DECEMBER WAS A BUSY MONTH FOR “REAL” NEWS

Obama Officials Drop “Withdrawal” Ruse – US in Afghanistan to Stay
Tom Eley & Barry Grey, WSWS
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/pers-d08.shtml

Drone Man Lectures on Peace
Bruce Gagnon Blog
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=214695521&blogID=521736240

Accepting Peace Prize, Obama Makes Case for Unending War
David Walsh, WSWS
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/pers-d11.shtml

Peace Doesn’t Work, Obama Informs Nobel Committee
Jason Ditz, AntiWar.com
http://news.antiwar.com/2009/12/10/peace-doesnt-work-obama-informs-nobel-committee/

“The War in Afghanistan is a RACKET” – Kucinich on the Floor
http://www.docudharma.com/diary/17855/the-war-in-afghanistan-is-a-racket-kucinich-on-the-floor

Anti-War Protesters Gather Outside White House
www.wtop.com
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1838767

Bill Moyers: We have a Nobel Peace President Who Won’t Ban Land Mines
Bill Moyers & Michael Winship
The Nobel Committee said Obama won the prize for his respect of international law and his efforts at disarmament, yet he won't even sign on to end a barbaric weapon. To read more, go to…. http://www.alternet.org/politics/144525/bill_moyers%3A_we_have_a_nobel_peace_president_who_won%27t_ban_land_mines/

US House Passes Pro-Wall Street Banking Bill
Barry Grey, WSWS
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/regu-d14.shtml

The Democrats – Why They’re Worse
The Distant Ocean Website
http://www.distantocean.com/2009/12/why-theyre-worse.html

Are Blacks Abandoning Obama?
Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-15/has-obama-abandoned-blacks/

Howard Dean: "Kill the Senate Bill"
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/15-6

Grayson, Kucinich Lead Charge to Halt War Funding
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/15-8

'We Don't Want Violence, We Want to Get Our Voices Heard' Say Protesters
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/15-2

Pat LaMarche Holiday Hit: The Five Lies of Congress
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/17-3

George Monbiot Mr Obama, Here's Your Copenhagen Speech
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/17

[Duchess Note – More December “real news” coming down the turnpike, as well as “personal news”. Stay tuned…………………]