Bush’s ex-spokesman: Rove ‘living in his own world’
David Edwards and Sahil Kapur Raw Story Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Karl Rove has been accused by prominent journalists of distorting and rewriting history in his new memoir Courage and Consequence . Now, he’s being rebuked as a fabricator by one of his close former colleagues in the Bush White House. Former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan on Tuesday sharply rebuked Rove for absolving himself of personal complicity in the Valerie Plame scandal, alleging that the top Bush strategist privately confessed his role in the leak and apologized for it three times
Stephen and virginia pearcy and free speech
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Obama gives Patriot Act another year with no privacy protections
Andrew McLemore Raw Story Feb 28, 2010 If the Patriot Act hadn’t been approved for another year, Sunday would have looked much different.
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Obama gives Patriot Act another year with no privacy protections
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China insider sees revolution brewing
JOHN GARNAUT Sydney Morning Herald Feb 28, 2010 BEIJING: China’s top expert on social unrest has warned that hardline security policies are taking the country to the brink of ”revolutionary turmoil”.
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China insider sees revolution brewing
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Tsunami warning canceled in Hawaii
AFP Feb 28, 2010 Authorities on Saturday canceled a tsunami warning in Hawaii after a powerful earthquake in Chile triggered waves of nearly one meter in the Pacific island US state. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center called off the alert at 1:38 p.m
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Washington’s Blog Feb 28, 2010 Free market capitalism is based on the idea that “the invisible hand” of the market will create the best possible outcome for the most people. But as I noted a couple of weeks ago, the man who came up with idea of the invisible hand did not believe in unrestrained free market capitalism: Americans have traditionally believed that the “invisible hand of the market” means that capitalism will benefit us all without requiring any oversight. However, as the New York Times notes , the real Adam Smith did not believe in a magically benevolent market which operates for the benefit of all without any checks and balances: Smith railed against monopolies and the political influence that accompanies economic power … Smith worried about the encroachment of government on economic activity, but his concerns were directed at least as much toward parish councils, church wardens, big corporations , guilds and religious institutions as to the national government; these institutions were part and parcel of 18th-century government… Smith was sometimes tolerant of government intervention , ”especially when the object is to reduce poverty.” Smith passionately argued, ”When the regulation, therefore, is in support of the workman, it is always just and equitable; but it is sometimes otherwise when in favour of the masters.” He saw a tacit conspiracy on the part of employers ”always and everywhere” to keep wages as low as possible
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