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Universal Healthcare? We Keep the Candy, but You Can Have the Wrapper. No, Wait, Give Us The Wrapper Too.
Bruce Dixon, BlackAgendaReport
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/universal-health-care-we-keep-candy-you-can-have-wrapper-no-wait-give-us-wrapper-too

Jesus Hated War – Why Do Christians Love it So Much?
Gary Kohls, Consortium News
http://www.alternet.org/story/144818/jesus_hated_war_--_why_do_christians_love_it_so_much
In his memoir, It Doesn’t Take A Hero, Schwartzkopf claimed that he kept a Bible at his bedside throughout the war. I cringed knowing that, according to the biblical Jesus, God is never on the side of the victors. The God of love that Jesus revealed was on the side of the victims, the oppressed, the starving, the sick, the naked, the meek who were victimized by unjust power.

The Global War on Stealth Underwear
Robert Scheer, TruthDig
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_global_war_on_stealth_underwear_20091230/

Welcome to Orwell’s World 2010
John Pilger’s ZSpace Page
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_global_war_on_stealth_underwear_20091230/

Robert Freeman The Real Top Ten Stories of the Past Decade
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/01-0

Marwan Bishara Neither Wars Nor Drones
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/01-2

John Nichols Good Riddance to Decade That Began With Theft of the Presidency
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/31-0

Sarah van Gelder Nine Ways Our World Changed During the '00s
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/31-3

The Fast Food Industries 7 Most Heinous Concoctions
Brad Reed, AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/142237/the_fast_food_industry%27s_7_most_heinous_concoctions_

Senates Proposed Healthcare Tax Isn’t Aimed at the Rich, It’s Aimed at YOU
Bob Herbert, NYTimes
http://www.alternet.org/story/144909/senate%27s_proposed_health_care_tax_isn%27t_aimed_at_the_rich%2C_it%27s_aimed_at_you

Chris Hedges The Pictures of War You Aren't Supposed to See
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/04-1

Michael Pollan Food Rules: A Completely Different Way To Fix The Health Care Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/04-9

Jen Dalton Means and Ways to Build a Sustainable Food System
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/04-7

Why Are We so Blind to the True Horrors of War?
Chris Hedges, TruthDig
http://www.alternet.org/world/144929/why_are_we_so_blind_to_the_true_horrors_of_war/

Calling Greedy Wall Street Bankers Fat Cats is an Insult to Cats
Sarah Anderson, MinuteMen Media
http://www.alternet.org/story/144935/calling_greedy_wall_street_bankers_fat_cats_is_an_insult_to_cats

Geithner and the AIG Emails: Scandal is Only Tip of the Iceberg
Eliot Spitzer, William Black and Frank Partnoy, New Deal 2.0
http://www.alternet.org/story/145020/geithner_and_the_aig_emails%3A_scandal_is_only_tip_of_the_iceberg

Why Does the World’s Most Popular TV Show Feature a Misanthrope Who Gets Away with Everything?
Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/media/145013/why_does_the_world%27s_most_popular_tv_show_feature_a_misanthrope_who_gets_away_with_everything/