Saturday, July 19:

When Human Rights Extend to Nonhumans - NY Times (1 comments) A thoughtful and provocative article, inspired by the vote of the environment committee of the Spanish Parliament last month to grant limited rights to our closest biological relatives, the great apes. If the bill passes, torture, including in medical experiments, and arbitrary imprisonment, (including for circuses or films) would be forbidden, and it would become illegal to kill apes except in self-defense.

Friday, July 18:

Linda Milazzo: Pelosi Secures Her "BUT" (7 comments)

David Swanson: English Translation of a John Conyers Press Release (2 comments) Below is the original text of a July 17, 2008, media advisory from House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers in the original Pelosiconi, followed by the English in all caps.

Clutton Patsika: Zimbabwe Does Not Belong to Mugabe Alone (2 comments) Zimbabwe's crisis has reached untenable level, but do we want unity or just free and fair elections?

Tom Devine: *URGENT! SIGN PETITION FOR PRODUCT SAFETY TODAY! (2 comments) We urgently need coalitions and individuals to sign a petition urging Congress to pass sweeping consumer protection. 68 citizen groups have joined in this push. We need 100. Please email

Ralph Lopez: *Executive Privilege, Why Aren't They Hollering "Cover-up?" The congressional game is to attempt to appease the impeachment movement with some sort of action while keeping it as quiet as possible, lest the general electorate catch wind. We need to ask them why they aren't hollering "cover-up!" to Bush's recent claim of executive privilege.

Israel May Start Nuclear War- NYT Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University, claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran within the next 4 to 7 months, and if conventional weapons are unsuccessful to knock out Iran's nuclear program, than Israel will escalate to the use of nuclear weapons.

Morford: Here's oil in your eye I admit to a bit of total confusion mixed with a certain level of stupefied awe and teeth-rattling frustration as to why anyone with the mental acuity of more than a housefly would think that stabbing more holes into Alaska and the eastern seaboard in the search for a few remaining precious drops of oil is a good idea, would solve anything at all, is anything more than the equivalent of hurling matches at the devil.

David Swanson: *Guess Who's Coming to the Impeachment (1 comments) How They'll Try to Bury Impeachment and Fail

McCain-As-War-Hero Myth More laughable than the notion of Obama as the second coming of JFK is the founding myth of the McCain campaign: (a) he is a war hero, and (b) said heroism increases his credibility on national security issues. “A Vietnam hero and national security pro,” The New York Times calls him in a typical media blandishment.

Double-Secret Donations PRESIDENT BUSH has a new "don't ask, don't tell" policy. It involves his presidential library. Fundraising for the library is going on -- in secret, we are told, shielded even from the president himself.

Ann Kramer: An opportunity in this financial crisis In this financial meltdown, we have an opportunity to create change in our banking system that will result in a stronger economy for everyone. The private bankers have had 200+ years to make it work--and this current financial crisis shows they can't do it. Let's make change now.

A Government of People, After All Bet you can't guess who's on the thing! James Baker? Check. Warren Christopher? Check. Lee Hamilton? Check. Ed Meese? Check. Brent Scowcroft? Check. (What, no Henry Kissinger? Guess he was busy fighting war crime extraditions.)

Milton Lee Norris: When Is It Going to Be About Human Lives? Money versus the importance of human lives

In Online Politicking, Republicans Play Catch-Up Republican fundraising efforts before the RNC and John McCain's campaign issues

Dr. Judith Rodin: The Post-Social Contract Generation Almost half of America's youngest workers believe the nation's best days may have come and gone. Ninety percent say the social contract is broken and 87 percent - the largest portion in any age group - are calling out for a new one.

Bush Tries to Hide Rising Death Tolls Linked to Global Warming Imagine if you will a thought crossing George Bush's brain (it's a hypothetical so please suspend your disbelief) regarding the issue of global climate change.

E.J. Dionne: Gore's Energy Oomph Voters say they hate gimmicks and insist they want bold solutions. Well, Gore is testing that proposition. He says he wants to "expand the political space" for those actually running for office. Will they take the opening?

Froomkin: Mukasey the Obstructionist Michael Mukasey has President Bush's back. Mukasey succeeded toady Alberto Gonzales as attorney general last fall. But the notion that he would restore independence to that post took a big hit yesterday when he refused to turn over to a House committee key documents related to the CIA leak investigation.

A fractured party GOP in Idaho Not the party of Senator Borah, but not the party of Senator Larry Craig, for sure. Idaho Republicans are trying to remain reddest of the red by courting an Independent running for Craig's seat.

Obama's Rashomonic Trip Who he'll be visiting, what Obama, McCain and the pundits will be watching for on the trip

Leader in a Struggling City _ Benon Harbor MI I could not find the dateline to this story and decided it wouldn't matter to a man locked up for speaking out against local officials. Minister wrote a letter to a Chicago paper and was on a short list from it. Author of piece posted his email address for those who like to follow truth and justice issues.

Bob Cesca: Senator McCain Isn't Funny, So Stop Encouraging Him If a candidate is unable to control himself and blurts out a joke about bestial rape or killing civilians despite the fact that there are reporters everywhere and he happens to be running for president, it goes a long way towards determining whether he's someone who we can trust to make snap decisions with global implications or whether he's simply a tweaking street loon who talks to invisible shadow people.

Elliott Adams: *Veterans for Peace Call for Week of Impeachment Action An intense 7-day VFP campaign of calls to congress for impeachment. Get everyone you know to call Congress before July 25 demanding for impeachment now.

VA Ban on Voter Registration Drives for Injured Vets Becomes National Fight If they're old enough to get wounded, they're old enough to vote. Secretaries of States (a bunch of them) are protesting official VA policy about helping veterans to vote. Please stand up for those who can't stand up.

earl ofari hutchinson: Forget Apologizing to Obama Jackson Should Apologize to Blacks for His N Word Hypocrisy On November 26, 2006 at a press conference in Los Angeles guess who said this: "We will challenge and urge all artists and comics to stop using this (n) word. What other group is subjected to such a degrading terminology?"

Bob Benenson's Jigsaw Politics: Top 5 GOP Bids to Keep House Hopes Alive Columnist looks back at Rep House conquests in 06 and tallies zero in Dem losses by incumbents, whereas Republicans cried in their beer. This time he sees a Democratic incumbent in five states with possible losses to Reps: TX, AL, KS, FL & LA. But he's not breaking out the champagne.

