from 10 percent to 9.7 percent. Nobody thought this paradox was worth explaining; instead, the media's attitude was "more good news" about the economy. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Terror-Industrial-Comp-by-Chris-Hedges-100208-543.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Terror-Industrial-Comp-by-Chris-Hedges-100208-543.html [Had Siddiqui, after years of imprisonment and torture, perhaps been at the U.S. detention center in Bagram and then dumped with one of her three children in Ghazi? And where are the other two children, one of whom also is an American citizen? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Palm-Readers-by-Kathy-Malloy-100208-579.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Palm-Readers-by-Kathy-Malloy-100208-579.html [The mass congregation of Birthers, Deathers, Teabaggers, and gun-hugging psuedo-Christians ranted and howled their rally cry for a NEW AMERICA, loudly detailing their agenda to rid this country of all the unsavory elements (Obama) that so offend their very white noses. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Senior-Athlete-Ron-Chilton-by-Joan-Brunwasser-100208-157.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Senior-Athlete-Ron-Chilton-by-Joan-Brunwasser-100208-157.html [While Meeting the Challenge is about athletes, it's really about attitude. If we live long enough, all of us will experience the indignities of aging. How will we face what lies ahead? Will we surrender quietly? Or will we fight back, defiantly squeezing every drop out of life? The film poses an existential question. Ron shows us one response. Ultimately, each of us will have to figure this out on our own. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Chicago-Counselor-at-Law-l-by-SM-Kovalisnky-100207-463.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Chicago-Counselor-at-Law-l-by-SM-Kovalisnky-100207-463.html [Jay Paul Deratany, Chicago attorney, lends support in a legal battle involving a mother, her gay teen, and the New York Supreme Court. http://www.opednews.com/articles/-Run-Sarah-Run--Palin-T-by-Tommy-News-100207-73.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/-Run-Sarah-Run--Palin-T-by-Tommy-News-100207-73.html ["Run, Sarah, Run!" Palin Talks the Talk and Teabaggers Walk The Walk at "Gaylord Opryland": "Drill, Baby, Drill!" http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mr-Obama-You-Need-to-For-by-Emily-Spence-100204-605.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mr-Obama-You-Need-to-For-by-Emily-Spence-100204-605.html [It is easy to understand that you are beholden to corporate interests in a number of diverse ways, which could limit your sense of options. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Haiti-as-Soapbox--Dan-Bar-by-Mariano-Apologetic-100206-622.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Haiti-as-Soapbox--Dan-Bar-by-Mariano-Apologetic-100206-622.html [Dan Barker, Annie Gaylor, Danny Glover and amp; Pat Robertson Take Advantage of the Haitian Tragedy http://www.opednews.com/articles/This-is-What-Peace-Can-Loo-by-Ralph-Lopez-100206-10.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/This-is-What-Peace-Can-Loo-by-Ralph-Lopez-100206-10.html [The US State Department and the Obama administration is having an "internal debate" over Karzai's overtures for peace talks with Taliban leadership. That the Taliban high command is even considering this is a sign of weakness, and readiness to renounce Al Qaeda and come in from the cold. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Critique-of-an-apologia-fo-by-Joseph-E-Green-100206-30.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Critique-of-an-apologia-fo-by-Joseph-E-Green-100206-30.html [An Obama administrator (Cass Sunstein) and a Harvard law professor (Adrian Vermeule) want to actively propagandize the people and interfere with research organizations. Is their reasoning coherent? http://www.opednews.com/articles/WHY-IS-MY-LIFE-DETERMINED-by-Joan-Wile-100208-508.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/WHY-IS-MY-LIFE-DETERMINED-by-Joan-Wile-100208-508.html [A dissertation on the inadequacies of our Senators. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sarah-Says-It-s-Absurd-No-by-John-Nichols-100208-507.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sarah-Says-It-s-Absurd-No-by-John-Nichols-100208-507.html [While anyone who is familiar with Palin's track record might be amused by the notion that a woman who quit her executive position as governor to write a fine Alaskan whine of a book would dare accuse someone else of falling short in the leadership department, the delegates to the National Tea Party Convention cheered on cue. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pakistan-Bombing-Obama-Wor-by-Jay-Janson-100205-940.