MANY EXCITING HAPPENINGS REGARDING U.S. DEPT OF PEACE CAMPAIGN

West Linn, Oregon City Council Passes Resolution – Students Ask City to Support Peace
Kara Hansen, The West Linn Tidings
http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/631/46/

The Peace Alliance on CNN Headline News with Wendy Greene
http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/625/46/

More U.S. Dept of Peace Campaign Video’s
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/696/content.jsp?content_KEY=3929

Join “The Peace Alliance” for the 5th annual Department of Peace Campaign 2009 National Conference ... Peace Within Reach - People and Politics Partnering for our Common Security
March 20-23, 2009 at Hyatt Crystal City in Arlington, VA … check out more info at http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=671616

LATEST IN THE PROGRESSIVE NEWS

The Obama Letdown - Ilusory "Mandate for Change"
Michael Hudson, Global Research
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11170

Barack Obama's Kettle of Hawks
Jeremy Scahill, The Guardian UK
http://www.truthout.org/120208J
"Barack Obama has assembled a team of rivals to implement his foreign policy. But while pundits and journalists speculate endlessly on the potential for drama with Hillary Clinton at the state department and Bill Clinton's network of shady funders, the real rivalry that will play out goes virtually unmentioned. The main battles will not be between Obama's staff, but rather against those who actually want a change in US foreign policy, not just a staff change in the war room."

Dow Plunges 680 Points as Recession Is Declared
Michael Grynbaum, NYTimes
http://www.truthout.org/120208K
"The evidence of a recession has been widespread for months: slower production, stagnant wages and hundreds of thousands of lost jobs. But the nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research, charged with making the call for the history books, waited until now to make it official - and the announcement came on a day when the American stock market fell nearly 9 percent in a single session."

[Duchess Note: For many of us who are poor or middle class, the recession has been here longer than a few months, more like a year or so. Yes, the Bush/Cheney Regime have contributed strongly to our woes, but the blame also belongs to their cronies in the corporate elite, ultra rich and even from the Clinton Regime. I'm sure some will disagree with me on this observation, and thats okay. Let's "agree to disagree".]

Remaining Silent About Obama
Gilles d’Aymery, Swans Commentary
http://www.swans.com/library/art14/ga261.html

Ten Greens I’m Thankful For
Ronald Hardy, Green Party Watch
http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2008/11/27/ten-greens-im-thankful-for/

"Disappointment?" - Poem Commentary by RST2536 on Common Dreams website
Who thought Obama’s advertising
Of ending Bush and Cheney’s reign
Was spot on are now realizing
They might have voted John McCain.
For when Obama was elected
The cabinet that he confected
Was mostly made of neocons
And Democratic woebegones.
Who dreamed Obama walked on water
The liberals in blushing pink
Began to feel their dream boat sink;
That he might even prove a rotter
By choosing those to rule the roost
Whom Washington has mass produced.

[Duchess Note: Many thanks to Linda in Texas for some of the above articles.]