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October 31, 2007
The Fed's Slight of Hand
"So concludes the Economist, this week's edition. It says that an average of 'all items' is going up not at 2% or 3% per year as the US government claims, but at 16.7% per year! Food is going up even faster - at 31.6%."
http://www.dailyreckoning.com/RSS/DR103107sec2.html
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Posted by doctormatt at 11:16 PM
Do It Yourself Impeachment
You can initiate impeachment of Cheney and Bush.
Find out how.
http://impeachforpeace.org/ImpeachNow.html
Posted by doctormatt at 11:07 PM | Comments (0)
Impeach for Peace - Kucinich to bring resolution
Call your Congress Critter and ask them to vote to NOT table the resolution to debate HR333 on the House floor.
In this YouTube, Rep. Dennis Kucinich describes the process of how, within a few weeks, he'll force the issue of impeachment of Dick Cheney (HR333) on the floor of the U.S. House.
The likely scenario is that a congressperson will immediately make a parliamentary move to 'table' the motion. The vote on whether to 'table' the impeachment motion WILL BE THE IMPORTANT VOTE. If the motion is tabled, it's dead.
So, Kucinich is calling on every citizen (yes, that means you) to contact their representative to tell them to vote NOT to table the impeachment motion, but to let it be discussed on the floor of the U.S. House! Call Congress Toll Free at 800 828 0498.
Posted by doctormatt at 10:54 PM
In the last 2 months, gold has gone from $650 to $800 an ounce.
That represents a drop of over 20% in the value of the US dollar compared to gold... in just the past 2 months.
Gold was $460 a year ago.
The dollar has lost about 40% of its value compared to gold in the last 1 year.
Wonder why? Wonder what the effect will be on your life?
Posted by doctormatt at 05:28 PM | Comments (0)
US Mint considering cheaper coins
Is copper expensive? Or is the value of the dollar crashing?
Noticed what's happening to the price of gold and silver?
The rising price of copper has prompted the US government to consider making coins with cheaper metals.
The US Mint says it is now costing as much as 1.7 cents to produce a "penny" (1 cent) and 10 cents to produce a "nickel" (5 cents).
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Posted by doctormatt at 02:23 PM | Comments (0)
October 30, 2007
Seven CIA Veterans Challenge 9/11 Commission Report
Official Account of 9/11 a “Joke” and a “Cover-up”
Seven CIA veterans have severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and have called for a new investigation. “I think at simplest terms, there’s a cover-up. The 9/11 Report is a joke,” said Raymond McGovern, 27-year veteran of the CIA, who chaired National Intelligence Estimates during the seventies. “There are a whole bunch of unanswered questions. And the reason they’re unanswered is because this administration will not answer the questions,” he said.
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Posted by Admin at 11:39 PM | Comments (0)
October 29, 2007
Local Community Radio Act of 2007
Heads up, everybody -- the Senate Commerce Committee is due to vote on
Tuesday as to whether or not community groups across the country should
be able to build their own community radio stations.
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Posted by doctormatt at 10:58 PM
Immunity Deal Hampers Blackwater Inquiry
(We now have a private militia, immune from the rule of law. One more step towards fascism in America. - ed)
The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned.
The immunity deal has delayed a criminal inquiry into the Sept. 16 killings and could undermine any effort to prosecute security contractors for their role in the incident that has infuriated the Iraqi government.
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Posted by doctormatt at 10:52 PM
Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth Slide Show
Educational presentation
http://www.ae911truth.net/ppt/index.php
Posted by doctormatt at 08:58 PM
October 28, 2007
Support Ron Paul's "American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007"
Call your Representative today and ask him to co-sponsor.
"Should we wander in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety." - Thomas Jefferson, upon repealing the "Alien and Sedition Acts"
The American Freedom Agenda Act (introduced by Representative Ron Paul) will:
* Repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2007 and thereby restore the ancient right of habeas corpus and end legally sanctioned torture by U.S. government agents
* Restore the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and thereby outlaw warrantless spying on American citizens by the President of the United States
* Give Congress standing in court to challenge the President's use of "signing statements" as a means to avoid executing the nation's laws
* Make it illegal for government agents to kidnap people and send them abroad to be tortured by foreign governments
* Provide legal protection to journalists who expose wrong-doing by the Federal government
* Prohibit the use of secret evidence to label groups or individuals as terrorists for the purpose of criminal or civil sanctions
If ever there was a bill that all Americans should support, it is this one.
Posted by doctormatt at 11:03 PM
Fascist America, in 10 easy steps
Review of The End of America, by Naomi Wolf.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html
Posted by doctormatt at 10:08 PM
Music Video - The Oil Factor
Go here. Enter site. Then, in left column, click on "Music Video" for an In Your Face music commentary.
The 4th Branch.
Caution - Lyrics and images suitable for adults able to cope with harsh truth.
Posted by doctormatt at 02:49 PM
Depleted Uranium and Depleted Democracy
Remarks by David Swanson October 27, 2007 at a rally in Jonesborough, Tenn., preceding the march to Aerojet Ordnance, manufacturers of Depleted Uranium weapons.
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Posted by Admin at 11:43 AM
October 27, 2007
VIDEO 911 and American Empire - Intellectuals speak out
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3195658770053494633
Posted by Admin at 11:31 PM
VIDEO - Relatively new compilation piece on 9/11/01
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-710213549148507636&pr=goog-sl
Posted by doctormatt at 10:28 PM
Current "Must Read" News
EXCELLENT non-mainstream press news aggregator from
Spread the Word (sprword.com)
YOU WILL WANT TO BOOKMARK AND VISIT THIS PAGE OFTEN.
http://www.sprword.com/mustread.html
Posted by doctormatt at 08:12 PM
American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007
An Act, introduced by Ron Paul:
PDF file
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org/storage/afagenda/documents/AFA%20Act%20text.pdf
Posted by doctormatt at 02:07 AM
Dodd holds the line on telecon immunity
Senator Chris Dodd holds off senate Democrat's capitulation to Bush on retroactive immunity for telecon companies who violated FISA.... for now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/opinion/20sat1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Posted by doctormatt at 01:51 AM
American Freedom Campaign
The American Freedom Campaign is an organization that has as its goal to put restoration of the Constitution on the agenda for Democratic presidential candidates, roughly parallel to the goal of the American Freedom Agenda for Republican candidates, although Democratic and Republican candidates could sign on to both pledges. It was launched in July 2007 by The Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch and MoveOn.