Jessica Moore: *The Ultimate Irony About Leadership (5 comments) The ultimate irony is that people are always hopeful a good leader will come along, so they perpetuate the different political systems that determine how national heads of state gain power. That is ironic because people rarely get the leader they hope for, and it's usually because they have naive expectations, or because they are gullible and swallow false and empty promises, or because power often corrupts heads of state.

Rodrigue Tremblay: *Candidate McCain: A Risky Choice "At the smallest provocation I would go off into a mad frenzy, and then suddenly crash to the floor unconscious. When I got angry I held by breath until I blacked out"

Thomas Richard: The Trouble With Time Covering green issues is part and parcel of any weekly newsmagazine. Championing one side of an issue, refusing to report contrarian studies by reputable scientists, is quite another.

Pablo Ouziel: Rethinking Absurdity (1 comments) Rethinking Absurdity

Are birds coming home to roost for top torture advocate? Former legal head of the DoD who pushed the Pentagon's interrogation policies once defended the bombing of rare birds in the Mariana Islands. Today Wayne Hanyes is an executive at Chevron. But his past work will continue to haunt him.

Stephen Lendman: Torture as Official US Policy Torture and lawlessness are official US policies under George Bush. This is America's darkest hour as the nation hurtles toward tyranny.

Marc McDonald: Phil Gramm: Porn Mogul (1 comments) Molly Ivins once exposed Phil Gramm as the typical sort of GOP hypocrite who (like George W. Bush) loudly denounces all government programs, even as he rakes in tax dollars from various government programs. However, at one point, Gramm did at least attempt to make a living in the private sector. Before Gramm joined the Christian Coalition's Ralph Reed to call for defunding the NEA, he was an investor in soft-core porn movies.

Milbank: Keeping His Eye on the Ball These are the stats kept by CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, the world's most devoted chronicler of presidential comings and goings. By his reckoning, the only activity that seems to rival the president's love of sports is his love of fundraising. Bush has attended 322 fundraisers since taking office.

Iraq's Falling Fig Leaf Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s call for a timetable on American troop withdrawals has touched off a dramatic change in the debate over the future U.S. engagement in Iraq – essentially, it marks a falling away of the fig-leaf rationales for the five-plus years of occupation.

gabby hayes: When the Leaving Is Good A republican invited to participate in the system is a hijacker engaged in coopting the system. I have little hope for a coalition government.

Joe Huston: Should I stay or should I go: Why Bush chose correctly. White House officials recently announced that President Bush plans to attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. Despite the disappointment of those worried about Chinese actions in Tibet and Darfur, this was undoubtedly the right decision.

Tom Devine: *Showdown for Consumer Safety Whistleblowers If you support Consumer rights, contact immediately to sign the petition! Time is short! Contact tomd@whistleblower.org immediately!

Bruce K. Gagnon: O-BUMMER (1 comments) The fresh face of change is a facade I told a friend who called yesterday broken hearted about Obama's vote in favor of the FISA bill. I've been through this one before.

Debby Bodkin: Letter to American Bar Association -- Stop AG Muskasey! AG Muskasey represents the general public... how can he possibly represent President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Karl Rove, without violating laws of the land governing legal conflicts of interests?

Douglas Smyth: Peak Oil Happened Already What does "peak oil" mean, and what can we do about it? We face two very different responses: one will lead to a pretty ugly world, and diminished living standards, the other would lead to a more peaceful, richer, but less materially intensive world.

kellie bean: Satire Ain't Pretty: Hubbub at The New Yorker Satire is an effective political tool. Reaction to The New Yorker cover suggests it's also tricky to use.

Allen L Roland: *AMERICA'S MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINAL / DICK CHENEY (1 comments) As vice president, Cheney was the decisive force pushing America into the illegal war and occupation of Iraq. Those who have known him over the years remain astounded by what they describe as his almost autistic indifference to the thoughts and feelings of others : T.D. Allman / Rolling Stone

George Staropoli: What unalienable rights? God is dead! (1 comments) Once it removed God from the scene, America lost its moral and ethical compass, because it has set no alternative higher authority as a guide for ethical and moral behavior .

Kathryn Smith: *The Psychology of Activism Following Rob Kall's request for testimony about what activist experiences we have had which have worked, as well as which have not, I am here to tell you about both situations in my activism.

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Saturday, July 19:

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Bill C51 in Canada is a MAJOR WARNING to all of us. Fascism is coming in through food and health products. Time to watch what is going on with farmers and food and natural substances like a hawk. All of them seem so basic and boring politically but all of them need serious attention and protection right now because CORPORATE police state control is coming down on all of them. The banning of healthy real milk and NAIS - global tracking info of EVERY move or EVERY farm animal into a CORPORATE data bank - are happening now.

Friday, July 18:

John Wojcik: Teachers union rolls out new vision for America's schools "Can you imagine a federal law that promoted community schools - schools that serve the neediest children by bringing together under one roof all the services and activities they and their families need?" With these words Randi Weingarten brought thousands of teachers to their feet in sustained applause, cheering for her union's bold new vision of the public school of the 21st century.

BREAKING: Phil Gramm Resigns McCain Campaign After 'Nation of Whiners' Comment Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign co-chairman, hoping to quiet the uproar that followed his comments that Americans had become a "nation of whiners" whose constant complaints about the U.S. economy show they are in a "mental recession."

mfaison: *Comes With the Territory: Responsibility, Accountability, Authority in Offices of Power Commentary concerning the concept of checks-and-balance in the US government today, and links to recent events that would call the practice of this concept into question

Ashcroft Testifies on Interrogation Policy In his first Capitol Hill appearance to address national security issues since leaving the Justice Department three years ago, Ashcroft batted away probing questions, blaming his memory and citing the still-classified status of memos and programs the Bush administration adopted after Sept. 11, 2001.

U.S. and Iraq Agree to Goals for Troop Cuts Just over the horizon...The United States and Iraq have agreed to set a “general time horizon” for the “further reduction of U.S. combat forces in Iraq” following the improvement in security conditions in the country.

House Republicans Block Democratic Effort on Oil Leases, Calling the Bill a Sham House Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to pressure energy companies into drilling for oil on lands they already leased from the federal government, calling the legislation a sham. The White House expressed a similar view in issuing a veto threat against the bill.

McCain Economic Adviser Gramm Quits Campaign Phil Gramm, a top adviser to presidential candidate John McCain, is resigning from the role as campaign co-chairman after his comments that the United States had become a "nation of whiners" who constantly complain about the state of the economy.

