Donnerstag, 3. Mai 2007

Senior VA Officials Get Big Bonuses

Months after a politically embarrassing $1 billion shortfall that put veterans' health care in peril, Veterans Affairs officials involved in the foul-up got hefty bonuses up to $33,000.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307D.shtml

Leahy Subpoenas Rove's Plame Emails

Jason Leopold reports that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy issued a subpoena on Wednesday to Alberto Gonzales seeking emails that White House Political Adviser Karl Rove turned over to Patrick Fitzgerald related to the special prosecutor's investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson and the role the White House political adviser played in her unmasking.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307A.shtml



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Honeybee Die-Off Threatens Food Supply

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/03/952/


Informant: binstock



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Atomkraftwerke, CO2-freie Kohlekraftwerke und Biosprit in der Kritik

Anlässlich der Veröffentlichung des neuen IPCC-Weltklimareports hat der Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) davor gewarnt, beim Klimaschutz "aufs falsche Pferd zu setzen". Atomreaktoren, so genannte CO2-freie Kohlekraftwerke oder das Verbrennen von Biosprit in ineffizienten Automotoren seien keine geeigneten Maßnahmen gegen die Klimaerwärmung. Die IPCC-Vorschläge, mit dem entschlossenen Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien und der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung sowie durch entscheidende Verbesserungen bei der Energieeffizienz mehr Klimaschutz zu erreichen, wiesen hingegen in die richtige Richtung. "Wer beim Klimaschutz seine Hoffnungen an Atomkraft, CO2-Abscheidung in Kohlekraftwerken oder Biosprit knüpft, wird scheitern", vermutet die BUND-Vorsitzende Angelika Zahrnt. "Mit diesen Schimären kann die Energiewende nicht gelingen." Auch der ehemalige Chef des UN-Umweltprogramms, Klaus Töpfer (CDU), sprach sich vor der Veröffentlichung des 3. Weltklimaberichts gegen eine längere Nutzung der Atomkraft aus.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=15871

One Land Grab Stopped, Another in Progress

by Devvy

Hard working Americans who love their land, their way of life who fully understand this constant attack on property rights banded together and asked for our help. They also went straight to the Colorado State Legislature to stop this latest and unnecessary effort to steal more land from the people. This is a huge victory. What a great job and an inspiration to everyone!.......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd267.htm



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Powerwatch on The SAGE Report

http://tinyurl.com/2jy8ux

Save Whales, Not Whaling

https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=9216330



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Many people know about the dangers of global warming, but only few act

Thinking like rats: why humans fail to act on climate change
http://jurnalo.com/jurnalo/storyPage.do?story_id=33009


Informant: binstock

CLIMATE CHANGE RED ALERT!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate_action_leaders/?cl=8633638

Das Pentagon versucht mit Videos im Medienkrieg gegen die Gegner im Irak anzutreten

Der YouTube-Channel des Pentagon

Das Pentagon versucht, mit Videos im Medienkrieg gegen die Gegner im Irak anzutreten, während "friendly information" wie Blogs und E-Mails der US-Soldaten stärker kontrolliert werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25198/1.html

EU-Terrorliste ohne demokratische Legitimation und Rechtsschutz

Existenzvernichtung per Willkürakt http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25188/1.html

Die EU führt zu organisierter Verantwortungslosigkeit in den Parteien

Politisches Versteckspiel
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25200/1.html

Stephanie Miller & Maxine Waters Educate America On Iraq

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/02/stephanie-miller-maxine-waters-educate-america-on-iraq/

Waters Against The War

On the Stephanie Miller Show, Maxine Waters and Stephanie Miller get tough on the Bush administration.

http://ga3.org/ct/Bd20pgF1BRHu/



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Making Dirty Air Permanent

by Frank O'Donnell, TomPaine.com

EPA's William Wehrum was turned down by the Senate, but he plans to stay anyway and continue with his foul ways.

http://ga3.org/ct/c720pgF1BRHW/



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The New Land Rush

by Robert J. Miller, TomPaine.com

Ice is melting and Western governments are staking claims to land they don't own—as they have for 500 years.

http://ga3.org/ct/B120pgF1BRH7/



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African Americans and Latinos share a bond of blood and the struggle for freedom

We Will Not Be Divided

by Cynthia McKinney, Black Agenda Report
http://ga3.org/ct/B720pgF1BRHj/

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We Will Not Be Divided

By Cynthia McKinney

Two hundred million people worldwide should not be forced to leave their families behind and head for developed countries because there are no decent jobs at home. Parents and children should not be separated because of global forces that workers don't understand, but must respond to.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17640.htm



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2006 Missouri Election Was Ground Zero for GOP

Six months after freshman Missouri Senator Jim Talent's defeat handed Democrats control of the US Senate, disclosures in the wake of the firings of eight US attorneys show that the Republican campaign to protect the balloting was not as it appeared. No significant voter fraud was ever proved. The preoccupation with ballot fraud in Missouri was part of a wider national effort that critics charge was aimed at protecting the Republican majority in Congress by dampening Democratic turnout.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307N.shtml



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US Attorney for Arizona: DOJ Official Wanted to Keep Me Quiet

US Attorney for Arizona Paul Charlton told Congress that Michael Elston, the chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, called him and warned him to remain silent. "I believe that Elston was offering me a quid pro quo agreement: my silence in exchange for the attorney general's."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307M.shtml



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Corruption, Shoddy Work and Mismanagement Cripple Iraq Reconstruction

William Fisher reports, "Evidence of widespread corruption, shoddy work and poor management has called into question the Bush administration's claims that sabotage by insurgents is responsible for the failure of its multi-billion-dollar Iraq reconstruction effort."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307J.shtml



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GM Maize MON 863 Toxic

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMmaizeMON863toxic.php



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Handyantennen werden immer raffinierter versteckt

20min.ch vom 03.05.2007

Handyantennen werden immer mehr in falschen Kaminen, in Abluftrohren, auf Kirchtürmen oder gar in künstlichen Tannen versteckt. Antennen-Gegner finden dies daneben. Bis letzten Herbst prangten auf dem Dach des Einkaufszentrums Lago in Konstanz unmittelbar an der Schweizer Grenze acht große Handyantennen-Masten. Heute ragen dort acht große kaminartige Rohre in die Höhe – fast wie bei einem Dampfer (siehe Bild). «Der Zweck der Verkleidung ist klar», sagt Stefan Zbornik von der IG Strahlungsfreies Kreuzlingen. «Man will die Antennen vergessen machen und so den Widerstand schwächen, ganz nach dem Motto: Aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn.»

http://www.diagnose-funk.ch/aktuell/033ea298b81479d03/index.html#033ea2992500bbb01

Iren befürchten Verblödung durch SMS

inside-handy.de vom 30.04.2007

Verkümmertes Vokabular in Abschlussarbeiten an Tagesordnung

Die irische Jugend weist immer größere sprachliche Defizite auf. Verantwortlich dafür soll unter anderem das exzessive Schreiben von SMS-Nachrichten sein, behauptet das irische Bildungsministerium in einer kürzlich veröffentlichten Studie. Als Grundlage dienten rund 37.000 Abschlussarbeiten. Beklagt wurde unter anderem die immer schlechter werdende Ausdrucksfähigkeit sowie der hölzerne, abgehackte Stil vieler Jugendlicher.

http://www.diagnose-funk.ch/aktuell/033ea298b81479d03/index.html#033ea29922127920c

Geschenke zum Überwachungsalltag

http://quintessenz.at/d/000100003854

Mobiles lose their magic as calls fall for the first time

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=452298&in_page_id=1770


Informant: Mark G.

Banham fury at Breckland planners

03 May 2007

BRECKLAND Council has been accused by Banham villagers of not paying enough attention to local views on planning issues.

The claim has been made by members of the Heath Road residents' association who are opposing plans to site a mobile phone mast close to their homes and a school for autistic children.

They are also unhappy at proposals to demolish a bungalow in Heath Road and replace it with a six bedroom house, and a retrospective application to regularise unauthorised development at an adjoining industrial estate.

Spokesman Matthew Le Grys said: “Basically we got together and formed a residents' association to oppose a motorcycle track. Breckland wasn't listening to us on that issue but we managed to get it overturned. Chimneys have been put up without consent at the industrial estate and the house is going to be completely out of character.

“I have young children and we will be only 100m away from the mast. It looks like Breckland is going to recommend approval as they can't take health issues into account.”

Neighbour Pam Hammond said: “The chimneys are very ugly but the council seems to feel that's okay. Our house is right next to the mast.”

Banham district councillor Stephen Askew said he was aware of the residents' concerns and would continue to lobby for an alternative location for the mast proposed by applicant T-Mobile.

He added: “There have been a number of planning applications in Heath Road in recent years that could be regarded as surprising, but planning law is very complex and very often the decisions are influenced by government and European guidelines.”

Breckland Council spokesman Mandy Montagu said the authority had “bent over backwards” to win an appeal, on behalf of villagers, to prevent the motorcycle track operating. Officers had also attended parish council meetings to discuss local concerns.

“We do try to take residents' views into account. Sometimes when we look at all the evidence, what we feel is different from what they feel, but for about 80pc of the time we do tend to agree with residents.”

The bungalow application has been deferred pending additional information. The mast and factory applications are due to be determined on May 21.

Copyright © 2006 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

http://tinyurl.com/2g9d8c

Mobile firm fights for mast

May 3 2007

by Cliff Birchall, Formby Times

A MOBILE phone company is continuing its fight to erect a mast in Formby Village.

Orange PCS Limited had plans for a mast adjacent to 41 Chapel Lane, fronting Halsall Lane, turned down last year.

Now it has appealed against Sefton Council’s decision.

Harington Ward councillor Alf Doran said there was a lot of public opposition, as well as objections from the Parish Council, Formby Civic Society and councillors.

“Going down to appeal, we need as much opposition as possible. I would like Formby people to write in to oppose it.”

Cllr Doran said people living nearby had been expecting the appeal. “What I am disappointed about is that they have left it so long, showing no consideration for the people of the Village and the atmosphere in the Village, which is the main reason we objected in the first place.”

He said the company wanted to put the mast – 11.8m, or 38ft 8ins tall, with two cabinets below it – between two trees, even though they had refused to site it on a car-park because of interference to the signal from trees.

Cllr Doran is calling for people to send letters of objection, in triplicate, to The Planning Inspectorate, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6PN – marking the envelope ‘Reference N/2006/0885’ – by June 6.

© owned by or licensed to Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales Limited 2007

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Residents’ anger as mast plan approved

http://tinyurl.com/3yofls

Gonzales must go

Cato Institute
by Timothy Lynch

05/02/07

With political support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales collapsing, the White House is now attempting to save his job by making the case for his overall record. A White House spokesperson said recently that Gonzales ‘has done a fantastic job at the Department of Justice.’ Truth be told, Gonzales’s tenure is more scandalous even than the mess he created by firing eight federal prosecutors...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8221


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The right to remain silent

Slate
by Dahlia Lithwick

05/01/07

Nobody seems to mind all that much when the Bush administration nibbles away at the rights of the almost 400 prisoners still being held at Guantanamo Bay. Maybe we figure that if they didn’t deserve the really important rights we’ve taken away (to speedy trials, say, or to due process in challenging their detentions), they can’t possibly merit the lesser ones (such as the right to hunger strike or the right to an attorney). Last fall, through the Military Commissions Act, Congress stripped everyone at Gitmo of the right to petition for habeas corpus relief in the federal courts, barred them from invoking the Geneva Conventions in federal court, and allowed secret evidence to be used against them at trial. Now, using an elegantly Zenlike circular argument, the administration contends that since they have no real procedural rights anymore, they probably won’t be needing their funny little lawyers to enforce them...

http://www.slate.com/id/2165348/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The right’s rejection of “the rule of law”

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

05/02/07

[R]eading Mansfield has real value for understanding the dominant right-wing movement in this country. Because he is an academic, and a quite intelligent one, he makes intellectually honest arguments, by which I mean that he does not disguise what he thinks in politically palatable slogans, but instead really describes the actual premises on which political beliefs are based. And that is Mansfield’s value; he is a clear and honest embodiment of what the Bush movement is. In particular, he makes crystal clear that the so-called devotion to a ’strong executive’ by the Bush administration and the movement which supports it is nothing more than a belief that the Leader has the power to disregard, violate, and remain above the rule of law. And that is clear because Mansfied explicitly says that. And that is not just Mansfield’s idiosyncratic belief. He is simply stating — honestly and clearly — the necessary premises of the model of the Omnipotent Presidency which has taken root under the Bush presidency...

http://tinyurl.com/3xln3a



Neoconservative fascism

LewRockwell.Com
by William Norman Grigg

05/04/07

Harvard Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield’s May 2 Wall Street Journal essay ‘The Case for the Strong Executive’ is a remarkable brief on behalf of unreconstructed fascist rule through an Executive emancipated from the rule of law. Mansfield, who unblushingly admits that the alternative to the rule of law is ‘tyranny,’ insists that the ‘defects’ of our system of liberty under law suggest ‘the need for one-man rule.’ Seriously. He really wrote those words. And he apparently meant them...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w11.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Songs of death

The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber

05/02/07

One might very legitimately wonder exactly why so many liberals and progressives disapproved so vehemently of McCain’s performance. After all, the leading Democratic presidential candidates offer the identical prescription for Iran, and their overall foreign policy objectives are just as deplorable as McCain’s. Ah, but they don’t sing it. I guess these critics don’t like music, or at least that particular song. They want their plans for Armageddon provided straight. As for me, if the world is going to be altered fundamentally, I’d just as soon have a song first, as minimal as its musical value might be in this instance. Make no mistake: there is no significant difference whatsoever between McCain’s tuneful ‘Bomb Iran’ and, as two prime examples, what Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have to offer...