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pakistan-Bombing-Obama-Wor-by-Jay-Janson-100205-940.html [In January, Obana's bombings killed 123 civilians in Pakistan. Progressives were silent when Obama pledged to bomb, and amp; argued McCain would be terrible. Obama has taken thousands of lives. Now a fantasy that presidents elected with Wall St. funds make their own personal and independent decisions. One day, an electorate will see what is behind imperialist candidates and reject them both in favor of its own. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Winter-Photos-by-Theresa-Paulfranz-100208-500.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Winter-Photos-by-Theresa-Paulfranz-100208-500.html [Winter Wonderland http://www.opednews.com/articles/NGO-Monitor-Sucking-the-l-by-Bahija-Reghai-100204-659.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/NGO-Monitor-Sucking-the-l-by-Bahija-Reghai-100204-659.html [Attacks by partisan outfits designed to exempt powerful Israel from the provisions of international/ humanitarian law are unconscionable and dangerous as they shut down debates and weaken civil society, two basic elements of democracy. The Canadian government defunded KAIROS, changed its UNRWA funding and stacked boards with pro-Israel members, as in Rights and amp; Democracy which is now in the middle of a serious crisis. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mumia-Abu-Jamal-s-Case-Stu-by-Dave-Lindorff-100208-400.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mumia-Abu-Jamal-s-Case-Stu-by-Dave-Lindorff-100208-400.html [Even if the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reinstates Mumia's death sentence, there are four more avenues of appeal of that penalty which have to go back before a federal judge, any one of which, if ruled on fairly, could invalidate his death penalty again. Meanwhile this journalist remains in a lonely cell on Pennsylvania's death row--28 years and counting. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hitchens-Has-No-Clothes-A-by-Dr-Nafeez-Mosadde-100208-7.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hitchens-Has-No-Clothes-A-by-Dr-Nafeez-Mosadde-100208-7.html [Nafeez Ahmed faces off with Christopher Hitchens in a response to Hitchens's hitpiece on Gore Vidal in this month's Vanity Fair. Covers issues like the Iraq and Afghan Wars; 9/11; Pearl Harbour; Timothy McVeigh; intelligence politicization and corruption; the financial crisis; and most of all, the decline of Hitchens. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Internet-Powerful-Ye-by-James-Brett-100208-281.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Internet-Powerful-Ye-by-James-Brett-100208-281.html [The importance of the Internet cannot be overstated, but the motives for governments and net citizens do not necessarily coincide. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Cuomo-Takes-on-The-Money-P-by-Michael-Collins-100208-406.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Cuomo-Takes-on-The-Money-P-by-Michael-Collins-100208-406.html [By charging Bank of America with fraud, hopefully Andrew Cuomo started what will become an era of accountability for those at the very top. This should be about more than just one case. It's an example of top down accountability. http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Tea-Party-Address-Pali-by-Mary-Shaw-100208-374.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Tea-Party-Address-Pali-by-Mary-Shaw-100208-374.html [On February 6th, Sarah Palin gave the keynote address at a tea party convention in Nashville. As expected, I disagreed with just about everything Palin said. However, there was one part of her speech in particular that really got my blood boiling: She propagated the lie that the would-be Christmas airline bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, stopped talking after he was read his Miranda rights. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Aafia-Siddiqui-Victimized-by-Stephen-Lendman-100208-573.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Aafia-Siddiqui-Victimized-by-Stephen-Lendman-100208-573.html [Five years of savage torture destroyed her humanity http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Most-Important-Develop-by-Grant-Lawrence-100207-925.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Most-Important-Develop-by-Grant-Lawrence-100207-925.html [The radical transformation of humanity will fundamentally alter how we view spirituality. The fundamentalists of every religion will not be able to fit their fixed views based on centuries old paradigms into that brave new world. http://www.opednews.com/articles/We-Need-Government-Funded-by-David-Swanson-100207-682.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/We-Need-Government-Funded-by-David-Swanson-100207-682.html [What it would have cost us to publicly fund independent media that would have prevented the invasion of Iraq wouldn't amount, in a year, to what we spend on a month of occupying that country. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Vodou-Haiti-and-Separatin-by-Jerry-M-Gilles-an-100207-919.