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Hear Rob on Thom Hartmann's Air America Radio Show, at 2:50 EST Friday.I'll be in Portland, in the studio with Thom.
I'll be away, speaking at a conference-- the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, a meeting I've attended all but two years, since 1978. If you want to know more aboutmy work with biofeedback, check my website www.futurehealth.org For decades, I saw biofeedback as a tool for empowering people to become aware, to raise their consciousness and take greater responsibility for their health, emotions and selves. It was a way to enable "inner revolution" as Robert Thurman titled one of his books. In 2003, when I started OpEdNews, I decided that inner wasn't fast enough.
Amanda Lang, our news editor, will be doing newsletters the next few days. She and! Joan, our Voting integrity editor are doing a great job and having a lot of fun. We could use some more editors for special topics. Drop me a line if you want to get involved. Last month we reached 389,000 visitors and we're on track to reach over 425,000 this month.
In answer to so many of you who commented on my capitol police experience, I don't think they contacted Anne Coulter, Tom DeLay or any of the other right wingers who threatened or suggested bodily injury to others. To those of you who oppose my call for the death penalty for murderers of Democracy, I might consider incarceration in Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo. OF course, I'd like to see a special place created for Harris, Blackwell, and of course, Bush, Cheney and the rest of the criminals roaming the whitehouse. Dante had some good ideas in Inferno.
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Rob Kall
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By P. Anthony Farruggio
Standing For Something
They arrive, once a week, like clockwork. From the back seat of each car, or trunk, they unload their signs. Some signs declare the immorality or illegality of this war on Iraq. Others demand that our soldiers come home now. There are signs calling for impeachment. Signs asking " Honk for Peace". ...as the line of sign holders grows from the original eight per week, to now well over 30 , hope does spring eternal.
By Ron Fullwood
Strange How This Generation Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Bush's nuclear hawks stepped out from behind their Trojan Horses today and revealed a frightening ambition to yoke the nation to a new legacy of imperialism. They want the ability to produce 125 new nuclear bombs a year by 2022. How did it come to this?
By Missy Comley Beattie
Yawn
Nothing new in Bush's speech in North Carolina.
By Bob Burnett
2006 House Elections - First Look
According to veteran DC prognosticator, Charlie Cook, there are 36 House seats in play. In order to prevail, the Democrats will have to hold onto 11 shaky seats and win 15 of the 25 tenuous GOP seats. Here’s my look at how the Dems are doing in close races.
By Stephen Crockett
Let Them Call Me As Well- I Will Record And Post The Call!
The Electric Chair for Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell -- Stephen Crockett (co-host of Democratic Talk Radio)
By Diane M. Grassi
IRS Proposal Allows Income Tax Info To Be Sold
According to IRS Commissioner, Mark Everson, the proposed changes actually improve the safeguards of taxpayer information and are “not significant.” But upon closer examination, they increase the chances of identity theft and fraud not only throughout the U.S. but across the globe.
By Joel Wendland
DeLay Is Gone, But DeLayism Continues, Activists Say
Public interest groups celebrate the resignation of Rep. Tom DeLay, but promise to keep up the fight against corruption and politicians with ties to DeLay.
By Mark S. Tucker
Progressive Rock / Progressive Thought - Part 9
While the Moody Blues are distorting the groundswell, sweetening up the backscore, and closing out the freshly baked prog-pie, we end the chronicle of their groundbreaking architecture by getting ready for Cream, Hendrix, and the burgeoning flood.
By Lucille Moyer
Impeachment Does NOT Mean Cheney Will Be President
Cheney will be impeached with Bush. Activists must not be deterred by Republican reluctance. They must demand impeachment to hold this administration accountable for their crimes, and at least to write those crimes into history.
By Michael Leon
Wisconsin Wants Peace Now
Wisconsin voters called for bringing the troops home from Iraq yesterday amid mounting death tolls and increasing doubt of the sincerity of the Bush administration.
By Steven Leser
Iran - Are They Inviting Attack, If So, Why?
