Sunday picks

Written by: Gerry Lykins on Mar 14, 2010 9:46 AM EDT

Sunday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ March 14th, 2010

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Changing No Child Left Behind

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/changing_no_child_left_behind_20100313/

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Rewriting History Texas-Style

Texas’ Board of Education has approved a new social studies curriculum with a conservative seal of approval. After three days of debate the board voted to change the curriculum to explicitly present Republican philosophies and conservative leaders in a more positive light.

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/rewriting_history_texas-style_20100313/

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Obama's health care legacy hangs on 216 House votes

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/14/90331/obamas-health-care-legacy-hangs.html

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Pressure builds on 'Blue Dog' Democrats over health care vote

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/13/90306/pressure-builds-on-blue-dog-democrats.html

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Rep. Alan Grayson:
HR 4789 and The Public Option: The Way Forward

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/13-3

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Coalition of the Shilling

Nathan Hodge : Journalists & Journalism

Nonpartisan think tanks are supporting journalism--but who's supporting the think tanks?

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100329/hodge

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The Video That Will Put Geithner Behind Bars

By Mike Whitney / The Smirking Chimp

http://www.alternet.org/economy/146026/the_video_that_will_put_geithner_behind_bars_

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Small firms would hire you, if only they could get loans

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/12/90309/too-small-to-succeed-firms-still.html

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Keith Olbermann's Father Dies

Keith Olbermann reports on his blog:

"Theodore C. Olbermann, 1929-2010

http://www.truthout.org/keith-olbermanns-father-dies57656

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**************Closer to ‘home’ items…(Ohio/Indiana/Kentucky area)

Just a few moments is all it would take you to do some rapid responding today!

Your progressive comment or ‘recommendation’ is needed!  Please check out your local paper’s website for an item or two that motivates you…

Here at the Enquirer…the following offer some possibilities..

http://news.cincinnati.com/opinion

===========or, perhaps there’s something on the ‘news’ page?

Politics & Government

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS

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Thanks to atia (DFC) for this..

If you know you can be there, there’s a form they’d like you to fill-out…click on the link

"Pass the Bill!" -- Rally on Fountain Square

This week will be HUGE for passing health insurance reform -- and we must make sure our Members of Congress and our neighbors know how much Cincinnati wants health insurance reform to happen RIGHT NOW!
So OFA and its partners at HCAN and in labor will be holding rallies on Fountain Square both Monday and Tuesday to demonstrate our support for health insurance reform.
JOIN US!
What: Rally on Fountain Square in support of health insurance reform, Representative    Driehaus, President Obama and Vice-President Biden!
When: Monday, March 15 and Tuesday, March 16 11am -- 1pm, both days.
Where: Fountain Square -- corner of 5th and Vine Streets downtown
                Bring hand-made signs in support of health reform, Driehaus, and the Vice-President and          President!
Let's show our Members of Congress and our neighbors how much Cincinnati wants health insurance reform to happen RIGHT NOW!

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dExfRFljeUtHZ2hSNXlnUjRVcDE2d0E6MA

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========================Kentucky

KY-04: John Waltz Gaining Well Deserved Momentum

by RDemocrat

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/13/846020/-KY-04:-John-Waltz-Gaining-Well-Deserved-Momentum

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http://johnwaltzforcongress.com/

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Antiwar Activists Plan Nationwide Protests to Mark Seventh Anniversary of Iraq Invasion

by: Mary Susan Littlepage, t r u t h o u t | Report

http://www.truthout.org/antiwar-activists-plan-nationwide-protests-mark-seventh-anniversary-iraq-invasion57613

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The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality

By FRANK RICH

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14rich.html?hp

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What Torture Is and Why It's Illegal and Not "Poor Judgment"

by: Andy Worthington, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis

http://www.truthout.org/

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from and about ‘over there’

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Obama and Medvedev Talk About Arms Treaty

By PETER BAKER

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/world/europe/14start.html

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Getting a Read on the Middle East

By Robert Fisk —

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/getting_a_read_on_the_middle_east_20100312/

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35 Killed, 56 Wounded in Qandahar Bombings

http://www.juancole.com/

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Israel Seals off West Bank

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/13-0

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War on the Horizon in Latin America

By Eva Golinger

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24978.htm

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Peace and Solidarity

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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

- Mark Twain, humorist and author (1835 - 1910)

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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Attributed to George Orwell

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