[Although I part company with Wolf in her support of Barack Obama, I consider this brilliant article by her a classic in understanding the concept of patriotism as given to us by the Founders--what it asks of us, what it demands of us, as opposed to the phony, dumbed-down patriotism of the current moment which requires nothing beyond rabid cheerleading. This piece should be required reading for children, students, friends, family, and community leaders.--CB

Reprinted from HUFFINGTON POST

And people are starting to decide for themselves what constitutes a hoax and what is, in fact, an actual crisis. We are deciding what and who needs and deserves a rescue -a "bailing out" - It's not the wizards and merchants of death; it's the frogs, lizards, plants, forests, beavers, bears, and human children.

Reprinted from FROM THE WILDERNESS

Several Truth To Power readers/subscribers have requested a reprint of this 2006 piece written a few days before a major From The Wilderness economic alert. For more than two years, it has been obvious to those researching the Enronization of America that we would soon be experiencing precisely the economic crisis that is currently unfolding--the one for which a $700 billion bandaid is being applied in order to postpone, for a bit longer, the irrefutable demise of the U.S. financial system.--CB

Reprinted from ASIA TIMES

Given widespread failure to pursue policies sufficient to reverse deterioration of the biosphere and avoid ecological collapse, the best we can hope for may be that the growth-based economic system crashes sooner rather than later

Reprinted from COUNTERCURRENTS

In short, it won't work. Nor is it designed to work. The bill is just Paulson's way of carving a silver canoe for he and his brandy-drooling investor buddies so they can paddle away to some island paradise while the rest of us drown in a bottomless ocean of debt. 

Reprinted from INFORMATION CLEARINGHHOUSE

Reprinted from INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE

The financial system is blowing up. Don't listen to the experts; just look at the numbers.  

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