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Gentechnik: Greenpeace protestiert gegen gentechnisch veränderten Mais (09.08.06)

Greenpeace-Aktivisten ernteten am Mittwoch genmanipulierten Mais auf einem Acker in Wölsickendorf und deponierten ihn in 30 Mülltonnen sowie drei überdimensionalen Landliebe-Milchflaschen und Campina-Joghurtbechern. Die "Agrargenossenschaft Höhe e.G." aus Wölsickendorf, die den Gen-Mais anbaut, liefere ihre Milch an den Molkereikonzern Campina/Landliebe. Daher werde Greenpeace die Mülltonnen mit Gen-Mais am Donnerstag bei der Campina-Zentrale in Heilbronn abgeben. Die Umweltschützer fordern den Konzern auf, Anbau und Verfütterung von Gen-Mais bei seinen Vertragslandwirten zu verbieten. Mais werde in Deutschland vorwiegend als Futter für Milchkühe verwendet. Greenpeace kritisiert, dass die Sicherheit der Gen-Pflanzen für Mensch und Umwelt nicht geklärt sei. Das zeigten auch Fütterungsversuche mit dem Gen-Mais MON810 an Ratten, die am Mittwoch die Europafraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen veröffentlichte.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14178

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

By: Alan Healy

DESPITE ministerial intervention and a prolonged campaign by a close-knit community, a controversial mobile phone mast planned for Glenbeigh has been given the go ahead by An Bord Pleanála.

Kerry County Council had originally refused permission for the mast because it was to be sited less than one kilometre from residences and from Curaheen National School.

However Vodafone appealed that decision to the planning board which has now overturned the council’s decision. The news will come as a major disappointment for local residents who had mounted a vigorous campaign of opposition to masts in their area.

An Bord Pleanála has overturned a number of rulings on mobile phone masts made by Kerry County Council as the phone companies have argued that the council’s one kilometre ruling is unworkable as it would mean masts could only be located in remote areas where there is no demand for a phone network.

The planning board found that the council’s decision was at odds with the National Development Plan which calls for a quality mobile phone network throughout the country.

The mast is to be located 500 metres south-west of the Curraheen Bridge, off the N70 Ring of Kerry road. The planning application sought approval for the erection of an 18-metre wooden pole with three antennae and two dishes plus an equipment cabinet. Two local residents as well as An Taisce had submitted objections to the plan.

They claimed the mast would ruin the scenery along the Ring of Kerry, that it would devalue property, that it was too close to the school and residences and that locals had no problems with the current Vodafone network in the area.

Minister John O’Donoghue, who was extensively lobbied by locals on the issue, also made a submission on the application saying there was 100 per cent local opposition to the plan and he was anxious to know if the board would be taking the County Development Plan on board. However planning inspector Annette Yates, who examined the Glenbeigh case, recommended that the board give permission for the development saying she felt that Vodafone’s need for the service outweighs the potential loss of amenity in the area.

“I do not see how it would be possible to have a modern telecommunications system without having masts within 1km of places of employment or residency,” she said.

“There can be very few places in all of Ireland where there is not a house or place of employment within 1km,” she said.

An Bord Pleanála met on July 26 and members agreed with the inspector’s recommendation and granted permission for the mast. The decision comes despite a delegation of concerned Glenbeigh locals making a presentation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications on May 31.

© The Kingdom, 2006.

http://www.the-kingdom.ie/news/story.asp?j=21477

It’s true. Dick Cheney and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) have agreed that the government should be able to access Americans' conversations and emails without getting an individualized warrant. But that isn’t all they’re after.

Under the guise of responding to the NSA spying scandal, the Bush administration and its allies in Congress are actually pushing for new ways to invade your privacy, with unprecedented and dangerous spying legislation crafted under Dick Cheney’s supervision.

The bad news is, if these bills pass, our homes, cell phone records and email inboxes will be laid bare to new kinds of government spying that are currently completely illegal. The good news is that we have a chance to stop these bills now, before White House pressure drives them to a speedy vote.

This August you can help generate a public outcry that will make Congress think twice before they hand over even more power to the Bush administration. Call your member of Congress today, and get the word out in your local community with a letter to the editor.
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=Pw4Cr8mQMDZfriz-r5SOcw..

This legislation is being characterized by some as "surveillance we can live with," but the fact is it would vastly expand the government's power to search and spy on Americans without any judicial checks, including reading any email you send if the government does not know where all the recipients are physically located.

Don’t be deceived by claims the Cheney-Specter bill restores judicial review. The legislation really tries to make warrants optional while allowing a secret court to rubber-stamp surveillance of Americans, without even knowing the names of Americans to be wiretapped or whether they’ve done anything wrong. We are running advertisements and working with every contact we have in the major news outlets to counteract the government’s spin, but we need your help.

If you’ve had enough of an administration that’s proven itself grossly indifferent to the rule of law and the balance of power time and time again, on issues from warrantless spying, to secret kidnapping, to the unlawful treatment of Guantanamo detainees, now is the time to say “NO MORE.”

Just last week, President Bush and Attorney General Gonzales were pushing Congress to rubber-stamp a new plan for military commissions at Guantanamo that would violate U.S. law and the Geneva conventions, flying in the face of the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down the entire Bush-sponsored system of detainee trials.

Use the links above to learn more about the Cheney-backed proposals and get involved during this critical month of action. You can help get out the truth about this bill and the dangers it poses.

Throughout August, we’ll be calling on you to help cut through the White House spin and tell Congress how toxic these bills are to our basic freedoms. They need to hear the wave of opposition while they’re on their summer break. And we’re counting on you to help turn the tide, by speaking out at home and online.

Thank you for standing with us.

