 |
REAL TIME SPOT PRICES
Bitcoin Average: $80209.98
Gold: $4706.2 Change: $(8.20)
Silver: $86.49 Change: $0.05
|
|
|
ARCHIVED NEWSLETTER |
|
Sign up
to receive the Freedom's Phoenix Headlines by Email. |
|
HELP FUND FREEDOM'S PHOENIX!
Make a one-time or periodic contribution.
Use your credit card or PayPal account. |
|
Join us on our
Social Networks |
Share this page with your friends
on your favorite social network:
|
 |
|
|
|
Date Sent: 2008-03-25
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, March 26, 2008 (late issue) |
'Surge' falling apart -- Saudis Prepare for "Sudden Nuclear Fallout" After Cheney Visit
Consumer Confidence: Falls to the lowest level since 1973 -- How Bear Stearns default threatens the entire world financial system -- More State Intervention is Always Needed in a Crisis -- Major Tomato Grower Ends Crop Due to No Laborers -- Dr. Ron Paul on CNBC's Kudlow -- U.S. mistakenly ships nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan -- Ron Paul Interview on Coast To Coast AM (MP3) -- Telecom lobbyists tied to McCain -- Clinton 'misspoke' about '96 Bosnia trip -- California median home price drops 26.2% in one year -- Thomas Jefferson Quotes -- Steer clear of Iran's central bank, says US -- Japan wants US to use public funds in mortgage crisis -- Tibet govt-in-exile says about 130 confirmed dead in unrest -- China jails man who urged rights over Olympics -- Beijing torch lit as police scotch protest -- Court Allows Inmates to Get Abortions -- A Sweeter Bear Bid May Sour the Fed -- Justice Dept Approves XM-Sirius Deal -- Clinton: Protect reputable home lenders -- On Five Years in Iraq - by Ron Paul -- Sami Al-Arian's Long Ordeal -- America's "secret" police
Phoenix vigil for the 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq gather today (see below); Space Shuttle landing Weds. 7:05 p.m. EDT; Arizona Breakfast Club: Alan Korwin, April 5th; Robert Levy, Senior Fellow Constitutional Studies Cato Institute in Phoenix, April 16th; Former New Republic reporter Spencer Ackerman on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Consumer Confidence: Falls to the lowest level since 1973
3-25-08
•
Bloomberg.com
The Conference Board's gauge of expectations for the next six months slumped to 47.9, the lowest since December 1973, when the Watergate scandal rocked the Nixon administration and an embargo by a group of Arab oil exporters was in effect...
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Sarasota, Florida: Condo prices plunge 41 percent
3-24-08
•
Bradenton.com/business
Short sales may be a large reason behind the continued drop in prices. Owens' TeamWork team has 54 listings and 40 percent of those are short sales.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dominos: How Bear Stearns default threatens the entire world financial system
3-25-08
•
Rawstory.com
If the value of those homes drops -- as it now has -- and too many of the buyers walk away, the whole structure can collapse.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
San Diego Real Estate: Five Years of Home Appreciation Gone
3-25-08
•
CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
Looking at this graph, I'd guess prices have fallen somewhat less than half way (in real terms) to the eventual bottom.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
More State Intervention is Always Needed in a Crisis
3-25-2008
•
Mises.org / J. Henderson
In a CNBC interview, Cato Institute chairman Bill Niskanen stated that more regulation may well be necessary to prevent the investment banks from unfairly gaming the system.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Brock Lorber
|
News Link • Constitution
Phil Donahue: Shut Up and Sing!
3-25-08
•
YouTube
In this video Phil Donahue discribes what happens when you question this administration.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
|
News Link • Eugenics
Top 10 Most Controversial Campaign Ads
03-25-2008
•
AOL
Welcome to the dark side, friends, where truth and illusion blend seamlessly in a battle for a power so vast that it seems you can get away with saying (or better yet, implying) anything.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
|
News Link • WAR: About that War
Is 'success' of U.S. surge in Iraq about to unravel?
