AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. . . . .

US Corporations, Private Mercenaries and the IMF Rush in to Profit from Haiti’s Crisis
Benjamin Dangl, Toward Freedom
In the midst of a colossal human disaster, Washingon is promoting unpopular economic policies and extending military and economic control over the Haitian people.
http://www.alternet.org/world/145279/us_corporations%2C_private_mercenaries_and_the_imf_rush_in_to_profit_from_haiti%27s_crisis/

How Bush/Cheney Policy Screwed Haiti
James Ridgeway, Mother Jones
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/01/us-policy-helped-keep-haiti-chaos

How Corporate Branding Took Over the White House
Naomi Klein, Fourth Estate
http://www.alternet.org/story/145218/naomi_klein%3A_how_corporate_branding_took_over_the_white_house

Avatar Half-Tells a Story We Would All Prefer to Forget
George Monbiot, Monbiot.com
The real story of what happened to Native Americans is a story NO one wants to hear, because of the challenge it presents to the way we choose to see ourselves.
http://www.alternet.org/story/145107/avatar_half-tells_a_story_we_would_all_prefer_to_forget

Robert Naiman: Blocking Doctors? Let the Aid to Haiti Go Through
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/20-11

Jane Hamsher: Dear President Obama: Time to Stop Letting Corporations Write the Health Care Bill
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/20-15

William Astore: A Very American Coup: Coming Soon to a Hometown Near You
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/20-13