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Yearly Archives: 2008
Chasing The Clean Coal Dragon : A DNC Lobby Adventure
‘Clean coal’ is in an experimental stage and at best hypotheticalAugust 26, 2008 DENVER — Greetings from from the Mile High City! It’s a beautiful day here in Denver. The DNC is in full swing, and excitement is in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Coal, Democratic Convention, Denver, Energy, Lobbyists
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Nothing Fair About the Trade Deals Made with Chequebooks and Lawyers
Rich countries once used gunboats to seize food. Now they use trade dealsBy George Monbiot / August 26, 2008 The world’s hungriest are the losers as an old colonialism returns to govern relations between wealthy and poor nations In his … Continue reading
Medea Benjamin: "Both Parties Have Kept Us Down This Militaristic Path and Neglected Our Basic Needs"
In this Oct. 24, 2007 file photo, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, is confronted by Code Pink member Desiree Anita Ali-Fairooz, her hands painted red, as she arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)CodePink Faces … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
Eeewwwwhh, these guys look comfortable, eh??From a letter to the Editor in August 26, 2008 Boston Globe, If Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his running mate is ‘ceding the point that he doesn’t have the foreign policy experience … Continue reading
Those Who Manipulate The Machines Will Manipulate the Elections ‘In NM the ballot boxes are apparently moved about on a burro.’ By Gerry Storm / The Rag Blog / August 25, 2008 See “Warning on Voting Machines Reveals Oversight Failure” … Continue reading
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For the West, Mistake Has Become Second Nature
We tilt at windmills as world war loomsBy Simon Jenkins / August 24, 2008 Is the world drifting towards a new global war? From this week the dominant super-power, America, will for three months pass through the valley of the … Continue reading
And There Is No Government Shame for This
Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years LaterBy Bill Quigley / August 25, 2008 0. Number of renters in Louisiana who have received financial assistance from the $10 billion federal post-Katrina rebuilding program Road Home Community Development Block Grant — … Continue reading
Resistance to War: It Is One Struggle
Robin LongWar Resister Robin Long Sentenced to 15 Months in PrisonBy Sarah Lazare / August 25, 2008. Robin Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada into U.S. military custody last month, was sentenced today to 15 months of confinement … Continue reading
What Are We So Afraid Of?
Canadian border no longer invisible in VermontKeith B. Richburg / August 24, 2008 DERBY LINIE, Vt. — The changes started coming slowly to this small town where the U.S. border with Canada runs across sleepy streets, through houses and families, … Continue reading
Slow Food Nation : You Are What You Eat
The Slow Food Nation gathering promises to be a Woodstock for food lovers and enviros concerned with our food system.By Kerry Trueman / August 25 SAN FRANCISCO — A swarm of 40,000 to 50,000 locavores will descend on San Francisco … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuisine, Eco-Systems, Environment, Festivals, Gardening, Slow Food
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Cyndi Lauper on Obama’s Brand of Hope : One Size Fits All
‘We as a society, LGBT or straight, can show that civil rights are important and discrimination is wrong across the board through our vote.’By Cyndi Lauper / August 24, 2008 As I toured all over the country this summer with … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights, Diversity, Gay, Gay Rights, Musicians, Obama, Rock 'n Roll
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