News and Links to New Things
Thomas Friedman is spot on in his editorial on money flows to OPEC nations.
US Military is the single-largest oil purchaser and consumer in the world.
The FBI found that Blackwater Shootings were “unjustified.”
New York Governo, Eliot Spitzer, drops his controversial illegal immigrant license plan.
Another opposition leader is placed under arrest in Pakistan
Banks borrow from Discount Window
BofA takes $2B stake in Countrywide - Commentary
GreenPoint Mortgage closed by Capital One
Gen. Casey’s Ideas Back En Vogue - aka: lower troop levels, train Iraqi’s to fight
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Let’s start of the news with that the News Media is doing this week. Christiane Amanpour of CNN is hosting a series of shows this week entitled God’s Warriors, Jewish Warriors (Tuesday Night 9PM ET), Muslim Warriors (Wednesday night 9PM ET), and Christian Warriors (Thursday night 9PM ET). You can also see a very interesting panel made up of some of the most prominent leaders from each group profiled in the United States on Larry Kind Live today. I say from each group, I should say who is a follower of each religion. CNN has launched a God’s Warriors website with behind the scenes and exclusive footage not shown in the televised shows. All of the panelists on Larry King agreed that much of the war and trouble today has come from religion permeating politics and political decisions. Whatever you may believe, from what I have seen, these shows are something you won’t want to miss.
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