The group urges presidential candidates to sign its "American Freedom Pledge", which reads:
We are Americans, and in our America we do not torture, we do not imprison people without charge or legal recourse, allow our phones and emails to be tapped without a court order, and above all we do not give any President unchecked power. I pledge to fight to protect and defend the Constitution from assault by any President. The Constitution protects American Freedom. With checks and balances, and basic legal rights, it has prevented tyranny and safeguarded our liberty. Yet today, under the pretense of the "war on terror," the White House is dismantling the Constitution, concentrating power in the President and undermining the rule of law. THIS IS UN-AMERICAN. I hereby join the American Freedom Campaign to educate my neighbors about the threat and urge my representatives to confront and correct these abuses of our America.
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org/
Posted by doctormatt at 01:42 AM
Naomi Wolf - Video - The End of America
VERY IMPORTANT VIEWING
Posted by doctormatt at 12:02 AM
October 26, 2007
American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007
Call your congress critter and have them support this NOW!
Posted by doctormatt at 11:57 PM
A Liberal endorses Ron Paul
Posted by doctormatt at 11:53 PM
Pilot comments on 9/11 hijackers
Posted by doctormatt at 11:43 PM
Eye witness reports - Demolition of world trade center buildings 1, 2 and 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDKa1Q1GwTQ
Posted by doctormatt at 11:29 PM
OpEd News Links RE: September 11 2001
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/showtags.php?tid=3694
Posted by doctormatt at 07:24 PM
UNANSWERED 9/11 MIRACLES
Eventually, hopefully during our lifetime, Pandora's Box will be fully opened regarding the 9/11 cover-up and the world will reel in shock and awe ~ when the monstrous truth is known to one and all : Allen L Roland
Continue reading "UNANSWERED 9/11 MIRACLES"
Posted by doctormatt at 07:22 PM
Goodbye dollar, hello inflation.
The dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency. This is the statement you heard twice in one day if you were checking out the news on Bloomberg over the past 24 hours.
http://financetrends.blogspot.com/2007/10/goodbye-dollar-hello-inflation.html
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Posted by Admin at 08:43 AM
The Reflecting Pool - Video
Extended trailer - The real questions about 9/11/01.
"All Great Truths Begin as Blasphemies." G.B. Shaw
http://www.reflectingpoolfilm.com/
"The REFLECTING POOL," the first narrative movie to question the official version of the 9/11 events, will have its World Premiere at the 22nd Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Saturday, November 3 - 9:00 PM
Cinema Paradiso Theatre
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Posted by doctormatt at 08:29 AM
October 24, 2007
Kucinich on the Colbert Report
Posted by doctormatt at 08:07 PM
U.S. Rep. Mark Udall wants to prevent war in Iran without prior Congressional authrozation.
Unable to manage the national security quagmire they have made in the Middle East, the Bush-Cheney Administration is now "ramping up" its rhetoric against Iran. Please contact your Senators and Representative to support my legislation to prevent the Bush Administration from launching war in Iran without prior Congressional authorization!
Posted by doctormatt at 07:57 PM
Kucinich pushes for Bush impeachment
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/23/4767/
Posted by doctormatt at 11:30 AM
The Imperial Presidency - by Ralph Nader
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/23/4758/
Posted by doctormatt at 11:26 AM
October 23, 2007
Plan would ease limits on media owners
The head of the FCC plans to repeal a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.
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Posted by doctormatt at 09:55 PM
On the Eve of Destruction - by Scott Ritter
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/22/4736/print/
Posted by Admin at 03:03 PM
Will oil soon hit $100 per barrel?
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=44122
Posted by doctormatt at 02:32 PM
Ron Paul introduces resolution to defend constitution
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=44169
Posted by doctormatt at 12:27 PM
Huckabee thinks the world may be ending soon
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/huckabees-got-the-fever_b_69511.html
Posted by doctormatt at 12:26 PM
War appropriations could reach $1 trillion
At their current rate, war appropriations could reach $1 trillion by the time Bush leaves office, a total that by some measures would exceed the cost of the Korean and Vietnam wars combined.
Most Americans oppose funding Bush's full war request, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll last month. Just a quarter of those surveyed supported the president's full spending plan, as it was then projected, and seven in 10 wanted it reduced. About 46 percent wanted it cut sharply or altogether.
The $45.9 billion Bush asked for yesterday comes on top of $150.5 billion already requested for the 2008 fiscal year that started Oct. 1. If passed, it would put the total cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and counterterrorism operations at $806 billion, more than any single U.S. conflict since World War II. A study by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments last month said that in today's dollars the Persian Gulf war of 1991 cost $88 billion, the Korean War cost $456 billion and Vietnam cost $518 billion.
Source: Washington Post
Posted by doctormatt at 12:15 PM
Fact checking the Republican debate in Orlando
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/print_florida_fandango.html
Posted by doctormatt at 12:12 PM
Sen. Chris Dodd's Make or Break Moment
By Dave Lindorff
President Bush is no chump. He has figured out how to emasculate the Democrats (those that aren't already eunuchs). Instead of making a decent estimate of the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and asking for it up front for the 2008 fiscal year, he is asking for it piecemeal, giving Democrats opportunity after opportunity to turn him down and end it all, knowing all the while that they'll cave and give him his war money.
Continue reading "Sen. Chris Dodd's Make or Break Moment"
Posted by doctormatt at 12:06 PM
Video - "We're all in this together" by Paul Waldman
Courtesy of
http://www.TennesseeAllianceForProgress.org
Posted by doctormatt at 05:15 AM
October 21, 2007
Learn about Clean Elections
This is the solution to one of the fundamental threats to our democracy.
Public financed elections that work.
Wikipedia information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Elections
Posted by doctormatt at 11:44 PM
Ron Paul interview on Hardball
Posted by doctormatt at 03:11 AM
Ron Paul's interview on Free Mind TV
Posted by doctormatt at 02:56 AM
Ron Paul tells why he wants to abolish the Federal Reserve
His speech made during Congressional hearing -
Posted by doctormatt at 02:54 AM
Why Ron Paul wants to abolish the Income Tax
Posted by doctormatt at 02:42 AM
Ron Paul on the Federal Reserve
Why Ron Paul wants to abolish the Federal Reserve:
Posted by doctormatt at 02:40 AM
Video - Zeitgeist
Very eye opening documentary!
Playing at Film's site
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
On Google Video
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=5547481422995115331&hl=en
Posted by doctormatt at 01:28 AM
October 20, 2007
PBS Debate Over Israeli Lobby in United States
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec07/israel_10-09.html
Posted by doctormatt at 11:50 PM
Kucinich interviewed on PBS
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec07/kucinich_10-04.html
Posted by doctormatt at 11:37 PM
Ron Paul interviewed on PBS
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec07/paul_10-12.html
Posted by doctormatt at 11:27 PM
Cheney's Law - PBS Frontline Video
Watch the video:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cheney/view/main.html
Posted by doctormatt at 11:19 PM
News Updates from Project Censored
"News that didn't make the news."