You could argue that countries have the right to pursue peaceful uses of nuclear power. However, combine that assertion with a country that recently has developed and tested MIRV missile technology, combine that with a country that has recently developed and tested missile technology that has a low radar visibility...
By David Swanson
Public Energy Is Misdirected
What would happen if politically active progressive Americans suddenly stopped devoting their energies to drafting better sound bites, and instead directed all that time and passion into a serious and strategic campaign of civil disobedience?
By Ron Fullwood
"Democracy Takes Time." So, What's Their Hurry?
The U.S. is in a hurry. The Bush regime is signaling their impatience with their illegitimate Iraqi children, their junta, for their reluctance to elevate a leader of their puppet authority to a position of dominance over all of the disparate factions in Iraq.
By Jane Stillwater
The War At Home: How To Make War On America Without Getting Caught!
If you live in a foreign country and there is oil under your land, you are screwed. Sooner or later the oil-obsessed neo-cons will declare war on you. But what if there is oil under your land in southern Louisiana? The neo-cons can't just declare war on America to get at it. Or can they?
By Sheila Parks, Boston Voting Activist
Why I Am For HCPB (hand Counted Paper Ballots)
My most important point here being that I believe it is crucial that every plain Jane and plain John on the street understand perfectly, easily and effortlessly exactly what our voting process is. I don't think that is possible with the mandatory random audits.
By Randolph T. Holhut
REPUBLICANS ARE STILL CLINGING TO THE "W" BRAND
Three years ago, George W. Bush was called "the popular wartime president." Today, his approval rating approaches Nixonian levels.
By Larry Sakin
Reforming The American Electoral Process
It remains to be seen exactly what difference voter-verification will make. Those who’ve decried fraud on the part of Republican Party supporters during these elections may be disappointed by the results of these reforms because it’s possible that paperless voting was not the culprit in these elections, and that district gerrymandering is.
By JGideon
'Daily Voting News' For April 05, 2006
a run-down of the days elections/voting news from across the country and overseas.
By David Sirota
Wall Street Dems Unveil Plans To Undermine The Progressive Movement
Here's a big shocker - the Wall Street wing of the Democratic Party today announced it is beginning a new war on the grassroots elements of the party that are demanding serious public policy changes from the Establishment. As the Financial Times reports, Citigroup Chairman Bob Rubin held a press conference at the Brookings Institution to announce the formation of the so-called "Hamilton Project."
By Larry Sakin
In Response To "A Bit Of A Quandary"
There's no doubt in my mind that a thorough, independent investigation into the accuracy of electronic voting machines is an important function of the American progressive political movement. However, we need to remain cognizant of the growing, purposeful disenfranchisement of the American electorate that takes place long before actual elections are held.
By Robert Koehler
Closing The Secret School
When I talked to Bourgeois the other day, he couldn't conceal his wonderment at its absence: "I remember the fear that I had when I left there years ago. To see fear replaced by hope . . ."
By David Weiner
The New Activism
In Crashing the Gates: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics, Jerome Armstrong (creator of MyDD) and Markos Moulitsas Zunigas (creator of Daily Kos) describe how Republicans excel at 21st century political strategizing, and how Democrats do not. They also tell us how a new breed of activists on the Left is already addressing this dilemma.
By John H. St.John
The Touchables
Eliot Ness the famous F.B.I man was celebrated as being “untouchable” because he could not be bribed by Al Capone. There are too many in congress who are too easily "touched"
By JERRY TENUTO
OH, IF HE'D JUST GO AWAY
The week of April 11, 2005 this column appeared in THE LONE STAR ICONOCLAST and at www.lonestaricon.com in which I expressed my wish, accompanied by some of Tom DeLay's greatest hits, that he would leave Congress. It took a year, but thankfully my wish has now been granted.
By JGideon
'Daily Voting News' For April 04, 2006
a run-down of the days elections/voting news from across the country and overseas.
By Bernard Weiner
Bush's Grand Game: A "PNAC Primer" UPDATE
To get a handle on how Bush&Co. took America into its current domestic and foreign crises, one must first understand that their policies and actions did not originate after Bush was installed in the White House in January of 2001. The philosophy of greed and power-amassment already was in place years prior to that. It's time to re-examine The Project for The New American Century
By Mickey Z.
