Cautionary tale for Obama: Listen to LBJ deliberate over sending troops to Vietnam a cause he KNEW to be lost from day one

Seeded on Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:50 AM EST (PBS)

LBJ who was primarily concerned about what he would look like before Barry Goldwater and American the electorate. Commits troops to die in Vietnam for a cause he knew was lost from the beginning.

pbs, obama, lbj, viettnam

Proposed: New National Anthem

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:01 AM EST (YouTube)

I think this piece of music by the patriot Gene Burnett will go a long way toward expressing the feeling now abroad in this country.

music, politics, corruption, wall-strret

The Warning: Must See Frontline Video

Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:25 PM EST (PBS)

This is a great American story about a lonely heroine Brooks Lee Born who tried in vain to challenge the radical free market views of Allen Greenspan and Robert Ruben during the Clinton administration as the seeds of our financial destruction were sown.

wall-street, clinton, politics, allen-greenspan, robert-ruben-corruption

Help US create a health care plan and get a CBO score

Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:45 PM EDT

Given the apparent paralysis of our elected representatives, its time for the rest of us to create a health care plan that actually meets our real needs. This should be a two track effort.

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economy, wall-street, politics, corruption, obama, max-baucus, health-care-reform, single-payer

Happy Days Are Here Again!

Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:26 AM EDT

Zippity Do Da! The Dow Jones index closed above 10,000. That is of course made possible by the fact that GM isn't part of the index anymore. If you were an investor in GM, Fannie Mae or AIG too bad for you, your portfolio still has a big hole in it.

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wall-street, politics, health-care, bonuses, aig