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/05/songs-of-death.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Hide the debt

The Free Liberal
by Paul Jacob

04/30/07

‘You shouldn’t go around touting that you balanced your budget when your deficit is $44 billion.’ Good advice, no? Well, Sheila Weinberg said it first. Ms. Weinberg has taken on the world’s most yawner of a topic, accounting, and is trying to get your attention. If we don’t (or can’t) follow our governments’ accounts, politicians and bureaucrats will rob us blind. She founded the Institute for Truth in Accounting in 2002. And she’s kicked up a ruckus. According to a recent Institute report, our federal financial hole is over $53 trillion. To fund our politicians’ promises and pay off debt and other bills, everyone in America would have to send a check to D.C. for $176,700...

http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002734.html


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The source of rights

Foundation for Economic Education
by Dean Russell

The prevailing justification for governmental action in the United States today is this: The desires of the majority, as determined by universal and secret ballot, shall become the law of the land. And once the vote is in, everyone must obey, including those who think the law is immoral or economically destructive. Even if a person thinks the law violates individual freedom and the basic human rights of every person, he must still conform. Here are three examples of this situation currently in force... (written 11/84; posted 05/02/07)

http://tinyurl.com/33o36l



Is the Supreme Court all thumbs?

Liberty For All
by Garry Reed

05/02/07

Silly me. Somehow I thought the purpose of the Supreme Court was to decide if the laws concocted by our law concoctors are constitutional. Maybe it was the inadequacy of my small town public schooling. Maybe I’d watched too many old pompous black-and-white movies about old pompous men in pompous robes. I pictured these nine wise and wizened men (and now women) reading a new law, consulting their well-thumbed copies of the Constitution and then giving the law thumbs up or thumbs down...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=638


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Iraq lawmakers' vacation plans draw fire

Salt Lake Tribune

President Bush meets today with Democrats and Republicans from Congress to work on an Iraq war funding measure both sides can accept. Bush’s veto of an Iraq war spending bill that set timelines for U.S. troop withdrawals puts new pressure on Democrats in Congress to craft a compromise even as their caucus grows more fractious on the topic. The party’s most liberal members, especially in the House, say they will vote against money for continuing the war if there’s no binding language on troop drawdowns. Bush and almost all congressional Republicans continue to insist on a spending bill with no strings attached on troop movements. Bush on Tuesday rejected legislation pushed by Democratic leaders that would require the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later... [editor’s note: This one should be simple and easy: Reid and Pelosi should schlep on over to the White House and cheerfully explain that they will continue to re-submit and re-pass the same bill until it’s signed — and that that’s the ONLY money Bush will see for ANYTHING until then - TLK] (05/01/07)

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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FDA hoodwinks public on comment period

News Target

05/02/07

The FDA has slammed the door shut on accepting public comments over its contentious ‘CAM Guidelines’ that threaten to destroy natural medicine by classifying virtually all health-enhancing foods, juices, nutritional supplements and functional foods as ‘unapproved drugs.’ NewsTarget has acquired emails from an FDA employee and key author of the CAM Guidelines. This email contains statements that directly contradict the FDA’s own website and reveal a tactic designed to silence public commentary by retroactively declaring the comment period to be closed even while the FDA’s own documents state the period should continue for another 30 days...

http://www.newstarget.com/021824.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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US Army clamping down on soldiers’ blogs

CNN

05/02/07

The U.S. Army is tightening restrictions on soldiers’ blogs and other Web site postings to ensure sensitive information about military operations does not make it onto public forums. Soldiers in war zones are already subject to restrictions on blogging and public posts. But the Army’s new regulation could affect service members who have returned from war zones and started blogs about their combat experiences...

http://tinyurl.com/2esnaf


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Soldiers Face Punishment Over Blogs

Soldiers will be punished if they publicly reveal sensitive information, such as troop movements, planned raids, travel itineraries of senior leaders, or photographs of casualties, new technology, or other material that could compromise their location. The rules say solders can be charged with violating a lawful order under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307O.shtml

Justice probes hiring of prosecutors

Tulsa World

05/03/07

The Justice Department is investigating whether its former White House liaison used political affiliations in deciding whom to hire as entry-level prosecutors in some U.S. attorney offices around the country, The Associated Press has learned. Such consideration would be a violation of federal law...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The Economics of Nuclear Power

Greenpeace has released our study on nuclear economics.

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press/reports/the-economics-of-nuclear-power

It was co authored by former NRC Commissioner and NY State Public Service Commissioner Peter Bradford, among others.

The new report published by a team of international energy and economic experts conclusively proves that nuclear power is neither a practical nor economically viable solution to tackling climate change.

The report, "The Economics of Nuclear Power", commissioned by Greenpeace International, finds that nuclear power plant construction can run up to 300% over budget and, on average, take four years longer to build than planned.

There's good specif info about the US experience as well as the foibles abroad.

Please feel free to make use of it!

Jim


"Switching from coal to nukes," said Dan Becker, director of the Sierra Club's global warming program, "is like giving up smoking and taking up crack."

"Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them." - Mark Hertzgaard


Informant: MoJo

Urge Congress to help bring clean drinking water to the world's neediest children

http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_050207_b

More than one billion people around the world are without access to safe drinking water, and 2.6 billion are without basic sanitation. Each day 5,000 children die from water-borne diseases stemming from lack of safe water and adequate sanitation. While this picture of immense human suffering is almost beyond comprehension, cost-effective solutions are available right now.

Investments in drinking water and sanitation are among the most effective measures that can be taken to reduce disease and death, especially in children. Public health experts in developed nations attribute more lives saved over the past 150 years to the provision of clean drinking water than to any other medical or health advance, bar none. With enough political will, similar gains can be realized in developing nations: for a few pennies per life saved, simple sanitation improvements and existing, off-the-shelf water treatment and delivery technologies can rescue millions of children from misery or death from water-borne disease.

In 2005 Congress passed and President Bush signed the "Water for the Poor Act," which recognizes the global water crisis and the need for greater American involvement in solving it, and directs the U.S. government to develop a strategy to provide safe water and sanitation to the countries in greatest need as a cornerstone of our foreign aid efforts. While the goals of the act are commendable, Congress has yet to appropriate any funds to implement them. Senators and representatives will soon be drafting spending bills for the next fiscal year, so this is their opportunity to finally direct funds to be spent for this vital program.

== What to do ==
Send a message urging your senators and representative to include funding for the "Water for the Poor Act" in the FY08 foreign operations appropriations bill.

== Contact information ==
You can send a message to your senators and representative directly from NRDC's Earth Action Center at http://www.nrdc.org/action/ If you prefer to call, the Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121.



Tell Congress not to let polluters weaken the Clean Water Act
http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_050207_a

Since the Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972, we have made great progress in cleaning up our nation's waters. But polluters have tried repeatedly to use the courts to cut back on the law's protections, and last year their efforts paid off when a Supreme Court decision left significant doubt about what kinds of water bodies remain protected by the Clean Water Act.

Now a number of small streams and other waters are in legal limbo. This uncertainty is enormously dangerous -- 20 million acres of wetlands and nearly two million miles of streams are at risk of pollution or destruction if they lose their Clean Water Act protections. In response, concerned members of the House and Senate will soon introduce the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act to thwart polluters' attacks by specifying the kinds of waters that the law must cover.

Americans need these water bodies to be protected -- the small and seasonal creeks, brooks and streams that make up over half the river miles outside of Alaska contribute to the drinking water of roughly 111 million people. In addition, wetlands purify water, reduce the risk of flooding and provide important wildlife habitat.

== What to do ==
Send a message urging your senators and representative to co-sponsor the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act.

== Contact information ==
You can send a message to your senators and representative directly from NRDC's Earth Action Center at http://www.nrdc.org/action/ If you prefer to call, the Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121.


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The USDA's Unhealthful Budget

"A long-running contradiction in US farm policy is fattening the waistlines of Americans and the profits of agribusiness at the same time," says Scott Kahan. "For the 30 years that the US Department of Agriculture has been issuing dietary guidelines, there has been a stark inconsistency between the federal government's advice and its food funding."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050207HA.shtml



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The First Refugees of Global Warming

Bangladesh, which has 140 million people packed into an area a little smaller than Illinois, is one of the most vulnerable places as climate changes. As the sea level slowly rises, this nation, which is little more than a series of low-lying delta islands amid some of Asia's mightiest rivers, is seeing saltwater creep into its coastal soils and drinking water. Scientists say that in many ways it represents climate change's "perfect storm" of challenges because the country is extremely poor, extremely populated and extremely susceptible.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050207EA.shtml

American Reporter On the Ground in Iraq

Reporter Steven Vincent and his translator put their lives on the line each day in Iraq to uncover the truth about sectarian violence. In August 2005 they were kidnapped by the very people they had been reporting on. Vincent was shot dead, becoming the first US journalist murdered in Iraq. On Friday, May 4, at 8:30 p.m. (check local listings), NOW's Maria Hinojosa travels to the Middle East to talk to his Iraqi translator, Nour Al Khal, an extraordinary woman who, despite being shot three times, survived. Like two million of her compatriots, Nour, who still fears for her life, has fled Iraq and lives in limbo as a refugee in a neighboring country.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207U.shtml

Democrats Start Post-Veto Blitz

As round two of the Iraq funding debate begins, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has launched a closely coordinated strategy aimed at capitalizing on apparent divisions between rank-and-file Republicans and the White House over benchmarks for the war.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207T.shtml



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Leahy Issues Subpoena for Rove Emails

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) issued a subpoena Wednesday for all emails from White House adviser Karl Rove that relate to the firings of eight US attorneys.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207R.shtml



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Are You On the government's 'watch list'?

YOU MIGHT not realize it, but your government might be targeting you for an extra little dose of hell next time you try to board an airplane.

http://snipurl.com/1j4zk


From Information Clearing House

Administration pushes to expand domestic surveillance

Claiming that federal investigators are missing key information on terrorists because of an outdated spying law, the top U.S. intelligence official called on lawmakers on Tuesday to revamp the foreign surveillance act and make it easier to eavesdrop on non-citizens in the U.S. with suspected links to terrorism.

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/17166016.htm


From Information Clearing House



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Top aides say Bush can order warrantless wiretaps

Senior Bush administration officials told Congress on Tuesday that they could not pledge that the administration would continue to seek warrants from a secret court for a domestic wiretapping program, as it agreed to do in January.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/4766952.html


From Information Clearing House



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US, Israel prepare for Iran strike

Countdown has begun

US, Israel prepare for Iran strike in wake of new intelligence information
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3393272,00.html



"These People Frighten Me"

The Candor of Mike Gravel

"Some of these people frighten me--they frighten me. When you have mainline candidates that turn around and say that there's nothing off the table with respect to Iran, that's code for using nukes, nuclear devices.

http://www.counterpunch.org/kimberly05022007.html



Mike Gravel on CNN Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Video

Talks about iraq, iran, nukes, his presidential run, the other candidates and more.
http://snipurl.com/1j4yn


From Information Clearing House



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Iraq says U.S.-backed oil law sent to parliament

The Iraqi government has sent to parliament a landmark draft oil law, the oil minister said on Wednesday, a major step towards meeting one of the political benchmarks Washington has set for Baghdad.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02423451.htm



Digging In

If the U.S. government doesn't plan to occupy Iraq for any longer than necessary, why is it spending billions of dollars to build "enduring" bases?

http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2005/03/enduring_bases_iraq.html


From Information Clearing House

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Iraq Oil Law

Open Letter to Out of Iraq Caucus Regarding Iraq Oil Law http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/22108

US Labor Against the War is sending every member of the Congressional Out of Iraq Caucus the letter contained in the PDF attached below.

Open the Letter: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/sites/afterdowningstreet.org/files/oillaw.pdf


Two paragraphs buried at the bottom of a long New York Times article today (allowing the Times to later claim to have reported it):

"The draft oil law would allow regions to enter into production-sharing agreements with foreign companies, which some Iraqis and critics of the Bush administration say could lead to foreigners reaping too much of the country’s oil wealth.