Sincerely,

Anthony Romero, ACLU

Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director American Civil Liberties Union

VoterAction has announced that California voters are challenging the use of the Diebold TSx touch screen voting system and that they have filed a motion for preliminary injunction in state court.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906G.shtml

Congress appears ready to slash funding for the research and treatment of brain injuries caused by bomb blasts, an injury that military scientists describe as a signature wound of the Iraq war ... "I find it basically unpardonable that Congress is not going to provide funds to take care of our soldiers and sailors who put their lives on the line for their country," says Martin Foil, a member of the center's board of directors. "It blows my imagination."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906D.shtml

Former majority leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday he is taking the necessary steps to remove his name from the November ballot, giving his party a chance to field a write-in candidate in hopes of holding the House seat. The leading Republican candidate to replace scandal-scarred congressman Bob Ney on the November ballot may be ineligible, party officials said Tuesday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906C.shtml

A subsidiary of Halliburton is under investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office over the US oil service company's part in an alleged plot to pay more than $170 million in bribes to win billions of dollars of work at a giant Nigerian gas plant.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906P.shtml

The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners, according to US officials and a copy of the amendments.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906O.shtml

The editors of the New York Times write, "The defeat of Senator Joseph Lieberman at the hands of a little-known Connecticut businessman is bound to send a message to politicians of both parties that voters are angry and frustrated over the war in Iraq. The primary upset was not, however, a rebellion against the bipartisanship and centrism that Mr. Lieberman said he represented in the Senate. Instead, Connecticut Democrats were reacting to the way those concepts have been perverted by the Bush White House."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906K.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

Jason Leopold writes, "Chuck Hamel, a highly regarded activist based in Alexandria, Virginia, who is credited with exposing dozens of oil spills and the subsequent cover-ups related to BP's shoddy operations at Prudhoe Bay, sounded early warning alarms about the issues at BP's North Slope facilities ... the oil behemoth's executives have routinely lied to Alaskan state representatives and members of the United States Senate and Congress about the steps they're taking to correct the problems."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906J.shtml

A message from Davida

Target: Eddie Francis, Mayor, City of Windsor
Sponsor: Elena Pintilie

Windsor-Essex County is one of the most ecologically important regions of Canada. Although small in size, it has a great richness of plant and animal species that are found nowhere else in the country. Unfortunately, it also is one of the most threatened. Originally a forest covered expanse dotted with grasslands, less than 4% of the County currently remains as forest. Most of Ontario’s endangered species live within the landscape of which Windsor-Essex County is a part.

Some extremely important and rare natural areas remain. For example, Windsor-Essex is fortunate to contain the 322 hectare Ojibway Prairie Complex. It is one of the best examples of tall grass prairie and oak savannah in Ontario and contains 500 types of plants (69 of which are species at risk), and several endangered and threatened animal species, including eastern massasauga rattlesnake, eastern fox snake, yellow-breasted chat, red-headed woodpecker, and gray fox. Four species of butterfly found at Ojibway are considered rare or very rare in Ontario.

Now this rare and fragile prairie is threatened. The City of Windsor is proposing a truck route through part of the Ojibway Prairie Complex. This four lane highway would bisect the Spring Garden Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI) portion of the Ojibway Prairie Complex and would have a devastatingly negative impact on its natural features and ecological functions, including an important natural corridor for animal movement.

At the recent Ontario Nature Annual General Meeting, delegates representing our 140 member organizations and 18,000 members passed a resolution declaring:

the entire Spring Garden Area of Natural and Scientific Interest and Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve are inappropriate for a truck route and are off limits to those planning the route to a second international crossing.

A strong public response will help Ontario Nature make sure that the City of Windsor reconsiders this transportation option and provides full protection for the Ojibway Prairie Complex.

Make a difference to the future for Ojibway Prairie by taking action by August 30th!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/526309670

Pension 'Reform'

by Robert Reich, TomPaine.com
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/08/09/pension_reform.php

by Paul Waldman, TomPaine.com

The right wants to wrap today's crises in the nostalgia of conflicts gone by. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/08/09/hungry_for_world_war_iii.php

by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com

There is a civil war in Irak, and there needs to be a civil war in American politics as well.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/08/09/bring_the_war_home.php

William Rivers Pitt writes that it wasn't just the war. It was a long, slow slide that eventually tipped Lieberman's applecart. It was a process of insinuation into the cash-and-carry culture of Washington, DC. It was a series of astonishingly bad votes on incredibly important issues. It was, above all, political cowardice; Lieberman attached himself to Bush while Bush was riding high, and was unable to extract himself as Bush's popularity collapsed.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906Z.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

Tennessean
by Saritha Prabhu

08/07/06

You usually learn more about presidents years after they have left office. If a sitting president has a problem of some sort -- an ailment, an addiction, an out-of-his-depth problem, whatever -- his aides have things to consider, things like loyalty, national security and prestige, and that other thing, respect for the office...

http://tinyurl.com/fhyuu


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Christian Science Monitor
by Steven R. Ratner

08/08/06

The White House and Congress are embroiled in negotiations over legislation to address the Supreme Court's ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which was handed down at the end of June. That decision ruled that the military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantánamo Bay for terrorism offenses violate both federal statute and US treaty obligations. But the debates over the new law lose sight of far-reaching aspects of the court's decision for all detainees in US custody worldwide, not just the handful the US proposes to try...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0808/p09s01-coop.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hamdan

The American Prospect
by Matthew Yglesias

08/08/06

What I don't think is right,' Joe Lieberman said on Sunday, 'as I have said over and over again, are many of the Bush administration's decisions regarding the execution of the [Iraq] War.' Thus, a desperate and embattled U.S. senator tries to save his political career. Lieberman did, in fact, sing the 'for the war, critical of the execution' song for a time back in 2003 when he was running for president. Had he stuck with that tune -- the one intoned by Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and many other Democrats who managed not to draw serious primary challengers -- he'd almost certainly be in excellent shape today...