Top 25 censored stories of 2008:
http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2008/index.htm
Stories of April 2006- April 2007:
http://www.projectcensored.org/updatedrealnews/index.htm
Continue reading "News Updates from Project Censored"
Posted by doctormatt at 06:48 PM
Progressive Videos
Excellent compilation
Links to films such as:
Iraq for sale
The Corporation
Who killed the electric car?
Orwell rolls in his grave
America: Freedom to fascism
Why we fight
Genetically modified food
The revolution will not be televised
Root of all evil (by Richard Dawkins)
Zeitgeist
http://www.sprword.com/mustwatch.html
Posted by doctormatt at 06:34 PM
How Progressives are different than Conservatives
The following is courtesy of Paul Waldman's excellent work, entitled
"Being Right Is Not Enough - What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success".
1) Progressives are working people, and conservatives are the elite. Standing for working people is not a statement of an agenda. It is a value from which agenda items flow. It’s not only about appealing to people’s self interest, it’s about appealing to what people believe government should do, and about the kind of public servants they’ll trust to do the right thing. Call conservatives “elite” and their ideas “elitist”. Make a case not only about what conservatives do, but about who they are.
Continue reading "How Progressives are different than Conservatives"
Posted by doctormatt at 02:52 PM
October 15, 2007
Restoring Habeas Corpus
On September 19, 2007, the Senate voted on a cloture motion for including the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act as an amendment to the FY 2008 Defense Department Authorization bill. The final vote was 56-43, just four votes short of overriding the Republican filibuster.
Every Democrat voted for the bill as well as six Republicans. Those Republicans were Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), John Sununu (R-N.H.), and Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), who sponsored the bill.
The only non-Republican who voted against the bill was Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.).
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) stated that the Senate's passage of the Military Commissions Act, which suspended habeas corpus for detainees, "calls into question the United States' historic role of defender of human rights in the world. It accomplishes what opponents could never accomplish on the battlefield, whittling away our own liberties."
The Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 was introduced by Chris Dodd, senator from Connecticut and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, and by Senator Patrick Leahy.
Read the bill here:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.185:
or as a PDF file here
http://www.docuticker.com/?p=14613
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Posted by doctormatt at 05:55 AM
October 14, 2007
It Saves Money and Makes Kids Healthy — What’s the Problem?
by Jesse Jackson
Nine million children go without health insurance in this country. A broad bipartisan majority in both houses of Congress, including such rock-ribbed conservatives as Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, voted to expand the children’s health-care program to cover about half of those. Last week, President Bush vetoed the bill. In the Senate, enough Republicans will join Democrats to override that veto. The question is whether two-thirds support can be found in the House of Representatives. In partisan fervor, the Republican leadership has vowed to stand with the president.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/09/4423/print/
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Posted by Admin at 07:51 PM
US Income Gap Widens, Richest Share Hits Record
The gap between America’s richest and poorest is at its widest in at least 25 years, with the wealthiest taking home a record share of the nation’s income that exceeds even the previous high in 2000.
According to recent data from the Internal Revenue Service, the richest 1 percent of Americans earned 21.2 percent of all U.S. income earned in 2005. That is a significant increase from 2004 when the top 1 percent earned 19 percent of the nation’s income.
The previous high over the past 25 years, when such data were compiled, was in 2000 when a bull market brought the figure up to 20.81 percent.
The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax research group based in Washington, said the wealthy benefited in 2005 from a healthy, growing economy and higher-than-average price inflation.
More:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/12/4509/print/
Posted by doctormatt at 07:44 PM
Maternal Mortality Shames Superpower US
United Nations - Despite its enormous wealth and highly advanced technology, the United States lags far behind other industrialised countries — and even some developing ones — in providing adequate health care to women during pregnancy and childbirth.
The U.S. ranks 41st in a new analysis of maternal mortality rates in 171 countries released by a group of U.N. public health experts on Friday. The survey shows that even a developing country like South Korea is ahead of the United States.
More:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/14/4535/print/
Posted by doctormatt at 07:41 PM
Marketing a war isn't difficult - Video
Young Turks video - How the mainstream media is preparing us to attack Iran.
Posted by Admin at 01:39 PM
What ever happened to coverage of the Anthrax attacks? Video
Young Turks video - Why is this story never covered?
Posted by doctormatt at 01:36 PM
Bush's False Claims About Children's Health Insurance
The president mischaracterizes congressional efforts to expand the SCHIP program.
http://www.factcheck.org/print_bushs_false_claims_about_childrens_health_insurance.html
Posted by doctormatt at 01:13 PM
How to spot political ads powered only by hot air.
In this article we examine two examples of what we call "fact-free" advertising, which we see in abundance. These ads seek to associate the candidate with a string of positive words and images but are void of specifics. Voters should beware.
We have chosen an example from Republican Mitt Romney that is full of words such as “families,” “values,” “patriotic,” “strength” and “innovation.” Who could be against any of those? Romney is also squarely against “waste in the federal government,” but who isn't? And what does he consider "waste?" He doesn't say.
More:
http://www.factcheck.org/99_fact-free.html
Posted by doctormatt at 01:08 PM
The gay voter's guide to the GOP
How should a right-wing homosexual vote in the upcoming primaries and caucuses?
Imagine this: You are a gay man or a lesbian woman who just can't stand Democrats. Maybe you are rich and you don't want anyone to raise your taxes. Perhaps you are just determined to stay the course in Iraq, privatize Social Security, and drop oil wells into the Alaskan wilderness. Jack Abramoff might even be an old drinking buddy.
It doesn't really matter. Whatever the cause, you are in a quandary. Your only viable choice in the coming presidential election is to vote for a Republican, and that means voting for a party that has spent much of the last decade casting you and your way of life as an assault on the wholesome goodness of the American family. "Homosexuality is incompatible with military service," declared the 2004 GOP platform. "Attempts to redefine marriage in a single state or city could have serious consequences throughout the country."
What is a right-leaning homosexual to do in this presidential election? Start by taking a closer look at the candidates in the Republican field. There is substantial variation, and not just in their positions on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Call it the Giuliani-Keyes Spectrum of Gay Friendliness. On one end, there is Rudy Giuliani, a former New York mayor who has lived with gay friends, favors gay domestic partnerships, and sometimes dresses in drag. At the other end, there is Alan Keyes, who calls lesbians "selfish hedonists," even though his only daughter is a lesbian. There exists, shall we say, a veritable rainbow of variation in between.
More:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/21/gay_gop/print.html
Posted by doctormatt at 12:36 PM
Values voters rake the GOP over the coals
Monday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the religious wing of the Republican Party hosted a Values Voter Debate, but none of the top-tier Republicans came. Why did Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and John McCain dodge a chance to speak to the GOP base?