"Iraqi officials say all contracts will be subjected to a fair bidding process, but there are fears that American companies could be favored. "


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news

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Oil Exporters and US Beware: Writing Is on the Wall

Hossein Askari writes: "It is time to beat the drums for change. First, the US must let countries, notably Iraq, control their own energy reserves. Second, international institutions and other credible experts must persuade rulers in oil-exporting countries to take a hands-off approach and assign oil revenues to their people. Taking oil revenues away from rulers and governments of oil-exporting countries would certainly be painful for those in power, but the time has come to undertake this effort for the sake of equity, fairness and global peace."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307L.shtml

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Iraqi Blocs Opposed to Draft Oil Bill
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/03/932/



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Monetary Reform for the United States

Sweet Waters From a Bitter Fountain

By Richard C. Cook

"This money power is not only the most governing and influential, but it is also the most unjust and deceitful of all earthly powers. It entails upon millions excessive toil, poverty and want, while it keeps them ignorant of the cause of their sufferings; for, with their tacit consent, it silently transfers a large share of their earnings into the hands of others, who have never lifted a finger to perform any productive labor.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17635.htm

Anti-Capitalism in Five Minutes or Less

By Robert Jensen

We are told, over and over, that capitalism is not just the system we have, but the only system we can ever have. Yet for many, something nags at us about such a claim. Could this really be the only option?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17634.htm



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The U.S.' War on Democracy

Interview with John Pilger

The United States has long waged a war on democracy behind a facade of propaganda designed to contort the intellect and morality of Americans and the rest of us. For many of your readers, this is known. However, for others in the West, the propaganda that has masked Washington's ambitions has been entrenched, with its roots in the incessant celebration of World War Two, the "good war", then "victory" in the cold war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17637.htm



The War on Democracy

Audio Q & A - With John Pilger

John Pilger, talked about his new film: The War on Democracy which comes out on June 15th and takes a look at Latin America. The man himself says: "I've long regarded Latin America as the source of hopes of freedom from poverty for the very poor, and the current, extraordinary rising of millions against the old order is defying all the stereotypes."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17671.htm



"Worthy and Unworthy Victims"

By Stephen Lendman

In a recent article, John Pilger quotes historian Mark Curtis' characterization of "unworthy victims" as "unpeople" while Herman and Chomsky explain the "propaganda system," played out in the dominant media, characterizes people abused and victimized by us or our client states as "unworthy."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17636.htm



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Pourquoi la téléphonie nous rend malade - Témoignages et Dossier Mélatonine

- Raum & Zeit (Allemagne) : "Pourquoi la téléphonie nous rend malade". - Témoignages et Dossier Mélatonine (taux par rapport à l'exposition : âge, distance, durée, sang, urine).

http://www.next-up.org/pages/SommeilEtCemSleepAndEmf.php#1



- Le Télégramme, BREST Kerbernard : Une antenne-relais qui dérange.
http://www.next-up.org/divers/images_x17_bretagne_brest.php

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Mobile Telephony Lunacy: Victims Report
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1484076/



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It's time for that to change: It's time to put the pressure on these Roadblock Republicans

http://www.actblue.com/page/roadblockrepublicans


Informant: Quechick Barnyard



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"I ask that all schools use wires not wireless"

Letter to MP from Councillor, Merton

Subject: I sent this to Stephen Hammond, MP

Dear Stephen

The dangers of mobile phones when children use them are well documented by the govt. and the Chief Medical Officer advises against usage. Essentially the bone structure of children is not completely developed and therefore electro-magnetic waves affect the brain tissues in particular (also affects 500,00 adults in UK). A 24 / 7 Wi-Fi cloud emits the same level of electro-magnetic waves as using a mobile phone does when used for a few minutes a day. Wi-Fi in schools is akin to having a phone mast in the school grounds and must be stopped immediately. Unlike the use of mobile phones (and other risks like smoking) children are given a choice. With Wi-Fi they are not. Whilst engineers argue that there is no proof that Wi-Fi causes medical problems, the facts are different. Engineers are not expects and their advice should be ignored. The govt. has not accepted the arguments of Bio-Physicists but this will change as more medical problems become more apparent. Schools in Merton like Ursuline are installing a wireless ‘cloud’ offering wireless connectivity across the whole of the school. The range will go well beyond the school affecting wireless-free properties including the Hall School, Wimbledon next door. This is wholly unacceptable. My children go to the hall and I do not want them to be exposed to dangerous electro-magnetic waves. All schools should have to sign a form stating that they believe that Wi-Fi systems are safe for all children. Pressure groups are stepping up their action against Wi-Fi in schools as reports if illness rises. The groups will be asking schools to sign a document stating that they believe their wireless networks are safe. The groups know that schools won’t sign and will use this as a debating point and potentially a legal battle. I think it far better that that we nip this potential legal fight in the bud now. I ask that all schools use wires not wireless. The cost is limited and makes safety the first priority. Please let me know your opinions on this.


(Cllr) David Dean



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EPA Resumes Quietly Dismantling Library System

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0502-02.htm

The Hippies Were Right

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/915/



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The First Step to Action on Climate Change is Facing Its Reality

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/911/

Cindy Sheehan: Four Dead in Ohio

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/905/

Tape 'Reveals Order' to Shoot Vietnam Protesters at KSU
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/901/

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Tape 'reveals order' to shoot Vietnam protesters

37-year-old recording of Kent State killings found
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2070139,00.html


From Information Clearing House

A Peaceful Solution

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/902/

Nuclear Storm Gathers as Climate Change Experts Meet

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/918/

Bush Administration Pulls Back on Surveillance Agreement

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/906/



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Around Globe, Walls Spring Up to Divide Neighbors

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/930/



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World Week for Animals in Laboratories a Success

See a photo journal documenting events held around the world
http://www.wwail.org/article_070502.html



Two Dogs Tortured and Slain in Ohio Shelter

IDA offers reward for information leading to killer's arrest.
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Congress Moves to Protect Horses

House and Senate take action on bills to stop horse slaughter.
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Endangered Species Act in Danger

Urge your Representative to oppose attempt to weaken law that protects animals.
http://ga0.org/campaign/esa2

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Scientists Protest New Reading of Endangered Species Act
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/02/927/



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Three Congress Members Stand for Impeachment of Cheney

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/22076


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



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Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2007

Residency Clause Adds Fuel to Dispute Over US Attorneys

On November 10, 2005, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent a letter to a federal judge in Montana assuring him that the US attorney there, William Mercer, was not violating federal law by spending most of his time in Washington as a senior Justice Department official. That same day, Mercer had a GOP Senate staffer insert into a bill a provision that would change the rules so that federal prosecutors could live outside their districts to serve in other jobs. Congress passed the provision several months later as part of the USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill, retroactively benefiting Mercer and a handful of other senior Justice Department officials who pull double duty as US attorneys and headquarters officials.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207H.shtml



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Generals to President: You've Failed Us

Today, Generals Eaton and Batiste, who led troops in Iraq, expressed outrage at the president's veto of the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207B.shtml

Tenet Battled With the Office of Special Plans

According to Tenet, White House officials tried to prevent the CIA from publishing its own analysis of the relationship between Iraq and al-Qa'ida. A draft report of the CIA analysis of that relationship was sent to the White House in December 2002, resulting in "a series of calls from the White House" that asked the CIA to "revise or withdraw the paper."


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207A.shtml



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Don't let drilling destroy the Upper Green

Keep the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem GREAT for future generations.

Speak up before the public comment deadline!

Click here now.
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/upper_green

Das prekäre Leben

Wird Deutschland zum Billiglohn-Sektor mit befristeten Perspektiven? Junge Akademiker zwischen Praktikum und Prekariat.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25173/1.html



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Drogerie-Chef Götz Werner erklärt Vollbeschäftigung zur Utopie und fordert ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen

http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/kultur_und_medien/literatur/?em_cnt=1126983&



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Democrat Demands White House Student Loan Records

The Democratic head of the US House of Representatives' Education Committee said on Tuesday that investigators probing the Bush administration's management of federal student loan programs had found "serious oversight failures by senior officials."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207P.shtml



Student Loan Probe Expands to Include Alumni Associations

The New York attorney general has broadened his investigation into the student loan industry to discover whether university alumni associations are steering graduates toward a major loan company in exchange for payments from the lender.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050407E.shtml



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Waxman May Cast Wider Net Into Niger Uranium Probe

Following a subpoena to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a letter to former CIA Director George Tenet last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee may cast an even wider net in its probe into why the administration made false pre-war claims that Iraq was seeking to acquire uranium from Niger.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207O.shtml



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Embattled Interior Official Abruptly Resigns Post

Julie MacDonald, deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, submitted her resignation letter to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, a department spokesman said on Tuesday. MacDonald resigned a week before a House Congressional oversight committee was to hold a hearing on accusations that she violated the Endangered Species Act, censored science and mistreated staff of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207N.shtml



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Government Watchdog Faces Three Investigations

Johnnie Frazier, the inspector general of the Department of Commerce and watchdog charged with rooting out wrongdoing at the agency, is himself the subject of three separate government investigations into allegations that he misspent his budget and retaliated against employees who raised concerns about his actions.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207M.shtml

Feinstein Proposes Plan to Close Gitmo

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) introduced legislation on Monday that would close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "Guantanamo Bay has become a lightning rod for international condemnation," Feinstein said. "Rather than make the United States safer, the image projected by this facility puts us at greater risk."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207L.shtml



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Mast campaigners set for pay-out

CAMPAIGNERS who protested against a mobile phone mast could gain compensation after a report slammed the council.

The findings into the O2 mast in Arnison Avenue said Wycombe District Council (WDC) failed to meet a deadline for its planning application and did not inform residents about what was happening.

People living near the mast, who complained could now be in line for compensation after the report recommended they should be given £550 each.

The O2 telecommunications pole was put up in Arnison Avenue in February 2006 after the mobile phone company used a legal loophole to install the mast when the district council failed to respond within the 56 day deadline.

The mast remained in place for six months before being taken down.

In a report by local government ombudsman Tony Redmond, published last Friday, findings showed that WDC not only failed to meet the deadline for a decision on the mast but also did not tell residents what had happened once it was built.

This led to a number of criticisms to the ombudsman, who investigates complaints of injustice arising from inefficient administration by local authorities.

Complainants who lived near the mast said that they had been left stressed by its installation, the uncertainty over whether it would remain as well as time and trouble in pursuing the matter with WDC.

In the report Mr Redmond said: "It seems to me that the council was at fault because it delayed unreasonably in informing residents what had happened. It was aware on June 23, 2005, that the applicant had deemed consent to erect the mast lawfully at any time.

"It was also aware that a number of residents had objected to the initial application and that the Planning Inspectorate had agreed with its decision to refuse it."

However, Mr Redmond acknowledged that the council had been trying to negotiate with the applicant about the mast. He added: "I welcome the council's proactive attempts to do this. However, it is my view that the council should have notified residents of the situation as soon as it was sure that the applicant had deemed consent as they claimed."

WDC spokesman Catherine Spalton said: "WDC accepts the decision made by the ombudsman and would like to apologise to the residents affected for any distress caused. The council has since carried out a comprehensive review of its systems to ensure that any similar application is dealt with in a timely and accurate manner.

"The telecoms mast has now been removed by the operator."

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

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The price of remedying the China trade imbalance keeps compounding

China Costs Keep Piling Up

by Thomas I. Palley, TomPaine.com
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Missile Defense: a weapon that doesn't work for a threat that doesn't exist

Again With The Missile Defense?

by William D. Hartung, TomPaine.com
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By his aggressive veto, Bush proves he cannot admit, much less fix, his Iraq blunder

Sealing His Eyes And Ears

by Robert C. Byrd, TomPaine.com
http://ga3.org/ct/Cd20pgF1dXTI/

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A Veto Inked in Blood

William Rivers Pitt writes: "Four years after a humiliating strut across the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, four years after declaring major combat operations in Iraq ended and the mission accomplished, four years and more than three thousand dead American soldiers later, four long years to the day, George W. Bush delivered a veto that only ensures more wretched and bloody carnage."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207J.shtml

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Pelosi: Congress Will Not Give the President a Blank Check

Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to President Bush's veto of the Iraq supplemental bill: "Earlier today, the leader and I sent to the president a bill that made a strong commitment to support our men and women in uniform, and a strong commitment to honor our promises to our veterans. This was a bill that was worthy of the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. It was a bill that honored and respected the wishes of the American people to have benchmarks, to have guidelines, to have standards for what is happening in Iraq.... The president vetoed the bill outright and, frankly, misrepresented what this legislation does."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207K.shtml



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Urgent alert: Help keep whale champion Sara Wan on the California Coastal Commission

Natural Resources Defense Council's

CALIFORNIA ACTIVIST NETWORK SPECIAL ALERT

NRDC's California Activist Network was formed to mobilize and provide action tools to Californians and others concerned with protecting the state's extraordinary wealth of natural treasures and the health of its citizens.