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?articleId=11824


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

Brattleboro Reformer

08/08/06

Three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman fell to anti-war challenger Ned Lamont in Connecticut's Democratic primary Tuesday, a race seen as a harbinger of sentiment over the conflict that has claimed the lives of more than 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq. Unbowed, Lieberman immediately announced he would enter the fall campaign as an independent. Only six years ago, Lieberman was the Democrats' choice for vice president...

http://tinyurl.com/ecaz7


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

MSNBC

08/08/06

The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners, according to U.S. officials and a copy of the amendments. Officials say the amendments would alter a U.S. law passed in the mid-1990s that criminalized violations of the Geneva Conventions, a set of international treaties governing military conduct in wartime. The conventions generally bar the cruel, humiliating and degrading treatment of wartime prisoners without spelling out what all those terms mean...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14236728/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Residents in Goatstown are objecting to a planned phone mast for the area that they say will be too close to a nearby crèche and primary school. Over 200 residents have signed a petition to object to a planning application by a mobile phone company to build the mast on top of a premises on Drummartin Road. Speaking to Southside People, John Connellan, a spokesman for the residents, outlined their fears and said they would stage a demonstration on site later this week. “This is a fairly substantial mast development in a highly residential area,” Mr Connellan. “There is a crèche that can be no more than 100 metres from the planned mast, while Mount Anvil Primary School is only 250 to 300 metres away. “With this in mind we feel that the mast could pose a serious threat to the local community and should not be allowed to go ahead as planned.” Mr Connellan said that what most concerned him was an apparent lack of consultation between the mobile phone company and the residents.

“We feel that this should have been a minimum requirement,” he added. “I don’t see why the mast couldn’t have been planned for a more suitable site such as the nearby industrial estate. “At least if the mast was developed at the industrial estate, people there would not be exposed to it as much as in our residential area. At the industrial estate people would be exposed to the mast for a maximum of 10 hours a day whereas we will be exposed to it 24/seven.” Cllr Gearoid O’Keefe (Ind) said that he would also object to the mast, pointing out that Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council adopted a policy at its July meeting that such installations should be at least 600 metres from residents or schools. Meanwhile, residents in Dalkey who successfully campaigned against a mast on the local Garda station have succeeded in getting an undertaking from the Minister at the Office of Public Works that further work has been halted. Minister Tom Parlon (PD) met with representatives from the Dalkey Community Against Radiation, local residents and councillors to discuss the contentious issue. He promised that the work would not go ahead until the findings of an interdepartmental report on the health effects of electromagnetic radiation are published. Under an agreement between telecoms companies and the Office of Public Works (OPW) the erection of mobile phone masts on Garda stations is exempt from the planning process. Residents were supported in their action by community groups in Shankill, who are also opposing plans to extend a mast over the Garda station in their suburb. Three protest marches have already been held against the work, with crowd numbers estimated as high as 2,000.

http://www.dublinpeople.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1493&Itemid=49

Across the nation, a number of states, counties and municipalities are courting trouble with the way they manage their pension funds. It is hard to know the extent of the problems, but by one estimate, state and local governments owe their current and future retirees roughly $375 billion more than they have committed to their pension funds.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/080806LA.shtml

A federal court decided last week that the Bush administration had rushed to sell oil and gas leases on public lands without considering their wilderness characteristics. The New York Times says, "With any luck, the decision will send a signal to Ms. Norton's successor, Dirk Kempthorne, that the administration's policy of indiscriminately fast-tracking leases in fragile areas needs a fresh look."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/080806EC.shtml

The Seattle Times writes: "With the Mideast at best uncertain, with the decline of North Slope and domestic oil production more certain, Congress can begin by offering a coordinated energy policy. That may seem remote today, given the indenture of Congress to special interests, but the shock of an empty pipe should be a start."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/080806EB.shtml

Protesters used a log this morning to block a bridge to a timber sale in southern Oregon. One protester dangled on the edge of the log on a platform 40 feet above the river. The sale is the first logging allowed in a national forest roadless area since the Bush administration replaced the popular 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in 2005.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/080806EA.shtml

http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=534
http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=535

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Ultrasound Can Affect Brain Development

Exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development, a new study suggests. When pregnant mice were exposed to ultrasound, a small number of nerve cells in the developing brains of their fetuses failed to extend correctly in the cerebral cortex.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/080806HA.shtml

http://seaturtles.org/prog_camp2.cfm?campaignID=27


Informant: Charlie's Angel

Handy macht Chef zu "Big Brother"

veröffentlicht: 08.08.06 - 15:41

Edinburgh (rpo). Eine neue Technik ermöglicht es Unternehmen, die Aufenthaltsorte ihrer Mitarbeiter lückenlos zu bestimmen. Entwickelt wurde das System von der schottischen Firma Trisent und es funktioniert mit ganz normalen Standardhandys.

Im Unterschied zu bestehenden Tracking-Systemen mit Hilfe von GPS verwendet der "Trilocator" übliche Standard-Handys.

Eine Mitteilung auf dem Display unterrichtet die Beschäftigten davon, dass die Daten zu ihrem Aufenthaltsort übermittelt werden. Die Kontrolle endet erst mit dem Abschalten des Mobiltelefons.

Trisent will das System für Unternehmen mit Außendienstmitarbeitern anbieten und testet es zusammen mit dem russischen Telekom-Anbieter VimpelCom. In Großbritannien wurden die Gesetze für das Mobilfunk-Tracking im Mai gelockert.

Am 16. August startet ein Angebot, mit dessen Hilfe Eltern den Aufenthaltsort ihrer Kinder bestimmen können. Die Bürgerrechtsorganisation Liberty kritisierte, dass es für einen Arbeitgeber keinen Grund gebe, rund um die Uhr den Aufenthaltsort von Mitarbeitern ermitteln zu können.

© RP Online, AFP, ap, ddp, sid, gms, teleschau-der Mediendienst, Tel-A-Vision

http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/nachrichten/multimedia/handys/technik/346530

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09.08.2006

Überwachung der Mitarbeiter via Handy

Das schottische Unternehmen Trisent hat eine neue Mobilfunktechnik entwickelt, die die lückenlose Kontrolle des Aufenthaltsorts aller Mitarbeiter ermöglicht. Im Gegensatz zu bestehenden "Tracking-Systemen", die über GPS funktionieren, verwendet Trisent mit seinem Gerät "Trilocator" handelsübliche Handys. Ein Hinweis auf dem Display des Gerätes unterrichtet den Mitarbeiter, dass die Daten zum Aufenthaltsort gerade übermittelt werden. Erst wenn das Gerät ausgeschaltet ist, ist eine Datenübermittlung -und somit die Übermittlung des derzeitigen Standortes- nicht mehr möglich.

