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  Clitoral Economics posted by Barbara Ehrenreich via rialator, 2008-01-22 13:37:43
With all the talk about how to stimulate it, you'd think that the economy is a giant clitoris. Ben Bernanke may not employ this imagery, but the immediate challenge--and the issue bound to replace Iraq and immigration in the presidential race--is how best to get the economy engorged and throbbing again. (full story)
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 It’s confirmed -- Rudd really is a Dud posted by nano, 2008-01-21 10:47:11
We all waited patiently for the new PM to set about IMPROVING conditions for Australians. We waited in vain for a new vision for the nation, a vision incorporating fairer deals for all – remember Rudd’s lying election slogan, “a fair go for all Australians?” To date all we have seen is reticence, fear, INABILITY to govern, no vision for the FUTURE whatsoever – just the same ol’, same ol’ SERVILITY to big money interests. [The same interests that have plunged the world into economic recession and continue to plunder our finite natural resources at an alarming rate!] (full story)
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 Hands on Leadership with Hugo posted by barra, 2008-01-20 21:39:13
Latin American politics is not as dreary as the local timid variety. Hugo Chavez certainly knows what it means to lead. While some in the west may find his political methods a tad extreme, they certainly deliver results. Chavez recently threatened to nationalise the banks if they didn’t comply with the latest laws obliging them to make funds available for mortgages, small business and farming at accessible rates. (full story)
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 The ‘Penny Drops’ posted by finch, 2008-01-20 10:20:52
Applying the ‘KISS’ principle we are easily able to determine that the regulated economy of China is the world’s leading economic success story. Western deregulated economies have been outperformed/beaten/trounced/devastated/etc by the regulated economies of the East. However, big money interests in the West are loath to admit their failure! Also, notice the reticence of the western mass media to cover this major story; a very partisan bias is clearly evident in this regard. (full story)
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A Taste of Reality and Success: Regulation! posted by peptide, 2008-01-19 10:25:29
China has trounced the economies of the world but especially that of the USA with a very simple strategy, REGULATION! Russia’s re-emergence has not gone without notice either! China has effectively won the Globalisation war that America imagined was in its pocket – the arrogance, dissociation and incompetence of America is now legendary. But there’s more, a whole lot more. (full story)
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 Demented America posted by finn, 2008-01-18 19:06:00
They were never meant to influence the direction of the nation – demented American religionists, rapturists, Southern Baptists, evangelicals and other assorted empty-heads have always been organised by religion to satisfy the needs of the State and serve the interests of an enlightened ruling elite that could care less for the fantasies of religion. (full story)
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Semiotic Morass posted by finch, 2008-01-17 22:34:24
There’s a lot of well written stuff out there; no one can claim defeat if the British and Australian governments feel it necessary to filter the free flow of information on the internet. Of course all such idiotic measures are doomed to failure as were measures employed to prevent the spread of books after the printing revolution (hundreds of years ago). Nevertheless, the same ignorant forces exist today as [they once did] in the dim, dark, past. (full story)
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The Outstanding Feature of the U.S. election Campaign posted by peptide, 2008-01-17 10:57:30
This one is easy, too obvious to warrant an in depth analysis. What is it that all presidential candidates have in common besides lying through their teeth? [Distinctions between major party policies have virtually disappeared in the U.S. today.] What does the general tone, posture, and approach indicate? Why are those responsible for plunging the nation into numerous crises (failed wars, economy, legal rights etc) ignored by the candidates who should be screaming for blood? Outlining remedial policies in STARK CONTRAST to the ‘policies’ of the prevailing Bush regime would seem in order one would think! Remember the axiom, the best defence is attack? Why have the current field of candidates abandoned the most useful weapon of politics -- ATTACK? (full story)
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Rudd, Keelty, Haneef and the Banks posted by Kingfisher, 2008-01-16 07:21:50