May 2, 2007

Urgent alert for California Activist Network Members: Help keep whale champion Sara Wan on the California Coastal Commission Take action now at http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_050107


California's breathtaking coastal waters -- and the gray, humpback and blue whales, dolphins and other marine mammals that make their home there -- are vulnerable to nearly constant threats, from pollution to ear-piercing sonar to oil and gas drilling. That's why we need state leaders who understand the importance of protecting our coast and marine mammals.

Sara Wan is one of California's top crusaders on behalf of whales and other marine mammals. For years she has advocated tirelessly to safeguard coastal resources as a member of the California Coastal Commission, the primary state body charged with coastal management. Commissioner Wan has voted against harmful industrial projects, pushed for the protection of wetlands, improved public access to beaches and demanded that the Navy keep its sonar away from key whale habitat, including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

But this month Commissioner Wan's four-year term is up for review, and state Senator Perata, chair of the Rules Committee, is about to decide whether to reappoint her to the commission for another term. Although NRDC and other environmental organizations have given Commissioner Wan our strongest endorsement, others who don't appreciate her steadfast work to protect the coast from overdevelopment and industrial use that threatens marine life are lobbying hard to have her removed. That's why Senator Perata -- who is expected to make his decision this week -- needs to hear from concerned Californians that Commissioner Wan is the best person for this job and that her record has earned her another term as a champion of our coast.

== What to do == Send a message right away urging Senator Perata to reappoint Sara Wan to the California Coastal Commission for another term.

== Contact information == You can send a message directly from NRDC's Earth Action Center at http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_050107 or use the contact information and sample letter below to send your own message.

Senator Don Perata State Capitol, Room 205 Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 327-1997
Email: Senator.Perata@sen.ca.gov


== Sample letter ==

Subject: Reappoint Sara Wan to the California Coastal Commission

Dear Senator Perata and members of the Rules Committee,

I urge you to reappoint Sara Wan to the California Coastal Commission. Our coast and marine life are among our most precious resources, but they are increasingly jeopardized by industrial development, global warming, water pollution and other threats. The Coastal Commission appointment currently before you will help determine whether our coast is vigorously protected in the years to come.

It is crucial that we have state leaders who understand the importance of our coast and of protecting marine mammals. For years, Commissioner Wan has advocated tirelessly to safeguard coastal resources, including whales and other marine life. As a member of the commission, she has been a true champion of our coast, voting against harmful industrial projects, demanding that the Navy keep harmful sonar away from key whale habitat, pushing for the protection of wetlands and improving public access to beaches.

Commissioner Wan has provided unparalleled leadership on the Coastal Commission, and her record has clearly earned her another term. Again, I urge you to reappoint Sara Wan.

Sincerely,

[Your name and address]

Please also forward this message to your friends and co-workers who live in California, and urge them to contact Senator Perata as well.

Thank you!



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Aufrechterhaltung des internationalen Fangverbotes und Vergabe von kommerziellen Fangquoten für den japanischen Küstenwalfang

http://www.greenpeace.de/themen/meere/mitmach_aktionen/aktion/protest_e_mail/minister_moeller_vertreten_sie_die_interessen_der_daenischen_bevoelkerung/



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Save America's Wolves Time is running out!

Watch the Video. Save Our Wolves.
http://action.defenders.org/site/R?i=Ic2QsI8cldbfI21Kx7D8RQ..

We have just 8 days left to reach our goal of 200,000 signatures to save hundreds of wolves in the Greater Yellowstone area and elsewhere in Idaho and Wyoming. Please take action now…
http://action.defenders.org/site/R?i=BaQQWL0dtopqiHPRasd6-A..

What’s at Stake

* Idaho officials want to kill more than 80% of the wolves within the state, allowing a wolf to be killed for as little as $9.75.

* Wyoming wants to kill as many as 2/3 of the wolves within its borders.

* Yellowstone wolves, which bring millions of tourist dollars to the area, could be shot on sight if they leave the safety of the park’s borders.

Help spread the word… Forward this message to at least 5 friends.

We have just one week left to prevent the slaughter of hundreds of wolves in the Northern Rockies. Unless we stop them, federal officials could eliminate vital protections for these magnificent animals and spark the biggest wolf massacre in the lower 48 state to occur in decades.

Watch our video online, and then take action to oppose the Bush/Cheney Administration’s proposal to remove protections for wolves, which could lead to the slaughter of wolves in the greater Yellowstone area and the rest of the Northern Rockies.
http://action.defenders.org/site/R?i=sy3G9js7UIWj4SzuchPb8g..

Wolves were eliminated from this area in the last century -- trapped, poisoned, hunted and harassed. Their re-introduction to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho in the mid-1990s was a major conservation accomplishment.

Now that achievement is at risk as officials in Idaho and Wyoming gear up to kill hundreds of wolves.

In February, officials in the Bush/Cheney Administration proposed removing gray wolves in the Northern Rockies from the Endangered Species List… and turning over management of wolves to Idaho and Wyoming -- two states more concerned with eliminating wolves than managing them.

Lawmakers and anti-wolf extremists in Idaho and Wyoming have already announced plans to kill hundreds of wolves, putting the gray wolf’s future in the American West at risk.

More than 111,000 Defenders supporters have already taken action. Please help us reach our 200,000 signature goal by May 9th.

Help save wolves. Watch this video and take action to prevent the slaughter.
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There are just 8 days remaining in the public comment period on this awful proposal. Please take action now!

Sincerely,

Rodger Schlickeisen,
President
Defenders of Wildlife

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Bush’s farewell tantrum

Rocky Mountain News
by Paul Campos

05/01/07

Whatever one thought of the original decision to invade Iraq, the political question the nation now faces could not be clearer: Should we ask our troops to continue to fight this war, and our children to pay for it through future tax increases? (The option of paying for it ourselves would require some sacrifice on the part of the average voter, so it never seems to have been considered seriously). The American people have already answered that question, and their answer is ‘No.’ The Republicans lost 30 Congressional seats in last fall’s election, while the Democrats lost none, largely because the American people were voting against the war. Every opinion poll shows that, by large majorities, Americans support the efforts of Democrats to force President Bush to begin withdrawing our troops. … That pressure will only grow. As increasingly panicky Republicans are all too aware, this is still a democracy, which means America will begin to withdraw from Iraq no later than January of 2009, even if bringing this about requires an electoral rout of the Republican Party in November of next year...

http://tinyurl.com/2sgkqg


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Getting Iraq war funding wrong again

Hawaii Reporter
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

04/30/07

This week, Congress finalized the controversial $124 billion Iraq emergency supplemental spending bill, with the House and Senate both voting in favor of final passage. The majority of my Republican colleagues and I voted against this measure, and the president has vowed to veto the legislation. In this final version, the House leadership retained billions of dollars in pork meant to attract skeptical votes, retained a watered-down version of the problematic ‘benchmarks’ that seek to micromanage the war effort, and continued to play politics with the funding of critical veterans medical and other assistance. In other words, this final version was even worse than the original in almost all respects...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Last refuge of the scoundrel

Salon
by Gary Kamiya

05/01/07

Bush supporters have been labeling war critics defeatists, appeasers and surrender monkeys ever since 9/11. Chickenhawk conservatives discovered they could attack even decorated war veterans with impunity, as the shameless smearing of triple amputee Vietnam War vet Max Cleland proved. Who could forget that glorious day when newly elected Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, attacked Rep. John Murtha, a war hero, by saying, ‘Cowards cut and run, Marines never do?’ Congress and the media’s gutless reaction to these attacks is one of the main reasons they rolled over during the run-up to the war in Iraq. But those who live by bogus patriotic fearmongering die by bogus patriotic fearmongering. Having cast its lot irrevocably with Bush, the GOP is now condemned to play out the dismal endgame in Iraq by his all-or-nothing rules. They have no choice but to pretend victory is at hand, attack those who say otherwise, and make up apocalyptic scenarios about what al-Qaida will do to us if we don’t stay the course. The problem is, no one believes any of this anymore — probably not even the people who are saying it...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/05/01/bush_defeatists/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The Guantanamo hunger strike

In These Times
by H. Candace Gorman

05/01/07

Guantanamo is in the grips of a hunger strike — an age-old form of protest that marked such world events as the fight for women’s suffrage and Indian and Irish independence. The U.S. military’s response to the hunger strike is not surprising: punitive force-feeding, a dangerous and painful approach. In March I was treated to a grisly demonstration of this procedure at a conference of Guantanamo attorneys in London and Oxford. We also met with members of the British Parliament and ambassadors from our clients’ countries of origin (as well as ambassadors of countries that might be willing to offer asylum to former prisoners). But one of the main topics of the discussion was the current hunger strike, which is only now being discussed in the press. The hunger strike coincided with the fifth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo, as well as the opening in late December 2006 of the maximum security complex, Camp 6, constructed by Kellogg, Brown and Root, then a subsidiary of Halliburton...

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Scientists sign Endangered Species Act protest

Santa Barbara News-Press

More than three dozen scientists have signed a letter to protest a new Bush administration interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, saying it jeopardizes animals such as wolves and grizzly bears. The new reading of the law proposed by Interior Department Solicitor David Bernhardt would enable the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect animals and plants only where they are battling for survival. The agency wouldn’t have to protect them where they’re in good shape...

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Help protect civil rights and free speech: urge your representative to vote YES on H.R. 1592

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Take action on forced labour in Bolivia

Thousands of people from the indigenous Guaraní people community are in forced labour on private ranches in southern Bolivia. The new Government is taking some steps to address this problem, but it remains important to keep up the pressure on this important issue.

Please click here http://www.antislavery.org/2007/actioncountry.html to write to the Bolivian Government and the European Commission to raise your concerns. Do send us copies of any replies you receive.

You can read background information on forced labour in Bolivia here http://www.antislavery.org/2007/countrybg.html .

Phone mast turned down

WEALDEN planners have refused permission for an 11 metre high mobile phone mast in Polegate.

Phone company T-Mobile wanted to install the mast in Station Road to improve its coverage in the Polegate area for both 2G and 3G, usage which is currently insufficient.

However, at a meeting of the planning committee at Wealden District Council, councillors refused permission for the mast as they felt the opportunity for mast sharing hadn't been properly investigated as there is already an existing Vodafone site at Polegate train station.

Councillor Andy Long said, "A suitable site owned by another company has been found in another location and whatever the commercial considerations are it is not our concern.

"I think that the council is far too weak in its policy on this and think that we should be stricter on site sharing."

The committee agreed to refuse the mast on grounds of siting and that the possibility of site sharing hadn't been properly explored.

All rights reserved ©2007 Johnston Press Digital Publishing

http://www.hastingstoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2844591&sectionid=488

COUNCIL GAFFE SEES MOBILE MAST ERECTED

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A Telephone mast has been put up in Llanelli even though planning permission was refused.Council planning officers took too long to tell O2 about the rejection - and the telephone company built the mast regardless.

Swansea Road residents are furious.

Town and county councillor Bill Thomas said: "Residents objected to the plans for a mast in Swansea Road as they were worried it was too close to local schools.

"They went to work one morning and found it there when they came back.

"They are furious and shocked, they feel as if their opinion just doesn't matter to the council."

The telephone company first submitted plans for a 15-metre mast in June, which were rejected by Carmarthenshire Council.

In November, an application was made for a 12.5-metre mast.

Six letters of objection expressed fears it was too close to Penygaer and Ysgol Dewi Sant schools and residential properties.

There were also health and safety concerns.

Carmarthenshire Council's planning department refused the plans, but failed to meet a 56-day deadline to notify O2.

Carmarthenshire Council head of planning Eifion Bowen said: "The application was for prior approval and is unlike ordinary planning applications as approval is deemed to be granted after a 56-day period.

"The agent was informed of this decision during a telephone conversation either on November 30 or the following day, and formal notification was sent out within the 56-day period.

"O2 was of the view that the notice received was incorrectly worded and that the revised notice subsequently sent out was outside the specified period.

"The authority is disappointed the matter progressed in full knowledge of its concerns.

"The authority is reviewing its processes."

O2 community relations manager for Wales Angela Johnson said: "The planning law stipulates that if we do not receive notice in 56 days then we have deemed consent to put a mast up.

"We need the mast there for coverage for the area.

"The masts are very low powered radio transmitters.

"The World Health Organisation has looked at research and come to the conclusion that there is no evidence of any health risk."