3-25-2008
•
McClatchy News
A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing demands of the central government.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Immigration
Major Northeast Tomato Grower Ends Crop
3-25-2008
•
Raw Story / AP
Saying the nation's immigration system is broken, Pennsylvania's largest grower of fresh-to-market tomatoes announced Monday he will no longer produce the crop because he can't find enough workers to harvest it.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Brock Lorber
|
News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq's Sadr threatens civil revolt after deadly clashes
3-25-2008
•
AFP
Iraq's radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened a countrywide campaign of civil revolt as security forces battled his militiamen in the southern city of Basra. Fighting raged from early morning in areas of Basra controlled by Sadr's
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
![Dr. Ron Paul on CNBC's Kudlow -- Abolish the Fed and Go Back to the Gold Standard? [video]](https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/Pix/001/03/001-0325092632.jpg)
News Link • Federal Reserve
Dr. Ron Paul on CNBC's Kudlow -- Abolish the Fed and Go Back to the Gold Standard? [video]
03-25-2008
•
news.goldseek.com
Ron Paul on CNBC's Kudlow & Company 3-20-08 7pm est discusses why we should abolish the Federal Reserve
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
|
News Link • Military
U.S. mistakenly ships nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan
3-25-2008
•
Reuters
The US military mistakenly shipped 4 fuses for nuclear missiles to Taiwan in 2006, the Pentagon said, adding that the parts have been returned. The military was supposed to ship helicopter batteries but instead sent fuses used as the trigger mechanis
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
Opinion • Environment
CONNECTING THE DOTS
10 Million Tons Floating: The Plastic Ocean
3-25-2008
Frosty Wooldridge
Humans toss 2.5 million plastic items into our oceans hourly. A three million ton swirling garbage patch floats off our west coast. The results manifest in billions of deaths of our sea creatures, birds and other marine life. It's sickening, sa
•
•
|
News Link • Iran
Worried Yet? Saudis Prepare for "Sudden Nuclear Fallout" After Cheney Visit
3-24-08
•
Chris-Floyd.com & Wiredispatch.com
On Saturday, it was revealed that the Saudi Shura Council -- is preparing "national plans to deal with any sudden nuclear and radioactive hazards that may affect the kingdom after attacks on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactors,"
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
|
News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
The FBI Deputizes Business - InfraGard!
03-01-2008
•
Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive Magazine
Today, through InfraGard, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security watching and snitching on the American Public.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Leon Felkins
|
News Link • WAR: About that War
The Bungled War
by Charley Reese
3-24-2008
•
LewRockwell
We have passed the five-year anniversary of George W. Bush's bungled war in Iraq. What has it gained the American people? I'm afraid the answer is nothing. Let's look at the accomplishments.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • WAR: About that War
What's Another Five Years Among Friends?
3-24-2008
•
HuffPo
Last week marked the 5th anniversary of the Untied States' invasion and occupation of the sovereign nation of Iraq.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Eugenics
Democratic Nominee Will Have Edge in Fall Even If Economy Turns
3-24-2008
•
Bloomberg
John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee said the economy issue "is not something I've understood as well as I should." "If I'm the Democratic National Committee, I'm taking that sound bite and using it over and over
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Eugenics
Telecom lobbyists tied to McCain
3-24-2008
•
USA Today
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has condemned the influence of "special interest lobbyists," yet dozens of lobbyists have political and financial ties to his presidential campaign â€" particularly from telecommunications compani
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Eugenics
Clinton 'misspoke' about '96 Bosnia trip
3-24-2008
•
AP
Hillary: "I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." [. . . or not.]
