The article, MoveOn's shocking retreat from the battlefield, by P.M. Carpenter at OpEdNews.com

The article, Was the 'Credit Crunch' a Myth Used to Sell a Trillion-Dollar Scam?, by Joshua Holland, on AlterNet.com

The article, Report: Military may have to quell domestic violence from economic collapse, from RawStory.com

The article, 2008's Funniest Political Moments, by Daniel Kurtzman on OpEdNews.com

Information on Sounds of Silence - a US gov't psyops mind control program with speculative evidence that it was used on Saddam's Republican Guard in the '91 first Iraq war.

US Marines operating in San Bernadio CA, in violation of Posse Comitatus.

The article, Federal Reserve sets stage for Weimar-style hyperinflation on PrisonPlanet.com

The article Attacking Alzheimer's with Red Wine and Marijuana on Alert.Net

The article, Career Army Officer Sues Cheney, Rumsfeld For 9/11 Complicity on PrisonPlanet.com

The article, Why Credit Cards Matter So Much on SharonAstyk.com

New "non lethal" weaponry: the article entitled With Shot and Shell, Modular Crowd Control Munitions - We Must Bend to Empires Will, by Mike Ferner on OpEdNews.com

Mike Moore's letter re: the Auto Bailout ... Obama's Education choice ... searches ... local water quality and testing regs ... oil price speculation ... political spin spin spin ... and then there's the Hutchison Effect.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/8863/HEffect1.html Written by Mark A. Solis, February 16, 1999 Shreveport, Louisiana

See John Hutchison videos (evidence of how it's done):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OEMbZEacaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeKP-bj4xOQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1vOeKNN2UI

Also see "The Hutchison effect," John Hutchison, for evidence of how this technology works ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchison_effect#Hutchison_effect and finally; http://exopolitics.blogs.com/files/coop-haarpand9_11-leurenmoret_32.mp3

A conspiracy theorist with a positive solution: The Great Depression II: Are We Being Played? by Ken Adachi (Editor) http://educate-yourself.org/cn/pumpingcomingdepression03dec08.shtml

Fred Reed from his blog: What have the bastards done to my country, or Thoughts in an Insurrectionist Vein

Several articles coming from smirkingchimp.com:
The significance of nixon's treason by robert parry pub in illustrating that people in power protect their own, no matter which political party they are nominally affiliated with.
Proposed amendment to the constitution: The president shall not have the right to grant pardons nor clemency. By Michael Collins
A car dealer explains why the bailout is a raw deal by Dave Lindorff

The Spot Price of Gold is Phony by James West, titled War of Attrition, from MidasLetter.com

A former NASA spacecraft officer admits ET's are real. by Clark C. McClelland from Nexus magazine nov/dec 2008

Ex-Italian president: Provacateur riots then "beat the shit out of protestors" by Paul Joseph Watson writing in Prisonplanet.com

Do we have a plan B for our economic recovery [if plan A fails]? Its time to move on to Plan B by Mike Whitney writing in smirkingchimp.com

Fred Reed from his blog Fred on Everything: titled: Precedent O'bama, Wedding Bombs, and Other Good News, Maybe, If You Are Smoking Something Really Good.

Article include: FDA Scientists revolt against their bosses and Revenge of the Electric Car
And a few more articles critical of the proposed bailout of General Motors, with suggestions for how it should be structured.
Lavishing billions on old technology while true innovations are scorned by Pierre Tristan, And idiots and Bailouts by Dave Lindorff, both on smirkingchimp.com
US citizen diplomats arrive in Tehran [to show US leaders how diplomacy could/should be done] by Linda Milazzo in smirkingchimp.com
And an essay by Fred Reed from his blog fred on everything titled Asleep At The Wheel-The US Becomes What It Wasn't.

Commentaries include: Barak Obamas choices for advisors on economic polices reveal that there will be no fundamental changes in the house of cards American economy.
Calif Supreme Court rules that Prop. 215 caregivers must do more than simply supply medicine to qualify as official caregivers.
Observation of how easily we can be influenced by the slant of a printed article. I gave as example my reading of 2 articles in the Sac Bee on same day, each dealing with same subject [high school football team out of playoffs due to forfeiture], and how my reaction was affected by the writers slant.