U.S. cracks down on arms smuggling into Iraq Iranian involvement in Iraq war

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For July 18, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issue

McCain: Oil Rigs "˜Very Successfully' Survived the Impact of Hurricanes McCrazy still hasn't read the memo...Katrina and Rita reeked havoc on the off-shore oil rigs. MUST SEE PICS!

Warming Is Major Threat To Humans, EPA Warns (1 comments) The strong warnings highlighted the contorted position that the EPA has staked out on climate change. Last week, the agency decided not to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, at least not until after President Bush's term ends.

Mark Crispin Miller: ROVE NAMED IN ELECTION FRAUD CONSPIRACY (1 comments) It is a case of vast historical importance, not just because of what it will reveal about US elections since 2000, but, no less, because it represents the only way that we might actually prevent another stolen race this fall. By shining a bright light, at last, on all the topmost perpetrators of the fraud thus far, this suit will drive them all into defensive mode and, therefore, out of business.

Charles Corry: Mail Ballots - cost, convenience, voter turnout, and other lies When something is broken and can't be fixed it is a common ploy of children and bureaucrats to attempt to hide it. With regard to electronic voting, mail ballots are just such a childish tactic, fertile ground on which election fraud will grow.A further caveat is that every election process and device must be completely transparent to concerned citizens.

Status Report on the Collapse of the U.S. Economy The problem politically is that control of the U.S. long ago was turned over to the bankers. A side effect of this control is that they are also Zionists, so we have the added multi-trillion dollar burden of trying to conquer the Middle East on behalf of the international oil interests and the state of Israel. The bankers do not care if nations and empires destroy themselves, the more war and starvation there is the better.

Gore Calls for Carbon-Free Electric Power Former Vice President Al Gore said on Thursday that Americans must abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within a decade and rely on the sun, the winds and other environmentally friendly sources of power, or risk losing their national security as well as their creature comforts.

Evidence Shows That Tax Cuts Lose Revenue The claim that tax cuts "pay for themselves" - i.e., cause so much economic growth that revenues rise faster than they would have without the tax cut - has been made repeatedly in recent years and is one of the many tax policy issues that is likely to receive renewed attention in light of the upcoming election. As explained briefly below, this claim is false. The evidence shows clearly that tax cuts lose revenue.

Luke Ryland: West Point Terrorism Expert: Turkish involvement in Terror is 'best kept story' West Point Terrorism Expert: Turkish involvement in Terror is 'best kept story'

Bia Winter: Re-Defining "Terrorism" Who and what is a "Terrorism?

Paul Kruger: Congress, Rove & Contempt (2 comments) Rove and inherent contempt.

Kevin Gosztola: Should activist, citizen, and advocacy groups go to the DNC or RNC to protest? (3 comments) I believe this poll will help us have an important discussion and would greatly appreciate hearing from members of the OEN community and others on this.

Texas approves major new wind power project (1 comments) Texas, headquarters of America's oil industry, is about to stake a fortune on wind power. In what experts say is the biggest investment in the clean and renewable energy in U.S. history, utility officials in the Lone Star State gave preliminary approval Thursday to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines to carry wind-generated electricity from gusty West Texas to urban areas like Dallas.

Invoking the Memory of Mandela the Freedom Fighter It's just been a few weeks since Nelson Mandela was taken off the United States terrorism watch list. No doubt so that they too could join in the celebrations of this living icon, without the embarrassment of hoisting up a revolutionary.

Spying uncovered Undercover Maryland State Police officers repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups in recent years and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers, newly released documents show.

A Cast of 300 Advises Obama on Foreign Policy "like a mini State Dept." is the way E Bumiller describes Obama's campaign staff concerning foreign policy. Two briefings each morning--one with news, and 2 with possible political ramifications on the trail. I'll bet those 300 are working overtime during buildup to the Senator's Iraq trip.

On FLDS, While the Media Focused on Child Abuse, Racism and Church-State Issues are Also Involved The media has focused on the alleged child sex abuse aspect of the FLDS story, but the Southern Poverty Law Center also chronicles racist statements and church-state issues.

Burmese Opposition Ready to Escalate Pro-Democracy Fight Members of Burma's battered and disparate opposition are growing disillusioned with the old methods of the pro-democracy movement and are seeking ways to escalate their armed struggle with the help of covert western support. "There is a very real debate among us about how to begin a more sustained armed struggle," an organiser of last September's failed uprising said. "We are ready for that kind of action."

Rob Kall: Do You Support Cindy Sheehan's Campaign Run Against Nancy Pelosi (19 comments) Pelosi or Sheehan? Will you be helping Sheehan or Pelosi?

How the Bush Administration Supports the Troops - NYT: Electrical Risks at Bases in Iraq Worse than Previously Said This deserves at least as much media attention as "America Held Hostage" did under Carter. Why is there so little regard for the safety of our troops?

Proposed George W. Bush Sewage Plant makes ballot (4 comments) Finally, a fitting monument to Bush is planned by San Franciscans

Administration Wanted Loyalist As Justice Dept. Legal Adviser Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft offered the White House a list of five candidates to lead the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel in early 2003, but top administration officials summarily rejected them in favor of installing a loyalist who would provide the legal footing needed to continue coercive interrogation techniques and broadly interpret executive power.

White House Blocks Release of FBI Files (2 comments) The White House yesterday blocked a House committee's attempt to obtain internal FBI reports about the leak of a CIA officer's identity, asserting that notes from interviews of Vice President Cheney and other administration officials are protected by executive privilege.

Electrical Risks at Bases in Iraq Worse Than Previously Said Pentagon has previously reported that 13 Americans have been electrocuted in Iraq, many more have been injured, some seriously, by shocks. At one building complex in Baghdad, soldiers complained of receiving electrical shocks in their living quarters on an almost daily basis.

Thursday, July 17:

GOP whistle-blower names Karl Rove in Ohio's 04 election theft (1 comments) Major lawsuit will expose Bush/Cheney's long conspiracy to steal their "victories" through election fraud. Repub Stephen Spoonamore, who worked for McCain's campaign until recently, is a respected expert on computer fraud, and has detailed high-tech sabotage over the past 8 years, and is naming names. Ohio attorney Cliff Arnebeck announced in a press conference today.

Unique business aims to spread solar power Blake Jones' business plan for his company, Namaste Solar Electric, was so unusual, he confounded a lot of business experts.