Let Us Now Praise OIL (Our Iraqi Liberators)
Yeah, I can see it now: A virtual Iraq theme park smack dab in the middle of Washington, D.C. where patriotic Americans can park their SUVs and honor OIL (Our Iraqi Liberators).
By Len Hart
"Local Republicans Are Eating Each Other Alive"
That's how the situation is described in Tom DeLay's hometown of Sugar Land, TX. where a web site called "Juanita's" has been snapping at DeLay's heels and exposing his hijinks from the get go. So —don't fall for GOP nonsense about how those nasty old liberals like George Soros, Michael Moore and Barbra Streisand are ganging up on poor Tom.
By Charlotte Laws
"Youth" Is Trump Card At Apprentice Cattle Call
By Kenneth W. Thomas, RN
Is It Really Anxiety Disorder?
People feel nervous or anxious, even panicked, for a number of reasons. If you or your child has been labeled with “Anxiety Disorder”, “Panic Disorder”, or any other variations of “mental disorders” based only on a certain list of symptoms, you may want to get a second opinion and proper medical testing to find out what is really causing those symptoms.
By Betty Clermont
3,000 March For Peace In Atlanta
About 3,000 peace activists from throughout the US South gathered on Saturday, April 1, in Atlanta, and marched from downtown's The King Center to midtown's Piedmont Park for the causes of peace and justice.
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Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks
Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff has testified that President Bush authorized him to disclose the contents of a highly classified intelligence assessment to the media to defend the Bush administration's decision to go to war with Iraq, according to papers filed in federal court on Wednesday by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case... ... In yet another instance, Libby had claimed that President Bush authorized Libby to speak to and provide classified information to Washington Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward for "Plan of Attack"...
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Anti-Dem Org Campaign Finance Measure Approved
The House approved campaign finance legislation last night that would benefit Republicans by placing strict caps on contributions to nonprofit committees that spent heavily in the last election while removing limits on political parties' spending coordinated with candidates.
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Democrats Should Be Laying The Foundations For Freedom In A Post Bush World!
Democrats may be shy of impeachment for the same reasons that it would have been better for them if Tom DeLay had hung around until after the elections. But if the Democratic "platform" consists only of tactical moves to regain White House and Congress, they are doomed to fail. Democrats must now position themselves in opposition to the Bush dictatorship if they are to entertain thoughts of resurgence.
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Iraq War Funding Bill Draws Fire As Senate Panel Approves $107 BILLION W/ Pork
A bill exceeding by more than $15 billion Bush's request for the Iraqi War could top $107 BILLION, much to the dismay of GOP conservatives hoping to improve their record on spending.
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A Scandal Scorecard - Abramoff's Top 10
Here are the top 10 players in the Justice Department's investigation into the lobbying activities of Jack Abramoff:
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Bogus News Circulating As Real: Bush Administration Media Collusion Memos Surface!
This is bogus. It caught us first time around. But it's just not true, as believable as it seems.
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A Lebanese Survivor Of Palestinian Tyranny Defends Israel
They blame suicide bombing on "desperation from occupation." But let me tell you the truth. The first major terror bombing committed by Arabs against the Jewish state occurred ten weeks before Israel even became independent. On Sunday morning, February 22, 1948, in anticipation of Israel’s independence, a triple truck bomb was detonated by Arab terrorists on Ben Yehuda Street in what was then the Jewish section of Jerusalem. Fifty-four people were killed and hundreds were wounded. It is obvious that Arab terrorism is caused not by the “desperation from occupation”, but by the VERY THOUGHT of a Jewish state. So many times in history in the last 100 years, citizens have stood by and done nothing, allowing evil to prevail. As America stood up against and defeated communism, now it is time to stand up against the terror of religious bigotry and intolerance. It’s time for all of us to stand up and support and defend the state of Israel, which is the front line of the war ! against terrorism.
