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DdC · 03-21-2009, 12:41 AM

Time to get tough on bankers!

In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann expresses outrage at Wall Street over their continuing misuse of federal bailout money. Olbermann calls for the firing of bank executives and more stringent bank regulation.

"After World War II, the nation's tax bill was roughly split between corporations and individuals. But after years of changes in the federal tax code and international economy, the corporate share of taxes has declined to a fourth the amount individuals pay, according to the US Office of Management and Budget."
--Boston Globe series on Corporate Welfare.

K Street Project
Nature and Politics by Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn The Poison Lobby: Monsanto & Its Political Musclemen

Osborn & Barr Communications
Osborn & Barr was formed in 1988 with Monsanto as its founding client. The company's slogan is, "We create belief." - Friday, January 15, 1999 Osborne & Barr to harvest Monsanto's ag marketing.

Nutricide - Criminalizing Natural Health, Vitamins and Herbs

Toxic Dumping and Coverups
If you're talking about PCBs, Agent Orange, Bovine Growth Hormone, water privatization, biopiracy, untested/unlabeled genetically engineered organisms, or persecuting small family farmers,

Big Lies by Joe Conason
The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth

Bivings Group
Bivings work, premised on the power of the Internet, engages in covert online attacks and web based front groups.

The Wrecking Crew, on How Conservatives Rule
Democracy Now Interview: Thomas Frank
“Fantastic misgovernment of the kind we have seen is not an accident, nor is it the work of a few bad individuals. It is the consequence of triumph by a particular philosophy of government, by a movement that understands the liberal state as a perversion and considers the market the ideal nexus of human society. This movement is friendly to industry not just by force of campaign contributions but by conviction.”

Bushladen and the Terrorists Carlyles Groups 12/02/03

Cutting Corporate Welfare by Ralph Nader
Seven Stories Press, 2000
Corporate welfare-the enormous and myriad subsidies, bailouts, giveaways, tax loopholes, debt revocations, loan guarantees, discounted insurance and other benefits conferred by government on business-is a function of political corruption. Corporate welfare programs siphon funds from appropriate public investments, subsidize companies ripping minerals from federal lands, enable pharmaceutical companies to gouge consumers, perpetuate anti-competitive oligopolistic markets, injure our national security, and weaken our democracy.

Speeches: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Tuesday 8/14/00
There is no war on drugs going on in America today, and Barry McCaffrey needs to resign right now. He needs to stop pushing policies that send our tax dollars to Columbia supporting these right wing dictator-types! And move out of the way and allow us to develop some good drug policies that's going to stop incarcerating the victims of this so-called drug war. I want you to know that you are seated in this building right on the edge of the community that the CIA allowed to be over-run with drugs.

Kill the Messenger

Why Are U.S. Taxpayers Funding Reconstruction
While Iraq Reaps Oil Profits? Rep. Maxine Waters
At a time when American families are feeling an economic squeeze in large part because we are paying so much for foreign oil, we are also paying billions of dollars in Iraq -- even though Iraq is flush with soaring oil profits.

Bailing On Our Principles by Mike Huckabee
Frankly, I’m disappointed and disgusted with my own Republican party as I watch them attempt to strong-arm a bailout of some of America’s biggest corporations by asking the taxpayers to suck up the staggering results of the hubris, greed, and arrogance of those who sought to make a quick buck by throwing the dice.

If Lies are Laws then War is Peace

Bailouts and Corporate Greed-Enough!
Countdown: Mar 19, 2009 (Excerpted)

Enough!

Olbermann: To all of you in the Corporate boardrooms.

Stop viewing the public's reaction to this naked, unhindered robbery of the public coffers, and your audacious, immeasurable sense of proprietorship and entitlement stop viewing our anger as some kind of brief impediment, some traffic delay that keeps you from your God-given corporate ballpark sponsorships, and perpetually remodeled offices, and the divine right of $38 million "compensation packages."

