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The debate on freedom of speech once again sparks debate in and on education. Once more the word freedom is tossed wantonly around as controversial figures take to the podium at Oxford or wherever to voice their perspectives. It is the controversial individuals that attract the most attention and discussion; those whose opinions or reasonings will invariably incite the most opposition or have potential to cause the most harm to more people.
We talk much less about the speeches of those in (…)

US propaganda under suspicion of war neurosis! Video of alleged iranian provocation at Strait of Hormuz... uhhhh so provocative, the distance of the speed boat to the US destroyer is so far, you might not even see them... definitely not hear them saying "I am coming to you... You will explode in a few minutes"... smile
http://worldcontent.twoday.net/stories/4600131/
And below the iranian point of view with video (Click on the camera icon to view the video) : (…)

Japanese Stocks Tumble on Goldman U.S., Domestic Recession Call
By Patrick Rial and Satoshi Kawano
Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) — Japanese stocks fell after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the domestic economy and that of the U.S., the world’s two largest, may be headed for recession, sparking concern company earnings will falter.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. led banks lower after the Wall Street Journal said Citigroup Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. are seeking additional capital (…)

UN fears world recession
January 10, 2008 07:40am
THE United Nations has warned of "clear and present dangers" that the United States will take the world economy to a near standstill this year.
As some of world finance’s leading analysts predict a US recession this year, the world body says America’s problems with housing credit and a weakening currency threaten to drag the world into an economic morass.
In an annual report, the world body forecast global economic growth at 3.4 per (…)

Philip Agee was born in 1936. He joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1957 and worked as a case officer in several Latin American countries.
Agee later claimed: "My eyes began to open little by little down there as I began to realize more and more that all of the things that I, and my colleagues were doing in the CIA had one goal that was that we were supporting the traditional power structures in Latin America. These power structures had been in place for centuries. Where in a (…)

The $100 Barrel of Oil vs. the Global War on Terror
The Bush Legacy (Take Two) [snip]
"A global assault on terrorism. How quickly the President’s Global War on Terror was on the scene. And no nation was to be immune. On September 14th, the news was leaked that "a senior State Department official" had met with "15 Arab representatives" and delivered a stiff "with us or against us" message: Join "an international coalition against terrorism" or pay the price. There would be no safe havens. (…)

GlobalResearch
Review of F. William Engdahl’s "Seeds of Destruction"
by Stephen Lendman
Part II
William Engdahl’s book is a diabolical account of how four Anglo-American agribusiness giants plan world domination by patenting life forms to gain worldwide control of our food supply and our lives. This review is in three in-depth parts. Part I was published and is available on this web site. Part II follows below.
Washington Launches the GMO Revolution
The roots of the story go back (…)

Take a good look at the chart because you’re sure to see similar examples in the near future.
It is a classic example of sad, clueless, old Republican money attempting to rescue the stock market from a certain death. These are largely the same people who stole the presidency in 200 and 2004 and just last night stole the New Hampshire primary for Hillary Clinton (yes, the Clintons are nothing but brutal, slow, decadent Republicans wearing Democrat’s clothes, and Hillary is far easier to (…)

Major Corporations are in major discussions to collaborate against American Public to end freedom of public to access internet as they wish. See New York Times article below. Their goal is to slowly chisle away on Internet freedoms in the name of anti-piracy.
– http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/...

January 9, 2008
PARDON MY LAUGHTER AND CYNICISM: MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, AMERICA’S GREAT POLITICAL CIRCUS
“Americans are the only people I know who believe their own propaganda.” Deborah Eisenberg, American writer
I think relatively few observers appreciate the severe limits of America’s 18th-century Constitution, the document shaping offices which so many now scramble to fill. Change does not come easily, no matter how eloquent the speeches, how (…)