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America: *Common Sense Prevails Over NCBA 'Free Trade' Rhetoric (2 comments) For liberals used to thinking the USDA is working for our farmers and ranchers, notice that since January 2007, the USDA had proposed to allow imports of cattle and beef from Argentina, a country not considered free of food-and-mouth disease. R-Calf has been actively involved in legislation to prohibit such imports and thanks Senators Johnson, D-S.D., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. This is a win for farmers against "Free Trade."

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For July 17, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issue

Greener power to the people: the real energy alternative? Ministers could avoid building nuclear reactors by encouraging families to fit solar panels and other renewable energy equipment to their homes, a startling official report concludes. The government-backed report, to be published tomorrow, says that, with changed policies, the number of British homes producing their own clean energy could multiply to one million – about one in every three – within 12 years.

Melinda Pillsbury-Foster: Restore the Constitution; Indict Thomas Anderle. (2 comments) Judges who are sitting unlawfully on the bench are not there out of carelessness. Over the past decades the plan to displace the rule of law under the Constitution has been advanced by a series of groups, all tied to big government and multinational corporations. Eisenhower warned us as have others. It is time to take note and exact accountability. Demand the oath of office; demand their bonds. Restore the Constitution.

Rob Kall: Dalai Lama: "I Love President Bush... but... Lack(s) Understanding of Reality" (28 comments)

Plot to Murder SPLC Founder Disclosed | Hatewatch Tym Burkey and informant Dave Hall wrote "Into the Lion's Den" which is reviewed here. Hall was undercover for the FBI. Among other events disclosed is how Morris Dees, head of SPLC, was targeted for murder in the 90s. Thirty cases have been brought up in similar attempts. Picture of KY man currently being sued is best seen, rather than described here.

Cheryl Abraham: Why is Bush So Interested in Our Vaginas? (44 comments) In the latest christo-fascist-taliban-esque move, Bush wants to put his John Hancock on an Abortion Proposal that would guarantee the religious right of objection to a medical procedure or prescription of a person working for a hospital/clinic/pharmacy setting that would supercede the reproductive rights of a patient, (women), seeking medical care. This could include oral contraceptives and emergency contraception.

Hate group watcher criticizes Alabama senator's talk Through the courtesy of Southern Poverty Law Center's HateWatch program, I have this 7/9/08 AP report. Alabama State Senator Bishop spoke to the Council of Conservative Citizens, which is listed as a hate group. Anniston paper published it. SPLC attended the meeting.

FBI probing failed IndyMac bank (and 20 others for possible mortgage fraud) The FBI is investigating failed IndyMac Bank for possible mortgage fraud, US media reported on Thursday, citing US officials. The California-based IndyMac Bank, which government regulators seized last week, is among 21 banks being probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Wall Street Journal reported.

CNN reporter finds himself on Terror Watch List A good reporter has a difficult job to do when reporting important things to the people. Now the watch list has made it even more difficult. Will your name be the next on the list?

Embracing Alternative Care: Top hospitals put unorthodox therapies into practice Touch therapy, gentle and benign, is intended to rebalance the energy field that its practitioners believe surrounds the body and flows through it along defined pathways, affecting health when disrupted. And it works. Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital is using it.

White House in climate change "cover up" -Sen Boxer A leading U.S. Senate Democrat accused the Bush administration on Tuesday of a "cover-up" aimed at stopping the Environmental Protection Agency from tackling greenhouse emissions. "This cover-up is being directed from the White House and the office of the vice president," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, the CA Democrat who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which may have to SUBPOENA EPA records.

Sherwood Ross: Some 140 Federal & State Officials Could Prosecute Bush For Murder (9 comments) President Bush "beyond all reasonable doubt" is responsible for U.S. troops killed in Iraq and could be prosecuted by any of 140 Federal and State legal authorities, famed prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi writes.

A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain Mr. McCain, who has staked two presidential campaigns on pledges to avoid even the appearance of dispensing official favors. And yet one special donor, Arizona mega-real estate developer Donald R. Diamond, is a recipient of multiple, high powered official special favors from John McCain. Diamond is one of the elite fund-raisers the McCain campaign calls "Innovators", having raised more than $250,000.00 so far.

Tuesday Group and "˜Blue Dogs' Join Forces to Fight Deficit The GOP Tuesday Group and the Democratic "Blue Dogs" have long shared the goal of reducing the federal deficit, says CQ article. Pete Peterson attended. There is a suggestion for members of both parties to meet over issues of reducing the deficit.

In a Bit of a Turnaround, Business Groups Huddle With Dems Fifteen prominent Democratic Senators met with leaders of business associations to discuss their concerns. One sentence, "Democrats are eager to reap the political benefits of getting business groups to buy into the party's agenda." may have double meaning, methinks.

Cracking down on Comcast: The FCC's proposal to punish America's largest cable company for blocking internet traffic is Though funded with taxpayer dollars, the FCC has a long history of backroom deals, special favours and massive giveaways to the industries it's supposed to monitor. Which is why it's so refreshing to see chairman Kevin Martin - a Republican Bush appointee, no less - ready to hold the nation's largest cable company accountable for secretly blocking internet traffic.

Ashin Mettacara: *Myanmar: Where is happiness in Burma for Waso festival ? Waso festival in Burma

Wednesday, July 16:

Kevin Gosztola: Should there be a massive anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention? (9 comments) Anti-war leaders do not know if they should have a mass march or little marches at the Democratic National Convention. Help them decide.

Tuesday, July 15:

Casey Reed: Separation of Corporate and State (13 comments) Do we need a Constitutional amendment to regulate the influence and current dominance of corporations and the rich and powerful interests? Should there be a separation of corporate and state?

Cindie Frap: Racial Divide (8 comments) Is there a racial divide in our country more now than before?

Monday, July 14:

Amy Fried: How do you feel about the New Yorker's satirical Obama cover? (56 comments) Reactions to The New Yorker's satirical cover featuring smear-inspired stereotypes of the Obama's.

Michael McCoy: Post 911 and Bush, what concerns you about America? (14 comments) With the profound change in the methods and tactics by which America is governed, what concerns you most about the lives of you children and grandchildren?

Gabe Shames: Are 'Chemtrails' a form of Government suppression? (22 comments) Have you heard of the supposed difference of regular airplanes excreting contrails (the short-duration line of exhaust) and what many are arguing are 'chemtrails?' Chemtrails are supposedly longer (continue instead of fading) and sometimes expand outward to unprecidented widths. Those in favor of the chemtrail theory often say they are purposefully sprayed by government-issued planes to control populations. What do you think?