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“Coalition Of The Willing” War Profiteers: Australia Blooded
Australia Reaps Iraqi Harvest - Among the profiteers was the Australian Wheat Board, a former state-owned monopoly, which funneled $A290 million (U.S. $208,887,000) into Saddam's coffers even as the “Coalition of the Willing” was preparing for invasion.
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Punch Cards Out, Paper Trails In
While some states are still in the process of buying voting equipment, EDS estimates 50.2 percent of counties will use optical-scan machines that read hand-marked paper ballots, compared to 41 percent in the 2000 election. ATM-like touch-screen machines, which allow voters to make their choices by pressing a video screen, will be used by 34 percent of counties this year, compared to 10 percent in 2000. At least seven states will use devices that print a paper receipt of electronic votes from touch-screen machines, with more than a dozen states still pressing legislation to require paper records.
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Florida Attorney Gen. Questions E-voting Vendors' Decision To Shun County - Computerworld
FL Atty. Gen. Crist wants to know if the trio, which has sold voting machines to every Florida county for the past three years, privately reached an agreement to withhold their gear from Leon County. That’s what prompted Crist to seek copies of documents related to the sales of e-voting machines in Florida since 2003. Both the Civil Rights Division and the Antitrust Division of Crist’s office are taking part in the probe, which began in February. “It is critical for our democratic process to work efficiently and effectively, but of most importance, fairly,” said Crist in a statement. “These subpoenas are to ensure that the rights of our voters with disabilities, as well as all Florida voters, are secured.”
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Indiana TV News: ES&S Breaks State Law--- Again
I-Team 8 has also learned the batteries that came with Johnson County's $2.4 million equipment are old and failing. At least nine other counties have the same problem. If the battery fails, the internal ballots and all the votes cast will be lost. … I-Team 8 asked Jill Jackson whether it was time to rethink the county’s choice of vendor. "I am certain that the county commissioners are going to want to revisit this, probably along with a lot of other counties in the state of Indiana," she replied.
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The Hammer Is Nailed
Boehner and his gang hope that DeLay’s departure will placate disaffected voters. They’ve blocked any real reform of the system of corruption. The lobbyists in town don’t believe anything fundamental will change. Money and reapportionment make it virtually impossible to beat an incumbent who isn’t under indictment. They’ll batter the Democrats as traitors on the war, promise more tax cuts, and rouse the right with the threat of gays, immigrants and Hillary. DeLay’s departure doesn’t mark the end of the system he created. Americans will keep paying the cost of corruption until they decide that it is time to clean out the stables.
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Our National Security Could Not Be In Worse Hands
Burt Hall: Co-Author of "Misuse of Power: How the Far Right Gained and Misuses Power"
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THE ARCHITECTS OF WAR: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
President Bush has not fired any of the architects of the Iraq war. In fact, a review of the key planners of the conflict reveals that they have been rewarded – not blamed – for their incompetence.
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Amnesty Intl. Report - USA: The Secretive And Illegal US Program Of 'rendition'
The US programme of renditions must end and all governments must prohibit the transfer of anyone to places where they face torture or ill-treatment. All governments must ensure that their airports and airspace are not being used in renditions. All those detained in the so-called "war on terror" must be protected from torture and ill-treatment and charged and given a fair trial or released.
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Amnesty Report Fuels CIA Secret 'rendition' Prison Suspicions
Three men newly freed from jail in Yemen have given detailed accounts based on assertions that they may have been held in Europe on a combination of details, including the men's estimates of flight times during their initial transfer from Afghanistan and their return to Yemen.
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Iran: Military Threats Not In U.S. Interests
Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander said on Wednesday the United States should accept Iran's position as a regional power, adding that sanctions or military threats would not be in U.S. or European interests.
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Chronic Sleep Problems Affect Millions
Chronic sleeping problems afflict as many as 70 million Americans, costing the nation billions in medical expenses, accidents and lost productivity, a new study reports.