You, gentlemen and ladies, and not the good and long-suffering average people of this country, you are fomenting rage in this nation. You are the losers in this equation, and the people are the generous ones; they have not assembled in the streets with pitch-forks and flaming torches. You are the ones perceived — understood in a visceral and even transcendent way — as the committers of what is becoming class economic rape. ...

... And heed this one word before these people grow weary of forgiving you, and instead decide to bring the "good life" — which you have built on their backs — crashing down on top of your heads. When the next boardroom needs re-modeling, or the next bonus paid, or the next jet purchased, remember that one word: Enough!

U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Fiscal Year 2009 Department Of Defense Budget Released
President George W. Bush today sent to Congress his Defense budget for Fiscal Year 2009. The budget provides $515.4 billion in discretionary authority for the Department of Defense (DoD), a $35.9 billion or 7.5 percent increase over the enacted level for Fiscal Year 2008.

2.2 million soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines

Maintains 545,000 facilities at 5,300 sites in the U.S. and around the globe

CANNABIS COMMON TREATMENT
FOR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Intelligencer, CN ON: Russell Barth 17 Mar 2009
Re: Afghanistan left son scarred: parents ( March 12 )

"The father of one separated from his wife, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ), started using marijuana and was removed from his next mission."

As someone who suffers with PTSD, I can tell you that pot is one of the best things for it. Cannabis is positively indicated in the treatment of PTSD, and even Israel has been using cannabis to treat PTSD in their soldiers with positive results.

Cannabis is far better than the toxic, addictive, and potentially deadly narcotics that are usually prescribed to PTSD sufferers, but the army will never admit that.

Russell Barth Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User
Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis

Ganja 4 PTSD & Depression

Operation Ranch Hand
Operation Ranch Hand, the unit responsible for the aerial spraying of herbicides in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971. Monsanto lied about the safety of exposure to Agent Orange and its contaminant.