The answers can be given in the form of questions, which were posed by the debate organizers to the empty lecterns of the candidates who did not show. As Joseph Farah, the editor of WorldNetDaily, explained at the beginning of the three-hour program, "When you run for president, you can run but you can't hide."
Question for Giuliani, asked by a teenage girl with an apparent speech impediment:
"Eighteen years ago, an abortionist was hired to kill me, but he failed. Nuns came and rescued me and took me to the hospital, where I stayed for two months. My heroic parents then adopted me. Mayor Giuliani, your position on abortion would have left me dead. Now that you see me, Mayor Giuliani, do you honestly believe that an abortionist had a right to kill me?"
More:
Posted by doctormatt at 12:32 PM
Salon watches the latest Republican debate (economy special) so you don't have to.
Salon watches the latest Republican debate (economy special) so you don't have to.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/10/dearborn_debate/
Posted by doctormatt at 12:08 PM
Why Isn't Campaign Finance THE Major Issue In 2008 Election?
If you look at the current presidential campaigns, all of the candidates, both parties, their campaigns/associates, the debates, moderators, pundits, talking heads, TV shows, blogs... and all of their associations, you will see that campaign-financing is easily the most important issue facing America in the next election.....or it should be.
Virtually every controversy, from haircuts to millions of dollars, facing the candidates and campaigns concern campaign finance and those involved in it. "The money" questions follow them everywhere, through the campaign and beyond.
Continue reading "Why Isn't Campaign Finance THE Major Issue In 2008 Election?"
Posted by Admin at 11:08 AM
Professor Steve Freeman Presentation On Stolen US Elections
Here's a video crash course on election fraud for those of you who are waking up to the fact of election fraud but can't find anything in the mainstream press. (
Professor Steven Freeman of the University of Pennsylvania, author of Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?, spoke before the National Latino Congreso in Los Angeles last week and laid it all out quite clearly and succinctly.
A few highlights of his talk:
"You and we are in the process of losing the right to vote, and along with it, all our other rights."
"Elections can be stolen, have been stolen, and will continue to be stolen."
Programmers can now change literally millions of votes by simply changing two lines (out of millions of lines of code). They can instruct the program to delete those two lines afterwards without leaving a trace.
When you vote on a computerized election machine, your vote enters the machine and no one knows where it goes or what happens to it. The software is proprietary, meaning it is secret. The voting process cannot be independently observed by citizens nor can it be meaningfully monitored by anyone.
http://www.hotpotatomash.com/2007/10/video-exclusi-1.html
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Posted by Admin at 10:44 AM
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends...
"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends, you talk to
your enemies." Moshe Dayan
Has anyone accepted Amadinejad's invitation?
Posted by doctormatt at 10:35 AM
Congress Needs A Shot In The Arm
Among the most important public health advances of the past century has been the development of potent vaccines against dangerous and life-threatening illnesses. Polio, tuberculosis, and measles quickly come to mind. Through a process of inoculation, a small dose of the pathogen is intentionally administered to the patient which induces immunity against the full-blown disease.
In a similar way, social scientists have demonstrated that attitude inoculation can be used to prevent the transmission of hazardous beliefs and behaviors from one person to another. For example, research reveals that adolescents can more effectively resist pressure from cigarette-smoking peers if they are given role-playing opportunities in which they rehearse their responses to students pressuring them to smoke.
But today we are in urgent need of an inoculation campaign against an entirely different threat to our nation's health--namely, the Bush administration's exploitation of its "global war on terror" to eviscerate the rule of law and our constitutional checks and balances; to prolong the disastrous occupation of Iraq; and to lay the groundwork for military strikes against Iran. Ever since the tragic events of 9/11 six years ago, the White House has promoted this agenda by working non-stop to spread a simple yet infectious idea: All actions taken by this president and his representatives are necessary to protect the United States from future catastrophic terrorist attacks.
More:
http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2007/10/6/84458/5126
Posted by Admin at 10:32 AM
Ron Paul Campaign Commercial - Video
Approx 9 minutes.
Posted by doctormatt at 08:23 AM
Ralph Nader - Things are a lot worse than we thought - Video
Why won't the Democrats impeach?
Posted by doctormatt at 08:11 AM
Bush: Protectionism Will Cost U.S. Jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alarmed by slipping support for free trade even among Republicans, President Bush is arguing that protectionism will cut Americans out of chances for more -- and better -- jobs.
Continue reading "Bush: Protectionism Will Cost U.S. Jobs"
Posted by Admin at 07:51 AM
October 11, 2007
Americans charge it as Bank of Subprime closes
The automated teller for home loans is empty and Americans are relying increasingly on credit cards to pay their living costs, indicating tough hurdles ahead for U.S. consumer spending and markets.
Federal Reserve data released on Friday showed U.S. consumer borrowing rising by $12.18 billion in August, more than 20 percent more than economists had forecast.
Most striking was an 8.1 percent increase in borrowing on revolving credit lines, mostly credit cards, to a record $909 billion.
Credit card borrowings rose at the sharpest rate since early 2002.
More:
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USL0936312820071009
Posted by Admin at 04:49 PM
Vicente Fox admits that he and George W. Bush have ’agreed’ on common currency, North American Union
Speaking on the Larry King show, former Mexican President Vicente Fox confirmed every assertion made by Jerome Corsi in his new book, NY Times bestseller "The Late Great U.S.A: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada" (WND Books, ISBNs 0-9790451-4-2, $25.95, July 2007). Not only did Fox admit that he and George W. Bush have "agreed" to create a common currency, the Amero, he contended that a North American Union is "inevitable" That’s something that Jerry Corsi takes issue with while applauding Fox’s openness on national television.
"At last we have public confirmation of the pernicious secret activity that’s been going on towards merging Mexico, Canada and the United States" declares Corsi, whose book became a bestseller shortly after publication. "Personally, I’d like to thank Vincente Fox. His candor about this merger is what’s going to stop it dead in its tracks"
Corsi continues, "Fox’s appearance with Larry King and, of all places, on The Daily Show constitutes the first time a leader of Mexico, Canada or the U.S. has openly confirmed a plan to create a regional currency called the Amero -- a plan I document in detail in ’The Late Great U.S.A.’" Fox went on to explain how current regional trade agreements between the United States and its hopelessly corrupt neighbor to the south are intended to evolve into other previously hidden aspects of North American integration.
As reported in WorldNetDaily, Larry King, near the end of the broadcast, asked Fox a question e-mailed from a listener: "I would like to know how you feel about the possibility of having a Latin America united with one currency"
Fox answered in the affirmative, admitting he and George W. Bush had "agreed" to pursue the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas – a free-trade zone extending throughout the Western Hemisphere – and that part of the plan was to institute a regional currency from Canada to the tip of South America!