PrMaine: What Happened on 9/11? (45 comments) What do you feel was the most likely explanation for the events of 9/11/2001?

Gene Cappa: Should ACLU Release Another Impeachment Pamphlet? (10 comments) The ACLU is in the forefront of defending the Constitution and should be releasing a new "Impeachment Pamphlet" INFORMING the American people why impeachment proceedings are urgently required presently?

Sunday, July 13:

Bill Samuel: Vote major party or not? (9 comments) Some people say you should vote for a major party candidate because these are the only ones with a chance to win. Others say that you should vote for someone with whom you agree on most major public policy issues, whether or not they appear to have a chance to win. Many OpEdNews readers really face this question, as they have major problems with thepositions of major party candidates.

Paul Kruger: Based on the Senate betraying America, who would support this campaign? (24 comments) Who here would activly support a campaign to remove from office EVERY single member of Congress who voted FOR IMMUNITY in both the House and Senate at the next possible election?

Friday, July 11:

Rob Kall: If Pelosi Changes Her Impeachment Position Will It Change Your Attitude Towards Congress (64 comments) What will it take to get you to approve of Pelosi's congress

Tuesday, July 8:

Linda Bemis: Should we eliminate medical insurance as we know it and replace with our own. Poll on whether we should eliminate employer insurance, Medicare, Medicade, Veterans health care, all medical insurance companies, etc.

Gene Cappa: Should John Conyers Hold Impeachment Hearings Anyway? (11 comments) Should House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers hold immediate impeachment hearings anyway even though his House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took impeachment "off the table" for Cheney and Bush, and Conyers has stated he is documenting everything for his next democratic president Barack Obama?

Rob Kall: Have Obama's Centrist Policy Policy Declarations Surprised You? (99 comments) Did you think Obama was a progressive or did you see him, from the beginning as a centrist moderate? If you saw him as a centrist moderate from the beginning, then his positions will not be as big a surprise as if you saw him as a progressive from the beginning.

Monday, July 7:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: POLL IS THE Ancient Tablet Predating Jesus as Messiah and Resurrection Fraud Or Truth (14 comments) The Tablet now known as "Gabriel's Revelation" has stirred quite a controversy among, Christians, Jews and others. Many Hebrew scholars believe the stone to be authentic and if so it would to confirm the expectation of just such a Messiah even before Jesus was born. What do you think? Read and tap the link to read the original article and let us know.

Rob Kall: Which News Network Favors Right Wing Messages More? CNN or MSNBC? (15 comments) When you add Keith Olbermann, Andrea Mitchell, JoeScarborough and the rest on MSNBC and, Wolf Blitzer Lou Dobbs, Jack Caffrey, etcetera on CNN, which network cuts the right, McCain, Bush, etc. more slack, repeats the right wing message more?

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Should Organized Religion Focus more on The Evils of Avarice/Greed Than on the Bedrooms of (6 comments) American Churches and governmental agencies are shown by polls to be the most self-righteous, sexually uptight on the planet and never once have they expressed indignation at the despicable nature of Human Avarice/greed. It's time we found out what the people think.

Sunday, July 6:

Edwin Rutsch: Why do conservatives value Self-Righteousness and Hypocrisy? (7 comments) Why do conservatives value Self-Righteousness and Hypocrisy?

Paul Kruger: Are there too many similar causes diluting available resources? (21 comments) Should similar causes/groups narrow their focus and refer donors to each other on specific issues with regards to supporting action on those issues?

Saturday, July 5:

Sherwin Steffin: Impeachment update (43 comments) This poll is an update of my April 30th poll, asking for your assessment of then likelihood that either/or Bush and Cheney will be impeached by the House, and convicted by Senate

Paul Kruger: Should the Feds be handed all of your credit card transactions? (12 comments) Should the federal government have the right to demand records of every American's credit and debit card transaction?

Thursday, July 3:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: SHOULD NO-BID CONTRACTS BE ABOLISHED? (10 comments) NO-BID Contracts perpetuate the notion that the contract awardee is so "Uniquely Qualified" at whatever he is "bidding" upon, as to be spared the indignity of having to compete with others, the Hoi Polloi whose bids are an insult to the No-Bidder guys. In my experience I have found NO evidence to support such an assumption.

Rob Kall: I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of his Move to The Right (60 comments) I either will escrow money to give later, just wait and see where he ends up, or vote for someone else.

Wednesday, July 2:

Edwin Rutsch: How many readers of Opednews.com will be going to Netroots Nation Conference? (1 comments) The Netroots Nation Conference will be held in Austin, TX from July 17-20. How many readers of Opednews.com will be going to Netroots?

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Should Individual States and Cities Indict Cheney/Bush For Murder? (9 comments) GW Bush and Dick Cheney have been let of the hook for impeachment, but that does not mean that we, the citizens of America need to sit idly, impotently, by and let him bully his way out of prosecution. Should we indict them for murder in cities and states all across our nation, thus pinning him down or forcing him to go to war with the states with his mercenaries?

Brett Paatsch: Have you checked whether your rep has read Kucinich's 35 articles of Bush impeachment ? (3 comments) This is a poll to see what portion of Opednews readers have personally checked that either their congressional representative or a member of the House Judiciary Committee have read Kucinich's 35 articles of impeachment for President Bush.

Ben Kall: Mrs. McCain or Obama; Who Is Evading Media Coverage More? (1 comments) who's the more private?

Kevin Gosztola: What issue will Obama move to the center right on next? (5 comments) Obama's ever-increasing impulse to be on the center right of as many issues as possible could potentially be detrimental to progressives/liberals who think he is no match for McCain in November. Many are already calling his moves a sign that he suffers from a "character flaw." What issue will he move to the center right on next?

Tuesday, July 1:

Gene Cappa: Do YOU Support An Independent International 911 Invesitgation? (18 comments) Scientific and eyewitness evidence shows that the 9/11 Commission Report is a fraudulent document and those behind the report are guilty of covering up what really happened on 9/11/2001. This evidence overwhemlmingly supports the conclusion that World Trade Center Towers, 1, 2, and 7 were brought down by demolition explosives and official theory of airplanes and ensuing fires is irrefutably false.

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: IN YOUR OPINION, IS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FIXED? (2 comments) Some statistics indicate the the steroids issue is a faux issue designed to deter people from examining the horrible calls by umpires. which most often seem to favor the home team. Well, guess what, they do favor the home and and for a good reason, doing so is VERY profitable. If the home team wins more often or at least almost wins pretty often, fans keep on coming. So, then are baseball game outcomes fixed?