Das Gerät und die Technik werden derzeit in Zusammenarbeit mit dem russischen Telekom-Anbieter "VimpelCom" getestet. Nach Abschluss der Tests will das Unternehmen Trisent sein System vor allem Firmen mit Außendienstmitarbeitern anbieten.

In Großbritannien soll, nachdem im Mai dieses Jahres das Gesetz zum Mobilfunk-Tracking gelockert wurde, ein Pilotprojekt starten, bei dem Eltern den Aufenthaltsort ihrer Kinder ermitteln können. Die Bürgerrechtsorganisation "Liberty" hat allerdings bereits Kritik angemeldet. Die Organisation meint, es gebe keinen Grund, einen Mitarbeiter rund um die Uhr überwachen zu müssen.

Es gibt aber noch weitere kritische Stimmen: Die Zeitung "The Sydney Morning Herald" zitiert beispielsweise den Freiheitsrechtler Doug Jewell mit den Worten, dass eine Firma kein Recht hätte, nonstop über den Aufenthalt seiner Angestellten Bescheid zu wissen, nur weil jene einen Arbeitsvertrag unterschrieben hätten. Das Unternehmen Trisent verteidigt sein System und meinte: Die Mitarbeiter würden darüber informiert, dass ihr Handy gerade getrackt wird. Außerdem sei das System so aufgebaut, dass kein Vorgesetzter die Technik heimlich einsetzen könne.

© dsltarife.net

http://www.dsltarife.net/news/1688.html

Is the Alaska Pipeline corroded? You bet it is. Has been for more than a decade. Did British Petroleum shut the pipe yesterday to turn a quick buck on its negligence, to profit off the disaster it created? Just ask the "smart pig."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14418.htm



Big Oil and the Trillion-Dollar War Bonus

It has been a very good war for Big Oil — courtesy of OPEC price hikes. The five oil giants saw profits rise from $34 billion in 2002 to $81 billion in 2004, year two of Iraq’s “transition to democracy.”

http://www.gregpalast.com/big-oil-and-the-trillion-dollar-war-bonus


From Information Clearing House

A US Senate election has become a barometer of disgust with the war in Iraq, as Democratic incumbent Joseph Lieberman -- a strong supporter of US policy there -- fights for his political life against a little-known challenger.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060808/pl_afp/usiraqvotepolitics



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

Everyday that passes shows more of those who enthusiastically supported the Bush administration's imperial drive in the Middle East leaving its sinking ship.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=10718


From Information Clearing House

A new book by the Chairmen of the 9/11 commission admits that the commission whitewashed the root cause of the 9/11 attacks—that same interventionist U.S. foreign policy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14420.htm

New Conyers Report: Propaganda from the President
http://tinyurl.com/kvxqg


From Information Clearing House

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq accused Iran on Tuesday of having forces in Iraq and said Tehran could use the war between Hizbollah militants and Israel in Lebanon to try and further destabilize the country.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060808/ts_nm/iraq_usa_iran_dc


From Information Clearing House

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sharply criticized a U.S.-Iraqi attack Monday on a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad, breaking with his American partners on security tactics as the U.S. launches a major operation to secure the capital.

http://tinyurl.com/l32r8


From Information Clearing House

Cindy Sheehan

Every single Iraqi that we met with has been dreadfully affected by the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. One Sheik that we met with had his door broken down and he was beaten and dragged off to prison while the soldiers abused his wife.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14414.htm

By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the ideology of "democratic fundamentalism" to which George W. Bush converted after 9-11, we are simply in a rough patch on the glory road to a democratic Middle East and "the end of tyranny on this earth." In reality, our situation has never been more grim.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14413.htm

By Dan Plesch

US forces are ready today to destroy 10,000 targets in the Middle East in a few hours. US readiness for more war is just one indicator that the present war is likely to spread and intensify in the coming months.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14412.htm

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0808-28.htm

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Times Call for New Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsberg writes, "What prompted me to begin copying 7,000 pages of highly classified documents - an act that I fully expected would send me to prison for life? I came to the conclusion that the system I had been part of as a Marine, a Pentagon official and a State Department officer in Vietnam lied reflexively, at every level, from sergeant to commander in chief, about murder. And I had the evidence to prove it."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406O.shtml

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0808-25.htm

Lieberman, Lamont and the Future of the Democrats
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0808-27.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

Just after 11:00pm on Tuesday night, Senator Joeseph Lieberman stepped to the podium to congratulate his primary challenger, Ned Lamont, on his victory. A bit of history has been made in this Connecticut race; more than 95% of incumbents are re-elected to Congress, and a long-time incumbent losing a primary race is almost unheard of.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080806Y.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/franke5.html



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by Nancy Levant

Having no choice but to comply, most American people will accept their new national/international ID card. It is my understanding that without the card, we will be denied bank accounts in the United States of America, a driver’s license, and the right to fly on airplanes unless we have been issued a Real ID card. One might imagine that global retailers might require the Real ID to purchase food and gasoline. Take a look at your current driver’s license.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Levant/nancy53.htm

Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war. Make no mistake about it: We, the majority of Americans, want this war ended -- and we will actively work to defeat each and every one of you who does not support an immediate end to this war.

Nearly every Democrat set to run for president in 2008 is responsible for this war. They voted for it or they supported it. That single, stupid decision has cost us 2,592 American lives and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives. Lieberman and Company made a colossal mistake -- and we are going to make sure they pay for that mistake. Payback time started last night.

I realize that there are those like Kerry and Edwards who have now changed their position and are strongly anti-war. Perhaps that switch will be enough for some to support them. For others, like me -- while I'm glad they've seen the light -- their massive error in judgment is, sadly, proof that they are not fit for the job. They sided with Bush, and for that, they may never enter the promised land.