Read more:
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=49877
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IRS Suffers Defeat
IRS Suffers Staggering Defeat in Kahre tax trial. Tax Questions Raised Regarding Gold and Silver Coins Used to Pay Wages
Around noon on Monday, September 17th, a Las Vegas federal jury returned its verdict refusing to convict nine defendants of any of the 161 federal tax crimes they had been charged with. The charges included income tax evasion, willful failure to file and conspiracy to evade taxes.
The four-month trial centered around the family businesses of Robert Kahre who paid numerous workers for their labor with circulating gold and silver U.S. coins, and did not report the wages. The payments took place over several years, allegedly totaling at least $114 million dollars.
On September 20, 2007, three days after the federal trial's dramatic conclusion, the Las Vegas Review Journal, reportedly under a degree of public pressure, ran its first (and last) story about the outcome of the trial. To this day, with exception of the single article by the Review Journal, no major media entity has published a news story regarding the outcome of this important federal criminal tax case.
The censorship of this important news story is, unfortunately, not unexpected given the continuing, worldwide onslaught against the U.S. "dollar" -- specifically the Federal Reserve variety, and the ever growing numbers of Federal Reserve Notes required to trade for an actual ounce of silver, gold, oil, or for that matter, anything.
In short, this failed prosecution has coalesced and exposed truths our Government desperately needs to hide from the People: the truth about our money, the truth about our (privately-owned) central bank, and the truth about the fraudulent nature of the operation and enforcement of the federal income tax system.
Read more:
http://http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/10/366287.shtml
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October 10, 2007
Wiki the vote - Congress 2008
Congresspedia Profiles Congressional Candidates in the 2008 Election
On Tuesday, the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation launched a new collaborative, citizen-driven project on Congresspedia to build profiles on the hundreds of challengers for congressional seats, which will compliment the existing profiles on every member of Congress. The project is non-partisan and, in true open-source fashion, is free for anyone to participate -- even the candidates themselves.
Even for official party nominees, information on challengers is usually woefully inadequate and information on primary challengers is often nearly non-existent. The explosion of citizen blogging in the last few years has created a wealth of individual opinions and perspectives, but what has been lacking is a central repository of collaboratively produced, in-depth and accurate information. The Wiki the Vote project, due to its easily editable wiki format, will be just that.
http://www.prwatch.org/node/6531
Posted by Admin at 11:44 AM
Center for Media and Democracy
Weekly Radio Spin - podcast
Posted by Admin at 11:42 AM
October 09, 2007
Democracy for Tennessee video
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Dennis Kucinich Talks on Trade, War, and Health Care
Dennis Kucinich told upbeat audiences that the United States will not be able to resolve its economic and immigration issues until it resolves its trade policies.
He also renewed his promise that his first act once he is in the Oval Office will be to cancel the United States' participation in NAFTA and the WTO.
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Posted by Admin at 04:19 PM
October 08, 2007
Did White House Lie About Solution Provider's Role in Loss of 5 Million E-mails?
When Congress asked about 5 million executive branch e-mails that went missing, a White House lawyer pointed the finger at an outside IT contractor.
The only problem? No such IT contractor exists, according to sources close to the investigation of a possible violation of the Federal Records and Presidential Records acts.
White House Office of Administration (OA) Deputy General Counsel Keith Roberts told the House Oversight Committee on May 29 that "an unidentified company working for the Information Assurance (IA) Directorate of the Office of the Chief Information Officer was responsible for daily audits of the e-mail system and the e-mail archiving process," according to committee chair Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. That briefing came about after it was confirmed by the White House in April that millions of e-mails had vanished from Executive Office of the President (EOP) archives from 2003-2005.
http://crn.com/government/202200837
Posted by Admin at 09:03 PM
Gulf funds drift away from dollar
Is OPEC getting ready to drop the U.S. dollar?
Dubai: Asset diversification by the Gulf sovereign wealth funds and the possibility that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will change the pricing of oil from the dollar to another currency could mean more trouble for the dollar.
The dollar has been losing its charm as a reserve currency due to its persistent weakness against a host of other international currencies.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/10/07/10158647.html
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Christians United for Israel
Max: How much of an inspiration is the Second Coming in your support for israel?
Tom Delay: Obviously, it's what I live for - I wish it comes tomorrow.
This, coming from the former, long time speaker of the house - who many called the most powerful man in America after the president.
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/4000
Posted by Admin at 08:52 PM
Australian Dollar at 23-Year High Against U.S. Dollar
Monday, October 8, 2007
The silent collapse of the dollar continues. Last week, it was the Canadian dollar which hit a 31 year high against the U.S. dollar. This week it is the Australian dollar soaring against the U.S. dollar.
The Aussie's dollar traded intraday today at $0.9031, a 23-year high against the U.S dollar.
Posted by doctormatt at 05:59 PM
11/9 Warmup for 12/7 National Caucus
When it comes to choosing our Presidential candidates, why does Iowa take priority over the rest of the country?
The National Presidential Caucus was created to give citizens across the country - Democrats, Republicans, and Independents - a chance to gather in small groups (up to 50 people) to discuss the candidates and vote.
Of course this vote is informal and will not choose any delegates for the convention. But it will get a lot of media coverage and will be a lot more meaningful than the polls - particularly for longer-shot candidates whose lower poll rankings reflects the Corporate Media's bias against them.
The full Caucus will be held on Friday December 7, using Meetup-style tools to help citizens connect. There will also be a Preliminary Straw Poll & Caucus Warmup on Friday, November 9, 2007
Democrats.com is a co-sponsor of the National Presidential Caucus. For more details:
http://www.nationalcaucus.com
Posted by doctormatt at 11:38 AM
IT'S TIME ONCE AGAIN TO PLAY WORLDWIDE PREEMPTIVE WAR
Announcer: [cue peppy marching music] Here is it comes, the exciting
TV game all America is playing . . . whether they like it or not . .
Worldwide Preemptive War, where members of our studio audience
compete for fantastic prizes, like getting out of here alive without
a serious injury. Our first contestant is Joe Grunt, from the Topeka,
Kansas National Guard . . . COME ON DOWN!
Contestant 1: Hey, wait a minute, I just signed up for a weekend a
month.
Announcer: [laughing] Read your contract, son, including the part
about stop loss extensions. And our second contestant is George W.
Bush from the Texas Air National Guard . . . COME ON DOWN! . . .
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Posted by doctormatt at 11:34 AM
October 07, 2007
George W. Bush v. The U.S. Constitution
From misleading the nation on its reasons for war to fighing an unending war on terror, the Bush administration threatens our Constitution and our freedom.
By Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)
George W. Bush Versus the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, Coverups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying
In July 2005, 122 members of Congress, along with more than 500,000 Americans, sent a letter to President George W. Bush, asking him to verify whether the assertions set forth in the so-called “Downing Street Minutes” were accurate. The president never responded.
