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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Media : Regime |
STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE SHUTS COURTHOUSE DOORS |
by Secrecy News (No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0 22 May 2006
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Terrorists can kill people and destroy property. But they cannot
undermine the rule of law, or deny injured parties access to the
courts. Only the U.S. government can do that. |
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Announcement :: Economy : Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : Political-Economy |
The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer |
by Center for Economic and Policy Research (No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0 22 May 2006
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In his new book, "The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer," well-known economist Dean Baker debunks the myth that conservatives favor the market over government intervention. The book examines a variety of "nanny state" policies that make the rich richer while leaving most Americans worse off. |
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News :: Right Wing |
SEC,Schwab,Chris Cox,Hillary Clinton & Barbara Boxer Aid CIA'S In-Q-Tel penny stock fraud |
by Tony Ryals endoscam (nospam) lycos.com (verified) |
Current rating: 0 22 May 2006
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Before beginning any criticism of Barbara Boxer for anything whatsoever it would be unfair to not to praise her for her stance against the Bush Regime's Iraq war from the very beginning.Below is a list of the sad minority of Senators who had the courage or common sense not to place that decision in the hands of the mad man some call 'president', George W Bush.Of course the far right hypocrite Hillary Clinton is another story.She who cries of a 'far right conpiracy' against her and hubby Bill Clinton,is one. |
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2006: The Year the Progressive Movement Became a Movement |
by David Sirota (No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0 22 May 2006
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Our movement is sturdy. It flourishes without approval of the powers that be - which is why it is so frightening to the Establishment. Ours is a movement that has seized the year 2006, and finally declared that it is time to put core conviction ahead partisanship, and time to ignore the insulated, arrogant know-it-alls who populate the cushy confines of Washington's think tanks, Capitol Hill offices and pundit circles - the know-it-alls who either have never worked on winning campaigns or who have consistently worked on losing campaigns yet spout off as if they were campaign gurus; the know-it-alls who pocket corporate cash and then tell Democrats to bow down to the corporate forces that are waging a war on our country's middle class; the know-it-alls who told Democrats to embrace the Iraq War, because neither they nor their families have to personally bear the blood-and-guts consequences of the policies they advocate; the know-it-alls who, in short, are trying to sell out America. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Elections & Legislation : Political-Economy : Prisons : Regime |
1 in 136 U.S. Residents Behind Bars |
by AP (No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0 22 May 2006
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Of particular note was the gain of 33,539 inmates in jails, the largest increase since 1997, researcher Allen J. Beck said. That was a 4.7 percent growth rate, compared with a 1.6 percent increase in people held in state and federal prisons.
The report by the Justice Department agency found that 62 percent of people in jails have not been convicted, meaning many of them are awaiting trial. |
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Announcement :: Labor |
Free Books on the Internet |
by marc mbatko (nospam) lycos.com (verified) |
Current rating: 0 21 May 2006
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hese two e-books could reinvigorate public discourse in a dry weary land resigned to its contradictions. Tabood subjects like infra-structure investment, inequality, distribution, wasteful consumption and militarism are discussed. |
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