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New Orleans Mayor Blocks FEMA Trailer Park
Mayor Ray Nagin suspended the construction of FEMA trailer parks in the city after a confrontation between federal workers and homeowners who were outraged that a government trailer park was being built inside their gated community.
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Palestinian PM Says Government Is Broke
The coffers of the new Hamas government are empty, the Palestinian prime minister told his Cabinet Wednesday in the first public acknowledgment by the Islamic militants that they will have difficulty running the West Bank and Gaza without massive foreign aid.
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Iraq Shelves Political Talks Despite US Pressure
Iraqi leaders shelved talks on forming a government despite a warning from the United States and Britain against any further delay, as at least 23 were killed in violence across the country.
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Panama Canal Set For $7.5bn Revamp
For nearly 100 years the Panama Canal has been a key link in international shipping routes, handling an estimated 5% of world trade each year.
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US Releases More Guantanamo Files
The US defense department has released a second batch of documents relating to detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay.
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Chavez Gets Russian Helicopters
Venezuela has taken delivery of three Russian-built military helicopters - the first of a total of 15 it has so far ordered from Moscow.
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Fears For Colombia Indian Groups
Colombia's civil conflict is posing a growing threat to the survival of some of the world's oldest and smallest indigenous groups, the UN has warned.
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US 'used Djibouti' In Rendition
Amnesty Intl has suggested that Djibouti was one of the countries where prisoners allegedly abducted and mistreated by the US were held. Djibouti currently hosts the only United States military base in sub-Saharan Africa and is a front-line state in the global war on terrorism. 94% of its population is Muslim.
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Kuwaiti Women Vote For First Time
Polling is taking place in a Kuwaiti council by-election in which women are allowed to vote for the first time.
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S Korean Ship Seized Off Somalia
Pirates have seized a South Korean fishing boat off the coast of Somalia - the latest in a series of such attacks.
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Gene Pitney Found Dead
American superstar Gene Pitney has been found dead aged 65 in his bed in a Cardiff hotel.
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Snow Says U.S. To Press China On Currency
Snow, testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee, was pressed by lawmakers on the currency issue, which critics see as a key contributing factor to America's soaring trade deficit with China. That deficit hit an all-time high of $202 billion last year.
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Rhode Island Gets First Marijuana Application
A multiple sclerosis patient who hopes to use marijuana to ease the painful symptoms of her disease became the first person to apply for state for permission to legally use the drug under a new Rhode Island law Wednesday.
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Republicans Tweak Immigration Alternative
The latest counterproposal to a bill by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., would base the chance of citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. largely on whether or not they were here before a cutoff date. That date has not yet been determined. Those in the U.S. before the cutoff date, an overwhelming majority, could apply for green cards if they pay fines and back taxes and learn English. Among that group, those who had spent five years in the U.S. would get an easier path to citizenship, with newer arrivals facing more obstacles.
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Book Review: Hamas's Secret Offer
Israel's former top spymaster spills the beans on a remarkable proposal from a bitter enemy.
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Two Students Shot Outside D.C. School
Two students were injured Wednesday in a shooting incident outside a District of Columbia high school.
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Rice Urges Congress To Approve India Deal
Rice called on Congress Wednesday to approve an unprecedented U.S. plan to share nuclear technology with India, saying it was "not enabling a larger weapons program." [Can't the same be said about Iran?]
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I Will Not Be Forced Out By US And UK, Says Iraqi PM
Using the argument that the US and Britain had toppled Saddam in order to bring democracy, he turned it against them. "There is a decision that was reached by a democratic mechanism and I stand with it ... We have to protect democracy in Iraq and it is democracy which should decide who leads Iraq. We have to respect our Iraqi people," he said. Tampering with democracy was risky, he insisted. "People will react if they see the rules of democracy being disobeyed."
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A Partisan Leaves Congress; Will An Era Follow Suit?
Delay's decision to resign under fire clearly ends an era that began in 1995, with Newt Gingrich as House speaker, Dick Armey as majority leader and Tom DeLay as majority whip. Regardless of whether Republicans retain or lose their majority in November, politics in the post-DeLay era will be different, lawmakers in both parties say.