Reader comments

So O2's Angela Johnson assures us that the World Health Organisation happy for them to plant their harmful radiation emitting phone masts next to schools and housing. Well lets's see........ The World Health Organisation?s Radiation Health Protection Committee is responsible for the subject of Cellular Technology and Powerlines health effects. This committee?s eight representatives are all mobile phone operator ex employees. The chairman of this committee, Dr Michael Repacholi has recently resigned under a cloud after it was revealed that he received 150,000 dollar a year directly from the cellular phone industry for meetings and travels. This means he broke the rules of the WHO which bars receipt of money directly from the industry. In addition Dr. Repacholi is documented to have invited power industry representatives in order to review scientific work and participate actively in evaluating health standards of electromagnetic fields emitted by power lines. The names of the power line industry representatives are all documented. Dr. Repacholi systematically downplayed and ignored for years many scientific findings with one common ground: the findings which show that the cellular technology is not safe and cannot be freely distributed without a health price for the world population. Dr. Repacholi?s sharp bias threatens world health. He now works for the nuclear industry and was recently seen on a Panorama programme on nuclear power telling viewers that small amounts of radiation does you good!

J Elliott, Swansea

Only Global Unions Can Stop the Race to the Bottom

"At no time in history has there been a greater urgency or opportunity to form real global unions whose goal is to organize tens of millions of workers to win economic and social justice by counterbalancing global corporations on the world stage even as the power of the state declines," says Stephen Lerner.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050107LB.shtml

A Global Democratic Movement Is About to Pop

Paul Hawken writes: "I have given nearly one thousand talks about the environment in the past fifteen years, and after every speech a smaller crowd gathered to talk, ask questions, and exchange business cards. The people offering their cards were working on the most salient issues of our day: climate change, poverty, deforestation, peace, water, hunger, conservation, human rights and more. They looked after rivers and bays, educated consumers about sustainable agriculture, retrofitted houses with solar panels, lobbied state legislatures about pollution, fought against corporate-weighted trade policies, worked to green inner cities, or taught children about the environment. Quite simply, they were trying to safeguard nature and ensure justice."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050107EC.shtml

UN Facing a Backlash on Emissions Action Plan

This week the world's leading climate change experts will outline highly controversial plans to save the world from global warming. Their proposals - which include a major expansion in nuclear power, the use of GM crops to boost biofuel production, and reliance on unproven technologies, including underground storage of carbon dioxide - will put the UN's climate group on a collision course with a host of environmental groups.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050107EB.shtml

Thousands of Protesters Press for Path to Citizenship

Angry over recent raids and frustrated with Congress, thousands of people protested across the country Tuesday to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. Organizers say immigrants feel a sense of urgency to keep immigration reform from getting pushed to the back burner by the 2008 presidential elections.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107T.shtml

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Immigration rally disrupted by police

Video

It was a dramatic and chaotic end to what was otherwise a peaceful day here in Los Angeles. Police started to move and disperse the crowd and fired rubber bullets, dozens of rubber bullets, into the crowd. People went running and fleeing, trying to get out of their way.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/02/immigrant-march-disrupted-by-police/


From Information Clearing House

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LA Police Attack Crowd at Pro-Immigration Rights Rally

One day after several reporters and camera operators were injured while covering an altercation at an immigrant rights rally in MacArthur Park, news organizations condemned the Los Angeles Police Department for its use of batons and riot guns against members of the media, and some said they were considering legal options.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307B.shtml

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The LA police riot - 5/1/07
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/100.html

Invisible Iraqis

"'Mohammed' (not his real name) brought his family to Amman to find medical care for his son, and a life removed from the violence of Baghdad. In his prior life, he earned a living as a truck driver, but here in the city he and his four children live out their time inside the dimly lit room so they won't be arrested as illegal refugees," says Charlie Jackson.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107S.shtml

Democrats Send Iraq Timeline to Bush

Defying veto threats, Democratic Congressional leaders on Tuesday sent President Bush legislation setting timetables for US troop withdrawals from Iraq. Tuesday was the fourth anniversary of his "Mission Accomplished" speech on the war. "The president has put our troops in the middle of a civil war. A change of course is needed," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107R.shtml



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Call on Gonzales to resign

http://www.millionphonemarch.com/goodbye_gonzales.php


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Fears over mast plan

By Jo Lafferty

PLANS to put a mobile phone mast on top of a Redditch office block have been approved, despite some workers' fears that it could affect their health.

Orange has been granted permission to install the mast on top of Grosvenor House, Prospect Hill by Redditch Council officers under delegated powers, meaning the plans did not go before a planning committe.

Several people working for the Redditch Advertiser's advertising department, based on the building's fifth floor, objected to the plans and said they would leave their jobs if the mast went up.

Jane Huxley said: "I'm not prepared to work here. I want to see my children grow up and I don't want to be exposed to any unnecessary risks."

Michelle Buckley said: "They said 50 years ago that cigarettes weren't dangerous- there's not enough research there."

Suzanne Smith said she could not see why people were asked for their opinions on the mast if it going up was a foregone conclusion, while Yvonne Sealey said she did not think it was properly publicised.

A council spokesman explained that Government legislation gives telecommunications operators certain development rights to erect telecommunications equipment without needing to apply for normal planning permission.

For the erection of telecommunication masts under 15m, the telecom operator applies to the local planning authority for Prior Approval' for the siting and appearance of the mast.

As the council has just 56 days to rule on the prior approval, the normal way such applications are dealt with is by officer-delegated powers so that time limits are met.

"Any local planning authority, planning committee (and its officers) must decide any application on its planning merits, not upon the number of public objections to any proposal," the spokesman said.

"A proposal for a telecommunications mast is not an application for planning permission as such."

Any proposal submitted with an International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection certificate is deemed to comply with standards regarding public exposure to emissions, so the council cannot refuse it on health grounds.

"We could possibly object on visual grounds, the question of whether there is a need or whether it could be combined with an existing installation," added the spokesman.

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

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Concerns over Southwick development

AN elderly resident fears a bid to put a mobile phone mast opposite her home will also pave the way for a major housing development nearby.

A plan to build 74 new homes on land at Overhill, north Southwick, was put on hold in February following concerns from residents that they would be overlooked and their own properties could be devalued.

Adur District Council believes the land near, Southwick cemetery, would be suitable for two, three and four-bedroom family homes, a mix of private and affordable housing.

The site is currently used for grazing, but has a 1936 covenant on it, stating the land is for cemetery use only.

Building on it would breach this, as does the current grazing use.

Now Shirley King, who lives in Overhill, says she believes if the T-Mobile mast is put up then the area will be a free-for-all for further development.

Mrs King, a 70-year-old widow, is planning to speak against the 8.5m mobile phone mast application when it goes before Adur council's planning committee on Monday.

But as it is under 15m high, it does not need planning permission unless planners decide otherwise.

Mrs King said: "The mast will be opposite my bungalow and near the access to the land where the council wants to build on.

"The new housing is supposed to be for families, so what about the health risks to young children living there?

"I have also discovered that the council has an embargo on any masts on its own land within 50m of a home or school, but obviously this mast wouldn't be on its land."

The council says it has received seven letters of objection from residents in Overhill to the mast but planning officers believe they don't have enough grounds to refuse the application.

All rights reserved ©2007 Johnston Press Digital Publishing

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Eaton Park phone mast battle latest

DOMINIC CHESSUM
02 May 2007 09:39

Families who have battled to stop a mobile phone mast from being built close to a city park today spoke of their disappointment after their fight came to an end.

After months of hard work to stop telecommunications giant 3 putting a 15 metre high phone mast on the corner of Parmenter Road and South Park Avenue, the company has won on appeal.

Families living close to the proposed site had hoped they had seen the last of the application when it was turned down by Norwich City Council in December. But 3 appealed the decision and it has now been overturned.

Mike Nichols, of Sotherton Road, helped lead the campaign against the proposal. He said: “Everybody is very, very surprised. I believe that this was the most objections ever received for a phone mast application. The council rejected it and there were good grounds.

“The only chance we have now is to find something wrong in the appeal acceptance.”

A petition of more than 200 names was collected and sent to the planning inspectorate.

Families cited a number of reasons for their objections.

They were concerned about the possible health risks the mast would pose, being close to homes as well as four schools and a community centre. They were also worried about the visual impact and its impact on the value of their homes. Mr Nichols said: “I think that mast will turn out like asbestos or smoking in the future in terms of the health risks. People here are hugely disappointed.”

The Evening News has been running a Put Masts On Hold campaign, which calls for no more masts to be placed near homes or schools until it is proved they are safe.

Last month the Evening News reported how a scientific study commissioned by telecoms operator T-Mobile had suggested mobile phones cause cancer.

William Comery, corporate affairs manager for Erickson Services which applied for the mast on behalf of 3, said: “The health and safety of mobile phone base stations has been established by the government and other health bodies. A recent World Health Organisation report found no long term or short term health risks.”

Omega this is not true. See under:
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Wissenschaft+zu+Mobilfunk/
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cancer+Cluster
http://www.buergerwelle.de/science.html


Are you worried about plans for a mobile phone mast in your area? Contact Dominic Chessum on 01603 772428 or e-mail dominic.chessum@archant.co.uk

Copyright © 2007 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

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Phone mast battle for Eaton families

DOMINIC CHESSUM
10 May 2007 12:01

Furious families are fighting to stop a mobile phone mast from being moved to outside their homes and have collected more than 250 signatures in protest.

Following a public outcry from people living in Newmarket Road the city council has requested that mobile phone company O2 removes a mast there.

But the telecoms giant has instead applied for permission to put a 17.5 metre mast a short distance away in Eaton Street, to the fury of families living nearby.

Jane Rolph, one of the protesters, said: “We understand the need for technology, and are asking for masts to be placed in a safe zone, 500 metres away from populous areas. We already have two masts within a hundred metres of the proposed site.

“We have a choice to smoke or drink yet in today's health and safety conscious world, how can we have this health risk imposed upon us?

“It is unforgivable that health risks are not being taken into consideration with phone mast sitings.

“Everyone I have spoken to voiced concern for the future.”

The paper has been running a Put Masts On Hold campaign which calls for no more masts to be placed near homes or schools until it is proved they are safe.

A petition against the Eaton Street application has been placed in the local Post Office and has already attracted more than 250 signatures.

Malcolm Fuller, who has run the Post Office as a family business for the past 22 years, said: “I am shocked at the choice of the proposed site particularly as the Post Office, like the rest of Eaton Street, is a conservation area. A 57 foot mast would look totally out of place.

“Nobody wants the mast at all but it is already up and running. People just cannot understand why it is being moved.

“There is always going to be a conflict of interest.”

Heather Harris, who lives near the proposed new site, said: “I am very concerned over the increasing evidence of health risks, especially now that so many studies show links to cancer for people living close to phone masts.

“It's all very worrying. Phone companies should be more responsible in choosing sites that do not affect the community's health. We need councils and Government to support us.”

Jim Stevenson, community relations manager for O2 said: “What we are trying to do is to move a mast which is currently a problem for the local planning authority. We are currently consulting residents on what will be right for the area and what they think.”

Are you fighting proposals for a mobile phone mast in your area? Contact reporter Dominic Chessum on 01603 772428 or email dominic.chessum@archant.co.uk

Copyright © 2007 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

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Child Slavery

Video

Around 8.4 million children around the world are enslaved today. Now, in a remarkable journey across three continents, five of them tell their stories. This documentary is presented by reporter Rageh Omaar.

http://snipurl.com/1izge


From Information Clearing House

FBI outsourced dirty work to secret Ethiopian prisons

While we have been awash in news stories about the firing of U.S. attorneys, Don Imus and the Virginia Tech horror, how many Americans know that the FBI and, to a lesser extent, the CIA have been interrogating suspected terrorists in secret prisons in Ethiopia?

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/01/opinion/guest/50-ethiopian.txt


From Information Clearing House



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The US and its allies allowed Pakistan to clandestinely acquire most of the technology for its nuclear program from abroad

'They sold out the world for an F-16 sale'

The US and its allies allowed Pakistan to clandestinely acquire most of the technology for its nuclear program from abroad, unwittingly facilitating the spread of nuclear weapons technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya over the past several decades.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/They_sold_out_world_for_F16_0426.html


From Information Clearing House

Coalition statement in support of impeachment

A group of prominent Americans gathered at the U.S. Capitol to speak in support of beginning impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney.

http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/1355/59/



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How Rumsfeld Micromanaged Torture

http://www.counterpunch.org/andrew05012007.html


From Information Clearing House



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Some straight talking: but is anyone in America listening?

According to a recent poll, one in four Iraqis has personally experienced or witnessed the murder of a family member as a result of violence since the US-led invasion.

http://snipurl.com/1izf6



Baghdad up close and personal

Pepe Escobar, is back in Iraq and in the Red Zone - that is, outside "Fortress USA", the Green Zone. This is the first of his unembedded, non-Kevlar-protected, bodyguardless reports.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IE02Ak01.html



Everywoman: Iraqi women

Video explores the lives of 4 Iraqi women living under U.S. occupation.
http://snipurl.com/1izf8



Few Iraqi refugees allowed into U.S.

