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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Central Texas Roads : Not Enough Money or (Soon) Water
This graphic from the Austin American-Statesman presents an optimistic funding projection.Road Planners face huge budget shortfalls, try to ignore looming water shortages By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2009 Consider the emerging factors affecting most transportation … Continue reading
Just What We Needed: A New Cluster Bomb
What cynicism – “clean battlefield operation.” There is no reality left in those in the power of the military-industrial complex. I believe even Dwight Eisenhower, as reactionary as he was, would be astounded at the thinking and the behavior of … Continue reading
Engelhardt: For America, War Is Peace
Graphic: Source.Is America Hooked on War?By Tom Engelhardt / September 17, 2009 “War is peace” was one of the memorable slogans on the facade of the Ministry of Truth, Minitrue in “Newspeak,” the language invented by George Orwell in 1948 … Continue reading
Climate Change Legislation : Too Hot to Handle?
Congress and climate change: enough to blow your stack.Obama, Congress and climate change legislation Most environmental groups and leaders supported the House effort… but were quite critical of the Obama Administration’s many concessions to greenhouse gas-producing industries that are responsible … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Congress, Environment, Environmental Regulation, Global Warming, Obama Legislation, pollution
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The Shoe: ‘Out of Loyalty to Every Drop of Innocent Blood That Has Been Shed’
Why I threw the shoe I am no hero. I just acted as an Iraqi who witnessed the pain and bloodshed of too many innocents By Muntazer al-Zaidi / September 17, 2009 I am free. But my country is still … Continue reading
Many Ways Industrial Agriculture Is Making Us Sick
Runoff of waste from farm animals is said to be a source of pollutants in drinking water. Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times.Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls WellsBy Charles Duhigg / September 17, 2009 MORRISON, Wis. — All … Continue reading
Charlie Loving: The View
Click to Enlarge Cartoon by Max Stamp & Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
World Hunger Spiralling Out of Control Because of Capitalist Profit System
Copyright: WFP/Rein Skullerud.UN reports 1 billion of the world’s people going hungryBy Jerry White / September 18, 2009 For the first time in history, more than one billion people, or nearly one in every 6 inhabitants of the planet, are … Continue reading
Charles Dean Hood : Fairness Irrelevant in Texas?
Charles Dean Hood: No new trial. Photo by Brian Birzer.Prosecutor and judge were having affair…New trial denied to death row defendant By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2009 Yesterday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied … Continue reading
Health Care Reform, Racism and Memories of Nuremberg
Jimmy Carter says racism is at core of Obama opposition. Photo by David Mercado /Reuters. One would hope, now that President Carter has cleared the air, that Obama will set aside his effort to please those who cannot be pleased, … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Jimmy Carter, Nazi Germany, Racism, Right Wing Extremists
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The Tea Party Parade: Shouting at Phantoms
Mark Williams speaking during a Tea Party Express rally at the Cape Buffalo Grille in Dallas, Texas, on Sept, 4, before heading to Washington, D.C. Photo: Matt Nager.Working Class ZeroBy Timothy Egan / September 16, 2009 The first nine years … Continue reading
