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DAVID BALE

23 May 2008 15:13

City councillor Judith Lubbock with concerned residents at the site of the proposed phone mast in Leopold Road in Norwich. Photo: Bill Smith.

Families have today been urged to make sure they have their say on plans to put a mobile phone mast in a busy residential area of Norwich.

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http://tinyurl.com/48q666



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

Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) hat in der Klimadebatte den Bau neuer Kohlekraftwerke verteidigt und den noch von der rot-grünen Vorgängerregierung beschlossenen Atomausstieg kritisiert. Zugleich sprach sich Merkel auf einer Podiumsdiskussion auf dem Deutschen Katholikentag in Osnabrück gegen ein generelles Tempolimit aus. Der ehemalige Bundesumweltminister Klaus Töpfer (CDU) forderte bei der Veranstaltung eine Weiterentwicklung der Bio-Kraftstoffe.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=18016

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Klimaschutzziele zu schwach
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/108308



Klima-Kanzlerin vor dem Scheiterhaufen

Das zweite Klimapaket ist in der Koalition umstritten.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/108411



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kohlekraftwerk
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kernkraft
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klimaschutz

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0522-17.htm



Veterans For Peace Remembers and Commemorates the Sacrifices Made by the Nation's Fallen Service Men and Women, Memorial Day 2008

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0523-03.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=United+for+Peace+and+Justice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Veterans+for+peace

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/23/9140/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Horton

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/23/9154/

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Rape Hobbles Bush Administration Policies

Ann Wright, for Truthout: "One would hope that behavior that requires the 'regrets' of the president of the United States and the secretary of state and the stand-down of United States military forces for 'reflection' and retraining in ethics and leadership would be punished severely enough to send a clear signal that the behavior will not be tolerated. Yet the history of sexual assault and rape of women around US military bases, particularly in Okinawa, reveals a military institutional acceptance of this criminal behavior and a lack of enforcement of military regulations against such behavior by senior military officers."

http://www.truthout.org/article/rape-hobbles-bush-administration-policies



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ann+Wright

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/23/9150/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GM+foods
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+crisis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Julio+Godoy

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/595db8883e2f1a12?hl=en


Informant: MoJo



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

Alexandra Zavis and Saif Rasheed report for The Los Angeles Times: "A local Iraqi police chief today accused the U.S. military of killing seven Iraqi civilians, including at least one child, in a helicopter strike in northern Iraq. The military said the adults were members of a bombing network, but it added that two children were killed in the clash."

http://www.truthout.org/article/iraq-police-chief-says-us-killed-seven-civilians

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US Airstrikes Surge in Iraq, and Civilian Deaths Follow
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/23/9141/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=airstrikes
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Alexandra+Zavis

Truthout's Christopher Kuttruff reports: "In a report released this month by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Office of Inspector General (OIG) outlined concerns within the FBI regarding interrogation techniques used by the military in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."

http://www.truthout.org/article/despite-fbi-dissent-torture-continued

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Detainee treatment: new details

About half of the FBI agents who have served at the Guantánamo Bay base reported to the IG that they had witnessed interrogation techniques they considered to be rough or aggressive.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0523/p03s01-usmi.html



Canada Guantanamo detainee wins

Canada had "participated in a process that was contrary to [its] international human rights obligations", it said.

http://tinyurl.com/62uzxx


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DoJ
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Christopher+Kuttruff

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3304.shtml


Informant: Dorothee Krien



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+crisis

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2947.shtml


Informant: Dorothee Krien



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Vaccination+-+Impfen/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Evelyn+Pringle

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3313.shtml


Informant: Dorothee Krien

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3308.shtml


Informant: Dorothee Krien

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Rice Defends Post 9/11 Torture
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/23/9144/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleezza+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jason+Leopold

http://podster.de/episode/593375

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Amazon Indians lead battle against power giant's plan to flood rainforest
http://tinyurl.com/45x654


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Regenwald
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=rainforest

München, 23. Mai 2008

Münchner ödp gegen neues Stammzellengesetz. Bitte an den Bundespräsidenten, Horst Köhler, um Nicht-Unterzeichnung.

In einem persönlichen Brief bittet der stellvertretende Stadtverbandsvorsitzende der Münchner ödp, Markus Hollemann, den Bundespräsidenten, das kürzlich vom Deutschen Bundestag beschlossene novellierte Stammzellengesetz nicht zu unterzeichnen, um damit das Inkrafttreten dieses Gesetzes zu verhindern.

