Monthly Archives: February 2011

Analysis of the Global Insurrection Against Neo-Liberal Economic Domination and the Coming American Rebellion – We Are Egypt [Revolution Roundup #3]

By David DeGraw, AmpedStatus Report If you think what’s happening in Egypt won’t happen within the United States, you’ve been watching too much TV. The statistics speak for themselves.  In previous Revolution Roundups [22], before we were knocked offline, we … Continue reading

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Empire at the End of Decadence

February 18, 2011 By CHARLES M. BLOW It’s time for us to stop lying to ourselves about this country. America is great in many ways, but on a whole host of measures — some of which are shown in the … Continue reading

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When Democracy Weakens

By BOB HERBERT  Feb 15, 2011   As the throngs celebrated in Cairo, I couldn’t help wondering about what is happening to democracy here in the United States. I think it’s on the ropes. We’re in serious danger of becoming … Continue reading

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Bewitched by the Numbers

By BOB HERBERT The data zealots have utterly discombobulated themselves. They were expecting something on the order of 150,000 new jobs to have been created in January. That would have been a lousy number, but they were fully prepared to … Continue reading

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