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Robert Scheer

Endgame for Gramm?

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Ubs, Phil Gramm, Wendy Gramm, Treasury, Enron, Justice Department, Tax Evasion, John McCain, Business News
Robert Scheer

The "nation of whiners" comment during the campaign was a sideshow compared with the serious charges now swirling around UBS, charges that may finally prove to be Phil Gramm's undoing.

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Living Large and in Charge

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Merrill Lynch, Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Truthdig, Lawrence Summers, Lehman Brothers, Aig, Harvard, Wall Street, Business News
Robert Scheer

No one has been more persistently effective in paving the way for the financial swindles that enriched the titans of finance while impoverishing the rest of the world than Lawrence Summers.

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Socialism Without a Soul

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Aig, Socialism, Bailout, Newt Gingrich, Wall Street, George W. Bush, Military-Industrial Complex, Business News
Robert Scheer

The great fear of the GOP seems to be that some of the stimulus program might actually prove helpful to struggling Americans.

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Billions Dished Out in the Shadows

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Aig, Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Bailout, Stimulus Package, Bernanke, Business News
Robert Scheer

More money will be thrown down the AIG rat hole because President Obama is blindly following the misguided advice of his top economic advisers, who insist that AIG is too big to fail.

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Getting Warmer

Robert Scheer | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Cold War, Defense Budget, Truthdig, Barak Obama, Terrorism, Military Spending, Lobbyist, 100 Days, Obama Speech, Obama Administration, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Scheer

While Obama promised an end to the Iraq disaster, he once again left open the door to the United States being trapped in an even more treacherous quagmire in Afghanistan.

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Good Money After Bad

Robert Scheer | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Republican, Obama, Bailout, Stimulus, Economy, Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Congress, Republicans Stimulus, Obama Stimulus, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Congressional Budget Office, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Gop Stimulus, Economic Stimulus, Politics News
Robert Scheer

The only valid criticism to be made of the stimulus bill that Obama signed Tuesday with deserved pride of authorship is that it is too small for the enormous problem at hand.

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KCRW'S Left Right & Center 1.31.09

Huff Radio | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tony Blankley, Al Arabiya, Wall Street, Socialism, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Robert Scheer, Matt Miller, Politics News
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Slipping into Socialism or Sliding into Protectionism?

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Economic Policy Could Scuttle Obama's Good Start

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Timothy Geithner, Bush, Bailout, Barack Obama, Economy, Lawrence Summers, Wall Street, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Why, in the management of the economy, do we hear so little from the Chicago community organizer and so much from the Harvard law school elite, preoccupied with the well-being of the denizens of Wall Street?

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Time to Get to Work

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Geithner, Taliban, Bailout, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, President, Inauguration, Obama Election Day, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Obamaniacs should take to their crackberries to demand that something be done for homeowners before the last dollar of TARP evaporates.

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Why Do So Few Speak Up for Gaza?

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Einstein, Robert Scheer, Hannah Arendt, Menachem Begin, Gaza, Truthdig, Binyamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Ground Invasion, Palestinian Territories, Fatah, Hamas, Ehud Barak, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Robert Scheer

Why is it that there is such widespread acceptance, beginning with the apologetic arguments of George Bush, that whatever Israel does is always justified as necessary to the survival of the Jewish state?

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Gaza Clouds Obama's Prospects

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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Robert Scheer

Clearly, Hamas and its hard-line supporters in the region reject the goal of an Israel at peace with its neighbors and secure within its boundaries.

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Cheney's Legacy of Deception

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Robert Scheer, Interrogation, Iraq War, Terrorism, Dick Cheney, Guantanamo, Enron, Pornography of Power, Global War on Terror, Torture, Politics News
Robert Scheer

In the end, the shame of Vice President Dick Cheney was total: unmitigated by any notion of a graceful departure, let alone the slightest obligation of honest accounting.

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President Bush and the Flying Shoes: A Cautionary Tale

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

That an Iraqi journalist, whose family had been victimized by Saddam Hussein, came to so loathe the American president should serve as the final grade on the Bush administration.

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Republicans Bring Socialism to America

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Great Depression, Bailout, Bush, Reagan Revolution, Paulson, Pornography of Power, Fdr, Socialism, Economy, Detroit, Financial Crisis, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Let the record show that it was George W. Bush, the rich Texas Republican, who brought socialism to America, so don't blame it on that community organizer who made it into the White House.

