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Did you know that one in five US children still live in poverty, a rate exceeded only in Poland, Mexico, and Turkey.

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/22/42672498.pdf

Warren Buffett to CNBC: U.S. Economy In "Shambles" .. No Signs of Recovery Yet

In a live interview on CNBC today, Warren Buffett said there has been little progress over the past few months in the "economic war" being fought by the country. "We haven't got the economy moving yet."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/31526130

From Information Clearing House

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=economy+in+shambles
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Warren+Buffett

rudkla - 25. Jun, 14:31

Obama warns of worse economy to come

President Barack Obama painted a bleak picture Tuesday of the economy, warning unemployment will get worse.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/23/obama-warns-of-worse-economy-to-come/

From Information Clearing House

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=unemployment

rudkla - 25. Jun, 14:27

CIA and Assassinations

Obama Won't Apologize For CIA Role In Chile

"I'm interesting in going forward, not looking backward," the president said. "I think that the United States has been an enormous force for good in the world."

http://snipurl.com/kt3nf

CIA and Assassinations: The Guatemala 1954 Documents

These documents, including an instructional guide on assassination found among the training files of the CIA's covert "Operation PBSUCCESS," were among several hundred records released by the Agency on May 23, 1997 on its involvement in the infamous 1954 coup in Guatemala.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB4/index.html

From Information Clearing House

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=assassin

rudkla - 25. Jun, 14:22

The Endless War Continues: Taking Stock of US Strategy under Obama

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/24-2

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=endless+war
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pierre+Beaudet

rudkla - 25. Jun, 10:52

Torture Eats Away at the Soul of This Nation

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/24-5

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Who Are We?

By Bob Herbert

Proof of guilt? In 21st-century America, there is no longer any need for such annoyances. Human rights? Ha-ha. That's a good one.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22900.htm

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America closing her door to freedom

Strike the Root
by Douglas Young

We so feared a Stalin or Hitler that we ignored endless assaults on our liberty by idealistic home-grown statists and the seductive narcotic of ever more government goodies buying our acquiescence. What makes Americans’ surrender to statism so shameful is that we freely chose this course in direct contravention of our founding principles...

http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/youngd/youngd1.html

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Diana+Gibson
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ray+McGovern
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bob+Herbert
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Douglas+Young

rudkla - 25. Jun, 10:41