Wall street's Spontaneous Abortionists
Pro Life? They're Not Even Anti-Abortion

Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access

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DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,117 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 51 Thanked 607 Times in 399 Posts	Enough Time to get tough on bankers! In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann expresses outrage at Wall Street over their continuing misuse of federal bailout money. Olbermann calls for the firing of bank executives and more stringent bank regulation. "After World War II, the nation's tax bill was roughly split between corporations and individuals. But after years of changes in the federal tax code and international economy, the corporate share of taxes has declined to a fourth the amount individuals pay, according to the US Office of Management and Budget." --Boston Globe series on Corporate Welfare. K Street Project Nature and Politics by Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn The Poison Lobby: Monsanto & Its Political Musclemen Osborn & Barr Communications Osborn & Barr was formed in 1988 with Monsanto as its founding client. The company's slogan is, "We create belief." - Friday, January 15, 1999 Osborne & Barr to harvest Monsanto's ag marketing. Nutricide - Criminalizing Natural Health, Vitamins and Herbs Toxic Dumping and Coverups If you're talking about PCBs, Agent Orange, Bovine Growth Hormone, water privatization, biopiracy, untested/unlabeled genetically engineered organisms, or persecuting small family farmers, Big Lies by Joe Conason The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth Bivings Group Bivings work, premised on the power of the Internet, engages in covert online attacks and web based front groups. The Wrecking Crew, on How Conservatives Rule Democracy Now Interview: Thomas Frank “Fantastic misgovernment of the kind we have seen is not an accident, nor is it the work of a few bad individuals. It is the consequence of triumph by a particular philosophy of government, by a movement that understands the liberal state as a perversion and considers the market the ideal nexus of human society. This movement is friendly to industry not just by force of campaign contributions but by conviction.” Bushladen and the Terrorists Carlyles Groups 12/02/03 Cutting Corporate Welfare by Ralph Nader Seven Stories Press, 2000 Corporate welfare-the enormous and myriad subsidies, bailouts, giveaways, tax loopholes, debt revocations, loan guarantees, discounted insurance and other benefits conferred by government on business-is a function of political corruption. Corporate welfare programs siphon funds from appropriate public investments, subsidize companies ripping minerals from federal lands, enable pharmaceutical companies to gouge consumers, perpetuate anti-competitive oligopolistic markets, injure our national security, and weaken our democracy. Speeches: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Tuesday 8/14/00 There is no war on drugs going on in America today, and Barry McCaffrey needs to resign right now. He needs to stop pushing policies that send our tax dollars to Columbia supporting these right wing dictator-types! And move out of the way and allow us to develop some good drug policies that's going to stop incarcerating the victims of this so-called drug war. I want you to know that you are seated in this building right on the edge of the community that the CIA allowed to be over-run with drugs. Kill the Messenger Why Are U.S. Taxpayers Funding Reconstruction While Iraq Reaps Oil Profits? Rep. Maxine Waters At a time when American families are feeling an economic squeeze in large part because we are paying so much for foreign oil, we are also paying billions of dollars in Iraq -- even though Iraq is flush with soaring oil profits. Bailing On Our Principles by Mike Huckabee Frankly, I’m disappointed and disgusted with my own Republican party as I watch them attempt to strong-arm a bailout of some of America’s biggest corporations by asking the taxpayers to suck up the staggering results of the hubris, greed, and arrogance of those who sought to make a quick buck by throwing the dice. If Lies are Laws then War is Peace Bailouts and Corporate Greed-Enough! Countdown: Mar 19, 2009 (Excerpted) Enough! Olbermann: To all of you in the Corporate boardrooms. Stop viewing the public's reaction to this naked, unhindered robbery of the public coffers, and your audacious, immeasurable sense of proprietorship and entitlement stop viewing our anger as some kind of brief impediment, some traffic delay that keeps you from your God-given corporate ballpark sponsorships, and perpetually remodeled offices, and the divine right of $38 million "compensation packages." You, gentlemen and ladies, and not the good and long-suffering average people of this country, you are fomenting rage in this nation. You are the losers in this equation, and the people are the generous ones; they have not assembled in the streets with pitch-forks and flaming torches. You are the ones perceived — understood in a visceral and even transcendent way — as the committers of what is becoming class economic rape. ... ... And heed this one word before these people grow weary of forgiving you, and instead decide to bring the "good life" — which you have built on their backs — crashing down on top of your heads. When the next boardroom needs re-modeling, or the next bonus paid, or the next jet purchased, remember that one word: Enough! U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Fiscal Year 2009 Department Of Defense Budget Released President George W. Bush today sent to Congress his Defense budget for Fiscal Year 2009. The budget provides $515.4 billion in discretionary authority for the Department of Defense (DoD), a $35.9 billion or 7.5 percent increase over the enacted level for Fiscal Year 2008. 2.2 million soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines Maintains 545,000 facilities at 5,300 sites in the U.S. and around the globe CANNABIS COMMON TREATMENT FOR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Intelligencer, CN ON: Russell Barth 17 Mar 2009 Re: Afghanistan left son scarred: parents ( March 12 ) "The father of one separated from his wife, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ), started using marijuana and was removed from his next mission." As someone who suffers with PTSD, I can tell you that pot is one of the best things for it. Cannabis is positively indicated in the treatment of PTSD, and even Israel has been using cannabis to treat PTSD in their soldiers with positive results. Cannabis is far better than the toxic, addictive, and potentially deadly narcotics that are usually prescribed to PTSD sufferers, but the army will never admit that. Russell Barth Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis Ganja 4 PTSD & Depression Operation Ranch Hand Operation Ranch Hand, the unit responsible for the aerial spraying of herbicides in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971. Monsanto lied about the safety of exposure to Agent Orange and its contaminant. Wall street's Spontaneous Abortionists Pro Life? They're Not Even Anti-Abortion Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access __________________ Al Capone and Watergate were red herrings to divert the countries attention from the Fascist acts of eliminating competition. Booze/Ethanol then Ganja//Hemp.