The Dumbest War President | How Shock Jocks Inspire Hate | Treat Pot Like Tobacco

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How Did We Ever Let This Guy Get Away with Being a War President? By Gary Brecher, eXiled Online Only a fool like Bush could pick an anti-American Arab country, add an invading army, and expect a nice fluffy democracy soufflé. Read more »   Former News Radio Staffer Spills the Beans on How Shock Jocks Inspire Hatred and Anger By Dan Shelly, Milwaukee Magazine Behind the scenes of one of the largest and most successful news/talk radio stations in America. Read more »   $2 Trillion Handed out by Paulson and Bernanke, But Who Got It, Nobody Knows By Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation We have no idea who got this money or the conditions or collateral put up in return for the loans. Read more »   We've Cut Cigarette Smoking by Half -- and We Didn't Have to Arrest 20 Million People to Do It By Paul Armentano, NORML If lawmakers really wanted to address marijuana use, they would regulate and tax pot like they do tobacco. Read more »   Do You Want to See What War Looks Like? By Jennifer Fenton, The Wip Dead bodies and blown-out humvees in Casey Porter's films reveal the brutality of the surge in Iraq. Read more »   Democrats' Soft Spot for Automakers Have Shielded Detroit from Its Own Bad Decisions By Garland McLaurin, American News Project The automobile lobby is back on Capitol Hill to secure $25 billion in loans. Will the money get wasted or put to good use? Read more »   Why the Economy Grows Like Crazy Amid High Taxes By Larry Beinhart, AlterNet The raw truth is that the economy has grown faster when taxes were higher, but how can we explain that phenomenon? Read more »   Afghanistan Abyss Awaits Obama By M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times Obama's got to make some really bold decisions: Talking to Iran and Russia would be a start. Read more »   Why Big Banks May Be Trying to Buy up Your Public Water System By Jo-Shing Yang, AlterNet In uncertain economic and environmental times, big banks and financial groups are buying public water systems as safe investments. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Thousands Rally Nationwide for Marriage Equality By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress LGBT rights advocates, organized by Join the Impact, turned out in eight countries, 50 states, and 300 cities in support of marriage equality Read more »   Obama's Youtube Plan: Is it Really That Important? By Matt Stoller, Open Left I want to inject a slight note of skepticism as to how important Obama's Youtube addresses really are. Read more »   Obama: Close Gitmo, Ban Torture to 'Regain America's Moral Stature' By Staff, Huffington Post Obama 60 Minutes interview: talks national security, financial crisis, first dog. Read more »   McCain Adviser Admits America Is Center-Left By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress "This is a portrait of an electorate moving from center-right to center-left." Read more »

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