Jan 01 2010
Original article, by Ralph Nader and subtitled Liberals Begin to Bail on Obama, via counterpunch.com:
Those long-hoping, long-enduring members of the liberal intelligentsia are starting to break away from the least-worst mindset that muted their criticisms of Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Dec 11 2009
Original article, by David Macaray and subtitled We Need to Embarrass Ourselves, via counterpunch.com:
One of the most astonishing and demoralizing comments I ever heard was in response to Cindy Sheehan’s August, 2005, anti-war demonstrations outside George W. Bush’s Prarie Chapel Ranch (near Crawford, Texas). A commentator declared that, by protesting in so public and defiant a fashion, Sheehan had, in fact, “embarrassed” herself.
Dec 01 2009
Original article, by Dave Lindorff and subtitled Hope Deflated, via counterpuhttp://counterpunch.comnch.com:
Aug 20 2009
Original article, by David Michael Green, via counterpunch.com:
Warning: If you like Obama, you won’t like the article.
Jun 24 2009
Original article, by David Lindorff and subtitled How the Bosses are Undermining the Stimulus Program, via counterpunch.com:
Reports are starting to appear suggesting that laid-off or underemployed Americans, and the long-term unemployed, are losing patience with the Obama administration’s and Congress’ economic stimulus plan, which thus far has not done anything to arrest the growth of unemployment, now at close to 20 percent of the US workforce, at least as unemployment used to honestly be counted in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Feb 13 2009
Original article, by Michael Hudson and headed “Trying to Revive the Bubble Economy:”, via counterpunch.com:
Martin Wolf started off his Financial Times column for February 11 with the bold question: “Has Barack Obama’s presidency already failed?” The stock market had a similar opinion, plunging 382 points. Having promised “change,” Mr. Obama is giving us more Clinton-Bush via Robert Rubin’s protégé, Tim Geithner. Tuesday’s $2.5 trillion Financial Stabilization Plan to re-inflate the Bubble Economy is basically an extension of the Bush-Paulson giveaway – yet more Rubinomics for financial insiders in the emerging Wall Street trusts. The financial system is to be concentrated into a cartel of just a few giant conglomerates to act as the economy’s central planners and resource allocators. This makes banks the big winners in the game of “chicken” they’ve been playing with Washington, a shakedown holding the economy hostage. “Give us what we want or we’ll plunge the economy into financial crisis.” Washington has given them $9 trillion so far, with promises now of another $2 trillion- and still counting.
Oct 06 2008
Original article, by Alexander Cockburn, titled CounterPunch Diary and subheaded Creatures of Capital, via counterpunch.com:
Have no doubt that the bailout of the financial sector is reactionary. It’s a bunch of little boys sticking their fingers in the dike to save the bosses. Unfortunately, there are many more muskrats on the other side weakening the dike.
Sep 21 2008
Original article, by Alexander Cockburn, via counterpunch.com:
Hope walks arm in arm with fear, and so naturally enough Candidate Barack Obama is now reminding us, a la Roosevelt, that we have nothing to fear but fear itself and we must all pull together in a spirit of bipartisanship. Wrong. We have many identifiable things to be frightened of, starting with a bailout program designed to bail out the thieves running our financial system, and stick middle America with the pricetag – heftier than you can imagine. Why pull together with the licensed thug who just stole your money with the pledge that he would be doing it again to your kids?
Sep 06 2008
Original article by Eric Patton, sub-headed From Chad Ocho Cinco to Sarah Palin, via counterpunch.com:
It’s official. Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson is now Chad Ocho Cinco. What in God’s name does this have to do with the left?
Aug 16 2008
This was counterpunch.com’s website of the day.
Warning: Humor a six year old would enjoy! On the other hand, it gets Robert Tilton really, really well!
Aug 10 2008
The first, Obama’s Letters of No Apology by Paul Street via dissidentvoice.org asks:
Should Barack Obama’s volunteers mail “Letters of No Apology” to survivors of the large number of people killed by U.S. imperial assault in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Aug 04 2008
Original article by Christian Wright via counterpunch.com.
Subheaded: And You Should Come Join Us!