Australians remember the Indian doctor victimised by John ‘racist’ Howard and Mick ‘drunken dropkick’ Keelty, for purely political purposes. Today, the Rudd government did not oppose moves by the courts to re-instate Dr. Haneef’s working visa; however, the drunken, incompetent, AFP Chief, Keelty, in an attempt to save whatever is left of his tattered reputation and probably his last gesture of mindlessness prior to entering a clinic for substance abuse – yes, Mick, the whole country knows – continues to doggedly pursue the Indian doctor in view of the fact the UK authorities have indicated that no evidence exists to incriminate Dr. Haneef. Perhaps scheduling Keelty would be the most appropriate course of action the government could take at this stage! (full story)
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 Facing the interest rate incline posted by budgie, 2008-01-15 10:23:50
In anticipation of yet another interest rate hike a very brief history of Australia is warranted. This nation was built/developed by THE PEOPLE who enjoyed the fruits of their labour for generations. However, the past few decades have seen successive governments surrender the natural wealth of the nation to Transnationals, globalists and free market ‘rationalists.’ I would never have imagined the day I needed to remind the public what essentially constitutes a nation! (full story)
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America: a moral swampland posted by lynx, 2008-01-13 21:34:26
This short paper is written as a response to RAND Corp, Carnegie-Mellon (Institute) and a host of other American ‘think’ tanks – if the functional qualifier, "think," is at all relevant in America today! We can save you a lot of conjecture and trouble by simply stating it as it is! But then how would you justify your existence? (full story)
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Mushroom (cloud) Blues posted by yarra, 2008-01-11 21:39:04
What possesses a once moral nation to reverse course and embark on a flagrantly illegal path of military invasion, plunder and murder. The REALITY of American intervention in Iraq is countless civilian deaths, the installation of a puppet government and a declaration that America now has interests it must protect after laying waste to a once viable State -- that is REAL American 'liberty and democracy' in action! Do Americans actually imagine they can murder over one million innocent men, women and children and avoid retribution – it seems so? Americans remain in a state of convenient blindness (denial) to the horrors they have caused -- no price is too high for OTHERS TO PAY for the American way of life! (full story)
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 A lasting imprint or a national characteristic? posted by barra, 2008-01-10 10:49:26
Have no doubt that national leaders leave their ‘mark’ on a nation. Former PM John Howard’s greatest achievement has been largely overlooked, as it was a secondary by-product of his conservative politics of fear and servility. Inadvertently or otherwise Howard succeeded in reshaping the opposition Labor party and creating a Labor leader in his own image! That development has been most unfortunate for Australia, as Howard’s most notable characteristic while in office was COWARDICE! [His second most notable characteristic was servility.] (full story)
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 Kevin Rudd: the invisible PM posted by peptide, 2008-01-09 09:06:07
Australia is not short of critical issues affecting the nation at present. Perhaps the most politically damaging -- but by no means the most important – are bank interest rate hikes and the lack of regulation in this regard! The parasitic Banks are attempting – successfully at this stage -- to pass the cost of THEIR INCOMPETENCE to the public! The feeble and outrageous excuse given to Rudd’s eunuch government and the Australian people is that interest rates have risen in order to compensate for losses sustained from “exposure” to the U.S. credit crisis; in other words, ‘I want YOU to pay for MY incompetence,’ say the banks! ‘Impressive’ manoeuvre! The arrogance of deregulated Australian banks knows no bounds as is clearly evident today; it seems the word RESPONSIBILITY only applies to the public [servicing bank loans] but not to Bank executives – a very nice arrangement, for some! (full story)
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The Mother Load: grass roots electioneering posted by nano, 2008-01-08 09:14:38
“That damned internet!” We could hear the plutocrats and media moguls from here (Australia). There is no denying that many ruling interests have taken a severe pounding from the ‘new’ grass roots GLOBAL communications medium. Given the means, many small voices on the net have combined to form a tsunami for "CHANGE" – there’s that magic word again! (full story)
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