The United States admitted 68 Iraqi refugees in the six months through March, a tiny percentage of those fleeing their homes because of the war, State Department figures show.

http://snipurl.com/1izfl


From Information Clearing House



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U.S. Military wife tells off neocon Kristol

Video

On a C-Span morning call-in show, a military wife took issue with William Kristol's disconnect from the personal strains of military families. Kristol was almost speechless.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17630.htm



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Bush vetoes troop withdrawal bill

US President George W Bush has vetoed a Congressional bill that would have linked war funding to a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6613141.stm


From Information Clearing House



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Post Mortem for the Stock Market

By Mike Whitney

The real estate market is crashing faster than anyone had anticipated. Housing prices have fallen in 17 of 20 of the nation's largest cities and the trend lines indicate that the worst is yet to come.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17627.htm



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Our freedoms and working conditions were won by the suffering and sweat of our fathers and grand fathers in their struggle against commercial interests

H a r l a n C o u n t y USA

Video

Least we think that America was built by the starched shirts and expensive suits featured on FOX News and CNN. This documentary will help to remind us that our freedoms and working conditions were not won by U.S. soldiers in foreign lands but through the suffering and sweat of our fathers and grand fathers in their struggle against commercial interests.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13730.htm

Don't Steal, Don't Lie and Don't Be Lazy

Evo Morales and the New Wave of Democracy in Latin America

Audio Report

Democratically elected with 54% of the vote, he is soft-spoken, honest, mature, humble and trying to balance a history of oligarchic elitism with the growing needs on his people. A new breed of government which has the Bush Administration perplexed and unable to put in their pocket.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17631.htm



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Enter the Empire

By Manuel Valenzuela

The wealthiest nation-state the world has ever seen has for the last sixty years been standing atop the upper crust of humankind, basking in the splendor of unfathomable richness, enjoying unprecedented standards of living, accumulating power and control at tremendous speed and becoming, at the expense of the planet and its inhabitants, the latest incarnation of Rome.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17629.htm



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The War Party

Video

Panorama investigates the "neo-conservatives", the small and unelected group of right-wingers, who critics claim have hijacked the White House. They brought us war against Iraq - what do the hawks in Washington have in store for us now?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8581.htm



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Siemens machte Beschuldigten zum Chef-Aufklärer

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,480483,00.html

MOBILFUNK: Der Hamster ist Zeuge

Im Anhang finden Sie den Mobilfunk-Artikel:
"Der Hamster ist Zeuge", Der Spiegel Nr. 18/30.4.07 S. 154 - 159.

DER SPIEGEL (18/2007) - 30.04.2007 (16434 Zeichen)

Hunderte Bürgerinitiativen kämpfen gegen die Gefahr, die ihrer Meinung nach von Handy-Strahlung ausgeht. Sie werden unterstützt von überraschend vielen Medizinern. Eine praktische Ärztin aus Bamberg stieg zur Schutzpatronin des Widerstands auf.

Link auf diesen Artikel im Archiv: http://service.spiegel.de/digas/find?DID=51373594
http://www.spiegel.de/media/0,4906,15222,00.pdf


Die Anschrift für Leserbriefe an die Spiegel-Redaktion lautet:
leserbriefe@spiegel.de.

M.f.G.
Alfred Tittmann

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02-05-2007


Leserbrief von Dr. Wolf Bergmann 2-05-07

Im Anhang ein Leserbrief von mir zu dem Spiegelartikel.


Wolf Bergmann


Dr. med. Wolf Bergmann Facharzt für Allgemeinmedizin
Homöopathie

Reichsgrafenstr. 28
79102 Freiburg
Tel. 0761 – 55 611 41
Fax 0761 – 50 36 78 17
wolf.bergmann @tele2.de


Herrn Manfred Dworschak
DER SPIEGEL
Redaktion Wissenschaft und Technik
Oberlinden 80
60323 Frankfurt / Main

Freiburg, den 02.05.2007


Betr.: Ihr Artikel „Mobilfunk. Der Hamster ist Zeuge“ (Spiegel 18/07)

Sehr geehrter Herr Dworschak,

als einer der von Ihnen interviewten Ärzte frage ich mich und hiermit Sie:

Wie ist es Ihnen möglich, nach all dem, was Sie wissen, einen solchen Artikel zu schreiben? Oder wissen Sie wirklich so wenig? Oder dürfen Sie nichts wissen? Haben Sie selber als Journalist und Benutzer der Mobilfunktechnologie Angst? Warum sind Sie so ironisch und zynisch? Was ist Ihr Motiv, was Ihr Auftrag und von wem?

Was ich Ihrem Artikel entnehme:

--- Die Interessen der Mobilfunkindustrie sind für Sie unantastbar oder müssen unausgesprochen bleiben oder existieren gar nicht.

--- eine unabhängige, seit über 7 Jahrzehnten etablierte Wissenschaft von reproduzierbaren schädigenden biologischen Wirkungen von Mobilfunkfrequenzen auf lebende Organismen existiert für Sie nicht.

--- Die ärztliche Beobachtung von Menschen, die subjektiv und objektiv unter Mobilfunkbelastung erkranken und unter Entlastung gesunden, existiert für Sie nicht oder zählt nicht wirklich.

--- Die Erfahrungen und Schilderungen von Betroffenen ist für Sie im zu belächelnden Reich des Glaubens angesiedelt.

--- Die von Ihnen flapsig beschriebene Möglichkeit der Projektion von anderen Leiden auf den Mobilfunk und die Möglichkeit der Retraumatisierung von durch Mobilfunk Traumatisierten ist real und ein sehr sehr schwieriges menschliches und wissenschaftlich-ärztliches Problem. Für Betroffene. Und für Behandler, an die es sehr hohe Anforderungen an Ausbildung, Erfahrung, Menschenkenntnis und Einfühlungsvermögen stellt. Sie lassen hinter diesem realen Problem die realen Probleme der schweren und schwersten Gesundheitsschäden durch Mobilfunk verschwinden und leisten damit der Diffamierung von Elektrosensiblen Vorschub ebenso wie der Unterlassung von dringend notwendiger Hilfeleistung und Schutz. Sie dienen damit der Mobilfunkindustrie und einer Verdrängung durch die Konsumenten.

--- Daraus folgend vermisse in Ihrem Artikel menschliche Betroffenheit und Anteilnahme. Im Telefonat mit mir erklärten Sie, weder auf der einen noch der anderen Seite in diesem Konflikt zu stehen. Ich vermisse Ihre journalistische Unabhängigkeit.

--- Sie beteiligen sich als Journalist eines weit verbreiteten Magazins an der Verbreitung und Verharmlosung einer Technologie, die über Resonanzphänomene tief in biologische Regelkreise als permanenter Störsender eingreift und technische Information zu biologischer Desinformation werden läßt. Auf diese Weise werden Sie selbst Teil einer gewollten Desinformationskampagne und fördern gesundheitsschädliche Gewohnheit, Verdrängung und Resignation. Möglicherweise ungewollt.

--- Falls Sie sich nicht in Ihrem persönlichen Bereich ganz anders verhalten als aus Ihrem Artikel zu schließen ist, schaden Sie Ihrer eigenen Gesundheit.

--- Das Wissen über diese Zusammenhänge ist da und steht Ihnen zur Verfügung. Die Erfahrungen dazu ebenfalls. Wenn Sie den Mut haben hinzuschauen, haben Sie reichlich Möglichkeit dazu. Das erfordert allerdings u.a. kritisches und unabhängiges Hinsehen und etwas Civilcourage.

--- Davon wünsche ich Ihnen sehr viel mehr, als ich in Ihrem Artikel erkennen kann.

Über eine Antwort würde ich mich sehr freuen.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen



Dr. Bergmann an Spiegel
30-05-07
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/dr_bergmann_an_spiegel.htm



Fwd: Spiegelartikel

Lieber Herr Dr. Bergmann,

schade, dass es dieser Dworschak immer wieder schafft, sich in das Vertrauen ehlicher Leute zu schleichen, mit dem Ziel, das Vertrauen gründlich zu missbrauchen. Auch ich darf mich als sein Opfer fühlen und kann als Spiegel-Geschädigter aus leidvoller Erfahrung einige Beiträge beisteuern.

Dworschak hatte sich 2001 in eine Televorlesung eingeschlichen, die ich gerade mit der TU Berlin abhielt. Er wollte über den Inhalt berichten, aber in dem veröffentlichten Beitrag fand sich nichts dergleichen, gerade so, als hätte er schon vorher das Manuskript fertig gehabt. Er wollte es mir auch vor der Drucklegung faxen, aber an seine Versprechungen von gestern kann sich ein Spiegelreporter nicht mehr erinnern! Statt dessen schnüffelte er in den Unterlagen der zufällig neben ihm sitzenden Studenten und notierte heimlich dessen Handy-Nummer. Ohne zu fragen, ob es dem Studenten recht ist, bekam der nach der Vorlesung einen Anruf von Dworschak. Er wollte den Studenten dazu animieren, Schlechtes über mich und meine Vorlesung zu sagen. Er hatte aber keinen Erfolg. Stattdessen hat der Student mir alles geplaudert und seine Empörung über den Spiegel-Redakteur zum Ausdruck gebracht. Danach versuchte er das damalige Dekanat und Rektorat aufzumischen, immer auf der Suche nach Material, um es gegen mich verwenden zu können (1).

Tatsächlich hatte Dworschak eine Vorlage und die hat ihm ein führendes Mitglied der GWUP-Sekte zukommen lassen. Der Ghostwriter hinter dem Reporter gibt sich als Mathematikprofessor der TU Darmstadt aus. Tatsächlich aber existiert dort namentlich kein solcher. "Das muss ein Betrüger sein", hatte mir der Dekan der TU erklärt. Da der Betrüger auch schon zusammen mit einem ehemaligen Kollegen namens Bruhn auf der Seite der TU publiziert hatte wurde bei Bruhn nachgefragt, wer dieser Betrüger sei. Daraufhin hat Bruhn gesagt: er sei es selber!

Fazit: beim Spiegel darf jeder Betrüger zu Wort kommen, wenn die Story am Ende nach dem Geschmack der Redaktion ist. Über ihr Opfer hat sich von denen noch keiner Gedanken gemacht. Immerhin hatte der Spiegel erreicht, dass meine Televorlesung vorübergehend gestoppt worden war und die Skalarwellenforschung für viele Jahre nahezu zum Erliegen gekommen war. Es konnten sogar Zweifler generiert werden, die tatsächlich den Gerüchten von diesem Bruhn Glauben schenkten, in meinen Herleitungen seien Fehler - Fehler, die in Wirklichkeit von Bruhn selber stammen und von ihm kunstvoll in meine Herleitungen eingebaut wurden.

Kurzum, der Spiegel war vorübergehend erfolgreich, Zweifel an meiner Skalarwellenforschung zu generieren, um von meinem Argument abzulenken, dass Mobilfunksender, Handys wie Funkmasten, eine ungenehmigte Strahlung abgeben, für die gar keine Grenzwerte existieren. Meine Gegner verschafften sich Luft, indem sie kurzerhand behaupteten, es gäbe keine Skalarwellen, was gleichbedeutend ist mit dem Leugnen des Antennenrauschens, das jeder kennt. Mit diesem Scheinargument wurde der Antrag auf Erforschung des Skalarwellenanteils in der Strahlenschutzkommission abgelehnt.

Hand in Hand mit Bruhn hat dieser die allgemein anerkannte Definition einer Skalarwelle (gerichtete Ausbreitung skalarer Größen) umdefiniert in eine Bruhnsche Skalarwelle (ungerichtete = skalare Welle), die es in der Tat nicht geben kann und seine Kreation als Beweis hergenommen, dass es keine Skalarwellen gibt. Das ahnungslose Volk hat diesem Ringschluss ein Stück weit Glauben geschenkt. Gemerkt hat den Betrug erst die Staatsanwaltschaft Konstanz, nachdem sie auf Anweisung, mich mit Hilfe des Gerichts zu stoppen, sich plötzlich damit konfrontiert sah, dass sie wegen der biologischen Wirksamkeit und Gefährlichkeit von Skalarwellen aktiv geworden war, die es doch gar nicht geben darf! In der Folge der dpa-Meldung (2) "Handys darf man nicht anfassen!" sind in meinem Umfeld erstaunlich viele Personen ausgewechselt worden, vom Staatsanwalt über den Rektor, Prorektor, Dekan, Prodekan bis zum Kanzler meiner Hochschule.

Die zweiseitige Spiegel-Reportage über mich und meine Arbeit war so zu einer Voraussetzung geworden, um den Mobilfunk mindestens 4 Jahre unbehelligt weiter ausbauen zu können. Von daher gesehen ist sich Dworschak in seiner öffentlichen Meinungsmache tatsächlich treu geblieben. Aber die Spur verbrannter Erde, die diese Reporter hinter sich her ziehen, wird immer breiter ...