To Hillary, our first best hope for a woman to become president, I cannot for the life of me figure out why you continue to support Bush and his war. I'm sure someone has advised you that a woman can't be elected unless she proves she can kick ass just as crazy as any man. I'm here to tell you that you will never make it through the Democratic primaries unless you start now by strongly opposing the war. It is your only hope. You and Joe have been Bush's biggest Democratic supporters of the war. Last night's voter revolt took place just a few miles from your home in Chappaqua. Did you hear the noise? Can you read the writing on the wall?

To every Democratic Senator and Congressman who continues to back Bush's War, allow me to inform you that your days in elective office are now numbered. Myself and tens of millions of citizens are going to work hard to actively remove you from any position of power.

If you don't believe us, give Joe a call.

Yours,

Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
http://www.michaelmoore.com

P.S. Republicans -- sorry to leave you out of this letter. It's just that our side has a little housecleaning to do. We'll take care of you this November.



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

The minority staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, under the leadership of Congressman John Conyers (D., Mich.) just released a staggering report with the hard evidence of crimes and abuses committed by President Bush and his administration (breaking 26 specific laws). This report, "The Constitution in Crisis," should provide the raw material for numerous news reports and point reporters toward fertile ground for additional investigations. Please take a look: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/constitutionincrisis

Now, Take Action!

1. Ask the media to cover Conyers' report. Thus far there has been a single mention on CNN and a dishonest attack piece in National Review. Where are serious journalists? http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=8955221&type=ME

2. Ask your Congress Member to sponsor H. Res. 635 to start an investigation. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/635

3. Buy this report as a book. Pre-order, and ask your friends to do so, and get it on the best-seller lists. The book, which includes an Introduction by Ambassador Joseph Wilson and a Forward by Congressman Conyers, is entitled "George W. Bush Versus the U.S. Constitution." Buy it here.


At Long Last...

Can you name the one country on earth where the government can steal elections, strip away basic rights, spy on citizens, and launch wars based on lies, but where the people do not take over the nation's capital in protest?

If you said the United States, you'll be wrong on September fifth when Camp Democracy begins on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. http://www.campdemocracy.org

At long last, Americans are preparing to say "Enough is enough," and to do what Ukrainians, Mexicans, or any other people not drugged into acquiescence would do when things got this bad: occupy the capital city to demand peace, justice, and accountability.

Share a Ride to Camp Democracy, Share a Room When You Get Here!


Camp Democracy will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., from September 5 to 21. This will be a camp for peace, democracy, and the restoration of the rule of law. Camp Casey will move from Crawford, Texas, to Washington to create a larger camp focused not only on ending the war but also on righting injustices here at home and on holding accountable the Bush Administration and Congress. http://www.campdemocracy.org

Your travel to Camp Democracy is part of the camp and should be a community-building experience. Do you have two people in your car but four seats? Can you bring a van? A large bus? Or do you want to fly on a plane together with others bound for Camp Democracy? Sign up here to offer a ride or to ask for one: http://spaceshare.com/campdemocracy

Do you have or need a room in the Washington, D.C., area? Sign up here to offer a room or request one: http://spaceshare.com/campdemocracy

We Need Your Help! Camp Democracy is a grassroots effort and will only succeed with the help of many, many people contributing the small amounts they can afford. This is our opportunity to do what the citizens of the Ukraine, of Mexico, and of other countries do when their democracies are taken from them. This is our chance to say "Enough is enough!" Can you help us?

http://campdemocracy.org/sponsor


Planning an Impeachment Blog Action

Starting at noon ET on September 1, 2006, and lasting 24 hours, websites and blogs all across the internet are being asked to replace their front pages with the single word "Impeach" in simple white text on a black background. Here's an example: http://impeachnet.net

Visitors to those sites and blogs will be able to click and link to the sites' usual front pages. But first they will see a word that, standing alone, is as powerful as any word right now: it is banned by our political and media leadership but more popular among citizens and activists than perhaps any other. It is both shocking and welcome. For 24 hours, web surfers and blog readers will see that word first when they visit their favorite sites. In this way, we hope to get the public talking about the one tool guaranteed by the Founders to restore our Constitutional Democracy. Please encourage your favorite websites to take part in this action. If you plan to take part, please let us know here: http://www.impeachnet.net/blog/contact


FROM THE IMPEACHMENT FORUMS

"When Bush vetoed the embryonic stem-cell bill (the first veto of his presidency), he remarked that the implementation of this bill would have promoted the taking of innocent human life, something that "crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect." Regardless of the merits or pitfalls of the bill, I find it ironic (to understate) that this president invokes morality as the reason for his action--this president who has crossed so many moral boundaries himself . . . to devastating effect...." http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/13445

Join the discussion: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/forum/70


FORWARD THIS INFORMATION

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Conyers Releases Massive New Report on Bush-Cheney Crimes
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_david_sw_060804_conyers_releases_mas.htm


Informant: ranger116



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=impeach

Check out this story on the pipeline shutdown from DC Indymedia:

In this episode of War of the Trees, we discuss the effect of the closure of BP's pipeline serving about 1/3 of the Prudhoe Bay oil fields on gas prices.

http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/war_of_the_trees_rusty_pipelines_a8.mp3
http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/11/all_one_fight_a8.mp3

Still want that gas-guzzling SUV? That $3 a gallon for gas is just the beginning and will soon sound cheap! Some of the damage form Katrina and Rita to Texas and New Orleans oil facilities has yet to be repaired, and now BP has to shut down a large part of production in Alaska.

This is on top of Peak Oil, meaning that the Saudi wells and most other oil fields are already runnign flat-out and cannot make up the difference.

There is yet another factor-Why those pieplines are rusting out. This implies that the oil is corrosive, loaded with sulfur. Rusting, like other chemical reactions, doubles or halves its speed with every ten degree change in temperature. This is why exhaust pipes on your car rust so fast.

It's very cold in Alaska, yet heavy iron pipes have rusted nearly through in just a few decades! Used as sewer pipes they could have lasted over a century. What does this mean? It means all this corrosive sulfure is still in the oil when its made into gas and diesel-contributing to urban smog!