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
California median home price drops 26.2 percent in one year
3-24-08
•
California Association of Realtors.org
Home sales decreased 28.5 percent in February in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home fell 26.2 percent, the (C.A.R.) reported today.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
|
News Link • Economy - International
Steer clear of Iran's central bank, says US
03-24-2008
•
Financial Times
Washington has called on international financial institutions to steer clear of doing business wiht Iran's central bank, in the US's most wide-ranging attempt yet to isolate Tehran financially. (Wonder what would be said if China said the sa
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Jean Carbonneau
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Japan wants US to use public funds in mortgage crisis
3-24-2008
•
AFP
[because it worked so well for them -- well, just not for their citizens] The United States should use public funds to shore up its financial system and calm recent market turmoil, Japan's financial services minister said.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • World News
Tibet govt-in-exile says about 130 confirmed dead in unrest
3-24-2008
•
AFP
Around 130 people have been confirmed killed in a Chinese crackdown on protests and unrest in Tibet, the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile told AFP on Monday. see also http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=222057
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Activism
China jails man who urged rights over Olympics
3-24-2008
•
Reuters
Chinese dissident Yang Chunlin, who called for human rights to take precedence over the Olympic Games, has been sentenced to five years in jail on charges of inciting subversion.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Activism
Olympic turmoil: Dissident is shocked with electric batons; Tibet protesters hijack ceremony
3-24-2008
•
Daily Mail
"People in China enjoy extensive freedom of speech," claimed China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. "No one will get arrested because he said that human rights are more important than the Olympics. This is impossible."
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Activism
Beijing torch lit as police scotch protest
3-24-2008
•
Reuters (see photos too)
Human rights demonstrators breached tight security and tried to hijack the Beijing Olympic torch lighting ceremony and relay in ancient Olympia. One of them, carrying a black banner with 5 interlocked handcuffs in the pattern of the Olympic rings,
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Court Allows Inmates to Get Abortions
03-24-2008
•
www.breitbart.com
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court turned down an appeal Monday from a county sheriff who objects to transporting jail inmates for elective abortions.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
|
Feature Article • Events: Arizona
Arizona Breakfast Club: Alan Korwin
Powell Gammill
Alan Korwin, author of numerous books on gun laws, including "Supreme Court Gun Cases" was an invited guest to the Supreme Court for a ring side seat at their recent Second Amendment case. He will give us an eyewitness account.
•
•
|
News Link • Federal Reserve
A Sweeter Bear Bid May Sour the Fed
03-24-2008
•
www.businessweek.com
The renegotiated deal is bound to cause complaints that the nation's central bank has been sucked into supporting a partial bailout. (There is no summary of this story that gives justice to what is happening,... read and cry)
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
|
News Link • Media: Radio
Justice Dept Approves XM-Sirius Deal
3-24-2008
•
AP
The Justice Dept. approved Sirius Satellite Radio's $5 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio, saying the deal was unlikely to hurt competition or consumers. The deal was approved despite opposition from consumer groups and an intense lobbyin
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Eugenics
Clinton: Protect reputable home lenders
3-24-2008
•
AP
Hillary Clinton proposed several remedies to the nation's home mortgage problems including tort reform. "Many mortgage companies are reluctant to help families restructure their mortgages because they're afraid of being sued
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Immigration
Illegal Immigration, Border Security: No Good Presidential Choices
03-24-2008
•
Mondoreb
Video comparing the three presidential candidates' stand on illegal immigration and border security. [video time: 8:40]
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Randy Ricochet
|
News Link • Criminal Justice System
America's "secret" police - (Was this law penned by Joe Arpaio?)
3-23-2008
•
JPFO
A relatively new federal law that calls itself "The Court Security Improvement Act of 2007" has, in short, made a felony to identify one's criminal oppressors.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Chip Saunders
|
| Tags: freedoms, phoenix, archives, politics, libertarian, alternative, government, freedom |
|
|
Opinion • 
Opinion • 
Feature Article • 
Feature Article • 
Feature Article • ![Ron Paul Interview on Coast To Coast AM 03/25/2008 [Audio]](https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/Pix/001/03/001-0325090715.jpg)
Feature Article • 
News Link • 
Feature Article • 
Feature Article • 
News Link • 
Feature Article • 
Feature Article • 