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Apple Allows Windows On Its Machines
Turning a decades-long rivalry on its head, Apple Computer introduced software today that it says will easily allow users to install Microsoft's Windows XP operating system on Apple's newest computers.
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Bush Tax Cuts For Richest - Incomes Of $26 Million Paid Same Taxes As Those Making $200,000 To $500,000
The first data to document the effect of President Bush's tax cuts for investment income show that they have significantly lowered the tax burden on the richest Americans, reducing taxes on incomes of more than $10 million by an average of about $500,000.
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Feingold Says He Supports Gay Marriage
"Gay and lesbian people in our country are fighting a mean-spirited movement to harm them and to discriminate against them," Feingold, D-Wis., said in a telephone interview. "I stand with them against that movement, and I'm proud to stand with them."
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The 'culture Of Corruption' Is Still With Us
And you don't have to be a Karl Rove to know who will be most pleased by The Exterminator's final act of auto-extermination. Certainly not the Democrats -- they are losing their favorite poster boy for their campaign against "the Republican Culture of Corruption."
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Online Posts Offer Rooms In Exchange For Sex
On classifieds site Craigslist, landlords ask for alternative rent payment
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GAO Rips Bush’s AIDS Plan
Abstinence-and-fidelity provision sowing confusion, report says ...always has, always will
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Iraq Democracy Effort Lacks Funding - Where Did All That Money Go???? Diverted To Iran??
Idiot-in-Chief Bush vows to transform Iraq into a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, but his administration has been scaling back funding for the main organizations trying to carry out his vision. The administration has limited new money for traditional democracy promotion in budget requests to Congress. Some Iraqi organizations face funding cutoffs this month, while others struggle to stretch resources through the summer. The shortfall threatens projects that teach Iraqis how to create and sustain political parties, think tanks, human rights groups, independent media outlets, trade unions and other elements of democratic society. Where are they spending all that money...diverting it to Iran???
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Mass. Lawmakers Approve Ambitious Health Care Plan
The Massachusetts policy holds both businesses and employees responsible for health care coverage. Businesses with more than 10 employees that do not provide coverage for all staff must pay a $295 fee annually per uninsured worker.
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Saddam Says Shi'ite-run Ministry Kills Thousands In Comments Likely To Aggravate Secectarian Differences
Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein returned to court on Wednesday and accused the new Shi'ite-run Interior Ministry of killing and torturing thousands of Iraqis, in comments likely to aggravate sectarian tensions.
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Bush Struggles To Get GOP To Pass Immigation Bill
Bush said the immigration bill should include a guest worker provision that allows illegal immigrants to remain in the United States to peform jobs that, he said, Americans will not perform. But he said the legislation should not include an amnesty provision that provides automatic citizenship.
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Dept. Of Homeland Security Official Charged In Online Seduction Of Minor Child
A deputy press secretary for the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security was charged with using a computer to seduce a child after authorities said he struck up sexual conversations with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old girl.
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Video Claims To Show Pilot Being Dragged By Iraqi Insurgents
A video posted on the Internet Wednesday in the name of an extremist group claimed to show Iraqi insurgents dragging the burning body of a U.S. pilot on the ground after the crash of an Apache helicopter.
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24 0f 32 Wisconsin Communities Vote For Iraq Pullout
Thousands of voters turned out in Wisconsin to offer a purely symbolic but heartfelt message: Bring the troops home from Iraq.
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Delay Early Departure So He Could Use Campaign Funds For Legal Defense
"He needed to raise money for the defense fund. That was the bottom line," Feehery said. "He wanted to make sure he could take care of himself in the court of law." Under federal campaign rules, any reelection money a lawmaker raises can be used to pay legal fees stemming from official duties.
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Bush's Unprecedented Arrogance
In the end, this issue is going to be resolved by the 2006 midterm election. If Republicans lose control of either the House or Senate, the investigations of the Bush/Cheney White House will begin. It won't be pretty. It will make dealing with lying about sex look like High School hazing. It will even make Richard Nixon look like a piker when it comes to staying within the law.