It's not ozone, but sulfate particles in the air from oil and coal together with ozone create the infamous "smoky" look of polluted air. Usually its the ozone you feel burning in your lungs after about 15 minutes on the bike on a Code Red or Code Orange day, but sulfer dioxide can do this too.

Also included: A reminder that Peace, Pro-Earth, Pro-animal, and pro- housing (as in antigentrification) activists are all on the same team and must work together. Children and crayfish need the same thing-the right to grow up in peace!


Informant: lukekuhn

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British Petroleum's 'Smart Pig': The Brilliantly Profitable Timing of the Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0808-34.htm


Informant: binstock

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8123-2298119,00.html


Informant: binstock

As we now know, Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon had no plan to secure any part of Baghdad. It allowed looters to destroy Iraq's governmental infrastructure and to steal thousands of tons of high explosives, weapons, and radioactive materials. And it had no coherent plan for Iraq's post-war governance.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080806N.shtml

"Lose Allianzen großer Unternehmen": Einfluss von Wirtschaftskampagnen auf politische Entscheidungsprozesse (08.08.06)

Mit gezielten Wirtschaftskampagnen wird einer Studie zufolge immer stärker in die politischen Entscheidungsprozesse eingegriffen. Diese Entwicklung sei seit rund zehn Jahren zu beobachten und werde sich vermutlich verstärkt fortsetzen, sagte Rudolf Speth von der Freien Universität Berlin am Dienstag bei der Vorstellung der Untersuchung, die er im Auftrag der gewerkschaftsnahen Hans-Böckler-Stiftung erarbeitet hat. Eigenverantwortung, Optimismus und ein gemäßigter, "unbeschwerter Patriotismus" - das seien zentrale Botschaften, die "lose Allianzen großer Unternehmen" in der Bevölkerung verbreiten wollten. Die aktuelle Welle von Kampagnen aus der Wirtschaft - mit "Du bist Deutschland" als bekanntestem Beispiel - werde sich auch nach der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft fortsetzen. Solche hoch emotionalisierten Kampagnen ergänzten gut die bereits etablierten Foren, über die Botschaften der Wirtschaft in Medien und politischen Diskurs gelangten.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14169

ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/stacey/pnum306.php

As a Congressman, I will not shirk away from my oath of office. Saying that includes the inherent responsibility to hold the balance of powers within their Constitutional function. It has been determined that the Executive Branch has committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" in the public eye. Through illegal wiretaps, spying on American citizens, lying to start a war, sacrificing national security in lieu of petty political revenge and criminal neglect in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, the current administration has abused its privileged position for profiteering and selfish ambition.

To put it bluntly, "regime change" begins at home.

The problem we’re faced with is the Majority Party in Washington DC honestly believes they are chosen by divine providence to rule the world. The error is clear. They have their jobs by our good graces, not the other way around. If we are to bring sobriety back to our system of government, we must first elect new leadership to lead the charge for change and hold the all of those in the administration responsible for their actions.

We have been lied to, marketed to, mislead, threatened and pick-pocketed. Every one of the principles of our Constitution has been under attack, and dangerous power-grabs by petty tyrants imperil its virtue. Our children will now bear the brunt of this administration’s myopic and selfish ambition, and the very future of this American Experiment is in serious question. We must do what is necessary to save our Republic from predators who only seek riches and glory for themselves at the expense of the rest of us.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/stacey/pnum306.php

This alert is brought to you through the activism of Stacey Tallitsch, running for the U.S. House in the 1st Congressional district, and one of the leading progressive voices in the state of Louisiana. Many of you have already submitted his action page calling for the troops in Iraq to start coming home now, a policy that is more surely correct with every passing state of emergency in Baghdad.

Stacey has been running call to action radio spots in this district , calling for an end of the obstinate occupation of Iraq, a military escapade which has brought nothing but death and destruction to both their country and our own. And he has produced a new one on the impeachment issue. You can hear the new spot on this page.

RADIO SPOT DONATIONS: http://www.usalone.com/stacey/donations.php

Nobody can predict how a particular race will turn out. But we know that the spots we ran on impeachment had tremendous secondary impact, as TWO other groups were inspired to run their own call to action ads on this issue as a result of the investment we made in this action. If you are able to do so, please make whatever donation you can to continue the stand we are taking on issue after issue.

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

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http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=impeach

Mitten in die Diskussion über verlängerte Laufzeiten deutscher Atomkraftwerke hinein und mitten in die Diskussion über die mögliche Renaissance der Atomkraft weltweit platzt die Meldung über einen ernsthaften Störfall in einem schwedischen Atomkraftwerk. Die ödp sieht sich dadurch in der Forderung nach einem schnellstmöglichen Atomausstieg bestätigt.

Ein Störfall, ausgelöst durch einen externen Kurschluss, führte dazu, dass die Bedienmannschaft 23 Minuten lang keine Kontrolle über den Reaktor hatte. Nur das Minimum der benötigten 2 Notstromaggregate sprang an, zwei weitere versagten. „Während des Störfalls waren also alle Sicherheitsreserven aufgebraucht – reines Glück hat damit eine Katastrophe verhindert“, so ödp-Stadtvorsitzender Martin Kraus. Ein kompletter Ausfall aller Notstromaggregate war in der Sicherheitsanalyse offensichtlich überhaupt nicht vorgesehen.