Frank J. Ranelli: Is Barack Obama moving too far to the right just to be elected? (11 comments) In recent days, Obama has been accused of moving to the center and triangulating, a course and tactic that Bill Clinton used to get elected, and flip-flopping on many positions he held during the protracted, 16 month, Democratic primary. Today, Barack Obama announced if elected he would expand President Bush's Faith-Based Initiative programs.

Edwin Rutsch: Is Congresswoman Maxine Waters correct that conservatives value Blame, Hate & Lying? (4 comments) Is Congresswoman Maxine Waters correct that conservatives value Blame, Hate & Lying?

Rady Ananda: Lever Voting Machines or Computerized Systems? (1 comments) Which voting system do you trust more?

Saturday, June 28:

Edwin Rutsch: What social or political movements would psychopaths and narcissists join? (29 comments) What social or political movements would psychopaths and narcissists, who don't value empathy, tend to join?

Kevin Gosztola: Our Nation's Independence Day (6 comments) What are you thinking about this year's Fourth of July?

Friday, June 27:

Edwin Rutsch: Worst of the Failed Conservative Values that James Dobson exemplifies? (13 comments) What is the worst of the Failed Conservative Values that James Dobson exemplifies?

Gene Cappa: Will Bugliosi Succeed in Getting Bush Indicted & Prosecuted on Murder Charges? (18 comments) Over 4,000 American soldiers have lost their lives fighting in George W. Bush's war in Iraq on "false pretenses". Can Bush be indicted and prosecuted for murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges?

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Should The Catholic Church Excommunicate Justices Alito, Scalia, and Thomas? (34 comments) Since, in my opinion, the below have not only acted with sycophantic accord with the powerful, corporate wealthy and in the best interests of encouraging a fascist dictatorship, and have done incredible harm to our Constitution and people, since they are CATHOLIC; Should The Catholic Church Excommunicate Justices Alito, Scalia, and Thomas?

Thursday, June 26:

Sherwin Steffin: The Article, "Using Cross Tabulation." Valuable or Not? Select the Poll Response which best expresses your Evaluation of the article, "Using Cross Tabulation."

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: CAN ONE BE A CHRISTIAN AND A CONSERVATIVE AT THE SAME TIME? (36 comments) I wish to know if you think CAN ONE BE A CHRISTIAN AND A CONSERVATIVE AT THE SAME TIME?. I do not, therefore, yes, or no!

Rob Kall: Should House Pass HR 362, Calling for prohibiting of refined petroleum products to Iran (15 comments) Some say this could lead to Bush/Cheney justifying a Naval Blockade as a congressionally approved way to escalate a confrontation.

Wednesday, June 25:

Edwin Rutsch: Dealing with Failed and Failing Conservative Values (22 comments) Conservative values have failed and continue to fail. 70-80 percent of Americans say they feel the country is going in the wrong direction. Since conservatives say their policies are based on their values, we can assume that Americans are rejecting them. How do you think conservatives will deal with the failure of their values.

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: SHOULD SCALIA BE IMPEACHED? (25 comments) Scalia Cites False Information in Habeas Corpus Dissent Marjorie Cohn says, "Scalia bolstered his hysterical claim that the Boumediene decision 'will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed' with stale information that was proven to be false a year ago."

Tuesday, June 24:

Edwin Rutsch: Is authoritarianism a Failed Conservative Value? (1 comments) Is authoritarianism a Failed Conservative Value?

Monday, June 23:

Richard McGinn: Why does the United States use torture? (20 comments) People often wonder why totalitarian governments tend to use torture to investigate crimes and to gather intelligence from prisoners of war; and many wonder why the US has followed that same path in conducting the "war on terror".

Paul Kruger: Should anyone be immune from our laws? (13 comments) There is only one reason Bush or the telephone companies would want or need immunity; they have already or intend to break the law and illegally spy on Americans' private communications and feel they should be above the law.

PrMaine: Listen to the Radio? (13 comments) Do you still listen to the radio or have you turned to other programming?

Friday, June 20:

Paul Kruger: Should oil companies be permitted to drill off shore US? (11 comments) America needs to become LESS dependent on oil. All drilling for more does is continue that dependence. Should we drill for more?

Paul Kruger: Should States be Allowed to Profit from Prisoners' Families? (3 comments) The question, should states be permitted to reap millions in profits at the expense of innocent poor families in order that they may stay in touch with their loved ones despite the risk of higher recidivism ?

Brett Paatsch: Have you read Kucinich's 35 articles of impeachment? (10 comments) A poll to find out what portion of Opednews readers have read Dennis Kucinich's 35 articles of impeachment for President George W Bush.

Kevin Gosztola: Which story will the corporate media choose to saturate their airwaves? (3 comments) Which news story will the corporate media choose to beat around? What does this continue to prove about our nation's media?

Saturday, March 15:

Sponsored by www.worldproutassembly.org: "Building a New World" Conference The deep longing for positive, lasting change is the bedrock upon which this conference is based. How do we fix our country and our world? And how can we form one mass movement to address the crisis? (Event Date: May 22, 2008)

Sponsored by ourfuture.org: Take Back America a meeting of progressives (Event Date: Mar 17, 2008)

Wednesday, December 31:

Sponsored by Freedom Ambassadors: Walk for Human Dignity A national coalition of over 50 local, state and national organizations are participating in walk from Tucson to Phoenix beginning May 2 to call for an end to racially fomented hate crimes. The ten-day peaceful walk will end with a rally in downtown Phoenix on Mother's Day, May 11, honoring mothers for teaching children to treat all human beings with equal dignity. (Event Date: May 1, 2008)

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Friday, July 18:

SolarCity provides SF power below grid price If you are a San Francisco resident considering solar panels, now is the time for action, says Lyndon Rive, CEO of SolarCity, a start-up that leases panels to homeowners. Since the city solar-incentive program came into effect in July, it has become financially viable for even small energy consumers to install solar-power systems.

Homeowner boards can't exclude democracy Prof. Political Science and Homeowner rights advocate criticize HOAs for lack of democracy. The NJ Supreme Court heard this case pertaining to free speech rights at a cost of $500,000 to the HOA.

We thought we were safe Not in Paradise! A pensive tale of a man's escaping the fires of Northern California with his horse, and only memories of a house they had spent four years building. It happened June 12. A month later, he thinks about when he will get his horse back home.

