We Just Stopped Congress From Giving the Power of War to Presidents
by David Swanson, RootsAction
on July 07, 2011
"What's the point?" "We never win!" "Why bother trying?"
This time we won.
This is the point. Congressman Buck McKeon and Senator John McCain proposed to give Obama and all future presidents dramatically expanded powers to launch wars. They wanted to do so as part of the same "Defense Authorization Act" in which the House was restricting Obama's warmaking in Libya.
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Obama Aide On Social Security Cut Story: It 'Overshoots The Runway'
by Sam Stein, HuffingtonPost
on July 07, 2011
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is pushing back against a Wednesday night report that the president is prepared to offer cuts to Social Security as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
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The Lies That Sold Obama's Escalation in Afghanistan
by Gareth Porter, Truthout
on July 06, 2011
A few days after Barack Obama's December 2009 announcement of 33,000 more troops being sent to Afghanistan, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Robert Gates advanced the official justification for escalation: the Afghan Taliban would not abandon its ties with al-Qaeda unless forced to do so by US military force and the realization that "they're likely to lose."
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Obama Summons GOP and Democratic Leaders for Deficit Reduction Talks
by Mark Landler and Carl Hulse, The New York Times via Truthout
on July 06, 2011
President Obama stepped up pressure on Congressional Republicans on Tuesday to agree to a broad deficit-cutting deal, pledging to put popular entitlement programs like Medicare on the table in return for Republican acquiescence to some higher taxes.
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Truthout: On Independence Day 2011, We're More Dependent Than Ever
by Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers, via Truthout
on July 05, 2011
Washington - This year, as the nation celebrates Independence Day, the sputtering U.S. economy offers a stark reminder that today we're more dependent upon foreigners than ever before.
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CommonDreams: Years After the Enron Debacle, Traders Still Fleecing Consumers
by Taylor Moulton, Other Words via CommonDreams
on July 05, 2011
When Enron collapsed, electricity markets were prone to gaming and corruption. And, it turns out, they still are. Shrewd energy traders are still at it, discovering and exploiting flaws and loopholes, often at the general public's expense.
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Truthout: How the Bailout Killed Local Lending - and How Some States Hope to Bring It Back
by llen Brown, YES! Magazine via Truthout
on July 01, 2011
The Wall Street bailout of 2008 has radically altered the banking business. The bailout was supposed to keep credit flowing to Main Street, but it has wound up having the opposite effect.
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Truthout: The Unanswered Question in Afghanistan Is, Why?
by Jim Hightower, via CommonDreams
on June 30, 2011
America's long, long war in Afghanistan has drained more than 1,500 precious lives and a trillion dollars from our country. But, finally, this enormous outlay paid off this year with the capture and killing of that al-Qaida demon, Osama bin Laden, who attacked America and was the reason our military went into Afghanistan.
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CommonDreams: Libya Mission Becomes a Burden for Obama
by Nancy A. Youssef, via CommonDreams
on June 30, 2011
WASHINGTON — More than 100 days after the United States and NATO allies launched what was supposed to be a quick air campaign in Libya, Pentagon officials concede that the effort has little strategic value for the U.S., and the alliance's desired outcome there remains unclear.
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US Cost of War at Least $3.7 Trillion and Counting
by Reuters, via CommonDreams
on June 29, 2011
When President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America's wars.
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