INTERESTING WEEKEND IN THE NEWS

The Pseudo Stimulus
James S. Henry, The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090216/henry/print

Kucinich on Lou Dobbs Show about Citigroup Sponsorship of NY Mets Field – On CNN’s Lou Dobbs Show, Dennis Kucinich says Citygroup [a recipient of federal bailout funds] should drop its $400 million sponsorship deal of the NY Mets field.
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=156831770&blogID=468583778

Kucinich Reintroduces Dept of Peace Bill with 62 Co-Sponsors
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=110300

Barack Obama’s Not-So Non-Ideological Inaugural Address
Paul Street, Black Agenda Report
http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=999&Itemid=34

Obama Preserves Renditions as Counter-Terrorism Tool
Greg Miller, LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-rendition1-2009feb01,0,4661244.story

Pearl Jam Pumped up to Hit the Studio
Jonathan Cohen, Billboard
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/pearl-jam-pumped-up-to-hit-the-studio-1003939154.story

[Duchess Note: Many thanks to Linda (TX), Carol (NYC) and Andrea (NJ) in sharing many of the above articles. I am also so excited to learn that Pearl Jam is working on a new album and even more jazzed that Kucinich re-introduced HR808 into Congress. To learn more about the latter and attend the upcoming 5th Annual Peace Conference in DC, go to www.thepeacealliance.org ]