Saturday's article scan from Gerry

Written by: Gerry L on Sep 6, 2008 8:58 AM EDT

'morning, all....

Saturday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ September 6th,  2008

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 Running From Reality

By Bob Herbert

If there was one pre-eminent characteristic of the Republican convention this week, it was the quality of deception. Words completely lost their meaning. Reality was turned upside down.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/opinion/06herbert.html?hp

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As Vets Take to the Streets to Protest the War, McCain Snubs IVAW at the RNC

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/97812/

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Here's the story about Palin's book-banning try as mayor

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/104/story/51821.html

 

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Palin's Pastor: God Will Damn America

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/355545

 

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This has been ‘going around’…I 1^st got it from Elizabeth in Grand Rapids…

Thanks, Elizabeth… But, here it is, in case you’ve not had a chance to read it!

That Letter About Sarah Palin from Anne Kilkenny

~~~Fear of retribution has kept all of these people from saying anything
publicly about her.~~~~

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/a-letter-about-sarah-palin-from-anne-kilkenny/

 

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Palin: the real scandal

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She wants to start drilling. She wants to block US moves to list the polar bear as an endangered species. And she has allowed big game hunters to shoot Alaska's bears and wolves from low-flying planes.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/palin-the-real-scandal-920803.html

 

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From People for The American Way

Sign the Petition: Sarah Palin Doesn't Speak For Me!

a.. Denying a rape victim the right to choose abortion: That's not
the American Way
b.. Prohibiting partner benefits for same-sex couples: That's not the
American Way
c.. The teaching of religious creationism in public school science
classes: That's not the American Way
d.. The banning of books from public libraries: That's not the
American Way
e.. