Thank George W, Again | Weekly Top Ten

Week ending Friday May 27, 2011    Weekly Highlight: Thank George W, Again by Abby Zimet Just As We Suspected Dept: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has updated a widely cited chart to show that Bush-era tax cuts to the rich and two ill-advised wars - not the economic downturn - are primarily responsible for the massive debt now driving Republicans to cut health, education, social services and every other remotely useful program. As usual, the visuals speak louder than any numbers. Article here Our Weekly Most Read Views... Amy Goodman: Single-Payer in Vermont, A State of Healthy Firsts Noam Chomsky: Osama bin Laden’s Death: There is Much More to Say Rania Khalek: This Is What A Police State Looks Like Bill McKibben: A Link Between Climate Change and Joplin Tornadoes? Never! Chris Hedges: Why Liberal Sellouts Attack Prophets Like Cornel West Brian Moench: America Becoming an Idiocracy Bill Quigley: Over Two Thousand Six Hundred Activists Arrested in US Protests David Korten: 7 Ways to Stop Wall Street's Con Game Johann Hari: A Turning-Point We Miss at Our Peril Robert Parry: Taking the Side of the Billionaires Our Weekly Most Read Headlines... Tea Party Congressman Won't Give Up Government Health Care 'Because It's Free' US Extreme Weather Consistent with Climate Change Jewish Protester Disrupts Netanyahu During Congressional Address Dick Cheney: ‘I Worship the Ground That Paul Ryan Walks On’ Floodgates to open as Judge OKs Corporate Cash to Candidates US Embassy Cables: Obama May Have 'Prejudiced' Bradley Manning Trial French Group Calls for Spain-Style Street Protests Netanyahu Lectures Obama in Oval Office The Great Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died New Leak Feared at Stricken Japan Nuclear Plant Home About Us Donate Sign Up Archives Do you support Common Dreams? This week we will begin our fundraising drive. Please think about becoming a sustaining member of the Common Dreams community today with a monthly or quarterly recurring contribution at any level.  Be a part of sustaining this independent progressive journalism - publishing the deeper analysis and critical thinking to make sense of the breaking news of the day. You can sign up to become a sustaining member of Common Dreams here and receive a reduced number of fundraising messages. Thanks for your support! Video Highlights... FBI Targeting Political Activists as Terrorists Glenn Greenwald: Great American Patriots Rhetoric Hides Dirty Secrets on Blackwater; US War in Yemen The Collapse of Journalism and How to Fix It Bill McKibben: From Storms to Droughts, Devastating Extreme Weather Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change Founded in 1997, CommonDreams.org is an Internet-based progressive news and grassroots activism organization. We are nonprofit, independent and nonpartisan. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. © Copyright 1997-2011 You are subscribed to Common Dreams as F.Abdolian.blogi@blogger.com. Click here to manage your subscription.