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Konstantin Meyl

Prof. Dr. Konstantin Meyl, Hochschule Furtwangen University Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, D-78120 Furtwangen, Tel.: 0-7723-920-2231 Mail: meyl @hs-furtwangen.de, Internet: http://www.Meyl.eu

PS 1: M. Dworschak: Schwarzwälder Kopernikus, Spiegel-Artikel vom 21.5.01, S. 198-199, http://service.spiegel.de/digas/servlet/find/DID=19237596

PS 2: Mobiltelefone darf man nicht anfassen, Weltweit erstmalig wird Elektrosmog durch deutsche Justiz anerkannt! Staatsanwaltschaft Konstanz widerspricht der offiziellen Meinung der FH Furtwangen, http://omega.twoday.net/stories/639038/

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Leserbriefe zum Spiegel Artikel “Mobilfunk. Der Hamster ist Zeuge” Spiegel Nr. 18 v. 30-04-2007

Gerhard Kampschulte 2-05-07

Zu Ihrem Artikel fällt mir nur ein, was hat der Spiegel dafür kassiert von den Mobilfunkbetreibern und seiner Propagandaabteilung IZMF. Hier werden Millionen von Menschen die unter Mobilfunk leiden für bekloppt erklärt. Es kann nur heißen, keinen Spiegel mehr zu kaufen für diese Menschen. Es ist eine Unverschämtheit des Spiegel Reporters, Menschen die unter Mobilfunk leiden, lächerlich zu machen, Wissenschaftler und Ärzte auf die Seite von Spinnern zu stellen. Es liegen genug Beweise vor, die für die Schädlichkeit des Mobilfunks sprechen, diese werden aber von der Politik und den Betreibern nicht anerkannt. Hier wird der Gewinn der Mobilfunk-Lobby höher eingeschätzt als die Gesundheit der Menschen. Mit zum teil kriminellen Methoden sind die Menschen mobilfunksüchtig gemacht worden. Sittenwidrige Verträge sind gang und gebe. Die Warnungen des Bundesamts für Strahlenschutz für die Benutzung der Handys durch Kinder werden völlig ignoriert. Jedes andere Produkt mit diesen Nebenwirkungen, wäre schon längst vom Markt verschwunden aber hier geht es um 50 Milliarden Euro. Dem Spiegel sind die Gelder für die Werbung von Mobilfunkbetreibern und Handyherstellern wichtiger als die Vorsorge für die Menschen. Grenzwerte die nichts mit Vorsorge zu tun haben sondern als Planungssicherheit und Schutz vor Regress für die Industrie dienen, werden als Schutzschild benutzt. Der Spiegel ist auf ein tiefes Niveau gesunken das bestimmten Blättern mit den großen Buchstaben sehr nahe kommt.

Mit freundlichen Grüssen

Ute u. Gerhard Kampschulte



Alfred Tittmann 3-05-2007

DER SPIEGEL
c/o Herrn Manfred Dworschak
Redaktion Wissenschaft und Technik
Oberlinden 80
60323 Frankfurt / Main
leserbriefe@spiegel.de


3. Mai 2007

Leserbrief zu “Mobilfunk. Der Hamster ist Zeuge.“ Spiegel Nr. 18 v. 30.04.2007 S. 154 - 159.


Sehr geehrter Herr Dworschak,

mit Ihrer unausgewogenen Interpretation haben Sie leider die komplexe Thematik verfehlt. Schade, dass man als langjähriger Spiegelleser den Eindruck gewinnen muss, dass Ihre Recherchen von einer Instrumentalisierung der Mobilfunklobby geprägt sein könnten. Jedenfalls sind Ihre Ausführungen von einem investigativen Journalismus weit entfernt und leider auch der Sachlage entsprechend nicht dienlich.

Tausende von Bürgerinitiativen, nahezu über 2000 Ärzte in “Ärzte-Appellen“, stützend auf zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Studien mit warnenden konsistenten Hinweisen und vorliegende ernstzunehmende Kasuistiken fordern zu Präventionsmaßnahmen auf.

Ihre Recherche gegenüber Betroffenen und Engagierten ist tendenziös zynisch angelegt.

Während immer mehr Elektrosensible von dem Krankheitsbild “Mikrowellensyndrom“ durch den Einfluss von elektromagnetischen Feldern gesundheitliche Belastungen erfahren, wird das betroffene “Klientel“ Ihrerseits mit sarkastischen Äußerungen gewürdigt.

Dass industrieabhängige Forschung in vielen Fällen von einer wissenschaftlichen Evidenz weit entfernt ist, belegt die Vergangenheit. (Radar, Contergan, Asbest, Rauchen usw).

Siehe Studie einer Schweizer Forschungsgruppe der Institute für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin an den Universitäten Basel und Bern (Huss et al.2006), welche im September 2007 veröffentlicht wurde.

Wenn Wissenschaftler und Journalisten sich von der Industrie manipulieren lassen, muss man sich über eine unausgewogene Berichterstattung und der Ignoranz realer wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse nicht wundern.

Ihre Aussage, “dass Mobilfunkgegner zur endzeitlosen Kulturkritik neigen würden“ ist völlig absurd und belegt Ihre oberflächlich Recherche.

Ihre Bewertung gegenüber den “vereinzelten Fachwissenschaftlern“, welche lt. Ihrer Aussage auf der Seite der Mobilfunkkritiker stehen, wobei für diese sozusagen als Lohn ein dankbares Publikum gewährleistet ist strotz von Häme und Diffamierung.

Statt Betroffene in die Schublade der Hypochonder zu schieben, hätten Sie Ihren Bericht einmal unter den Aspekt der Prävention stellen sollen. Vorsorge ist zu treffen, wenn aufgrund tatsächlicher Anhaltspunkte eine Schadensmöglichkeit zu vermuten ist, ein Kausalitätsnachweis aber gerade (noch) nicht geführt werden kann, also bei zumindest potentiellen, nicht voll nachweisbaren Risiken, die einen “Anfangs- oder Gefahrenverdacht“ begründen. (EG Leitlinie 2.02.2000 Ziff 5)

Die amtlich betriebene Verharmlosung der Risiken (die “organisierte Unverantwortlichkeit“, wie es der Soziologe Beck treffend ausdrückte) verstößt gegen den Vorsorgeauftrag in den Artikeln 2 Abs. 2 und 20a des Grundgesetzes sowie Artikel 174 des EG-Vertrages.

Allein die auffallende Häufung von Krankheitsfällen im Umfeld von Sendeanlagen sind zur Vorsorge Anlass genug!

Es ist betrüblich feststellen zu müssen, dass einerseits Ihr Bericht inkompetent ist, andererseits sich der Spiegel damit m. E. bei der Mobilfunkthematik der “Großwetterlage“ gebeugt hat und dass die kritische Kompetenz, die ich bisher so sehr an Ihrem Magazin schätzte, aufgegeben wurde.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Alfred Tittmann
Kettelerstrasse 3
63486 Bruchköbel



Betr. Spiegel Bericht -- "Mobilfunk- Der Hamster ist Zeuge" -- Spiegel Nr. 18 v. 30.04.07


Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

im Anhang finden Sie ein Schreiben an die Geschäftsleitung des Spiegel Verlages.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/at_spiegel_3_05_07.rtf


M.f.G.
Alfred Tittmann

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4-05-2007

Astrid Peter 3-05-07:

"Der Hamster ist Zeuge", Der Spiegel Nr. 18


Leserbrief

Mobilfunkgeschädigte brauchen keine Wissenschaftler, um zu beweisen, was sie seit Jahren erleiden müssen. Und es gibt Tausende von ihnen. Ich mache mir Sorgen um die vielen unwissenden Menschen, denen vielleicht irreparable Schäden zugefügt werden, weil der momentane Erkenntnisstand mit den tatsächlichen Ereignissen nicht Schritt hält. Und ich warte auf den Tag, an dem elektrosensible Menschen ihr Recht beanspruchen können, in dieser Welt unversehrt leben zu können.

Astrid Peter, Kahl

Und noch eine Randnotiz: Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages der Pressefreiheit sprach tagesschau.de mit Lutz Tillmanns vom Deutschen Presserat: Tillmanns: "Wenn es um Inhalte geht, wächst zunehmend die Einflussnahme von PR auf den Journalismus. Da gibt es einen großen Graubereich und immer mehr Beschwerden".



Leserbrief an den SPIEGEL

Zum Artikel Ausgabe 18/2007 “Der Hamster ist Zeuge” von Manfred Dworschak

Ihr Artikel wird vom Anfang bis zum Ende durch billigen Zynismus und Verhöhnung Mobilfunk-Kranker getragen. Sie bedienen sich vordergründiger Effekthascherei und erhoffen sich journalistischen Erfolg durch kollektives Schenkelklatschen. Aber nur weil Sie offensichtlich nicht in der Lage sind (oder sein wollen), die einfachsten Journalismus-Grundregeln anzuwenden: Saubere Recherche. Es gibt aber eine zweite mögliche Ursache für Ihre Entgleisung: Auch Sie sind nur ein Opfer von SPIEGEL-internen Strategen, die aus dem Kniefall vor dem Lobbyismus der milliardenschweren Mobilfunkindustrie eine arrogante “Bericht”-Erstattung verlangen. Die Werbeeinnahmen von Handy & Co. tun auch Ihrem Blatt gut. Oder etwa nicht?

Jürgen Groschupp
1. Vorstand u. Sprecher
Mobilfunk Bürgerforum e.V.

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HLV INFO 46/AT

12-05-2007

Anbei erhalten Sie ein Schreiben von der Kompetenzinitiative an die Redaktion des Spiegels betr. des Artikels "Mobilfunk - der Hamster ist Zeuge" vom 30.04.07 .

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/spiegel_journalismus_0704.pdf

Auf die Weitergabe der dazugehörenden Anlagen
(Spiegelbericht sowie dem Bericht "Vom Teufel bezahlt" im Deutschen Ärzteblatt Heft 12 v. 23.03.07 ) verzichtet der HLV in seiner heutigen Ausgabe wegen höherem Datentransfer und weil bereits solche Anlagen verbreitet wurden.

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Mobilfunkgegner sind eingebildete Kranke: Ab in die Therapie
Der Spiegel (30.4.07):

Häme bei Mobilfunkfreaks, Entsetzen bei anderen, nicht nur Mobilfunkgegnern: Wie wird im Spiegel Meinung gemacht?

Dazu drei beeindruckende Stellungnahmen:

Prof. Karl Richter / Dr. Scheiner / Dr. Kern: „Journalismus im Dienst der Herrschenden“
http://www.der-mast-muss-weg.de/pdf/presse/KompSpiegel0704.pdf

Caro Wenzel, Journalistin (Stuttgart): „Der Spiegel-Artikel über Mobilfunk und der Pressekodex des Deutschen Presserates“
http://www.der-mast-muss-weg.de/pdf/presse/SpiegelWenzel.pdf

Philippe Ressing, Journalist und Mitglied der Bürgerinitiative Burgholzhof: „Der Spiegel-Artikel zu Mobilfunk – oder wie mache ich Stimmung gegen Mobilfunkkritiker“
http://www.der-mast-muss-weg.de/pdf/presse/SpiegelRessing.pdf


Aus: Kurzmittteilung Nr.7 der Bürgerinitiative gegen den Mobilfunkmast Bismarckstr.57, Stuttgart

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Diskurs mit Spiegel hält an!

Nachfolgend erhalten Sie einen Dialog zwischen der Kompetenzinitiative und dem Spiegel.

Wir hatten Ihnen in dieser Angelegenheit bereits mit unserer HLV INFO 46/AT v.12.05.07 das Schreiben der Kompetenzinitiative v. 12.05.07 an den Spiegel zur Kenntnis gebracht.

In der Anlage ein erneutes Schreiben der Kompetenzinitiative v. 20.05.07 an den Redakteur Manfred Dworschak.


HLV Redaktion
AT


Volker Hartenstein, MdL a.D.
26-05-07

Liebe Gründungsmitglieder unserer Kompetenzinitiative,

hier geben wir Ihnen und einigen interessierten Journalisten den gegenwärtige Stand der Auseinandersetzung mit dem 'Spiegel'. Alle Texte sind für die Weiterverbreitung freigegeben. Sie werden auch auf unserer Homepage http://www.kompetenzinitiative.de eingestellt. Wir haben beschlossen, die Auseinandersetzung mit den Medien zu einem in einer ganzen Reihe von Projektthemen zu machen, auf die wir uns weiter konzentrieren.

Das gilt für das Gebiet industriefinanzierter Ärzteschulungen ganz analog. Auch da setzt sich die heftige Auseinandersetzung fort.

Mit herzlichen Grüßen
K. Hecht, M. Kern, K. Richter und H.-Chr. Scheiner


To: "Manfred Dworschak"
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Offener Brief der "Kompetenzinitiative"


Sehr geehrter Herr Dworschak,

Dank für Ihre Mail-Antwort auf unseren offenen Brief. U. E. macht er Ihren Umgang mit dem Stand der Forschung, mit Bürgern und der Funktion der Medien in der Demokratie nicht überzeugender. Für eine seriöse Berichterstattung wäre mehr denn je erforderlich auch zur Kenntnis zu nehmen, was derzeit ebenso in zahlreichen anderen europäischen und aussereuropäischen Ländern an elektromagnetischen Schädigungen von Menschen, Tieren und Pflanzen diskutiert wird.