Markus Hollemann: „Im Artikel 1 unseres Grundgesetzes wird die Würde des Menschen als unantastbar bezeichnet. Deshalb widerspricht die Regelung, deutsche menschliche Embryonen zu schützen, die Tötung und Verwertung ausländischer Embryonen aber zu akzeptieren, dem universalistischen Grundgedanken von Artikel 1 und damit der zentralen Wertaussage unseres Grundgesetzes. Die Menschenwürde ist unteilbar; unsere Rechtsordnung darf diesbezüglich nicht unterscheiden zwischen Ausland und Inland. Das Stammzellengesetz verstößt leider auch in seiner novellierten Form gegen diesen unverzichtbaren Grundsatz“.

Die ödp befindet sich hier in völliger Übereinstimmung mit den christlichen Kirchen. In seiner Osterpredigt sagte der Münchner Erzbischof Marx: „Man darf nicht zulassen, dass menschliches Leben zum Stoff degradiert wird. Da müssen wir Christen uns einmischen“.


Herbert Brunner Pressebeauftragter (V.i.S.d.P.)
Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ödp)
Stadtverband München
Brienner Str. 46/V, 80333 München
Fon 089/452 474 15 × Fax 089/550 699 86
E-Mail presse@oedp-muenchen.de
http://www.oedp-muenchen.de


Veranstaltungshinweise: Immer in den Räumen der Gregor-Louisoder-Umweltstiftung: Brienner Str. 46 / EG, U2 Königsplatz und U1/Tram 20+21 Stiglmaierplatz.

Do., 12. Juni 2008, 19:30 Uhr „Energievisionen für eine post-fossile Welt: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Sonnenenergie“ Referent: Josef Jenni, international anerkannter Solarpionier

Do.,10. Juli 2008, 19:30 Uhr Wetterkatastrophen und Klimawandel: Wie lange sind die Schäden noch bezahl- und versicherbar?“ Referent: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Berz, LMU München, ehem. Leiter GeoRisikoForschung, Münchner Rück

Do., 14. Aug. 2008, 19:30 Uhr „Wirtschaftsdemokratie mit menschlichem Maß – von E.F. Schumacher zu Peter Ulrich“ Referentin: Renate Börger, Journalistin, attac München

Do., 11. Sept. 2008, 19:30 Uhr Volle Teller und volle Tanks, nachhaltig erzeugtes Pflanzenöl – ein Widerspruch?“ Referent: Prof. Dr. Schrimpff, Bundesverband Pflanzenöle

Do., 09. Okt. 2008, 19:30 Uhr „Umweltbewußtes Marketing – nicht nur für die Ökobranche“ Referentin: Henrietta Lorko, Bioculture

Do., 13. Nov. 2008, 19:30 Uhr „Mediation statt Ehestreit vor Gericht – für eine menschliche Trennung ohne finanz. Ruin“ Referent: Rainer Köpnick, Mediator

Do., 11. Dez. 2008, 19:30 Uhr „Klimaschutzprozess: Stehen wir vor einer industriellen Revolution?“ Referentin: Dr. Michaela Homolka, Philosophin und Unternehmensberaterin


ödp – Profil

In der ödp arbeiten Menschen zusammen, die dem Streben von Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft nach "Immer mehr" das Prinzip Verantwortung entgegensetzen: "So leben, dass Zukunft bleibt!". Angestrebt wird eine Wende im Lebens- und Wirtschaftsstil -weg von der Überfluss- und Verschwendungswirtschaft, hin zu Nachhaltigkeit und "echter" Lebensqualität.



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

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7501/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sistani
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=fatwa

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7500/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/a21a5b9cb87de2e5?hl=en



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

http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs81.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/higgs

http://www.lewrockwell.com/featherstone/featherstone74.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/featherstone

Mazzocchi, Speth and Capitalism's Future

Ted Glick for Truthout says: The distinct life experiences of Gus Speth and Tony Mazzocchi "led both authors to believe that the capitalist system which now dominates most of the world is the ultimate problem which humanity must face up to and deal with if we are to survive."

http://www.truthout.org/article/mazzocchi-speth-and-capitalisms-future



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ted+Glick

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7496/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Jerry Day



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdriCrjGIaY


Informant: Di



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7497/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Schwartz

