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The Pipeline to Nowhere : Lipstick on a Pork Barrel
Gov. Palin andFederal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, Drue Pearce at AGIA signing ceremony last year.‘The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away and the pipeline will … Continue reading
Thomas Cleaver : The Republicans and Socialism for the Rich
Mr. Burns, the one secretly in charge: ‘Excellent!”Who says the Republicans don’t believe in socialism?By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / September 17, 2008 …Or at least socialism for the rich, when their incompetence threatens to kill them all. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Economic Collapse, Economy, Finance, Republican Party
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Roger Baker : This Ain’t Your Father’s ‘Economic Crisis’
Great Depression: Sign of the times.‘This is not something like the Great Depression that can be corrected by a decade of hard times and even war’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2008 I think that now … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Economic Collapse, Economic Recovery, Economy, Great Depression
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Landmark Ruling : Cell Phone Location Protected by Fourth Amendment
Boston artist Nick Rodrigues’ Personal Cell Phone Booth won’t protect him from triangulation or global positioning.Chalk up one small victory for privacyBy William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2008 A powerful and easily-implemented feature of cell … Continue reading
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Tagged Cell Phones, Civil Liberties, Federal Courts, Fourth Amendment, Privacy
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Larry Piltz: John McCain Rhymes with Pain
We are overjoyed to present, once again, with feeling and, more important, with sound and graphics, Larry Piltz’s poetic ode to the Republican Presidential candidate, John McCain Rhymes with Pain. We hope you enjoy this astounding tribute to what we … Continue reading
Gerry Storm on Obama and McCain’s Sun Signs; Alaskan Rednecks; and the Finer Points of Slaughtering a Moose
Getting your moose cooked in Alaska…‘It is hard to maintain a red neck in Alaskasince there is no sun in winter’ By Gerry Storm / The Rag Blog / September 12, 2008 Obama is a Leo, thus during the time … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Campaign Tactics, Environment, McCain, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin
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Towers of Light : 9/11 / 2008
Photos by Jenny Ross / Fourthway Photography / The Rag Blog. Since the first anniversary of 9/11, the “towers of light” have marked the occasion, beaming skyward from the actual footprints where the World Trade towers stood. Almost unheralded among … Continue reading
Remembering This Day Only with a Smile for Bella
On a day when most people will be watching heart-wrenching MEMORIALS, I chose this……..By Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2008 Today my great grand-daughter turns 1; that is the ‘good memory’ Bella has brought to this … Continue reading
Wal-Mart and the Loss of U.S. Jobs
‘Report shows Wal-Mart has played a major role in creating a record trade deficit with China’By S.M. Willhelm / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2008 Wal-Mart claims it creates jobs across America, but a new report shows a much … Continue reading
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Tagged AFL-CIO, China, Economy, Labor, Labor Unions, Trade Deficit, Wal-Mart
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9/11 : The Politics of Fear, Religious Fanaticism and Checks & Balances
‘They’ve attacked us! Turn on your TV!!’By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2008 I remember seven years ago today like it was yesterday: the phone call at 0545 pulling me from sleep to hear a friend … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, al-Qaida, Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Religious Fanaticism, Terrorism, War on Terror
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ECONOMY : Size Matters When You’re Bailing Out!
1943 photo of Merchant Marines bailing out of a lifeboat.What good is money if you can’t spend it on stuff like oil, right?By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / September 10, 2008 Since Lehman Brothers investment bank (the type … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Economic Collapse, Economy, Federal Reserve, Finance
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Honoring the Dead : ‘Eyes Wide Open’
Photo of Eyes Wide Open on the Mall in Washington DC by AFSC.Boots on the ground in Austin this weekendBy Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / September 10, 2008 In February 2005, the display of combat boots and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Exhibitions, GI's, Iraq Veterans, Iraq War, Peace Movement, Texas, War Fatalities
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