mcmindful

Do you think it's so government motors GM can sell some cars and that the pols know that "big Pharma" will cut off their campaign contributions ? Shouldn't the CEO of Glasco Smith Kline be in front of a committee or in jail for murder..what about the FDA director? they knew/know the drug is killing people!

ESPN looked like a bunch of fools letting him whine...anybody think he needs to go?

their god will give them the green light to go back to killing each other in his name

Here's some info you won't find reported by the U.S. newspuppets:

EDITORIAL: Propaganda Overshadows Dalai Lama

Published: Friday, 4 September, 2009

Taipei, Taiwan, 4 September 2009 (Taipei Times) - The Dalai Lama is scheduled to leave today following a six-day visit comforting victims of Typhoon Morakot. The trip has provided a timely reminder of the increasing sway Beijing holds over many things, from the way the international media reports on certain subjects to Taiwanese politics and politicians.

One of the clearest examples of the former was the disproportionate amount of coverage given to a token number of pro-unification protesters who have followed the Nobel peace laureate.

Any neutral person watching or reading these reports from abroad may have received the impression that pro-China views are in the ascendancy in Taiwan, yet polls show that support for unification is less popular than even independence, at about 7 percent or 8 percent.

While this kind of trashy, low-cost reportage is understandable from certain sections of the domestic media, such protests would receive little or no attention in other countries. The activities of this rag-tag bunch received far more coverage than they deserved. One would expect the international press to do a better job.

While many international media groups reported on the protests, almost all neglected to mention the mandatory subtext to the story: Many of the demonstrations had been organized by a fugitive pro-unification gangster on the lam in China who once cooperated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government to eliminate dissidents.

Time magazine even went so far as to describe the protests as " Taiwan's raucous democracy," a statement that deserves extensive qualification.

Taiwan's relationship with China is an important issue that attracts news editors around the globe because of the dramatic headlines it provides, but editors shouldn't let a good story get in the way of the truth. Some facts about the background of these protesters would have provided readers with a balanced story.

We also look forward to the day that the international press stops framing the Taiwan issue in Beijing's terms.

Another inconvenient truth revealed by the visit is just how much the KMT and its politicians are in the pocket of Beijing. Not one KMT official or politician had the courage to meet the Dalai Lama - an all-too clear demonstration of where the party's loyalties lie.

These elected representatives pandered to Beijing's whims by shunning a figure idolized by the majority of the people he represents.

How the KMT can continue to claim to represent Taiwan when its first reaction on domestic issues is to solicit China's advice is beyond comprehension.

But it's not all bad news. One thing we can be thankful for, even in the face of reams of pro-China propaganda and falsehoods in the pro-unification media, is that the majority of Taiwanese are still able to recognize the Dalai Lama for what he is: a peace-loving religious leader who has been demonized by a malevolent, authoritarian power.

Who knows? Perhaps this clarity of judgment may soon extend to the KMT itself.

Why is there No discussion about Tort Reform in the debate on healthcare ie:sickcare ? Is the congress afraid of the lawyers(ABA)??

It is the single biggest cost in the medical delivery system and nobody's talking about it . WHY ???

A. CFR

B. David Rockefeller

C. IMF

D. Federal Reserve Bank

E. all of the above

Should http://www.torturingdemocracy.org/ be mandatory viewing before you vote the next time ? or should the justice dept develop some cajones now and prosecute Bush and his buddies for violating the Constitution and sending our military to be maimed and killed for oil and the will of the international corporatocracy?

This should be mandatory viewing for every registered voter. The american ideal is gone! Bush ,Cheney,Rumsfeld ,Rice and all complicit should be on trail at the Hague for "war crimes". This is the darkest hour in the history of our country. Oh yea,I voted for him and am sick.

Mussolini claimed that Italian Fascism's economic system of corporatism could be identified as either state capitalism or state socialism, which in either case involved "the bureaucratization of the economic activities of the nation." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao81MNSPwgU