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“What Kind of Peace Are the Congo UN Peacemakers Keeping?”

Georgianne Nieaber: We need to ask the question why is the UN supporting a corrupt Congolese army and a corrupt government in Kinshasa? Who pays the bills for the UN? You do.

JP Morgan’s Loss Could Be America’s Gain

By Joseph Palermo

Joseph Palermo: With new evidence mounting each day that the system is as broken as it was before the meltdown of September 2008 and will likely require another colossal taxpayer bailout at some point, the public might be able to compel even the isolated 1 percenters among Washington’s policy elite to take heed.

FBI Probe of VA Crime Should Expand

By Jeff Norman

Jeff Norman: Now that the FBI is investigating a homicide committed on VA property, federal authorities may also investigate shady land use deals the VA made.

Hey, Prez, Got a Minute?

By Michaelangelo Price

Mike Price: Dear President Obama, I want justice. I want you to serve not our enemies, but those of us with tears of joy over your inauguration.

Devil and the Deep Blue Dog

By Brad Parker

Brad Parker: This November, Progressives, Liberals and Democrats like myself are caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Dog. Greens and other Independents are being squeezed to the breaking point. This is a classic dilemma – a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.

Britain’s Got Talent Election “Hung” by Preposterous Procedure

By Denis Campbell

Denis Campbell: The only thing missing was Simon Cowell sneering and sighing last night. Welcome to déjà vu all over again. The UK seeks to one up Florida’s 2000 election with the specter of a hung Parliament, charges of polling site malfeasance, and strict, almost slavish adherence to procedure over common sense.

LA Progressive: 4 April to 10 April, 2010 — Articles

By admin

Articles by Sikivu Hutchinson, Tom Hall, Rabbi Sara Shendelman, Michael Sigman, Georgianne Nienaber, Robert Watson, Tom Degan, John Peeler, Carl Matthes, David A. Love, Ed Rampell, Joseph Palermo, Anthony Samad, Bob Letcher, Robert Reich, Jasmyne A. Cannick, Tina Dupuy, Randy Shaw, Andrea Christina Nill, Ron Wolff, Paul Hogarth, Robert Reich, Ivan Eland, David A. Love, Marcy Winograd, Andrea Christina Nill, Michele Waslin, Walter Moss, and Sharon Kyle

McClintock = Mendacity

By Adam Eran

Adam Eran: As usual, McClintock ignores the actual biggest expansion in history. That occurred after the Clinton administration balanced the federal budget by raising the top rates a mere 3%. Neo-cons like McClintock, and Newt Gingrich gravely prophesied economic doom following these tax hikes, but again, as usual, history contradicts them.

Could a Hillary Clinton Avatar Save Congo?

By Georgianne Nienaber

Georgianne Nienaber: Surprisingly, to some, the bad guys list also includes scientists, conservationists, non-governmental organizations, doctors, lawyers, public relations professionals and just about anyone who stands to make a buck off of the suffering. As one local Congolese activist told me, “rape is big business in Congo these days.”

The Oligarchy Wins Again!

By Joseph Palermo

Something, anything, has to be done at some point to show that the Obama Administration is not just the latest group of good people with good ideas that are absorbed into a system that makes Hamid Karzai look like a clean government activist. The corporate money so clogs the arteries of our body political the whole damn thing is sclerotic, choked off from the life-giving oxygen of democracy.

“What? What?” Failure To Supply Earplugs Cost Thousands of GIs Their Hearing

By Sherwood Ross

Thousands of GIs have suffered preventable hearing loss because they were not supplied with earplugs to reduce the din of battle. Many have a permanent ringing in their ears they will suffer throughout their lives. The condition is widespread. In 2006, the Veterans Administration paid out more than a half billion dollars to veterans with [...]