Nuclear War?

F. William Engdahl: "What Washington is playing with here is nuclear war by miscalculation thinking that theycan outflank the Russians psychologically and militarily. I think this was a clear signal from the Russian government that they have drawn a line in the sand in Georgia that they're not going to allow this kind of military adventurism from Georgia to take these areas back - South Ossitia and Akazia, both of which fought a war to be independent of Georgia in the early 90s.

"This region, including Georgia, has been essentially a part of the Russian empire for 200 years. But Georgia is independent and has been since the early 90s. Russia's not demanding that Georgia become a part of greater Russia, but what it's demanding is that Georgia stay neutral visa-vis NATO..."

Georgia, too?

"Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev, that Russian forces had stopped their military progression in Georgia. This follows a five day battle ignited by Georgia's military offensive to regain control over it's separatist province of South Ossitia which has close ties to Russia. But according to F. William Engdahl what lies behind this territorial dispute is not as straightforward as it seems.

"This is probably the most unstable area on the planet right now because the United States, the Bush Administration has been urgently trying to get Georgia, the Republic of Georgia, into NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). They're trying again at the December NATO meeting, along with Ukraine. And Russia has made it abundantly clear that that would be a 'national security threat' to the sovereignty of Russia of the first degree, and the trigger for God knows what...

Nancy & George

"...If the stakes were not so incredibly serious, it would be laughable for Pelosi to claim to not have any evidence to Bush crime, especially after Dennis Kucinich spent nearly 5 hours in June reading 35 fully documented Articles of Impeachment into the record on the floor of The House of Representatives that Nancy Pelosi controls as Speaker..."

Lee Scott, CEO-Wal-Mart

"The Wall Street Journal earlier this month reported that managers are being asked at staff meeting to encourage their associates and lower level employees to vote for the Republican party, claiming that a victory for the Democrats will put the company in financial jeopardy due to the mandatory labor laws that will be enforced by the Democratic victor.

"Wal-Mart claims that high union dues will force the company to cut back on new staff hires and overall wikk make the current employees suffer greater financial ailments..., and increased costs for the consumer. The centerpiece of political discussions between Wal-Mart manages and their employees is The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)..."