Dr. GLEN MABSON, Phd. Epileptic Foundation of Maui dba Pacific Epilepsy Society: Epilepsy Study Incriminates Aspartame in Medications (2 comments) Shocking analysis of the large numbers of victims of Epileptic Seizures in Hawaii, tying it in to their use of the artificial sweetener and neurodegenerative carcinogen, Aspartame, still commonly added to many medications!

Strongest Material Ever Tested: Graphene, praised for its electrical properties, has been proven the strongest known mat Materials scientists have been singing graphene's praises since it was first isolated in 2005. The one-atom-thick sheets of carbon conduct electrons better than silicon and have been made into fast, low-power transistors. Now, for the first time, researchers have measured the intrinsic strength of graphene, and they've confirmed it to be the strongest material ever tested.

Quantum Leap: Researchers have controlled the position of a single electron in a silicon circuit. An international team of researchers has shown that it can control the quantum state of a single electron in a silicon transistor--even putting the electron in two places at once. Their discovery could help pave the way toward a practical quantum computer.

Automated Precision Satellite Guidance Of 9/11 Type Aircraft Largely Possible Just Before Attacks Because information collected after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 has raised questions about the alleged ability and motivation of the people accused of piloting Boeing 757 and 767 planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, speculation has since lingered regarding the covert use of technology to precisely self-navigate all 4 airliners into targets that day.

The Risks of Obama's Iraq Strategy This CQ piece analyzes flipflopping of both candidates and sees past where they are inconsistent on Iraq War strategy. Did I get the impression right? That it says Obama's problem is he doesn't see that the surge is working?

Tidal power feeds electricity to National Grid in world first The first ever commercial electricity powered by the tides has been put on the National Grid, project managers said today. The £10million SeaGen turbine based in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough generated enough green energy to supply 150 homes in a test. Full-blown production is expected in a few weeks' time.

Ray Louis: Spoiler Alert! The Dark Knight is an Unmasked Bush Apologist (2 comments) This is partially a review of the new Batman movie (The Dark Knight), as well as a look at the questionable actions and the cultural impact of the comic book character. Bruce Wayne/Batman is clearly a villain, not a hero.

Steve Windisch (jibbguy): Free Energy and the Open Source Energy Movement (Part 3) (1 comments) Third article in the series; discussing Dr. Eugene Mallove and Cold Fusion, the non-profit organization Panaea-BOCOF, and an interview with Mr. Ashtweth Palise.

Ferdinand: Prepare Yourself (2 comments) The news articles will be meant to instill fear and create confusion. Do not believe any of them without serious thought and consideration, no matter their apparent credibility. We could never trust the mainstream media and its pundits...

Thursday, July 17:

Rachel Maddow, Host Apparent: Analyst "At The Top" Of "Very Short List" For Next MSNBC Opening (5 comments) For eight nights beginning just before the 4th of July, Rachel Maddow, the host of a program on Air America, the liberal talk-radio network, served as a substitute for the vacationing Keith Olbermann. "At some point, I don't know when, she should have a show," said Phil Griffin, hours before he was promoted on Wed to president of MSNBC. "She's on the short list. It's a very short list. She's at the top."

Microgeneration could rival nuclear power, report shows British buildings equipped with solar, wind and other micro power equipment could generate as much electricity in a year as five nuclear power stations, a government-backed industry report showed today.

How You Can Turn a Vacant Lot Into a Community Garden (1 comments) If you see a vacant lot in your neighborhood that would make a great garden, here's how to get started:

German Expert Predicts US Solar Energy Boom There's something incongruous about experts from normally cloudy Germany coming to California, the land of eternal sunshine, to teach the locals about how to harness solar power. But that's was happening this week in San Francisco, where organizers of the world's largest solar exhibition, Germany's Intersolar, launched an American version of their confab amid predictions of a massive solar boom in the ailing US economy.

High Density Vertical Growth (HDVG) Garden An intro to "vertical gardening"; beat the high cost of good by growing your own- and break the corporate stranglehold on human life at the same time.

The Power of Solar Communities The great innovations of the 21st Century will be social. I predict that the solutions to our greatest challenges will emerge through new ways of coming together. Case in point, the Drake Landing Solar Community is a fully integrated housing development that takes solar to the next level. Solar panels channel heat through a series of underground pipes to produce a reservoir of energy for warming the 52 home neighborhood

robert braunstein: The Noose Media theater and distractions, false consciousness; form as content

George Staropoli: HOAs: Exchanging individual property rights for property values Homeowner associations are continuing to spread across the country. Yet, very little is said by the real estate special interests about the loss of individual rights and freedoms. These private government authoritarian regimes have the mission to protect property rights, first and foremost, and there is no bill of rights protections within the private HOA "constitution".

Rady Ananda: 2008 Bibliography of Scientific Studies on Software Driven Voting Systems (2 comments) Bibliography of over 50 scientific studies on software driven voting systems, consulted in preparation for contemplated litigation in New York.

andi novick: Lever Lawsuit Gears Up; "Stealing America" Premiers Aug. 1st (1 comments) NY gears up for the battle of mechanical levers vs. software driven voting systems. Sequoia's software suffers a statewide failure of 50%; and an 85% failure rate in Nassau County. But NY proceeds with Eyes Wide Shut. Why reject software? See "Stealing America, Vote by Vote," premiering in NYC on August 1st.

Compusician: Time Travel: Yes and No? (2 comments) Is time travel possible? Do the scientists have it right? How did logic escape our most masterful minds, including Einstein?

Wednesday, July 16:

Mark Biskeborn: Book Review: Generation Kill Under Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney decided to wage a conventional war against a soveriegn country, Iraq. Meanwhile they talk endlessly about bringing justice to the guerrilla warrors of 9/11.

Ashin Mettacara: *World's Oldest Blogger Dies (3 comments) Olive Riley, the world's oldest blogger, dies. May her soul rest in another world with prayers.

"W" Actors Arrest Details: Tasers, Pepper Sprayed, "N" Word (2 comments) Saturday in Shreveport, LA actors from Oliver Stone's Bush biopic "W" were arrested around 2 am in what has been billed a bar brawl, and Wednesday night new details about repeated tasering, pepper spray and use of racial slurs emerged. If the reports of cell phone video...

Water Scarcity: The Real Food Crisis In the discussion of the global food emergency, one underlying factor is barely mentioned: The world is running out of water. A British science writer, who authored a major book on water resources, here explores the nexus between water overconsumption and current food shortages.

