The U.S. military announced Sunday the deaths of two soldiers, pushing the number of Americans who have died in the Iraq war to the grim milestone of at least 3,000. The White House said the president mourned each death. (As he counts $-Profits)

MALVEAUX: Milk and meat from cloned animals could soon be coming to your grocery store, and you may not even know it. HENRY: The FDA is giving go-ahead saying it's almost impossible to distinguish from regular food. So NO SPECIAL LABEL!

Vietnam/Korea/Iraq Wars: NONE ARE CAUCASIAN! Since WWII, Armistice among Caucasian countries, not even Soviet vs. USA. Caucasians learned to AVOID War with one another, NOT vs. peoples whose skin color, eye shape & religion differ from theirs.

GEORGE W. BUSH: I have more consultation to do, until I talk to the country about the plan. GERALD R. FORD: If I had been president, on the basis of the facts as I saw them publicly, I don't I think I would have ordered the Iraqi war.

Angela Davis, "The 13th amendment abolished slavery. Right? That's what they say. I can't believe that we believed it. Like, one amendment is going to abolish this institution. The 13th doesn't tell us what slavery is or what it abolished."

If USA could win the War in Iraq, we'd have no excuse to stay there. If we lost War, we certainly would have to leave. Only by STALEMATE can we justify our continued military presence, theft of Iraqi OIL for EXXON & Big-$ for Halliburton!

"U.S. buys in Wal-Marts & Costcos; the money goes to China. It comes right back; Chinese buy our gov't bonds. China finances our budget & trade deficits. They can threaten to dump those dollars on the market, driving down dollar?s value."

Christian Economist, Ian Harper "Market capitalism permits the greedy, the hedonist & other moral reprobates to pursue self-gratification. The Sun of liberty rises on the evil & good; the rain of misfortune falls on righteous & unrighteous."

Norman Lear "If someone is slaughtered at Boy Scout den, (coverage) will be wall-to-wall, every day & night, and will always drive out informative programming people are desperate to get and should have, in order to have a robust democracy".

Robert Fisk on 1920: Lloyd George, British Prime Minister in House of Commons said, "If British troops leave Iraq now, there will be"?? AUDIENCE MEMBER: Civil war. FISK: Spot on. You read the Times parliamentary report in 1920, didn't you?

Virgil Goode of Virginia, “I fear we will have many more Muslims in the U. S.” if we do not adopt “strict immigration policies.” Goode also warns over the recent election of Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, first Muslim member of Congress.

"U.S. govt-sponsored Polls in Iraq: 79% of Iraqis have a mostly negative view of the influence that the United States has in their country, and 61% of Iraqis -- includes Kurds -- approve of attacks on US-led forces." - Noam Chomsky

“The Iraq Study Group report concluded that the government is significantly underreporting violence in Iraq. The panel complained that most attacks that fail to hurt US troops are simply left out of the Pentagon's calculations.”

“Inflation at the wholesale level surged by the largest amount in more than three decades in November, reflecting higher prices for gasoline and a host of other items.” – Tabacco: I told you so!

DOBBS: Let me ask you this, because I think a lot of people might be taken aback that the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is involved in this at all. What is your case -- what is your role in all of this?

Israel’s apologists answer every charge with countercharge of “Anti-Semite”, want you to make illogical inference, “If a person is Anti-Semite, his charge is prejudiced & invalid”. Conclusion INVALID. Anti-Semites can make valid criticisms.

DOBBS: When Olmert made this comment he set off firestorm in Israel. Do you think it was straightforward, intentional remark to confirm that Israel does have nuclear weapons arsenal? CIRINCIONE: I think it was probably an honest slip of tongue.

Throughout India, troubled farmers are killing themselves. Up to 3 farmers a day swallow pesticides, hang themselves, drown themselves, set themselves on fire or jump down wells. Many of them are plagued by debt, poor crops and hopelessness.

So you really believed this Lying, Scheming, Thieving, War Profiteering, Genocidal Capitalist Head-of-State was going to listen to the Iraq Study Group? You, the Voters? Has he ever listened before? Well, he's not listening again!

Legally, there are no significant differences between Enron CEO Ken Lay investor fraud & prewar intelligence fraud perpetrated by George W. Bush. Both, persons in authority, gave recklessly false statements to manipulate people who trusted them.

109’s Closing Shot: Congress overwhelmingly approved deal to lift 30-year-old ban on sending nuclear technology to India. Critics said plan could spark regional arms race. Senate passed bill by voice vote. In the House 59 lawmakers opposed it.

Maybe the Black Voters in Louisiana are speaking to America. Maybe they are saying those White men in the White House are stealing $-billions, and nobody seems upset enough to do anything about Bush, Cheney et al. Fair is Fair!

In last hours of GOP control, Congress passed raft of bills big & small, most significantly a sweeping bill reviving expired tax breaks, extending trade benefits for developing countries & protecting doctors from big cut in Medicare payments.

A federal judge appeared reluctant to give outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld immunity from torture allegations but also said Friday that it would be unprecedented for him to allow Rumsfeld to face a civil trial – That means NO WAY!

Tabacco “Don’t be deceived! Bush-Baker confrontation a SCAM: variation on “Good Cop, Bad Cop” & "Which Hand Is Nickel In?" themes: MISDIRECTION. Important issues are ECONOMIC, not military; in focusing on military, they obfuscate Economics!”