That lack of response prompted Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, to commission his staff to write a report examining the administration’s manipulation and deception during the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. When the New York Times reported in December 2005 that President Bush had approved widespread warrantless domestic surveillance of innocent Americans, (later corroborated in May 2006 by USA Today), Conyers asked his staff to document those abuses as well. The final report, “The Constitution In Crisis,” released in August with little attention from the mainstream media, is a compelling indictment of the Bush administration.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2868/george_w_bush_v_the_us_constitution/
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Posted by Admin at 10:03 PM
Universal health care in Wisconsin
In late June, the Wisconsin state senate ratified “Healthy Wisconsin,” a plan that is “the boldest and most comprehensive health care reform from any state,” according to the Progressive States Network
A rally in Madison, Wisc., in support of "Healthy Wisconsin"
With health care ranking near the top of voters’ concerns nationally, state politicians around the country have been taking action to provide better health insurance coverage. Some states have expanded existing plans, such as Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), despite the Bush administration’s resistance to both. Others, like Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts, have recently launched plans that combine both requiring and subsidizing insurance.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3305/universal_health_care_for_wisconsin/
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October 05, 2007
Blog site of Center for a Better South
http://www.thinksouth.org/
Posted by doctormatt at 02:27 PM
Tennessee's lethal injection ruled unconstitutional
A Federal judge has ruled that the state of Tennessee's lethal injection method of execution is unconstitutional:
U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger's ruling on Wednesday said Tennessee's newly revised execution protocol left open the possibility that the lethal three-drug cocktail could present "a substantial risk of unnecessary pain," and was therefore unconstitutional.
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/09/tennessee-lethal-injection-ruled.asp
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Posted by Admin at 02:21 PM
Bush vetos SCHIP expansion
It’s not surprising that Bush is hoping no one notices his veto, which will deny health coverage to four million children. Over 70 percent of Americans support Congress’s proposed SCHIP increase. Bush has stated that he opposes funding the program with revenue from cigarette taxes, even though such taxes are tied to decreases in smoking. Furthermore, the public overwhelmingly supports raising tobacco taxes, by a margin of 67 percent to 28 percent.
Posted by doctormatt at 01:19 PM
Byrd: Senate’s ‘Saber-Rattling’ Is ‘Sleep-Walking’ America To War With Iran
On the Senate floor today, Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) decried the recent Kyl-Lieberman amendment on Iran that 72 of his colleagues voted for, calling it an exercise in “international verbal spitball.” Byrd warned his colleagues against “sleep-walking” into another war, saying “I hope that we can stop this war of words before it becomes a war of bombs.”
Byrd added that the Senate’s “chest-pounding” and “saber-rattling” towards Iran was “deeply troubling,” as the Iraq war has shown “all too clearly where it leads”:
It is deeply troubling to see the U.S. Senate joining the chest-pounding and saber-rattling of the Bush administration. I am no apologist for the Iranian regime, anymore than I was for Saddam Hussein, but I fear that we may become entangled in another bloody quagmire. We have been down this path before. We have seen all too clearly where it leads.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/iran-byrd-speech/
Posted by doctormatt at 01:14 PM
Tax protestors arrested
Marshals Posed As Supporters To Arrest Browns
PLAINFIELD, N.H. -- U.S. marshals posing as supporters carried out the arrests of tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown, officials said Friday.
The undercover officers were invited in by the Browns on Thursday evening, and before the couple realized they weren't supporters, they were already under arrest.
http://www.wmur.com/news/14274183/detail.html
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Posted by doctormatt at 01:12 PM
Blogging for a Progressive South
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/10/southern-plutonium-shipments-could.asp
Posted by doctormatt at 01:08 PM
Impeachement? Questions to ask Wamp, Alexander, Corker
Here are the dozen questions we’re posing:
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Posted by doctormatt at 12:58 PM
Nickelback - If Everyone Cared
Posted by doctormatt at 12:54 PM
Book Review - American Empire and the Commonwealth of God
By Jim Miles
The American Empire and the Commonwealth of God – A Political, Economic, Religious Statement. John Cobb, Richard Falk, David Griffin and Catherine Keller. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky, 2006.
Based solely on the title, this book appeared to be something that could have some strong revelations on the nature of the American Empire and its relationship with religion. Having read several books from the religious right, including the first volume of the "Left Behind" series (summed up as a compilation of Star Wars, Harlequin Romance, and end of times theology), I thought this volume might have a more rational approach than the fear mongering and devilish rhetoric that saturates the right wing material.
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Posted by Admin at 12:51 PM
Center for Media and Democracy Debate on VNRs
"Video News Releases" (VNRs), public relations videos that mimic television news reports and are frequently aired, without disclosure, during TV newscasts.
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1004-08.htm
Posted by doctormatt at 12:46 PM
Progressive agenda for week of 10-1-07
http://www.democrats.com/weekly-agenda
Posted by doctormatt at 11:10 AM
October 04, 2007
Quote - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
Posted by doctormatt at 12:24 PM
John McCain and our Christian Nation
John McCain is at it again. This time out he’s arguing, in an interview with Beliefnet, that the Constitution established the US as a “Christian nation” and he comes dangerously close to suggesting that only a Christian would be fit to be president (in fact, he seems to say just that before waffling and backpedaling into an answer designed to draw a bit less fire).
http://scholarsandrogues.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/john-mccain-christian-nation/
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Posted by Admin at 12:21 PM
Secessionists Meeting in Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — In an unlikely marriage of desire to secede from the United States, two advocacy groups from opposite political traditions — New England and the South — are sitting down to talk.
Tired of foreign wars and what they consider right-wing courts, the Middlebury Institute wants liberal states like Vermont to be able to secede peacefully.
That sounds just fine to the League of the South, a conservative group that refuses to give up on Southern independence.
"We believe that an independent South, or Hawaii, Alaska, or Vermont would be better able to serve the interest of everybody, regardless of race or ethnicity," said Michael Hill of Killen, Ala., president of the League of the South.
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=43231
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October 03, 2007
Seymour M. Hersh: "Shifting Targets" - RE: Attacking Iran
Seymour Hersh is a well respected journalist whose articles in the New Yorker have led that part of the media whose mental agility has not been hobbled by corporate perspectives. He has correctly diagnosed the Iraq War, the Iraq Occupation and even the ultimate aim of CheneyBush to attack Iran. It is all the more interesting, therefore, that Mr. Hersh has chosen to hold back the obvious conclusion in his latest article on the switch being pulled by the CheneyBush administration on developing a casus belli—a cause for war—against Iran.
http://www.americanliberalism.org/showDiary.do?diaryId=1575
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October 02, 2007
On health care - Kucinich's leftist views could satisfy Republicans, Democrats alike
I must admit I am pretty fickle when it comes to choosing whom I cast my vote for. I am not one of those one-issue people.
