In response to StonyPillow @ 12
Agree. “Comments are cheap facts are expensive”
As a FDL reader I feel it is important to point out or share a few pertinent items so the other could use it to deal with Bullys (Rush, Han, Biley, Savages and like).

In response to Shooter 242
You may like to get your facts straight. Most of the world’s organized relegions treat women as 2nd class citizen, not just #2? This is a propaganda which is spread at all levels. And their are all kind of buyer for this.
In Asian countries women became head of the States (Sri Lanka 1958, India 1960s, Pakistan 1980s, Bangladesh and list goes one) Do we have any female in the White house as head of the State. Still waiting.
Just some tit bit to educate you. In 1952 there was a Pakistani woman Ambassador to UN (Rana Liyaqat Ali Khan) who worked with Mrs. Roosevelt on women causes. There are more Women in India and Pakistan Genreral Assembley than US Senate/House.
Now who is treating women worst than anyone in the world?. Our “moderate Arab friends” Saudis, Kuwaitis, and others in the Middle East. What are you going to do about it sir!

Shooter242:
Crime???
how can rich commit crimes. Never ever. Just minor infringes! insider trading (Buff), antitrust (Sherman Act) violations (Billy), Sweat shops in China (Apple). Just Google and learn. Save other folks time, Please.

Funny. we can learn some independent judiciary from 3rd world countries like Pakistan where the prime minister appears in court.

Headlines in one of Israeli news paper on Rahm’s appointment. “Our man in White House”

Public opinion matters. Keeping people in the dark and depriving them information makes it easy for the rulers to manipulate the opinion. Remember 70% of the Americans at one point believed Sadam was responsible for 911.

Kevin
In your write ups if you could include contact information where people can send money for food etc to protestors. I put a note on FDL without much success. Eventually, found contact information in yesterdat’s Ralph Nader’s piece in Counterpunch.com. this is for NY http://occupywallst.org/

Can anyone list the phone or address of occupied wall street journal. I am in Texas and would like to get a print copy by writing to their office or calling them. Here, we can spread the word for donations

Klynn Ref 1.
would you post the line specs.link again. Thanks

It does not matter if Obama is blue dog or white or a black dog. He could not stand up for people who supported him (specially the younger ones). I think we are wasting our precious time in dissecting or bisecting him. Let us move on to identifying and working on more important issues.

We should make extra efforts to identify the progressives from the democrats (spineless). Don’t forget Feinstein, chuck Schumer, Joe Biden etc.. are “proud” democrats too, vs Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia Mckinney etc (progressive)

Oil or any kind of resources have been in our “national security” interest. How we achieve the goal is a different discussion. Different models have been applied throughout history.
If you read history of Saudi Arabia and other oil producing States in the Middle East, you will learn that these guys come from Bandits of deserts. They are loaded with inferiority complex (another discussion). Syria, Egypt, and other countries come into another category (nor servants, like Saudis or Kuwaitis etc). There is a good book “Two faces of Islam” by Paul Schwartz (a real good book)

Who invented this word “Caliphate”. Majority of the Muslims in Islamic world dont know the meaning or background of this concept. You are on the mark about Saudi’s. Please include Kuwaities, Jordanian, Qataris, in your list as servants of the Empire.

According to Pakistan Tribune, the attorneys of the victims families were held in confinement for four hours and were not allowed to see their clients during the papers signing.

Yesterday’s Pakistan Tribune reported the family members of the two victims were given green cards to migrate to US

Interesting reading in Nation Magazine “A Real Sharia Law Promoter for Peter King to Investigate” by Jeremy Scahill.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/159105/real-sharia-law-promoter-peter-king-investig ate