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Thursday, October 04, 2007

9/11 Is Over - by Thomas Friedman

"I will not vote for any candidate running on 9/11. We don’t need another president of 9/11. We need a president for 9/12. I will only vote for the 9/12 candidate.What does that mean? This: 9/11 has made us stupid. I honor, and weep for, all those murdered on that day. But our reaction to 9/11 has knocked America completely out of balance."

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Revolution is Just Below the Surface

A Revolution is Just Below the Surface
September 28th 2007, by Eva Golinger, Noam Chomsky
On September 21, 2007, I had the extraordinary opportunity to interview Noam Chomsky in his office at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The interview will be aired on Venezuelan and Latin American television as part of the promotion for the III International Book Fair in Venezuela, which this year focuses on the theme: "United States: Is Revolution Possible?" The transcription of the interview follows............

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Business confidence lacking

Business confidence lacking
by Achintya Sen
Many entrepreneurs have gone underground to keep themselves safe but their reputed enterprises are in a bad shape. There is a deplorable state of affairs in the businesses of those taken into custody. At present 30 to 35 big industries owned by leading businessmen are in an awful state due to financial crisis. The owners of these business houses after their arrest or going underground have been deprived of bank loans or financial support from any quarters. As a result, officers, employees and workers of these commercial establishments are not getting their salaries or wages for months together..................

It's the economy, stupid vs it's politic.stupid

It’s the economy, stupid vs it’s the politics, stupid
NM Harun
From September 6 onward, the government in its entirety has been operating beyond its normal constitutional date of expiry. Anything beyond its date of expiry is hazardous – may even be fatal. If not hazardous or fatal, such a thing definitely loses its potency. The key to revive the potency of the government and the state, while the constitution is still in force, is the holding of the elections to the ninth parliament as expeditiously as possible…The crux of the problem is thus reactivation of politics, leading to the full restoration of constitutional governance. Economic issues, including price spiral and flood damages, are ordinary problems of governance and pale into insignificance compared to the extraordinary and overwhelming political crisis............