Food import costs to the world's poorest nations are set to rise by 40 per cent in 2008 on the previous year, a report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says.

http://tinyurl.com/5txgx6


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+prices

Some influential evangelical leaders are lobbying for an attack on Iran. But it's not about geopolitics -- it's about bringing about the End Times.

http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2068


From Information Clearing House

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Neocons, War, and Israel

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/02/israel_iran/index.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Armageddon
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=evangelical
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hagee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald

The U.S. Senate Thursday approved an additional $165 billion to wage war in Iraq and Afghanistan for another year after lawmakers rejected proposed timetables for withdrawing American troops from Iraq.

http://tinyurl.com/5b2eow



Billions of Dollars Unaccounted For in Iraq, Pentagon IG Reports

1.8 billion in Iraqi assets were also simply given away, without any accountability. IG investigators examined 53 payment invoices. Not one made note of the money's ultimate destination.

http://tinyurl.com/6beufc



Bush is dealt a defeat on Iraq bill

Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to help Democrats add support for veterans and the unemployed to a bill paying for another year of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_go_pr_wh/congress_iraq_funding


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdraw

Vice President Dick Cheney told graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy that the recent surge strategy in Iraq has "succeeded brilliantly."

http://tinyurl.com/6a7qgn


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney

By Adrian Hamilton

No American should be in any doubt. The world is desperate for a change of tone and course from the US of George Bush. Nothing short of a revolution will do.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19975.htm

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/22/9116/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dave+Lindorff

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/22/9128/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=arms+race
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/22/9129/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Khody+Akhavi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jim+Lobe

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/22/9127/



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

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/22/9139/

Ex-Bush Adviser Rove Must Testify In Case That Could Shame White House
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/23/9143



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=subpoena
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karl+Rove
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lara+Jakes+Jordan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Usborne

http://www.infowars.net/articles/may2008/220508Tasers.htm



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

http://freepagenews.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/the-anatomy-of-neoconservative-propaganda/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
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Published Date: 22 May 2008

By Paul Myles-Kelly

UNPOPULAR plans to build a mobile phone mast beside a nature reserve face disconnection.

Read More...
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Mast-plan-faces-the-chop.4111207.jp

Gareth Porter, of Inter Press Service: "The US military command in Iraq continues to talk about an alleged pipeline of Iranian weapons to Iraqi Shiites opposing the US occupation, implying that they have become dependent on Iran for indirect-fire weapons and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). But US officials have failed thus far to provide evidence that would support that claim, and a long-delayed US military report on Iranian arms is unlikely to offer any data on what proportion of the weapons in the hands of Shiite fighters are from Iran and what proportion comes from purchases on the open market."

http://www.truthout.org/article/where-are-those-iranian-weapons-iraq



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter

Joshua Holland, of AlterNet: "Last week, hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, flanked by helicopters, a trail of SUVs and a convoy of buses, descended on the tiny town of Postville, Iowa. They set up a perimeter around the 60-acre kosher meat-processing plant operated by the global giant Agriprocessors, Inc. and conducted the largest workplace raid in US history. Around 400 people were arrested -- most from Mexico, Eastern Europe and Guatemala -- representing 40 percent of the plant's workers and 17 percent of the town's population. Warrants for another 300 were issued."

http://www.truthout.org/article/homeland-securitys-emerging-immigration-police-state



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=police+state
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeland+Security
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joshua+Holland

Matt Renner, of Truthout: "Slavery never ended in the United States; it continues here and across the globe, facilitated by globalization, corruption and greed. There are more people enslaved today - controlled by violence and forced to work without pay - than at any time in human history. Experts put the number of slaves at 27 million worldwide. These men and women work across many sectors of the global economy, raking in profits for the criminals who hold them against their will. The US State Department estimates that 17,500 slaves are brought into the United States every year. An estimated 50,000 slaves are forced to work as prostitutes, farm workers and domestic servants in the US."

http://www.truthout.org/article/slavery-today-a-clear-and-present-danger



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=slavery
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Matt+Renner

By Sarah Calkin

THREE new 3G mobile phone antennae have been approved by Castle Point Council - but some councillors remain concerned about the effects on people's health of the technology.

