Saturday stops

Written by: Gerry Lykins on Mar 20, 2010 9:23 AM EDT

Saturday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ March 20th, 2010

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A Ruinous Meltdown

By BOB HERBERT

A story that is not getting nearly enough attention is the ruinous fiscal meltdown occurring in state after state, all across the country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/opinion/20herbert.html

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Trying to track the countdown for the Sunday vote on ‘HCR’???

Talking points memo…does a pretty good job…

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

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Gabrial Thompson:
Immigrants to Obama: It's Time

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/19-9

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Protesters Prepare for Saturday's Antiwar Demonstrations

by Michael E. Ruane

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/19-7

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Ann Wright:
Don’t Stand By as the Wars 'Drone' On

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/19-3

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Time for Rebirth: The US Antiwar Movement is Grieving, Dreaming, Growing

by Clare Bayard & Sarah Lazare

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/19-2

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From American Friends Service Committee

This weekend marks seven years since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

It is a moment of tremendous sorrow as we acknowledge the absolute terror that war has brought the people of Iraq.

AFSC is urging folks to take action between now and April 9. That date represents the capture of Baghdad and what many see as the beginning of the U.S. occupation.

Grassroots Oversight on Iraq: March 20 – April 9, 2010.

Suggested Activities:

• Visit your local House Representative.
• The House will be on recess March 29-April 9, they need to see your face, and hear your concerns about Iraq.

• We have suggestions on how to conduct these visits on our web site.
• Call your member of Congress to make sure that U.S. troops are being withdrawn. The date for all combat troops to be withdrawn is only 6 months away. There are talking points posted on CountdowntoWithdrawal.org, AFSC's site that monitors the troop withdawal.
• National Call-in Day of Action – Friday, April 9.  Stay tuned for details.

Thank you for helping us end the Iraq war,
Peter Lems and Mary Zerkel - For AFSC's Wage Peace Campaign team

PS. If you missed our last phone briefing,

you can hear Raed Jarrar’s analysis of the Iraqi elections online.

http://support.afsc.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=10061.0&dlv_id=12981

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Oppose Graham's Gitmo Sell-Out!

it’s time for the Senate to stand up and tell Sen. Graham and President Obama “No deal!” Any plan that continues the unconstitutional policies associated with the prison at Guantanamo Bay isn’t a deal worth brokering. Our criminal courts work and should be supported. Gitmo detainees should be either formally charged or released.

http://newsecurityaction.org/page/speakout/sellout/

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Acorn on Brink of Bankruptcy, Officials Say

By IAN URBINA

The community organizing group has been battered politically from the right and has suffered from mismanagement and a loss of money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/us/politics/20acorn.html?hp

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Jefferson Is History In Texas

If America's lucky, what happens in Texas will stay in Texas -- at least when it comes to education standards. It would even better if the right wing's destructive manipulation of the state's schools wasn't happening at all.

http://pr.thinkprogress.org/

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Killer of Malcolm X Is Granted Parole

By ANDY NEWMAN and JOHN ELIGON

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/nyregion/20parole.html

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

Please consider spending a little time finding something which could use some rapid responding today? Your progressive voice is needed!  Check out your local paper’s website for an item or two that motivates you…

Here at the Enquirer…the following misght 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 Maddi and Munsup for letting us know..sad news from and for the Dayton ‘peace community’

Subject: Fwd: Barbara Roberts Obituary...

Barbara B. Roberts
(February 16, 1951 - March 12, 2010)
Sign Guest Book

ROBERTS, Barbara B., 59, of Englewood, OH, passed from this earthly plain on Friday, March 12, 2010. She was born February 16, 1951 in Dayton, OH.

Barbara was active in her community and fought injustice locally as well as nationwide. She was an advocate of social change and successfully aided in initiating campaigns such as “Eyes Wide Open” that raised awareness of the War in Iraq. Barbara’s many friends and colleagues will forever miss her humor and frankness as a light in this world is forever dimmed. Barbara leaves to mourn her only daughter, Emilie; 2 granddaughters, Kayla and Alexis Roberts of Clayton, OH.

Cremation services have been entrusted to Baker-Hazel & Snider Funeral Home in Dayton, OH. A Memorial Service will be held to celebrate her life and love of nature on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 1 PM at Glen Helen Nature Reserve, 405 Corry Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387. Donations may be made in her name to AFSC to continue the ongoing struggle to rid the world of war and social injustice

http://www.legacy.com/Dayton/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=140823094&cxtype=feedbot

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Kilroy Announces Support of Health Care Reform Bill

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CXYs

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Hardball: Protester Who Heckled Sick Man Is Member Of Americans For Prosperity

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CXY8

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Silent Spring Has Sprung

by: Randall Amster, J.D., PhD, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

Seasons change, yet some things remain the same. Nearly half a century ago, Rachel Carson debuted the first serial installment of what would eventually become one of the landmark works of the 20th century, "Silent Spring." In that book, Carson famously argued that the pesticide DDT was responsible for negative impacts on the environment, animals and humans alike, despite disinformation spread by industry and government officials about its purported safety and utility in agribusiness

http://www.truthout.org/silent-spring-has-sprung57796

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from and about ‘over there’

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Boeing could face competition after all for Air Force tanker

By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers

The Defense Department said Friday it is considering extending the deadline for bids on a $35 billion contract to replace its mid-air refueling tankers. European leaders objected to the way the U.S. had handled the bids. A Russian government company reportedly is considering entering the competition. » read more

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/19/90746/boeing-could-face-competition.html

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Rupert Cornwell: Obama won't restrain Israel - he can't

His error has been not to think through the clout of America's pro-Israel lobby

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/rupert-cornwell/rupert-cornwell-obama-wont-restrain-israel--he-cant-1922958.html

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Josh Marshall of TPM recommends this..’DO READ’ says he…

Special Relationships

by David Remnick

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/03/29/100329taco_talk_remnick

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Gazans Wounded in Israeli Strike

At least 11 people have been injured in an Israeli air strike at an airport in southern Gaza, Palestinian medical officials and witnesses said.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/19-8

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Professor Cole today…

Obama Addresses Iran Again on Persian New Year;
Mousavi pledges to fight on;
Call for Release of Derakhshan, 'Blogfather'

http://www.juancole.com/

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Canada's Long Embrace of the Honduran Dictatorship

By TODD GORDON and JEFFERY R. WEBBER

http://www.counterpunch.org/gordon03192010.html

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US Bases in Colombia Rattle the Region

Benjamin Dangl:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/19-6

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The Anti-Venezuela Election Campaign

Mark Weisbrot:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/19-4

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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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