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Melvin A. Goodman, Truthout: "The Washington Post is running scared these days with its editorial writers having great difficulty coming to terms with the possibility of improved US relations with Russia and Iran. They also can't understand why the Obama administration might decide that additional US military forces in Afghanistan will not solve the political and military problems there. There have been several editorials and op-eds this week that distort developments in each of these situations and predict failure for President Barack Obama. The fact that a 'reset' button is needed and may offer the promise of success in our relations with Russia, Iran and even Afghanistan appears to be anathema to the Post."

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10,000 applications for 90 factory jobs

Job seekers filed 10,000 applications over three days with General Electric for 90 openings paying about $27,000 a year building washing machines, General Electric spokeswoman Kim Freeman said Thursday.

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Watchdog: Obama's Mortgage Relief Efforts Aren't Good Enough

The Obama administration's efforts to force the modifications of distressed mortgages, while laudable, is likely to fall far short because the foreclosure crisis has grown and threatens to dwarf government efforts to relieve it, a special congressional watchdog panel warned in a report released Friday.

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F.H.A. Problems Raising Concern of Policy Makers

A year after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac teetered, industry executives and Washington policy makers are worrying that another government mortgage giant could be the next housing domino.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/business/09fha.html?_r=1



400,000 jobless out of luck

A move in Congress to extend benefits for the unemployed has been slowed as lawmakers debate who should qualify.

https://money.cnn.com/2009/10/08/news/economy/extending_unemployment_benefits/?postversion=2009100819


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What Not Being Able To Buy Oil In Dollars Means

By Ian Welsh

The US can't live on weapon sales alone. In most other fields, including telecom, the internet, large chunks of biotech, renewable energy, ground transportation and so on the US now lags other modern economies.

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The Securitization Boondoggle

By Mike Whitney

The relentless financialization of the economy has resulted in a hybrid-system of credit expansion which depends on pools of loans sliced-and-diced into tranches and sold into the secondary market to yield-seeking investors. The process is called securitization and it lies at the heart of the current financial crisis.

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The Uneducated American

By Paul Krugman

If you had to explain America's economic success with one word, that word would be "education." In the 19th century, America led the way in universal basic education. Then, as other nations followed suit, the "high school revolution" of the early 20th century took us to a whole new level. And in the years after World War II, America established a commanding position in higher education.

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9/11 And The New American Century

Video

The film exposes how every major war in US history was based on fraud.
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Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

By Thomas DiLorenzo

I'm still surprised, though, that he won the prize after killing so few people.
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Michael Moore: Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize: Now Please Earn it!

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Good War vs. Great Society

By JOHN FEFFER

Can Obama have his guns and eat his butter too?
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Barry In The Bush With Smiles

By David Michael Green

Obama doesn't actually appear to be doing anything that requires any particular toughness. He's not trying to sell a bs... war or dismantle Social Security, like Bush. He's not trying to end legal and institutional racism in a country where it was as pervasive as bibles in 'Bama, like Lyndon Johnson did. He's not attempting to bring the country kicking and screaming into the twentieth century, even after it was already one-third over, like FDR was.

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Praise and Skepticism Greet Obama Nobel Award
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/09

As US Continues Afghan, Iraq Occupations and Quashes Accountability for Gaza Assault, Critics Decry Awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to Obama
https://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/10/09-1

A Nobel Worthy Effort: Ending Youth Violence From Chicago to Afghanistan
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/09-6

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: OK, He's A Nice Guy, But …
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/09-4

Veterans React to President Obama Receiving Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/09-13

Rich Countries Set to Condemn Billions to Grim Future
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/09-4

CNN: More Like Fox Every Day
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/09-9

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Nobel Prize for Promises?

Howard Zinn, Truthout: "I was dismayed when I heard Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize. A shock, really, to think that a president carrying on wars in two countries and launching military action in a third country (Pakistan), would be given a peace prize. But then I recalled that Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Kissinger had all received Nobel Peace Prizes. The Nobel Committee is famous for its superficial estimates and for its susceptibility to rhetoric and empty gestures, while ignoring blatant violations of world peace."

https://www.truthout.org/101009A



World Leaders, Nobel Laureates Offer Obama Praise, Skepticism

Margaret Talev, McClatchy Newspapers: "Some reactions to President Barack Obama's winning of the Nobel Peace Prize ... "

https://www.truthout.org/101009E

 

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