„Wir haben gerade vor wenigen Monaten der Reaktorkatastrophe von Tschernobyl gedacht. Tschernobyl hat uns mit unvorstellbarem Leid die Risiken der Atomkraft vor Augen geführt. Damals wurde die Schuld der unsicheren osteuropäischen Atomtechnik gegeben – jetzt hat aber Technik versagt, wie sie auch in deutschen Atomkraftwerken eingesetzt wird. Was mich nicht wundert, denn es gibt keine Technik, die nicht versagen kann. Atomkraftwerke dürfen aber nicht versagen. Es ist daher Zeit, nicht von der Verlängerung der Laufzeiten der deutschen Atomkraftwerke zu reden, sondern von einem beschleunigten Atomausstieg“, so Martin Kraus.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Markus Hollemann Regionalbeauftragter

Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ödp)
Stadtverband München
Fon 089/45 24 74 15 × Fax 089/244 365 397
E-Mail muenchen@oedp.de
http://www.oedp-muenchen.de


Veranstaltungshinweise:

Alle Vorträge finden jeweils am zweiten Donnerstag im Monat in den Räumen der Gregor-Louisoder-Umweltstiftung statt: Brienner Str. 46, zwischen U2/U8 Königsplatz und U1/U7 Stiglmaierplatz.

Do., 10. Aug. 2006, 19.30 Uhr 'Limbische Wahrheiten – Gehirnforschung, Marketing und Ökologie' Referent: Günther Hartmann, Berater im Stadt- und Regionalmarketing

Do., 14. Sep. 2006, 19.30 Uhr 'Pflegenotstand - Keine Perspektive im Alter?' Referentin: Christiane Lüst, Dipl.-Soz. Päd., Initiatorin des Münchner Pflegestammtischs

Do., 12. Okt. 2006, 19.30 Uhr 'Ein Jahr nach der Bundestagswahl - Wo steht Deutschland heute?' Referent: Prof. Dr. Klaus Buchner, ödp-Bundesvorsitzender

Do., 09. Nov. 2006, 19.30 Uhr 'Das 1,5-Liter-Auto ist machbar - Entwickler berichten' Referent: Uli Sommer, Chefentwickler Loremo-Projekt


Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei Kreisverband Dachau

c/o Adrian Heim, Falkenstraße 26, 85757 Karlsfeld
fon 08131/98482
fax: : 08131/907013
http://www.dachau.oedp.de / info@dachau.oedp.de

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?46c4e9da-98af-46cf-ba8d-c5946d59ca38


Informant: binstock

Mother Jones
by Jennifer Wedekind

08/07/06

Beginning with post-9/11 false intelligence and public deception, Conyers uses sources including public statements, the Downing Street Memo, CIA reports and intelligence briefings to refute Bush's carefully constructed propaganda advocating a war with Iraq. Step by step Conyers traces the different reports citing no links between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, and the lack of evidence of WMDs. Beginning with Bush's State of the Union claim that 'Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium for Africa,' he demonstrates how the CIA, the State Department and the National Intelligence Council all informed the administration that the Niger uranium claim was 'equivocally false.' French intelligence authorities went so far to say the Niger story was 'bs....' And there is no doubt the administration knew they had faulty intelligence. One CIA official recounted his superior giving orders saying, 'You know what? If Bush wants to go to war, it's your job to give him a reason to do so'...

http://tinyurl.com/kvxqg


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207244,00.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Informationen, Quellen und Meinungen zur neuen "Residenzpflicht" im SGB II von und bei Erwin Denzler M.A., Dozent für Arbeits- und Sozialrecht http://www.erwin-denzler.de/eao.html

EAO - DER Gesetzgeber ist gewöhnlich nicht dumm.

Kommentar von Norbert Hermann (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/eaodumm.pdf


Gesetzlicher Fehler bei der Erreichbarkeit für Bedarfsgemeinschaften? BMAS: Nur schulpflichtige Kinder sind ausgenommen

Presseerklärung des „Erwerbslosen Forum Deutschland“ vom 07.08.2006 http://www.erwerbslosenforum.de/nachrichten/gesetzlicher_fehler_bei_der_erreichbarkeit_fur_bedarfsgemeinschaften.htm

Siehe dazu:

Erwerbslose campieren vor der Arbeitsagentur in Aschersleben

ARGE in Aschersleben kam ihrer Mitwirkungspflicht nicht nach

„Vor der Ascherslebener Arbeitsagentur verharrten seit Montagabend mehrere Betroffene und errichteten ein unangemeldetes Zeltlager. Auf Grund der verschärften Hartz-IV-Regelungen, die am 1. August in Kraft traten, sollen ALG-II-Empfänger durch Außendienstkontrollen, Telefonabfragen und Datenaustausch zwischen den Ämtern permanent kontrollierbar sein. Um den Maßnahmen zuvor zukommen, stellten sich die Protestierenden der Arbeitsvermittlung „Tag und Nacht“ zur Verfügung…“ Pressemitteilung auf der Homepage der "Interessengemeinschaft Contra Sozialabbau Aschersleben - Staßfurt" http://www.contra-sozialabbau-aschersleben.de/

Die angedrohte Räumung der Aktion musste unterbleiben, weil sie durch ca. 50 Unterstützerinnen verhindert wurde; auch gab es viele Grußadressen. Siehe dazu auch das Foto von Tobias Pochanke auf unserer heutigen Startseite!


Aus: LabourNet, 8. August 2006

Eine persönliche Bilanz

„Ein Beitrag zur gegenwärtigen Diskussion über die, denen es nach Meinung vieler viel zu gut geht und die auch gar nicht arbeiten wollen. (…) Seit Einführung des SGB II begleite ich Leistungsempfänger, von der Bundesagentur nun Kunden genannt, im Rahmen meiner jetzigen Tätigkeit als Sozialarbeiterin in einer Mietschuldnerberatung in Berlin-Spandau. 80% meiner Klientel sind Arbeitslosengeld II-Empfänger. Ich versuche sie zu unterstützen, damit sie zu ihrem Recht kommen und berechtigte Ansprüche durchsetzen können. Viel Verzweiflung, Mutlosigkeit oder auch ohnmächtiger Wut, häufig verbunden mit Perspektivlosigkeit, stehe ich fast jeden Tag gegenüber. In diesen Bericht fließen auch meine Erfahrungen aus meiner ehrenamtlichen Tätigkeit seit Juni 2005 in der Sozialberatung der Kiezspinne, einem Nachbarschaftszentrum in der Frankfurter Allee Süd (Bezirk Lichtenberg), ein…“ Bericht von Angela Prodan, Diplomsozialarbeiterin, von Juni 2006 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/prodan.pdf

Zitat zum Thema:

„Hartz IV: Neue Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung

Sehr geehrter Leistungsempfänger, gegen den Ihnen zugeleiteten ALG-Bescheid könnten Sie zwar theoretische Rechtsmittel einlegen, weil Sie einen Rechtsanspruch auf Leistungen haben. Wir gehen aber davon aus, dass Sie noch genügend Anstand besitzen und stattdessen wie folgt verfahren:

1. Sie überweisen das Ihnen zustehende Arbeitslosengeld II umgehend zurück.

2. Sie entschuldigen sich förmlich bei allen Sachbearbeitern für die Mühen und den Arbeitsaufwand, den Sie durch Ihre Antragstellung verursacht haben.