Discussing The Uprising on Lou Dobbs 7/9/08 David Sirota and two other authors of recent books discuss (video) the political mindset with Dobbs. Congress, poorly regulated financial transactions, and campagn financing are all debated. Sirota provided the video.

George Washington: Micro Generation and Micro Farming: Combatting High Energy Prices, High Food Prices, and Tyranny (7 comments) Can we beat high energy and food prices . . . and fight tyranny in the process?

Allen L Roland: *A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FROM THE PRAIRIES / GARRISON KEILLOR (2 comments) Just when I've almost been totally disgusted by Bush, Cheney and the spineless Democrats, when I've almost given up hope for a renewed America ~ Garrison Keillor reminds me, like a fresh July summer breeze, what is really important: Allen L Roland

Ed Martin: The denial of what makes you fat. An article from McClatchy-Tribune News Service about obesity and what causes it says the reasons for weight gain are as varied as life itself.

Tuesday, July 15:

Wolfie: OUR EGOS ARE SO BIG THAT WE KILL DEVILS WITH THEM (6 comments) We have caused death and destruction, yet nature tries to overcome our pathologies.

C.L. Pagano: Capricorn Full Moon 2008 Full moons ask for our awareness. Do we have it in us to 'reflect' on our lives, our our society, and on our purpose? Cancer and Capricorn combine the energies of family and state, individual and culture. It's time to show the world who and what you really are!

Monday, July 14:

Scientists plan to bring back rocks - and perhaps even life - from Mars (3 comments) mission, which is proposed for launch between 2018 and 2023 and could cost up to $8bn, would require expertise and funding from both Nasa and the European Space Agency, as well other national space agencies. "If you can't bring a rock back you are not going to be able to bring people back... bringing samples back from Mars is absolutely essential if we are going to continue our Martian exploration program"

Compusician: Why are we here? (10 comments) Answer to the age old question of why we are here on Earth.

Sunday, July 13:

The Advocate Conn, poll re Lieberman 80% think Senator Lieberman should be stripped of his committee chairmanship. See if you can vote.

Robert McElvaine: Grand Theft Jesus-IJ Released! (2 comments)

Suzana Megles: Open Letter to the Gates Foundation (17 comments) I was devastated reading Martha Rosenberg's article on the Gates Foundation intending to use Heifer International to promote animal husbandry in the poor parts of Africa. I couldn't help thinking --when will it stop? We and the poor of Africa don't need meat to be healthy and it is not even cost efficient, good for the animals or the environment.

Allen L Roland: *SYNCHRONICITY / THE VEHICLE ON THE PATH OF THE HEART Love is the uniting force of the universe and synchronicity is the vehicle by which we are each guided to our individual part in a loving plan ~ responding to this inner call is the ultimate YES to yourself and affirmation of your life: Allen L Roland

George Staropoli: Homeowner Associations and the Role of the Media (1 comments) The media has repeatedly failed to cover serious issues of the loss of constitutional and property rights of millions of people living in homeowners associations. It has failed in its duties and obligations to provide information, pro and con, to the people in order for our democracy to function as intended.

Saturday, July 12:

ALONE: When are India and its villages going to unite? (4 comments) Even though India is officially a federal state, it has had a centralized mentality since J. Nehru took over in 1948. This has slowed development in many rural areas. This article focuses on health care and empowerment of the local communities in India today

Ed Martin: McCain says you're a disgrace if you receive Social Security (26 comments) John McCain says that if you pay into Social Security or receive Social Security, you're a disgrace.

Mumia Abu-Jamal: The Boy They Called "Bus Head" When he was housed at the state prison in Pittsburgh, he participated in the Scared Straight program, and spoke to young people coming into the prison, deeply impressing upon them the emptiness and loss of imprisonment. He did all he could to convince them to avoid his fate.

Dan Fejes: Giving Up The Third Habit Recent changes in the newspaper industry have prompted me to reconsider a daily routine that I thought would be with me for life.

The Century of the Self part 1 of 4 - Controlling the Masses "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country."

Vaccination: The Hidden Truth A shocking, informative video documentary where 15 people, including Dr. Viera Scheibner (a PhD researcher), five medical doctors, other researchers, and parents' experiences, reveal what is really going on in relation to illness and vaccines.

Friday, July 11:

mikel paul: In baseball the goal is to go home. George nailed it. (4 comments) Measured in years, I'm 56. My real age is where I am plus or minus where I'm going. I've experienced quite a lot, but compared to others, perhaps not so much. It is what it is. My life. We each have one. What we choose to do with it, as usual, is the point of this.

Stephanie Schwartz: Lakota Leader Speaks Out: Our Children Are Dying (1 comments) Lakota Spiritual Leader and Head Man, David Swallow Speaks Out on Reservation Suicide Crisis, Our Children Are Dying, July 08-2008

Technology could streamline solar power: 'Solar concentrators' are more efficient, cost-effective than panels A new, compact way to collect sunlight from windows and focus it to generate more electricity could make those multiple expensive rooftop solar panels a thing of the past.

The God Murders (25 comments) "The Biblical God is not a good God and the Bible is not a good model for humanity." It's time for them to go.

Lauren Bowey: I ran in Pamplona-but not with the bulls (1 comments) More than two dozen people-and counting-have been injured during this year's Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Many tourists do not realize that the bulls suffer, too: All of the bulls who are stampeded through the streets during the day are slaughtered in the bullfighting ring at night.

karen timmons: Health Care - Another California 11th Hour The crisis in health care caused by galloping greed

Suzana Megles: Rescue Ink and Phoenix (1 comments) We all know that looks can be deceiving. Tight, ripling muscles on men never meant too much to me --but these men captured my attention and admiration.

RESUBMITTED; Jesse Helms is not dead This is an essay how Helms stood for an era of political scism between North and South. It is not totally gone, but it changes, wavering between Democrats and Republicans. Very thorough article.

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Friday, July 18:

George Washington: Barack ... All Talk (2 comments)

Tony Seton: America Back on Track... for Friday, July 18th

Mark E. Smith: Despair (3 comments)

Gregg Gordon: Jesse Helms

Drew Terry: How the Stock Market Really Works (1 comments)

Muhammad Khurshid: Can Obama Become A Peace Model? (1 comments)

Ronald Doda Jr: *www.secede.me (2 comments)

Rob Kall: Instant Messaging OEN-style, US Drone Missiles and all. (2 comments