Rand think tank suggests to Pentagon that to rescue US economy we need to start a war with a major power. By Paul Joseph Watrson and Yahan Dai, writing in prisonplanet.com
Revoke the Morman Church 501.c(3) tax emempt status for their blatent monetary support of Prop 8. by Mary Shaw, published by smirkingchimp.com
Air power-zooming and booming for the sheer hell of it. By Fred Reed on his blog fred on everything.
Warning about various ills associated with consuming food products containing genetically modified organisms. Link lost, but you can download a free Non-GMO Shopping Guide at www.HealthierEating.org
Colin Powell, Joe Biden, and others deliver bizarre warning about "coming crisis we dont even know about" and Powell even mentioned the date as being 21st or 22nd of Jan., [immediately after Obama's inauguration] by Steve Watson, infowars.net
Official: Iraq, China finalize oil service deal [originally made with Saddam Husssain] By Sameer N. Yacoub (Associated Press Writer) source misplaced

Commentaries include: reasons why I wont sign Repeal Prop. 8 petitions nor protest in the streets, but I do suggest a better means of establishing rights for all, as well as boycotting businesses and suing to eliminate tax exempt status for churches that funded Prop. 8.
Mention that National Geographic magazine in their Aug. issue seems to have made a political statement by featuring a very positive presentation of the antiquities and culture of the neocons next target Iran.
A tongue in cheek perspective on piracy off coast of Somalia as the latest sporting event. Could we call it taxation by a non governmental organization? Or since the poor seem to be pirating the vessels of the rich could this be Robin Hood reincarnated as a Somali pirate?
Finally, a chance to voice your opinions regarding changes to American health care by contacting the Senate committee now holding hearings on this issue at www.healthcareforamericanow.org/page/speakout/finance

The major portion of the show was again devoted to listener call-ins regarding the recent election.

Articles included: Why Karl Rove pulled the plug by Mark Crispin Miller
News of a 150 mpg SUV pulled from LA auto show

Commentaries included: lengthy questioning of whether Barak Obama will be a political savior or just the next photogenic lapdog of the elite.
Some humor from the Minnisota Senatorial race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken.
Questioning whether Sarah Palin will be the next GOP intellectual in the grand tradition of Dan Quayle and George W. Bush, with her latest pronouncement which qualifies her for consideration, if not honorable mention.
And my suggestion for a course of action for citizens unhappy with the defeat of proposition 8

Todays show was devoted to yesterdays election. It began with my commentary, and then i invited listeners to call in with their thoughts and feelings. The listeners responses were almost entirely devoted to prop 8 [the taking away the legality of same sex marriages] or the victory of barak obama and possible implications. I think it was a very entertaining show. Enjoy.

The elections, election fraud, the economic meltdown and the bogus bailout of the banksters seems the most important issue to cover.

Articles include:
An excellent analysis of the absurdity and fraudulance of the American Presidential selection process: Election Deja vu All Over Again by Michael McCoy in opednews.com
A newspaper in Belize offers a perspective on our economic bailout compared with the differing approach of Iceland. Iceland let its banks fail and protected its citizens. The us did the opposite. And why must we read of this not in our media but from Belize?
Steven Pizzo writing in smirkingchimp.com on the lies being spread about Barak Obama and a New York Times expose of Andy Martin, the man behind the lies
Bev Harris of black box voting warns of potential vote count tampering in Kentucky, Illinois and Colorado
An analysis of polling by David Swanson writing in smirkingchimp.com titled Lies, Damn Lies, and Polls
An 'Amero' For Your Thoughts by Robert Singer, predicting that the elites solution to the economic meltdown they have created will be the replacement of the US dollar by an new currency shared by the US, Mexico and Canada, to be called the 'Amero.'
And a precise analysis of Sarah Palin's performance in the VP psuedo-debate by a London Guardian writer, Michelle Goldberg, titled: Flirting Her Way to Victory.

Articles incl:
Plea by Ira Chernus in smirkingchimp.com for leftists to bit the bullet of voting for the lesser of two evils and avoid voting for third party candidates. Titled: Leftists for Obama
Can the GOP steal the election again? You betcha by Ernest Partridge in smirkingchimp.com

Fred Reed writes on the possibly very damaging long term effects on John McCain of his POW imprisonment. Its scary.

Julie Hirshfeld Davis writing on Lehman Bros having the chutzpah to give enormous bonuses to 3 executives at the very time they were filing for government aid.

San Francisco Chronical article on dangers of wearing cotton garments when hiking/camping in the high contry. The advice is to wear synthetics, wool, or silk.

Commentaries include:
Nevada county titty patrol now harassing mothers who have the gall to nurse in public.
All world stock markets are primarily gambling casinos for people with too much money and too little interest in investing in their own communities. And remember, when you gamble in a casino, the house never loses.
My take on the semi-great viceipresidential psuedo-debate.
More on the economic meltdown from the astrological site www.thecosmicpath.com at http://www.thecosmicpath.com/
And John McCain is NOT a war hero, or any sort of hero. He was a tragic victim of circumstances while he was performing a task he was trained and paid to do. He did nothing above and beyond the call of duty.

San Francisco Chronical article about Sarah Palin's reluctence to have press conferences
Let the Wall St. fraudsters fail or do we need a new financial system? A der Spiegal interview article about US econmic failure
Eliot Spitzer's political assination due to cause of financial breakdown and sub-prime failure, watch the video at http://brasschecktv.com/page/291.html
After the Revolt Against Wall Street by Robert Borosage at http://www.opednews.com/articles/After-the-Revolt-Against-W-by-Robert-Borosage-080930-776.html

The bulk of the commentaries and articles concern the economic meltdown and the elites proposed solutions, with specific emphasis on section 8 of the proposal which would give the government unprecedented power without congressional nor judicial oversight. Also on upcoming election Prop 8 banning gay marriage - why is this even an issue?