Read More...
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/castlepointnews/display.var.2288272.0.councillors_fears_as_aerials_approved.php

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052102989.html


Informant: Teresa Binstock

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/ausland/artikel/141/175613/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nahrungsmittelkrise
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Biotreibstoff

http://groups.google.de/group/archive_news/t/51c0b53c2759e477?hl=en



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

"We're running deficits in the trillions of dollars, not the hundreds of billions of dollars we're being told," says Sheila Weinberg, chief executive of the Institute for Truth in Accounting of Chicago.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-05-18-Redink_N.htm


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=taxpayer
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheila+Weinberg

Murat Kurnaz told members of Congress today he was subjected to "water treatment," electric shocks and other abuse during the almost five years he spent in U.S. custody.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/LawPolitics/story?id=4896217&page=1


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
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He said that the US faces a "cataclysmic" final few months of the Bush term, and that Bush is determined to leave a lasting mark on the world regardless of who is elected the next president.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/usa/2008/05/former_clinton_whitehouse_aide.html



U.S. Military Bases in South America

Despite his record unpopularity, it would appear that President Bush wants to go out of office with a bang. Having failed to overthrow Hugo Chávez through an attempted coup, the White House now hopes to escalate pressure on Venezuela's President by other means.

http://www.counterpunch.org/kozloff05212008.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=cataclysmic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Venezuela
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sidney+Blumenthal

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19966.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=martial+law
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Christopher+Ketcham

How the New York Times Won 2004 for Bush

By Ted Rall
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19969.htm



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

By David Model

This hypocrisy betrays the indifference of American leaders to basic democratic principles and to respect for both domestic and international law.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19967.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=genocide
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=hypocrisy

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/34e762d36d09fbfd?hl=en



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

The Louisiana Weekly's Hazel Trice Edney reports: "Record turnouts at polling places across the nation during the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton battle for the Democratic nomination have revealed a continuation of serious flaws in America's electoral process that could cause a fiasco November 4, according to a nonpartisan report."

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-unprepared-massive-november-election-turnout



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=2008+elections
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Trice+Edney

"Bill Moyers Journal and Expose: America's Investigative Reports examine why, even though studies show that the chemical Bisphenol A can cause cancer and other health problems in lab animals, the manufacturers, their lobbyists, and US regulators say it's safe."

http://www.truthout.org/article/chemicals-food



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=chemicals+in+food
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bisphenol
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Moyers

Congressional Quarterly reports: "The House is likely to make an effort Wednesday to override President Bush's veto of the farm bill. If the House musters the two-thirds majority required for an override, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) said his chamber will vote before it recesses for the Memorial Day break."

http://www.truthout.org/article/congress-slated-hand-bush-second-override-presidency

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The Irony of a Bush Farm Bill Veto
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/22/9124/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veto
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=farm+bill
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The Associated Press's Nedra Pickler and Beth Fouhy report: "The Democratic presidential race is all but over. Barring a cataclysmic change of events, Barack Obama will win enough pledged and superdelegates to capture the party's nomination. The only real issue is whether he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton leave the race with their futures - and their party - intact."

http://www.truthout.org/article/analysis-race-draws-end-time-legacies



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Beth+Fouhy

http://www.wormser-zeitung.de/rhein-main/objekt.php3?artikel_id=3290631



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

The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, will be in the Philippines to kick off its Quit Coal Ship Tour in Asia. In its visit to the country, the Rainbow Warrior intends to engage the public in the call for urgent climate change solutions, and will amplify the need for the Philippine government to take immediate and decisive action to combat climate change, the greatest threat facing our planet today.

http://www.email.greenpeace.org/hesjjyds_vmbczvf.html

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Proposed Coal Plant Pits Economy vs. Navajo Belief

Writing for Forbes, Felicia Fonseca and Paul Foy say, "In a corner of the Navajo Nation burdened by old and heavily polluting coal-fired power plants, it matters little to many tribal elders that another facility promises to be the most efficient and cleanest of all."

http://www.truthout.org/article/proposed-coal-plant-pits-economy-vs-navajo-belief



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=coal+plant
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Navajo

http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/bilderberg_resource_page.html



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

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7489/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

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FBI watched Guantanamo abuse - report

AN FBI agent watched Australian detainee Mamdouh Habib repeatedly vomit during a marathon interrogation session at Guantanamo Bay in 2004, according to a long-awaited US Justice Department report released today.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23735419-401,00.html



Report: U.S. Soldiers Did 'Dirty Work' for Chinese Interrogators

Alleges Guantanamo Personnel Softened Up Detainees at Request of Chinese Intelligence.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4894921&page=1



FBI staff silenced over torture

AS EVIDENCE of prisoner mistreatment at Guantanamo Bay began to mount in 2002, FBI agents at the base created a "war crimes file" to document accusations against American military personnel, but were eventually ordered to close the file down, a Justice Department report has disclosed.