Wir setzen den kritischen Dialog mit Ihnen und dem 'Spiegel' deshalb mit einem weiteren offenen Brief fort, der Ihnen und der Chefredaktion anbei als Datei, parallel aber auch per Post zugeht.

Vom Systemkritiker zum Mitmacher?
http://www.kompetenzinitiative.de/033ea299230d69701/033ea2992e09a3308/033ea299380da1601.html


Wir machen die Auseinandersetzung u. a. auf unserer kürzlich eröffneten Homepage http://www.kompetenzinitiative.de zugänglich, die kontinuierlich über unser Programm und unsere Arbeit informieren soll. Wir fänden es aber auch sinnvoll, wenn Sie den um sich greifenden Widerstand gegen diese Art von Berichterstattung auch den "Spiegel"-Lesern zugänglich machen - als Gegendarstellung aus der Sicht einer großen Zahl industrieunabhängiger Ärzte und Forscher sowie der noch größeren Zahl von betroffenen Menschen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
gez. K. Hecht, M. Kern, K. Richter und H.-Chr. Scheiner


----- Original Message -----
From: "Manfred Dworschak"
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:29 PM
Subject: Offener Brief der "Kompetenzinitiative"

- Nachrichtlich an die Chefredaktion zur Kenntnis -

Sehr geehrter Herr Dr. Kern, sehr geehrter Herr Prof. Dr. Richter,

Sie haben mich in Ihrem Schreiben vom 7.5. an die Chefredaktion der Ignoranz bezichtigt unter anderem gegenüber "einer unabhängigen internationalen Forschung, die elektromagnetische Schädigungen auch von Pflanzen und Tieren verlässlich nachgewiesen hat - z. T. sogar mit staatlichen Fördermitteln (ein Beispiel anbei)".

Erlauben Sie mir, dass ich dazu eine Richtigstellung anbringe. Ich habe in vielen Fällen die Belege überprüft, die Mobilfunkkritiker mir vorgelegt haben - so auch in diesem. Das Ergebnis wird Sie interessieren. Der von Ihnen als Beispiel beigefügte Projektbericht "Studies on the Effects of Radio-Frequency Fields on Conifers" ist noch nicht einmal aus Sicht seiner Autoren ein Beleg für irgendwas. Prof. Dr. Alexander Lerchl schreibt dazu:

"Die wenige cm hohen Keimlinge (von 'Bäumen' zu reden ist sicherlich falsch) wurden zusammen mit den Anzuchttöpfchen exponiert. Auffallend war ein höherer Wasserbedarf der exponierten Pflanzen. Dies deutet darauf hin, dass die Pflanzen möglicherweise indirekt, und zwar durch thermische Wirkungen auf die Anzuchterde, zu Schaden kamen (Wasserstress, Nährstoffmangel etc.). Die Exposition der Erde, in der Bäume in der Natur stehen, findet so wie in dem Experiment geschehen nicht statt. Auch die in der Umwelt vorhandenen wesentlich geringeren Feldstärken lassen keinesfalls den Schluss zu, dass die Experimente an Keimlingen unter den geschilderten Versuchsbedingungen für relevante Expositionen von Bäumen Schäden oder ursächliche Zusammenhänge vermuten lassen."

Einfacher gesagt: Mobilfunkstrahlung kann feuchte Erde in sehr kleinen Töpfchen ein wenig erwärmen (die "thermische Wirkung", die niemand bestreitet). Das kann auf Dauer wegen erhöhter Verdunstung zu Wassermangel bei den Keimlingen führen. Bäume im wahren Leben draußen betrifft das aber nicht, weil die Wurzeln von der Strahlung gar nicht erreicht werden; die Eindringtiefe der Funkwellen beträgt nur wenige Zentimeter.

Ich weiß nicht mehr, wieviele verlässliche Beweise für die Schädlichkeit des Mobilfunks ich bereits präsentiert bekam, die sich allesamt schon nach ein bißchen Nachforschung in nichts auflösten. Sie sollten wirklich einmal Argumente vorlegen; andernfalls überdenken Sie bitte Ihre Anschuldigungen.

Mit freundlichem Gruß,

Manfred Dworschak
DER SPIEGEL Redaktion
Wissenschaft & Technik
Oberlindau 80
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Tel 069-971268-22
Manfred_Dworschak@spiegel.de

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Diskurs mit Spiegel

3. Schreiben der Kompetenzinitiative an Spiegel


Herrn Manfred Dworschak

To: Manfred Dworschak
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Offener Brief der "Kompetenzinitiative"


Sehr geehrter Herr Dworschak,

hier Ihnen und dem "Spiegel" unser 3. offener Brief, der Ihre kurze Email vom 23. 5. beantwortet (im Text wiedergegeben). Die postalische Sendung folgt.

Dass wir den Dialog nicht wunschgemäß privatisieren, hat eine ganze Reihe von Gründen:

1. Es geht um allgemeinere Fehlleistungen des heutigen Journalismus, die wir nicht länger hinnehmen wollen.

2. Wir wollen das System "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit" durchleuchten, von dem Funktionäre der Mobilfunkindustrie sprechen und das im soeben entlarvten Projekt "Rauchen und Gesundheit" eine unrühmliche Parallele hat. Und wir wollen fragen, wie weit der deutsche Journalismus an diesem Projekt "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit", das nach dem Stand unserer Erkenntnis ein Projekt "Mobilfunk und Krankheit" verschleiert, mitwirkt.

3. Wir beobachten, dass nicht nur übergebene Dokumente, sondern auch Leserbriefe der Betroffenen ignoriert und unterdrückt wurden und werden.

4. Wir stellen in allem fest, dass sich der so diagnostizierte 'Journalismus im Dienst der Herrschenden' schneller bewahrheitet als vorausgesehen. Denn wo Ihr Artikel bereits bis in unsere 'Rechtspflege' hinein genutzt wird, um potenzielle Gutachter abzuwerten und die Klagen von Bürgern abzubügeln, generieren Ihre Einkünfte auch sehr konkrete materielle Schädigungen von Bürgern.

Sie werden vom 'Fall Kind' in Dresden, um den es uns dabei geht, noch hören, sobald die laufende Etappe des Prozesses abgeschlossen ist und gedeutet werden kann.

Warum durchleuchten Sie nicht die deutsche Justiz, die gegenwärtig mit ihrer Kritiklosigkeit, ja Bestechlichkeit von sich reden macht? Wo sind die Zeiten demokratischer Gewaltenteilung und eines funktionierenden Schutzes der Bürger- und Menschenrechte durch die Medien geblieben?

Falls wir jedenfalls einen Fonds einrichten müssten, um Opfern dieses Systems "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit" zu helfen, werden wir den öffentlichen Spendenaufruf bis hinein in Zeitungen auch an den "Spiegel", einige Vertreter der deutschen Justiz sowie die politisch Zuständigen und Verantwortlichen richten.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Prof. Dr. Karl Richter, gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Karl Hecht, Dr. med. Markus Kern und Dr. med. Hans-Christoph Scheiner

s. pdf-Anlage
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/spiegel_dworschak_3._brief.pdf
Überlegungen zu www.kompetenzinitiative.de

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Spiegel in der Kritik

Überlegungen zu http://www.kompetenzinitiative.de

Lieber Herr Richter,

auch anderswo ist der Spiegel bzw. sein Chefredakteur in die Kritik geraten, z.B. hier http://www.validome.org/blog/news/Item-18
http://spiegelkritik.de/warum/
http://www.watchberlin.de/vipo/portal/watchberlin_video_62828?pg=0

Letzteres ist ein schönes Beispiel für Internetfernsehen, welches mehr und mehr vor allem von der jungen Öffentlichkeit wahrgenommen werden und welches unzensiert veröffentlicht wird. Sollten wir vielleicht ähnliches für unsere Anliegen planen - also eine ähnlich attraktiv aufgemachte Nutzung der Internetmedienwelt?


Herzliche Grüsse
Dr. Angelika Schrodt

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Hamster haben keine Handys
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3796241/

Journalismus im Dienst der Herrschenden
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3774824/

Spiegel in der Kritik
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3789538/

Warum wir den Pressekodex mehr denn je brauchen
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3979426/

Ärzte-Appelle gegen Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1064751/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Selsam
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Selsam
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wolf+Bergmann
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Konstantin+Meyl
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Konstantin+Meyl
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Scheiner
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Schrodt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Schrodt
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Mikrowellensyndrom
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Mobilfunklobby

Wimax, die neue Strahlengefahr

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

Wi-Fi on Radio 4 and Worldwide

Wednesday 25th April 2007, 7.40am

David Dean on World Today Radio 4 speaking about WiFi.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/wifi.mp3

If anyone wants to e-mail them their views then the address is

worldtoday@bbc.co.uk



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi

Eco-Whistleblower Laws Now Off-Limits To Federal Employees

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0501-07.htm

Twelve Steps to Cutting Poverty in Half

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/895/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Katrina+Vanden+Heuvel

Mission Accomplished: And The Lies Go On

And The Lies Go On
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/882/

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Mission Accomplished?

Voice your outrage at the President's insistence on ignoring the will of the American people at
http://www.dccc.org/r/61385/482695/

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'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' BY THE NUMBERS

Think Progress has a 'Mission Accomplished' By The Numbers chart comparing war stats from May 1, 2003 and today.

http://electroniciraq.net/news/3040.shtml



RANSOM FOR CORPSES

I feel like it's time for all news outlets to adopt the uniform practice of starting each horror story from Iraq with "Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse..."

http://electroniciraq.net/news/3039.shtml



THE CLOCK TICKS FOR THEE (IN BAGHDAD AND WASHINGTON)

'It had taken much thought and planning that wartime May Day four years ago when George W. Bush co-piloted a Naval jet onto the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln,' writes Tom Engelhardt. 'This White House has plunged Iraq and the world into the geopolitical equivalent of a blood-and-gore exploitation film that simply won't end. Call that Mission Accomplished!'

http://electroniciraq.net/news/3036.shtml

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Here’s what our mission accomplished

Boston Globe
by Derrick Z. Jackson

05/02/07

This is four years after President Bush staged one of the gaudiest self-congratulations in American history. He landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln in a jet fighter, popped out in a flight jumpsuit and proclaimed major combat operations to be over in Iraq under the now-infamous banner, ‘Mission Accomplished.’ It is four years after Bush said, ‘We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost.’ Bush’s cause is so lost that 71 percent of Americans disagree with his handling of Iraq in the latest New York Times/CBS poll and 64 percent say Bush should set a timetable for troop withdrawal in 2008...

http://tinyurl.com/26kxww


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mission+accomplished
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Barry+Lando
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Derrick+Z.+Jackson

Alberto Gonzales' Safety Net

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/892/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+Holtzman

Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/876/

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Arctic ice cap melting 30 years ahead of forecast
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070501/sc_nm/globalwarming_ice_dc


Informant: Harlan Girard

Blair's Bloody Legacy: Iraq

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/881/

Security Cameras and HQ Squads: Wal-Mart's Union-Busting Tactics

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/877/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wal-Mart

Price Tag for War in Iraq on Track to Top $500 Billion

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/894/

Glaciers (Al Gore got it right)

http://tamino.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/glaciers-al-gore-got-it-right/


Informant: NHNE



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Inconvenient+Truth
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Al+Gore

LAST WILD BISON HARASSED BY GOVERNMENT DURING CALVING SEASON

http://buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/press0607/pressreleases0607/050107.html


Informant: smileycoyote



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

Electromagnetic fields not a worker hazard?

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=emf+work
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=emf+work

Symbology Used in Secret Societies

by Gianni DeVincent Hayes, Ph.D.

Symbols and signs, which are used as a means of communication among society members, also serve to represent a thought­called ideograms­and behave in a manner that allows all members to know who belongs to which societies. Freemasonry is perhaps the best example of a society that employs symbols as well as physical contact signals, such as specific handshakes or hand formations as seen in the sign of the Diablo.......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Hayes/gianni22.htm

Senators Bribed by BIG Pharma vs. Senators Not Bought Off

by Byron Richards, CCN

As the Senate continues to debate the Big Pharma-friendly sweeping reform of the FDA a new problem for Big Pharma’s prize Senators has erupted and quickly turned into confrontation on the floor of the Senate. At stake is at least 10 billion dollars per year in exorbitant Big Pharma profits. In one corner is Big Pharma-puppet Orrin Hatch (R-UT), representing the Kennedy/Enzi drug cartel. In the other corner is a majority of Senators lead by Byron Dorgan (D-ND).......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron25.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Pharma
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=FDA
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/Richards

Bush vetoes bill, Dems posture as deal to continue Iraq

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6143/


Informant: jensenmk

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