If someone says they are pro-choice, that doesn't mean they are going to get my vote. I like to take a look at the whole picture and ensure they support all of the same liberal-commie causes I do: universal health care, an end to the war in Iraq, renewable energy, ending poverty in the United States and repealing the Patriot Act.
These issues are pretty important to me. I like to think most Americans actually agree with me when it comes to these issues. And I also happen to the think the candidate who best addresses these issues is Dennis Kucinich.
Posted by Admin at 04:54 AM
A Look at the Candidates on Health Care
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Posted by doctormatt at 04:51 AM
Bill Richardson on the environment
Key Points
* Calls for cutting U.S. oil demand 50 percent by 2020.
* Calls for 30 percent of the U.S. electricity supply to come from renewable sources by 2020, and 50 percent by 2040.
* Calls for a cap to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 90 percent from 2006 levels by 2050, and 20 percent by 2020.
* Calls for raising fuel-economy standards for automobiles to 50 miles per gallon by 2020.
* Writing a book about his energy vision -- Leading by Example: How We Can Inspire an Energy and Security Revolution -- due out in October 2007.
http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/08/06/richardson_factsheet/index.html?source=rss
Posted by doctormatt at 04:48 AM
John Edwards in the Slate mashup
Rose: Sen. Edwards, first on Iraq, give me your assessment of what Gen. Petraeus said and your opinion of whether he is accurate about the situation on the ground and what this administration is prepared to do next.
Edwards: My view about it is that both the administration and Gen. Petraeus are not focused on what is the only important question, which is, has there been political progress in Iraq? Because unless and until there's some political compromise between Sunni and Shia, there could not be stability in Iraq and the violence will continue. And instead of focusing on one small part of Iraq, Anbar province for example, where the Sunni tribal leadership has actually decided to work with America against al-Qaida, what we should be looking at is, has there been a political progress? Because without political progress, what's the purpose of us being here? I mean, what is the purpose of all the lives being lost? What's the purpose of now $500 billion and counting?
http://www.slate.com/id/2173855/
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich answers questions in our presidential mashup.
Rose: Congressman Kucinich, welcome to "mashup," this online debate. Let me begin by talking about Iraq. We'll have three minutes for that. And three minutes health-care education. And three minutes for a wild card. I begin with Iraq. Gen. Petraeus has made his statement to Congress, answered questions. The president will apparently support him. Is anything the Congress can do and will do to change that strategy?
Kucinich: Well, are we forgetting something here? I mean, do we still have civilian leadership in the United States or have we torn that page out of our Constitution as well? The founders made it very clear that Congress under Article 1, Section 8 has the power of war. And Congress also has the power of the purse. Congress must tell the president now, "The war is over. Bring the troops home. Bring the equipment home. Force those mercenaries to come home. Get Halliburton out of there." I mean, Congress has the power, and they can take action now. We cannot to fund this war.
http://www.slate.com/id/2173840/
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Posted by Admin at 04:41 AM
Democratic presidential candidates on health care
What have the candidates said on the issues so far? Are they changing their stories? Our cheat sheet on the previous debates will help you be the judge. Here we're offering background information on health care,
http://www.slate.com/id/2173484/nav/navoa/
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Posted by Admin at 04:36 AM
Slate's presidential Mashup
On Sept. 12, Slate co-sponsored the first-ever online-only presidential mashup with Yahoo! and the Huffington Post. Armed with your questions, Charlie Rose asked the top Democratic presidential candidates about their views on health care, Iraq, education, and other issues. Their video responses, posted on Yahoo! and linked to below, are coded and at your disposal—allowing you to create your own custom candidate forum.
http://www.slate.com/id/2173700/
Posted by Admin at 04:32 AM
Gravel: Representative Government Is Broken
Sen. Mike Gravel answers questions in our presidential mashup.
From Slate
Rose: Sen. Gravel, the president has said that he's going to listen carefully to what Gen. Petraeus says and reports to him about the surge and what might be America's commitment in the future. What do you make of what Gen. Petraeus has said?
Gravel: I think it's a tragic charade where obviously one could predict what Petraeus was going to say three years ago on this particular subject. And then you get the president, who is the commander in chief, saying he's going to follow what the dictates or recommendations of Gen. Petraeus, who is making recommendations that the White House wanted. This is a very tragic charade. While human lives are lost because of the inability of this government to have any sense of moral commitment.
http://www.slate.com/id/2173859/
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Posted by Admin at 04:30 AM
Teacher: I was fired, said Bible isn't literal
A community college instructor in Red Oak claims he was fired after he told his students that the biblical story of Adam and Eve should not be literally interpreted.
Steve Bitterman, 60, said officials at Southwestern Community College sided with a handful of students who threatened legal action over his remarks in a western civilization class Tuesday. He said he was fired Thursday.
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Posted by Admin at 04:07 AM
What's the "gender" of your brain?
What to do:
Hold out your right hand, place your fingers together, and compare the length of your index (first) finger and ring (third) finger.
http://www.quirkology.com/USA/Experiment_AnalyseYourself.shtml
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Posted by doctormatt at 03:22 AM
Bush to World: Up Is Down
Sep. 25- George W. Bush – who asserts his unlimited personal authority to kill, kidnap, torture and spy on anyone of his choosing anywhere in the world – opened his annual speech to the United Nations by hailing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The US President pushed the envelope of the world's credulity even further by citing the UN's Universal Declaration of 1948 as justification for his "war on terror" and his draconian policies for eliminating "terrorists" or other threats to world order with little or no due process.
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Posted by doctormatt at 03:04 AM
FCC chief hints at deregulation
On Sept. 20, Chicagoans packed into an auditorium to voice concerns about media consolidation before the leadership of the Federal Communications Commission.
Hundreds were there to urge the agency's five commissioners to foster more diversity over the air, by deciding to stop any further amassing of local TV, radio and newspaper outlets under a single corporate owner.
But it seems that this FCC decision has already been cast. During a meeting with Tribune editors earlier in the day, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin hinted very strongly that he plans to lift the existing "cross-ownership" ban that has been on the books for more than 30 years.
Such a change to the rules would unleash a new wave of consolidation in local markets.
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Posted by Admin at 03:01 AM
Gay hate crime measure passes Senate
Sep. 27- The Matthew Shepard Hate Crime bill passed the Senate on Sept. 27, setting up a potential battle with the White House.
The measure has already passed the House. The two versions of the bill must be reconciled before heading to President Bush.
In a bid to head off a threatened veto, the Senate's chief sponsor, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) tacked the bill onto a Defense spending bill as an amendment.
The president is desperate to have the spending bill passed. The White House has not said if the president would veto the Defense bill to kill the Shepard Act.
