AlterNet.org: Most Emailed Stories Alternative News and Information. en-us AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets Ready to Carry Out "Crowd Control" http://www.alternet.org/rights/101958/thousands_of_troops_are_deployed_on_u.s._streets_ready_to_carry_out_%22crowd_control%22/ Members of Congress were told they could face martial law if they didn't pass the bailout bill. This will not be the last time. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Naomi Wolf, AlterNet They're Stealing from You and Me -- Where's the Outrage? http://www.alternet.org/election08/101694/they%27re_stealing_from_you_and_me_--_where%27s_the_outrage/ It wasn't their money Wall Street was playing with. It was ours. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Garrison Keillor, International Herald Tribune 12 New Stomach-Turning Revelations About Sarah Palin http://www.alternet.org/election08/102345/12_new_stomach-turning_revelations_about_sarah_palin/ Palin has taken to smearing Obama. But it's her own record that continues to yield alarming information, undermining her skills and credibility. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT AlterNet Staff, AlterNet Is Posse Comitatus Dead? http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/102220/is_posse_comitatus_dead/ Why are there active duty soldiers stationed on U.S. streets? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:00:01 PDT Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! What I Learned at the Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me out http://www.alternet.org/election08/101903/what_i_learned_at_the_sarah_palin_rally_before_they_threw_me_out/ 20,000 Christian zealots, anti-abortion fanatics, and mostly white suburbanites reconnected with their high school past at the Palin rally. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:00:01 PDT Linda Milazzo, AlterNet The Woman Who Could Have Prevented This Financial Mess Was Silenced by Greenspan, Rubin and Summers http://www.alternet.org/workplace/102559/the_woman_who_could_have_prevented_this_financial_mess_was_silenced_by_greenspan%2C_rubin_and_summers/ A sad tale emerges of willfully arrogant behavior designed to undermine a wise woman's good judgment. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Katrina vanden Heuvel, TheNation.com The End of American Capitalism? 5 Short Takes on Where the Financial Crisis Might Be Headed http://www.alternet.org/workplace/101854/the_end_of_american_capitalism_5_short_takes_on_where_the_financial_crisis_might_be_headed/ Five prominent economists share their thoughts on what's happening and how bad the situation really is. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Al Jazeera Recession? Depression? How Deep, How Far and What Can Be Done? http://www.alternet.org/workplace/102379/recession_depression_how_deep%2C_how_far_and_what_can_be_done/ A survey of what some of the best thinkers believe we're facing in the coming months and years -- and the best ways to prevent complete disaster. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Joshua Holland, AlterNet Bipartisan Concern About the Dangers of McPalin’s Hate-Mongering http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/102538/bipartisan_concern_about_the_dangers_of_mcpalin%E2%80%99s_hate-mongering/ "I accuse you of deliberately feeding the most unhinged elements of our society the red meat of hate ..." Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:43:01 PDT Emptywheel, Firedoglake Donna Brazile: "I'm Not Going to the Back of the Bus!" http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/102500/donna_brazile%3A_%22i%27m_not_going_to_the_back_of_the_bus%21%22/ An impassioned speech on racial politics from last week's New Yorker festival. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:28:01 PDT ZP Heller, Brave New Films