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susiemadrak.com - 1/21/2009
Greater Than The Great Depression?
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This piece from Tomdispatch.com ties in with a friend who called me after Obama was sworn in. “So no coup or anything,” I said. Yeah, she said. “What if it’s so bad they didn’t even want to steal the election?” I blurted out. “I was thinking the ...
mcclatchydc.com - 1/27/2009
Congressional Budget Office compares downturn to Great Depression
— mcclatchydc.com — The nation's current recession is likely to be the longest since World War II, and by some... measures could be the worst since the Great Depression, a new Congressional Budget Office forecast said Tuesday. (more) Congressional Budget Office compares downturn to Great ...

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Tomgram: Greater Than the Great Depression?
tomdispatch.com - 1/20/2009
Tomgram: Greater Than the Great Depression?
— tomdispatch.com — The Day the Earth Still Stood What Will Obama Inherit? By Tom Engelhardt Inauguration day! Gazillions of... Americans descended on Washington. The rest of us were watching on TV or checking out streaming video on our computers. No one was paying ... (more) Tomgram: Greater Than the Great Depression?

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Hey Kids, it’s a Depression
westernfrontamerica.com - 1/28/2009
Hey Kids, it’s a Depression
— westernfrontamerica.com — A depression is defined as an economic condition caused by a massive decrease in business activity, falling... prices, reduced purchasing power, excess of supply over demand, and rising unemployment. (more) Hey Kids, it’s a Depression
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The Sideshow — ... reason there's no link to the Bush quote is that Tom's link goes to the White House site, which gave me a 404 messages saying, "The page you requested wasn't found at this location. The Obama Administration has created a brand new White House website, and it's possible that the page you were looking for has been moved." So the net-savvy Obama administration has just killed all of our existing links to the official history of the Bush administration. Dammit!) Via Suburban Guerrilla, where there are also gloomy thoughts. But shorter.

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