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Posted by Admin at 02:57 AM
Europeans angry after Bush climate speech 'charade'
Sep. 29- President Bush was castigated by European diplomats and found himself isolated on Sept. 28 after a special conference on climate change ended without any progress.
European ministers, diplomats and officials attending the Washington conference were scathing, particularly in private, over Bush's failure once again to commit to binding action on climate change.
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Posted by Admin at 02:55 AM
US nuclear dump plan in danger after seismic shock
The most expensive public works project in the US was in disarray on Sept. 25 after it emerged that a planned giant nuclear dump would be located on a fault line.
Rock samples from deep within Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, showed that the fault runs directly beneath the site where the US federal government planned to store 77,000 tons of highly radioactive waste.
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Posted by doctormatt at 02:52 AM
Bush to host 'greenwashing' climate summit
Sep. 27- For the first time in 16 years, a major environmental conference opens in Washington, hosted by the Bush administration. But no concrete results are expected, and that – say European participants – is the point of this high-level meeting.
Far from representing a Damascene conversion on climate change by President Bush, the two-day gathering of the world's biggest polluting nations is aimed at undermining the UN's efforts to tackle global warming, say European sources. "The conference was called at very short notice," said one participant. "It's a cynical exercise in destabilising the UN process."
http://www.agrnews.org/print.php?news_id=2926
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Posted by doctormatt at 02:50 AM
Interfaith leaders call for day of fasting to end the Iraq War
Sep. 26- Several religious leaders representing tens of millions of faithful Americans stood on Sept. 26 in the shadow of the US Capitol calling religious communities of various traditions to a day of fasting and prayer to end the Iraq war.
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Posted by doctormatt at 02:45 AM
Is Marriage Worth It?
Let’s get a grip on this marriage hype. Regardless of what the church says about its sanctity or what the court mandates in the recent Vermont Supreme Court decision extending its "privileges and benefits" to heretofore-free same-sex couples, marriage isn’t a wholly beneficial institution. Rather, wedlock is a contract, often blessed by the church and always enforced by the state. And both formidable authorities have a compelling interest in this particular bargain, since it regulates the sexual activities of adults - mainly women.
http://towardfreedom.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=0
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Posted by doctormatt at 02:39 AM
Top 20 Logical Fallacies
Presented by The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
What is a logical fallacy?
All arguments have the same basic structure: A therefore B. They begin with one or more premises (A), which is a fact or assumption upon which the argument is based. They then apply a logical principle (therefore) to arrive at a conclusion (B).
An example of a logical principle is that of equivalence. For example, if you begin with the premises that A=B and B=C, you can apply the logical principle of equivalence to conclude that A=C. A logical fallacy is a false or incorrect logical principle.
An argument that is based upon a logical fallacy is therefore not valid. It is important to note that if the logic of an argument is valid then the conclusion must also be valid, which means that if the premises are all true then the conclusion must also be true. Valid logic applied to one or more false premises, however, leads to an invalid argument. Also, if an argument is not valid the conclusion may, by chance, still be true.
Top 20 Logical Fallacies (in alphabetical order):
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Posted by doctormatt at 02:30 AM
Bush White House checks in with rapture Christians regarding Middle East policy.
The problem is not that George W. Bush is discussing policy with people who press right-wing solutions to achieve peace in the Middle East, or with devout Christians. It is that he is discussing policy with Christians who might not care about peace at all at least until the rapture.
It demonstrates, he says, "the absolute convergence of the neoconservatives with the Christian Zionists and the pro-Israel lobby, driving U.S. Mideast policy."
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0420,perlstein,53582,6.html
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Posted by Admin at 02:04 AM
October 01, 2007
Foreign Aid is...
Foreign Aid is the transfer of money from poor people in rich countires -
to rich people in poor countries.
Bill Clinton
Posted by doctormatt at 02:15 PM
China unleashes cautious giant onto world's financial markets
BEIJING (AFP) — There was no champagne, no music, and just a few young women in traditional dresses.
The low-key ceremony that marked the launch of China Investment Corp. this weekend could reflect the cautious manner in which Beijing intends to unleash the largest fund in history onto the world's financial markets.
The much-anticipated corporation will be in charge of 200 billion dollars -- nearly one-sixth the nation's enormous forex reserves -- but it will not flaunt its wealth, observers said.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzIuecqXnOMbDfvTFB64G0OzZFdg
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Posted by doctormatt at 01:02 PM
Iran calls CIA "terrorist group"
TEHRAN, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Iranian lawmakers on Saturday branded the U.S. troops and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as terrorist groups, according to a statement released by the Iranian state media.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/29/content_6815441.htm
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Posted by doctormatt at 12:53 PM
Report: U.S. shifts emphasis in possible confrontation with Iran
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Bush administration is shifting emphasis from the plan of a broad bombing attack to "surgical" strikes on Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities in its strategy of possible military confrontation with Iran, the New Yorker said in an on-line report Sunday.
The Bush administration has come to conclusion that many of America's problems in Iraq are the responsibility of Teheran, then the solution to them is to confront Iran, the report said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/01/content_6819407.htm
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Posted by doctormatt at 12:51 PM
IRAN: USA TO HIT PASDARAN INSTEAD OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS
(AGI) - Washington, Oct 1 - The US has changed its plans for a possible attack against Iran: the new objectives are the bases of Pashdaran, backbone of the armed forces of Teheran, and no longer the installations of the controversial nuclear programme of the Islamic Republic.
This is reported by the 'New Yorker', whose investigator Seymour Hersh, in the past responsible for important scoops, cites confidential Pentagon sources. George W. Bush has asked the United General Staff, the top of the armed forces, to revise the plans for an eventual operation against Iran focusing on "precision" attacks with cruise missiles against the bases of 125,000 men of the corps of 'Guards of the Revolution'. The Pasdaran are accused by US intelligence of organising resistance of Shia Iraqi militiamen through the elite troops of 'Quds' forces.
http://www.agi.it/world/news/200710011033-pol-ren0012-art.html
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Posted by doctormatt at 12:48 PM
Hersh: Bush admin planning ’surgical’ strikes in Iran
The president is connecting Iran to attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq. Cheney’s rhetoric is becoming more strident. Senate Republicans and a few too many Dems have labeled Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as “terrorists.” Freedom’s Watch is considering a national advertising campaign focused on Iran, comparing Ahmadinejad to Hitler, and hoping to convince Americans that Iran will try to destroy the United States and Israel.
The New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh explains that this isn’t an accident. If his sources are right, plans for a military confrontation with Iran are moving forward apace.
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13068.html
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Posted by doctormatt at 12:45 PM
Illegal immigration of Americans to Canada.
Liberals have a sense of humor.
From the Manitoba Herald, Canada (a very underground paper)
The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The actions of President Bush are prompting the exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, and agree with Bill O'Reilly.
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Posted by doctormatt at 10:36 AM