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Scott Ritter: Challenge To Anti War People To Create A Laser-Focused Movement
The anti-war movement lacks organization. There is no central leadership, or mechanism to effectively muster and control resources. The anti-war movement would do well to take a page from the fire service and implement a version of the Incident Command System (ICS) that firefighters use when fighting complex fires involving the integration of several departments, organizations and jurisdictions.
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Why Didn't DeLay Delay?
Henry Waxman with subpoena power. John Conyers with impeachment power. John Murtha with war spending power. The Democratic dream would become a Republican nightmare, paid for and sponsored in part by Tom DeLay.
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Measure C Wounded And Sinking Fast
A truly grassroots opposition effort led by concerned landowners and outraged citizens of Sonoma Valley have exposed the unrealistic and deceptive YES on C campaign of fear by the Sonoma Valley Hospital board and administration ~ which has now been seemingly confirmed by the Doctors themselves.
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Action Alert: All US Citizens: Demand Fair Elections In Florida!
As we learned in 2000, Florida’s flawed election laws affect not only Florida voters but all U.S. citizens. Yet Florida officials continue to promote paperless touch-screen voting machines, ensuring that Florida voters will be denied verifiable, secure, and auditable elections. To make matters worse, Florida’s Division of Elections pushed through regressive election laws in 2005, including a prohibition against full manual recounts of paper ballots under any circumstances. You can help! And it will only take one moment of your time. Several good election reform bills have been submitted to the Florida Legislature, which is currently in session. The Florida Fair Elections Coalition, Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections, Broward Election Reform Coalition@., Palm Beach Coalition for Election Reform@., Voting Integrity Alliance of Tampa Bay@., and VoteTrustUSA have launched a nationwide citizen action in support of election reform in Florida. Together, we can make a diffe! rence in Florida and the nation.
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Supreme Court Denies Standing And Allows Costs Against Lynn Landes, Voting Rights Activist
Landes encourages activists to continue to pursue legal action, but adds a strong note of caution. "The Court is now packed with extremely conservative judges who are taking extraordinary steps to discourage civil rights litigants," she warns. In what appears to be a punitive measure, the Supreme Court let stand the Third Circuit's judgment to tax court costs against Landes as the plaintiff, an unusual move in a civil rights case.
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Chicago Ballot Chaos: New Computer Vote Machines Malfunction, Unverifiable
Chicago’s use of a flawed computerized voting system operated by a privately held foreign company reveals how meaningless and absurd the “democratic” process in America has become. Having observed voting systems across Europe, from Serbia, Germany and Estonia to Holland and France, this reporter has noted that the most honest and transparent elections are also the most simple. The more complicated methods of voting, such as the unverifiable computerized voting systems widely used across the United States, lack the most essential element of democratic elections -- transparency.
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Ken Blackwell 'accidental' Owner Of Diebold Stock!
Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell revealed Monday he accidentally invested in shares of voting-machine manufacturer Diebold Inc. last year, a period when he was sued by other manufacturers over contracts that Diebold was up for.
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Dennis Kyne: An Uncommon American Hero
To order a copy of the outstanding and compelling documentary “Beyond Treason,“ read about Dennis Kyne’s advocacy work on behalf of veterans and soldiers, learn about his musical projects or his political campaign, or to find out how you can support truth and peace, visit his website at www.denniskyne.com.
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He's Gone
It is hard to avoid a sense that something like justice, true justice, real justice, has been well served by the manner in which Tom DeLay has been laid low. Politics is a little cleaner today. Not a lot, maybe not even enough for folks to notice, but it is indeed just a little bit cleaner, now that he's gone.
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Repug Who Seeks DeLay's Seat Is A Swift Boat Crony
As I've been saying, the decision by the GOP to push out DeLay was intended to take the national spotlight off of this tarnished district and thus take the heat off of Republican incumbents who are fighting for political survival in the November midterms. But the strategy might just backfire, as DeLay's replacement will likely be Wallace, who's in bed with controversial Houston businessman and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth financial backer Bob Perry.
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