Bush Failures May Force McCain, Obama to Make Like FDR in 2009

"The next White House occupant will inherit the deepest housing recession in a generation, growing fears of bank failures, a sinking dollar, $4 gasoline and an economy bleeding jobs. He'll confront wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, mounting tensions with Iran and the U.S.'s flagging international reputation.

Historians say the economic and foreign policy crises in Bush's wake will present either Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain with the biggest challenges to a new president since Herbert Hoover left office during the Great Depression." LINK

Chavez Goes Weapons Shopping in Russia Amid Arms Race

"Past Venezuelan arms purchases from Russia have strengthened ties with Moscow as its rivalry with the U.S. intensifies over President George W. Bush's plans for an Eastern Europe missile defense system..." Link


Fill 'er up, America! You're funding (and arming) our enemies! This war, and $140 oil, is great for us!

At $140/barrel, Saudi Arabia and Iran can buy all of U.S.

How much oil it'd take to buy the US? At the recent price of $140 a barrel, it turns out to be a mere 400 billion barrels, or just about the combined reserves of Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Keep supporting the $3 trillion wars to keep us on oil, boys. You're making everyone but us rich. What a strategy!

Russia says will use military means if U.S. deploys shield

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Bush's Dollar Drop Maps Loss of U.S. Clout at Final G-8 Summit

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aH0_cYGS8Avc&refer=home

Guantanamo Bay interrogation techniques copied from Chinese who used them to get false confessions from Americans during Korean war

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2236257/Guantanamo-Bay-interrogations-based-on-faulty-Chinese-communist-methods.html

Handy List of McCain Flip Flops

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Coalition troop deaths in Afghanistan surpass Iraq

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Fox News Alters Photos of Journalists They Don't Like

http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020002