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Vodou-Haiti-and-Separatin-by-Jerry-M-Gilles-an-100207-919.html [Haitians respond to the disturbing and racist article on Vodun in Wall Street Journal by former USAID Haiti mission director, Lawrence Harrison http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-the-Federal-Government-by-John-Merryman-100205-943.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-the-Federal-Government-by-John-Merryman-100205-943.html [Political power started as private initiative and eventually grew into monarchy. Monarchists railed against mob rule, but we eventually learned how to make politics a public trust by allocating power where it was most responsive. Why not do the same with the banking system? http://www.opednews.com/articles/An-Alabama-Republican-is-h-by-the-web-100207-541.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/An-Alabama-Republican-is-h-by-the-web-100207-541.html [Enough is enough. Do not honor Sen. Shelby's shameful hold on all 70 of Pres. Obama's appointees. Stand up, fight back and make the Republicans filibuster these nominees and suffer the consequences in the court of public opinion. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Ratcheting-up-the-genocide-by-Ezili-Danto-100207-947.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Ratcheting-up-the-genocide-by-Ezili-Danto-100207-947.html [Ratcheting up the genocide in Haiti by blocking aid delivery. Before earthquake the killing was by UN bullets, exclusion, NGO false benevolence, US false charity and cruel immigration laws. After Jan 12 it's all those PLUS our people are allowed to die of critical earthquake injuries, starvation, suffering, trauma and thirst. http://www.opednews.com/articles/UKRAINE-2010-PRESIDENTIAL-by-Michael-Hammerschl-100207-921.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/UKRAINE-2010-PRESIDENTIAL-by-Michael-Hammerschl-100207-921.html [Apparently ex-mugger Yanukovich has won the Presidential election- exit polls have him 4 points ahead of Timoshenko, with a chance of fraud from election changes rammed through 4 days ago. She will fight in legal protests; her forces control the Appeals Court, recently threatened by POR. This has given the country back to the oligarchs, and Russia, as dreams of European integration recede and Soviet-style corruption returns http://www.opednews.com/articles/Wars-sending-U-S-into-rui-by-Eric-Margolis-100207-81.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Wars-sending-U-S-into-rui-by-Eric-Margolis-100207-81.html [Military and intelligence spending relentlessly increase as unemployment heads over 10% and the economy bleeds red ink. America has become the Sick Man of the Western Hemisphere, an economic cripple like the defunct Ottoman Empire. The Pentagon now accounts for half of total world military spending. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sarah-Palin-Talk-Talk-Tal-by-kellie-bean-100207-396.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sarah-Palin-Talk-Talk-Tal-by-kellie-bean-100207-396.html [Her politics of plain truck-drivin' folks become increasingly transparent, and a down right reckless. This week she called for a "revolution," and asked her audience to join her. Again, gleeful in her ignorance, Ms. Palin seems not to know that historically citizens suffer, kill and die when conducting a revolution. Let's hope, for her sake and those following her, that she can't talk a real revolution into existence. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Sleeping-Giant-Stirs-by-Allen-L-Roland-100207-398.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Sleeping-Giant-Stirs-by-Allen-L-Roland-100207-398.html [The sleeping Giant of the American public stirs but conveniently forgets who originally dropped the debt bomb on them and, in the process, become members of the Republican hijacked Tea Party movement: Allen L Roland http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Supported-Night-Raids-by-Kevin-Gosztola-100207-351.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Supported-Night-Raids-by-Kevin-Gosztola-100207-351.html [An assortment of American military, security contractors from the U.S., and Afghani security and police organizations that likely answer to U.S. military leaders engage in war on a daily basis and, as Anand Gopal recently detailed, are subject to targeted assassinations, night raids, secret detention centers, disappearances, and other acts of "counterterror." http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pennsylvania-Democrats-Una-by-Press-Release-100207-410.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pennsylvania-Democrats-Una-by-Press-Release-100207-410.html [The PA Democratic State Committee today unanimously endorsed a resolution calling for passage of single payer healthcare, Senate Bill 400 and House Bill 1660, also known as the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act." Given the healthcare reform deadlock in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania's nation-leading status in the battle for state-based "Medicare for All," is all the more significant. http://www.opednews.com/articles/NYPD-Cops-Fudged-Crime-Sta-by-Rob-Kall-100207-650.