Monday, 14 September 2009

Ganley Rejoins Fight Against EU Treaty

'Describing the new EU guarantees obtained by the irish government on Ireland's full sovereignty over moral issues, taxation and military neutrality, the businessman said the Yes forces have "resorted to lying in their desperation." "[The Yes side has] utter contempt for the democratic decision of the Irish people, the Dutch people, the French people and indeed, all of the citizens of Europe," he said, referring to earlier Irish, Dutch and French No results on EU treaty referendums.'

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Monday, 14 September 2009

Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman

'Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize- winning economist, said the U.S. has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. “In the U.S. and many other countries, the too-big-to-fail banks have become even bigger,” Stiglitz said in an interview today in Paris. “The problems are worse than they were in 2007 before the crisis".'

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Monday, 14 September 2009

Obama Moves Bush's North American Union Forward With a New Name

'President Obama is continuing President George W. Bush's effort to advance North American integration with a public-relations makeover calculated to place the program under the radar of public opinion and to deflect concerns about border security and national sovereignty.'

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