3. Sie zeigen sich selbst an bei der örtlich zuständigen Staatsanwaltschaft für erschlichene Hartz IV-Leistungen und eigenverschuldete Armut.

4. Sie haben noch mehr Anstand, legen endlich konsequenterweise die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft ab und begeben sich zur abschließenden Bearbeitung in ein bayerisches Abschiebelager. Die Bundesagentur“

Entnommen aus: Deutscher Einheit(z)-Textdienst von Werner Lutz 8/2006


Aus: LabourNet, 8. August 2006

„In Hamburg hat die »Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Mitarbeitervertretungen in der Diakonie« der weiteren Einstellung von Ein-Euro-Jobbern bei Trägern diakonischer Einrichtungen widersprochen. In einer jW vorliegenden, Stellungnahme, die am Freitag an alle Mitarbeitervertretungen (MAV) verschickt wurde, verweist die Arbeitsgemeinschaft auf Kirchengerichtsentscheidungen, die die Mitbestimmungsrechte der MAV bei der Schaffung dieser »Arbeitsgelegenheiten« stärken. Demnach haben MAV dabei nun fast immer ein Mitspracherecht…“ Artikel von Andreas Grünwald in junge Welt vom 5.8.06 http://www.jungewelt.de/2006/08-05/026.php

Siehe dazu das „Info zur Rechtsprechung "Ein Euro" Arbeitsgelegenheiten im Kirchenbereich Hamburg“ von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mitarbeitervertretungen Diakonie Hamburg vom 1.8.06 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/eurokirchhh.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 8. August 2006

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

More than thirty years as a student of American history, constitutional government, and the Holy Bible leads me to the conviction that the two major political parties in this country are equally culpable in stripping America of its founding principles. In my opinion, both the Democrat and Republican parties in Washington, D.C., have zero fidelity to the U.S. Constitution and zero respect for America's foundational precepts.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin315.htm

Sitting at the computer, wearing my official Electronic Monitoring Ankle Bracelet is certainly better than sitting in jail…but it still does a pretty good job of reminding you you're now in the criminal class.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14398.htm

Nearly all members of the House of Representatives opted out of a chance to read this year's classified intelligence bill, and then voted on secret provisions they knew almost nothing about.

http://tinyurl.com/gqazn


From Information Clearing House

A Moroccan says the U.S. gave him a stark choice: Inform on fellow Muslims or be deported as a likely terrorist. It's a routine tactic, some say.

http://ktla.trb.com/news/la-me-informant7aug07,0,2407438.story?coll=ktla-news-1


From Information Clearing House

Mexico's stolen presidential election holds a warning for voters north of the Rio Grande.

http://tinyurl.com/l5vem


From Information Clearing House

Griesmyer said Cortez confirmed that he held the girl down as Barker raped her. The weeping child pleaded to be set free, but Barker told her to "shut up".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14401.htm

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Soldiers "Hit Golf Balls Before Going Out to Kill Family"

US soldiers accused of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl drank alcohol and hit golf balls before the attack. One of them grilled chicken wings afterwards, a criminal investigator told a US military hearing yesterday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080806L.shtml

On Thursday, the administration faced a blunt warning about the possibility of a civil war in Iraq from one of its military leaders.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/06/news/civil.php



Iraqi civil war has already begun, U.S. troops say

Villages have been abandoned by Sunni and Shiite Muslims; Sunni insurgents have killed thousands of Shiites in car bombings and assassinations; Shiite militia death squads have tortured and killed hundreds, if not thousands, of Sunnis; and when night falls, neighborhoods become open battlegrounds.

http://tinyurl.com/h4l7c


From Information Clearing House

Why capitalists aren’t eager to stop the Middle East wars.
Radio interview with Prof. Jonathan Nitzan

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14400.htm

IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2300772,00.html



Congo Denies Alleged Uranium Shipment To Iran

The Congolese government Monday denied that a uranium shipment left its territory last year bound for Iran.

http://tinyurl.com/e6vvb


From Information Clearing House

Ward believes that a US bombing attack on Tehran is nearly inevitable, and that it will have devastating consequences for the region and for the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14403.htm

Anyone who wants to understand why Israel has such unwavering support from the United States should speak to one man.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/05/wmid105.xml


From Information Clearing House

Declassified papers show U.S. atrocities went far beyond My Lai.

By Nick Turse and Deborah Nelson, Special to The Times

The files are part of a once-secret archive, assembled by a Pentagon task force in the early 1970s, that shows that confirmed atrocities by U.S. forces in Vietnam were more extensive than was previously known.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14392.htm

Throughout the coal-rich land of southern West Virginia and eastern Ohio, mining companies are damaging and destroying burial sites. Massey Energy Company, Arch Mineral, and their subsidiaries are accused of drilling under, mining over, or raining sulfurous and acidic emissions down on tombstones and graves across the region.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/080706EC.shtml

The nation's governors are closing ranks in opposition to a proposal in Congress that would let the president take control of the National Guard in emergencies without the consent of the governors. The idea is part of a House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Senate has not yet agreed to it.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080706T.shtml

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/4916/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

by NewsWithViews.com

According to Starrett, passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007 would infringe on state control of the National Guard, in essence creating a de facto domestic military controlled by whomever sits in the Oval Office.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking45.htm