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This last week, the House failed to approve yet another 163 billion dollars in war profiteering, as pushed by Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, but ONLY because so many of you spoke out, that and because 132 Republican perversely voted "Present". Now the battle shifts to the Senate, where we need your voice to prevail there as well.

Stop It In The Senate Action Page: http://www.shirley2008.com/petitions/pnum840.php

And Shirley Golub, who is challenging Nancy Pelosi for the Democratic party primary nomination on June 3, needs your help to run the biggest display ad she can in the San Francisco chronicle before then, to define the real choice we have. Please read the definitive statement below and consider making a contribution to make this possible.

S.F. Chronicle Ad Contributions: http://www.shirley2008.php/stop_the_funding.php

Text of Proposed S.F. Chronicle Ad:

We Have A Choice

Nearly every day in the Congress of the United States, those we have designated as our representatives cast votes on the policies that will control our lives in matters great and small. And it is our right, indeed it is our duty, that when those representatives persistently disregard the will of their constituents, that we cast our votes on election day for someone else who would represent us more faithfully.

When our founders created this grand experiment in self-government, enshrined in our Constitution, they did not do so in the name of we the media barons, or we the campaign consultants, or we the giant corporations. This nation was founded for the good of "We The People", and perhaps we should all take pause, to appreciate the truly awesome responsibility with which that endows each of us.

It is not always the case that those who have failed us will even have a challenger, who will step forward to present a positive alternative. Too many times, we people have been beaten into submission, by those who tell us that our voices don't count and will not be heard. Too many times we have allowed those who have not acted in our best interests to escape accountability. But when we do have a choice, a real choice, there is no more urgent task than to cast our votes in favor of that choice.

I am Shirley Golub, and I am challenging Nancy Pelosi for the Democratic party primary nomination on June 3rd. If more people vote for me on that day, I will become the congressional nominee representing the 8th Congressional District for the Democratic party. If not, Nancy Pelosi will be that nominee. But one way or another, YOU, the citizens of my district, have the absolute power to determine the result, by coming out to vote on election day, and by voting your conscience.

This very week, Nancy Pelosi again defied us as the Speaker of the House, to push a war occupation funding bill opposed by the majority of her own party. This bill would never have even come to vote in the House of Representatives, but for her obstinate determination to disregard the will of her people. And, in the grandest act of hypocrisy of all, when put to vote, she herself voted against the very bill she was trying to force on the rest of us.

If this bill were to pass and be signed into law, we would be surrendering our brave men and women in our armed forces to yet another year of senseless mortal danger in Iraq, with no prospects for actual strategic success, with no hope of making America any safer in the world. This is exactly what we the constituents of the
8th Congressional district do NOT want.

So what is this charade where Nancy Pelosi votes against her own bill, as if she had no choice in the matter of bringing it up in the first place? Well, WE do have a choice. And if we accept our responsibility of exercising that choice, we can change the dynamic in the Congress of the United States in a way that will affect every other district in the country. People all over the country will take note that the citizens of San Francisco have finally had it.

Great social movements in our country's history have been founded in the struggle to win the right to vote. The civil rights movement, the women's suffragette movement, were for the every soul of our nation. Even today the struggle goes on, with reactionary elements in some states pushing to curtail the right to vote with various voter ID schemes, poll restrictions, and other devices, some already rubber stamped by an undeniably right wing Supreme Court.

But for the moment, we of the 8th Congressional District of CA retain our unrestricted right to do as we always have, to take a couple of minutes on election day, to make our voices heard, in the most clear possible way, to turn thumbs up or thumbs down on the current incumbent.

And that is why I am asking you, if you are as unhappy about the war funding put forward by the Speaker that we have endured for going on the last two years, that you must come out and support me in that very simple and fundamental way. I would not have entered this race unless I believed that I would be the faithful representative that Nancy Pelosi most decidedly is not.

I am asking you to believe that you CAN make a difference, and to believe that change is possible, long enough for that change to actually happen.

Thank you for your kind attention, and I will see you at the polls on election day.

Paid for by Shirley Golub for Congress

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.

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