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KCRW'S Left Right and Center 12.5.08

Huff Radio | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Robert Scheer, Matt Miller, Auto Bailout, Tony Blankley, KCRW Left Right & Center, Arianna Huffington, Politics News
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530,000 jobs lost - in November alone - as the Auto company execs change their tin ears and corporate jets to tin cups and a hybrid car ride to DC... is it policy making or a morality play?

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Will Obama Stay the Course?

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Gates, Afghanistan, National Security, Bill Clinton, Pornography of Power, Robert Scheer, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Barack Obama, Obama Cabinet, War on Terror, Terrorism, Obama's Economic Team, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Robert Scheer

If there is a grand arc to Obama's appointments strategy, it seems aimed at providing the appearance of continuity on the part of a leader who still promises to be very different.

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Obama Chooses Wall Street Over Main Street

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Bailout, Barack Obama, Clinton, Tim Geithner, Economy, Lawrence Summers, Aig, Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Citigroup, Obama Cabinet, Financial Crisis, Obama Economic Team, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Maybe Ralph Nader was right: the same Wall Street hustlers will have a lock on our government no matter which major party wins the election. How else is one to respond to Obama's economic picks?

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KCRW's Left Right and Center 11.21.2008

Huff Radio | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media

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Huff Radio

As the economy tanks, the panelists agree with Paul Krugman's observation in today's New York Times that we don't have two months to wait. They talk Hillary Clinton and Janet Napolitano.

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Change We Can Bank On

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Phil Gramm, Henry Paulson, Mortgage, Fdic, Barack Obama, Economy, Lawrence Summers, Foreclosure, Timothy Geithner, Pornography of Power, Robert Rubin, Sheila Bair, Barney Frank, Treasury Secretary, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Alan Greenspan, Politics News
Robert Scheer

This is not change we can believe in -- not if Robert Rubin or his protégé, Lawrence Summers, get to call the shots on the economy in Obama's incoming administration.

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Cold War Hawks Nesting with Obama

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Russia, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Georgia, Pornography of Power, Cold War, Mikheil Saakashvili, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Improved relations with Russia are critical, but it is disquieting that some of Obama's closest advisers have a history of needlessly provoking tension with the Russians during the Cold War days.

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KCRW Presents Left, Right and Center Onstage for Post-Election On-Air Live Broadcast

Huff Radio | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

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Huff Radio

On Sunday, Nov. 9th from 6 to 7 pm (PST), Left, Right & Center... takes to the stage before a live audience for a special one-hour broadcast.

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KCRW's Left, Right & Center: Socialism, Marxism, Capitalism: Who'll Save the Economy?

Huff Radio | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Matt Miller, Tony Blankley, Arianna Huffington KCRW, KCRW Left Right & Center, Left RIght & Center, Economy, Politics News
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Will there be a new New Deal, a massive rebuilding of jobs and infrastructure? Under Obama, will we see extensive government regulation that could stifle a recovery? We'll know on Tuesday.

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The Battle for Obama's Economic Soul

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Phil Gramm, Warren Buffett, Bailout, Barack Obama, Clinton, Truthdig, Sarah Palin, Deregulation, Socialist, Pornography of Power, Robert Rubin, Alan Greenspan, Socialists, Politics News
Robert Scheer

The battle for Barack Obama's economic soul is on in earnest, and it has nothing to do with the "European socialism" that John McCain attempted to use as an epithet against him.

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The Hoover-Palin Ticket

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Herbert Hoover, Phil Gramm, Campaign '08, Bailout, Barack Obama, Truthdig, Sarah Palin, Pornography of Power, Fdr, Wall Street, Roosevelt, John McCain, Politics News
Robert Scheer

The hero of the hour is FDR, as the essential wisdom of his New Deal is now embraced by most Republicans as well as Democrats.

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Boston Tea Party, 2008

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Phil Gramm, Goldman Sachs, Economy, Homeowner, Robert Rubin, Banking Industry, Republican Party, Lou Dobbs, Henry Paulson, Mortgage, Barack Obama, Bailout, Boston Tea Party, Bill Clinton, Jon Stewart, Deregulation, Pornography of Power, Newt Gingrich, Wall Street, Citigroup, Politics News
Robert Scheer

How dare you throw that tea into Boston Harbor! Such is the anti-democratic arrogance of telling us if we don't instantly give Wall Street $700 billion, then we are destroying America.

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