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/NYPD-Cops-Fudged-Crime-Sta-by-Rob-Kall-100207-650.html [A new survey of over 100 retired NYPD captains and senior officers found that they believed that statistics were manipulated to portray lower crime rates for the compstat program that calculates crime rates. Compstat needs much greater scrutiny and review. It shows great potential to be abused in ways that endanger both the public and justice. http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-the-Footnote-in-Nasa-by-ALONE-100204-656.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-the-Footnote-in-Nasa-by-ALONE-100204-656.html [In January 2010, I barely followed the scientific and popular discussions around the world concerning whether the Apophis Asteroid will hit the earth--either in 2029 or 2036. I scoffed at the Russian worries that the earth might be hit or even disturbed by the comet. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Silence-of-the-Sheep-by-William-Fisher-100207-936.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Silence-of-the-Sheep-by-William-Fisher-100207-936.html [Do you want the president of the United States to have the power to kill you? Well, it seems he took the power without asking anyone. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-14-solution-and-all-by-Ed-Tubbs-100206-458.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-14-solution-and-all-by-Ed-Tubbs-100206-458.html [Democrats working with Republicans suggests some computerized confection of one of the funniest (to me) Seinfeld episodes with Dancing with the Stars. Either because Elaine does not know the steps, or because she refuses to follow the script is exactly what the Republicans have been doing, ever since the Obama inaugural. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Oil-Prices-Fall-Sharply-as-by-OilGuy-100205-739.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Oil-Prices-Fall-Sharply-as-by-OilGuy-100205-739.html [Oil Prices fell sharply and crude oil futures crashed below $72. Crude oil inventories in the U.S. rose 2.3 million barrels in the week. Gold prices fell http://www.opednews.com/articles/-Al-Qaeda-Lady-Dr-Aafia-by-Abdus-Sattar-Ghaza-100206-500.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/-Al-Qaeda-Lady-Dr-Aafia-by-Abdus-Sattar-Ghaza-100206-500.html [A jury in New York has found Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist once dubbed by the US media as Al-Qaeda Lady, guilty of attempted murder charges on all seven counts listed in the complaint against her. She was tried on charges of trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan when she was arrested in the town of Ghazni with notes indicating plans to attack the Statue of Liberty and other New York landmarks. http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Extends-Missile-Build-by-Rick-Rozoff-100205-362.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Extends-Missile-Build-by-Rick-Rozoff-100205-362.html [U.S. Extends Missile Buildup From Poland And Taiwan To Persian Gulf http://www.opednews.com/articles/Airport-Nude-Body-Scanners-by-Khalid-Baig-100206-109.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Airport-Nude-Body-Scanners-by-Khalid-Baig-100206-109.html [The nude body scanners have been forced on a gullible public by assuring that the indignity will save lives? Here is an analysis of that claim based on official data. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Dumpster-in-the-Shadow-by-Paul-A-Moore-100206-72.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Dumpster-in-the-Shadow-by-Paul-A-Moore-100206-72.html [The Super Bowl is back in Miami!Family and friends of Rod K. Williams say he wanted to play football someday. But Rod was shot and killed two days before the last Super Bowl in Miami. His corpse was wrapped in plastic garbage bags and left in a Little Haiti-area dumpster. The body decomposed in the shadow of the stadium while the game was played. Five days later the smell attracted attention to the dumpster... http://www.opednews.com/articles/Slow-Job-Growth-in-America-by-Roberta-Seldon-100205-480.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Slow-Job-Growth-in-America-by-Roberta-Seldon-100205-480.html [While there have been massive job layoffs since the recession began in 2007, there are some industries that have added jobs since the beginning of the recession -- a far cry from what we've been hearing in the media. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Just-Gimme-Some-Truth-by-David-Michael-Gree-100206-128.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Just-Gimme-Some-Truth-by-David-Michael-Gree-100206-128.html [Watching Obama in action this last week raised the tantalizing question of what would it be like if we actually had a political class whospoke the truth? What a concept, eh? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Supreme-Court-s-Gift-to-Co-by-Cameron-Salisbury-100203-950.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Supreme-Court-s-Gift-to-Co-by-Cameron-Salisbury-100203-950.html [With the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to allow corporations to overtly buy elections, the world as we know it may change forever. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Eustace-Mullins--Last-Wr-by-Kent-Welton-100206-626.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Eustace-Mullins--Last-Wr-by-Kent-Welton-100206-626.html [Eustace Mullins, known for his seminal book, The Secrets of The Federal Reserve, passed away at the age of eighty-seven on February 2, 2010. His passing, like his books, was completely buried in the establishment media. For all his efforts in revealing the nature of "our" banking system, he achieved the status of a non-person, a blacked-out dissident in the American Oligarchy. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Real-Purpose-of-Milit-by-Paul-Conant-100206-368.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Real-Purpose-of-Milit-by-Paul-Conant-100206-368.html [Who stands to gain from forcing the administration to try the 9/11 suspects in a military tribunal, where standards of evidence are lower? A vigorous defense in civilian court would put the true conspirators to shame, as the Moussoui trial showed. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Guess-What-We-Already-Hav-by-John-Blumenthal-100206-994.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Guess-What-We-Already-Hav-by-John-Blumenthal-100206-994.html [Even if there were government death panels -- and there won't be -- how does that differ from death panels already in affect at insurance companies? http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Battle-for-Good-Govern-by-Don-Smith-100206-112.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Battle-for-Good-Govern-by-Don-Smith-100206-112.html [The conservative plan to drown government in a bathtub of debt, mismanagement, and corruption is nearing completion. In this context, I have canceled my subscription to the Seattle Times, and I encourage others to do the same. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bush-Cheney-and-the-Great-by-William-Rivers-Pit-100206-265.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bush-Cheney-and-the-Great-by-William-Rivers-Pit-100206-265.html [A recent report from the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility slapped a big fat "Not Guilty" stamp on the jackets of John Yoo and Jay Bybee, the two central authors of the notorious "torture memos" that argued the legal justifications for the use of torture by the Bush administration. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Warning-The-Black-Hundred-by-Mark-Sashine-100206-59.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Warning-The-Black-Hundred-by-Mark-Sashine-100206-59.html [When a fool tries to play wise all around laugh but when the wise tries to play a fool all around become suspicious. No, the tea-party is no joke. It is a Black Hundred. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Malinche-Code-by-mollycruz-100205-911.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Malinche-Code-by-mollycruz-100205-911.html [Who is the real enemy and how shall we ever deal with him/her? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Let-s-Spread-the-Risk--I-by-Kanuk-100204-800.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Let-s-Spread-the-Risk--I-by-Kanuk-100204-800.html [This post describes the fundamental principle of the single-payer system, which consists of spreading the risk among the entire population in order to minimize health care costs. http://www.opednews.com/articles/-Jobless-rate-falls-to-9-7-by-jeff-rock-100205-250.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/-Jobless-rate-falls-to-9-7-by-jeff-rock-100205-250.html [Recent headlines on bloomberg.com finally reveal the fallacy and lies of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the complete contradiction contained within the unemployment accounting methods used by the government to measure and report unemployment levels. It was only a matter of time before this contradiction became obvious and undeniable, before the heinous lies perpetrated by our government on the people were exposed. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Iran-s-Nuclear-Program-and-by-Hamma-Mirwaisi-100205-567.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Iran-s-Nuclear-Program-and-by-Hamma-Mirwaisi-100205-567.html [I am calling on President Obama to use wisdom when dealing with Iran and Iranian Atomic Bombs making. You need to change old and outdated policy to safe the USA. The war without plan will destroy our way of life in America. We will lose to the Chinese for sure when we go to another war without benefit. Please do not listen to Neo-Cons they are dead wrong. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Silent-Antidote-to-Ter-by-Maj-Gen-Ret-Kulw-100203-641.