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Collapsing Bridges, Sinking Levees. It’s (Past) Time to Invest

Our nation’s infrastructure is dying of old age and neglect. The solution is obvious: Repair and rebuild. We can't allow conservatives to have us running scared from this issue.

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Students Who Exposed 30-Year-Old Wrongful Conviction Being Targeted By DA

alternet.org — Yes this is America, land of the free and home of the brave and..... the victimised.

The razzamatazz of the constitution and the red, white and blue of old glory are shed like a snakes skin upon the alter of injustice and abuse of law by its own officers.

Who cares about what America stands for anymore?

Wave the flag and be damned.

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In Afghanistan, Victory For a Crooked, Corrupt, and Discredited Government

alternet.org — "The election in Afghanistan has turned into a disaster for all who promoted it. Hamid Karzai has been declared re-elected as President of the country for the next five years though his allies inside and outside Afghanistan know that he owes his success to open fraud. .."

CIA Heaven.

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Kucinich: Why Finite Health Care Resources but Unlimited Money for War?

commondreams.org — "The inequities in our economy are piling up: trillions for war, trillions for Wall Street and tens of billions for the insurance companies. Banks and other corporations are sitting on piles of cash of taxpayer's money while firing workers, cutting pay and denying small businesses money to survive."

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Congress To Investigate CIA For Possible Violations Of National Sec. Act

commondreams.org — WASHINGTON - October 28 - Members of Congress have begun an investigation into allegations that the CIA intentionally violated the National Security Act of 1947 by misleading them about its intelligence activities and programs on several occasions, including the agency’s use of torture and the destruction of interrogation videotapes.

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Greenwald: WaPo thinks wars are more important than health care.

salon.com — Glenn Greenwald reveals the depraved "logic" behind the beltway media establishment in his latest entry. According to the Washington Post, it's perfectly acceptable to be trillions of dollars in debt to finance the crumbling empire's wars abroad, but wholly unacceptable to invest in genuine health care reform because it would create massive debt.

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U.S. may be invited to become part of Southeast Asia

tajikistannews.net — "Southeast Asian countries want to form a bloc similar to the United States. In fact the group wants to include the U.S. in the bloc.

The initiative has come from Japan which is urging leaders of Southeast Asian nations to establish an east asian community which would include the United States as a member..."

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Investigate and prosecute Bush officials and lawyers

globalresearch.ca — Does who you know influence the laws applied to you? Well in the US it seems it does. An influential group want to do something about it.

"...Seventeen human rights and civil rights organizations and 45 prominent lawyers and civic leaders have sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder..."

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Big Brother "Fusion Centers" Part of US Domestic Intelligence ...

globalresearch.ca — Just in case you missed it here is a brief on the removal of the distinction between military and non-military in the land of the free. It also has some notes on which agencies have now or will aquire access to any of your data they hold and see fit to release.

This is another drop onto the advancing American tide of fascism.

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Anatomy: Robbing Taxpayers

online.wsj.com — This is how its done, loading up the taxpayer with losses and creating a revenue stream for the banks for ever into the future, your government, the Fed.

Lewis Testifies U.S. Urged Silence on Deal

Bank of America Chief Says Bernanke, Paulson Barred Disclosure of Merrill Woes Because of Fears for Financial System

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