All articles from opednews.com
Treasurey Secretary Henry Paulsens solution a fraud: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Naomi-Klein-The-Bomb-Has-by-Rady-Ananda-080922-453.html
Demand that the bailout legislation be rejected. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Demand-that-the-bailout-le-by-the-web-080922-519.html
Thoughts on our civilization by Robert Wolff, who is a recluse on the big island of Hawaii. http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Modest-Proposal-by-robert-wolff-080922-748.html
http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-to-Thwart-Democracy-by-Pokey-Anderson-080922-991.html

Articles read include:

• Mike Adams on coming economic meltdown
• Email from woman in Alaska describing an anti-Palin rally that was not reported in the corporate media that drew more attendees than the pro-Palin rally that was reported; with reportage of hilarious signs.
• Will McCain and Palin lies hurt them? [or are we beyond caring that our candidates lie?] by Robert Parry writing in smirking chimp.com
• Cintra Wilson is pissed about Palin. writing in salon.com she rails against this anti-woman candidate.

Commentaries include:

• GOP admits election is not about issues,
• NPR commentator absurdly advises to invest in stock markett as low share prices could be bargains. Is she for real or a shill hired by Wall Street?
• Comparing 2 social drugs: Alcohol and Cannabis, with the observation that while used in correct doses, both can be medicine, alcohol users quickly lose their ability to self regulate, and usually end up over medicating.
• With pomp and circumstance befitting something important, which this is not, the US military once again replaces its top commander in Iraq.
• Thanks to the GOP for providing us with a continuing series of absurdly quotable figures. They gave us Dan Quayle, George W. Bush, and now a list of some of the more notable quotes from Sara Palin.
• Quote of the week from comedian jimmy 'citizen' Dore: "The answer to drug testing is for everyone to toke up once a week. They can't fire all of us."

Articles read include:

• A rather popular article comparing the differing corporate media treatments of Barack Obama and McCain/Palin
• The "Rovian" politics of chosing Sarah Palin by Paul Rogat Loeb
• Was an Independent Ossetia a US Election Ruse Gone Wrong? Wag the Dog in Georgia By Eric Walberg
• An article [source unknown], questioning the corporate media reportage of polls claiming the presidential election now neck and neck.
• Election observer arrested in Arizona by Steven Rosenfeld on alter.net

Commentaries include:

• The very questionable choice by McCain of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as VP.
• Diebold admits to flaws in their voting machines: finally. And what changes? Nothing.
• An alert on a new medical marijuana law on Gov. "Arnie's" desk

The annual Burning Man show ... a sharing of adventures and experiences.

A viritible plethora of articles too numerous to ennumerate ... 'special since we weren't able to squeeze one outa Chamba.

Commentaries include: Free Aids testing in Nevada county is no longer available... Attorney General Michael Mukasey, refuses to prosecute predecessors who have broken federal laws... Conflict with Russia in Georgia and corporate media not telling us about the oil pipeline going right thru Georgia; Georgia Fighting Raises Concerns Over Oil Pipeline, Prices By Barry Wood, VOA, Washington DC. Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran, by Michel Chossudovsky warns of eminent war with Iran.

Articles include: Several perspectives on the war in Georgia, including US Policy Shift On Iran-Iraq Again Shows Brzezinski Rules In Washington, by Webster G. Tarpley in rense.com on the possibility of the Georgia conflict leading to WW-3. A James M. McCanney, M.S. (Physics) web site post on oil pipeline and history. Why is no one calling the Anthrax suspect a terrorist? Allegations that Senator Barack Obama is ineligible to run because he was not born in the US. The French having problems with their nuclear power plants. Homeland security can search, copy and seize laptops at borders.

Articles include: CEO salaries weather mortgage crisis: CEO's of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae earned $30 million as their organizations tanked. by Justin Rood ABC News.

National Australia Bank damaged by US mortgage crisis. Strange events at Fort Diedrick - more mysterious deaths, by Richard Volaar, opednews.com. Alleged anthrax suspect allegedly commits suicide and blogs sceptical. Anthrax redux by William Helbig opednews.com. more questions about anthrax cover up and abc news complicity by glenn greenwald opednews.com. kansas weather modification program by Roxana Hegeman, Nando Times. What your government knows about cannabis and cancer, and isn't telling you by Paul Armentano huffingtonpost.com. humor of George Carlin.

Commentaries include: Myth of supply and demand: Why is the price of gas going down, as there is no change in supply and little significant change in demand? Corporate media bias: Why does the Catholic Pope get lots of press and no other leaders of the world's major religions ever get mentioned? Homeland Security declares that your lap top can be confiscated and its files copied as it's "just another container." Is chemtrail spraying preceding and perhaps causing our spate of "dry storm" lightening storms?