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Silent-Antidote-to-Ter-by-Maj-Gen-Ret-Kulw-100203-641.html [Three veterans assert that terrorism and war could be eliminated using a scientifically validated, natural approach called Invincible Defense Technology. The military would use Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying to reduce societal stress. http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-deep-do-you-have-to-di-by-michael-payne-100204-145.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-deep-do-you-have-to-di-by-michael-payne-100204-145.html [The minute hand on the Doomsday Clock at the University of Chicago, used to estimate how close the world is to global disaster, and which as of January 14, 2010 stood at six minutes to midnight, just moved ever closer to Midnight. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Call-by-Ed-Tubbs-100204-540.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Call-by-Ed-Tubbs-100204-540.html [Based on the treasure we're stealing from our youth during those final months and days, the evidence suggests very few believe as much as they say they do. Deuteronomy 30:19 commands us to "choose life." It doesn't say to throw every last buck into the sewer, trying to avoid what's going to be the conclusion anyway. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dentists-Reaffrim-Fluoride-by-NYSCOF-100204-499.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dentists-Reaffrim-Fluoride-by-NYSCOF-100204-499.html [Fluoridated tap or bottled water added to concentrated infant formula puts babies at high risk of developing discolored teeth (fluorosis), says the American Dental Association http://www.opednews.com/articles/Keith-Olbermann-s-Johnny-C-by-Robert-Arend-100206-659.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Keith-Olbermann-s-Johnny-C-by-Robert-Arend-100206-659.html [When no less than Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show recently mocks Olbermann for a display of sore-losership (over-the-top venom against a winning United States Senate candidate), Keith should see the parody as a warning of his Johnny Carson moment: when the great become a punchline and the beginning of their descent becomes inevitable. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Walk-a-Mile--by-Sheila-Samples-100205-888.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Walk-a-Mile--by-Sheila-Samples-100205-888.html [It's time for Obama to put aside empty, soaring speeches and come to grips with who his enemies really are. It's time for him to step onto dry land and walk a mile in his own shoes -- while he still has a pair. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Gerald-Celente-Gets-Down-a-by-Mac-McKinney-100205-649.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Gerald-Celente-Gets-Down-a-by-Mac-McKinney-100205-649.html [Gerald Celente, the best known trends forecaster in America and head of Trends Research Institute, fields questions from listeners on Coast to Coast AM Radio with host George Noory. Gerald, with his blunt tell-it-like-it-is world view and Bronx humor, comments on the tottering global economy. http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Counterterrorism-Offi-by-George-Washington-100205-203.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Counterterrorism-Offi-by-George-Washington-100205-203.html [Heck of a job, morons ... http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Madness-of-Drone-War-by-Dave-Lefcourt-100204-9.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Madness-of-Drone-War-by-Dave-Lefcourt-100204-9.html [There is a certain "madness" that now reigns with our use of drones in conducting our war with terrorists. President Obama has dramatically escalated the use of drones in Pakistan, a country we are not at war. These attacks have killed and maimed countless innocents. This escalation into Pakistan elicits hardly a murmur by our media and the American people. Something is terribly wrong in America. http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Soon-We-Forget-by-David-Alpert-100204-435.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Soon-We-Forget-by-David-Alpert-100204-435.html [This article attempts to bring attention to the lack of closure regarding the events of 9-11. Many questions remain unanswered despite the 9-11 Commision Report, mainly because they ignored any facts or testimony that contradicted the official story. http://www.opednews.com/articles/ANOTHER-FORGOTTEN-BUT-IMPO-by-ALONE-100203-355.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/ANOTHER-FORGOTTEN-BUT-IMPO-by-ALONE-100203-355.html [Most people on the planet Earth these days have no idea who likely had the most influence in leading Alfred Nobel to create what has come to be known as the Noble Peace Prize. This was likely the result of the activities and leadership of one Germanic woman, who was born in Prague during the Habsburg final Empire. That women was the Bohemian Bertha von Suttner.