Aloof?

Chained ghosts
Aug 7th 2008
From The Economist print edition
Americans in the Gulag

Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

Georgia's importance as an energy
transit state
- Fri Aug 8, 2008 11:21am

US army exercises begin in Georgia UPDATED ON:
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
20:21 Mecca time, 17:21 GMT

Did the U.S. Prep Georgia for War with Russia?
By Nathan Hodge August 08, 2008 12:52:00 PM
Categories: Crazy Ivans

Now onto the Olympics. And the question of repression. We believe that we are above it. Is that possible?

MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
(in billions s of dollars)

Planet of Slums by Mike Davis

With a highly globalised world economy struggling with a current population of 6.7 billion, how long can we fool ourselves that we are aloof?

Corporate America Prepares for Battle Against Worker Campaign to Roll Back Assault on the Middle Class
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted August 8, 2008.
Big business has prepared a war chest of at least $150 million to stop progressive economic legislation that would seriously tax the rich.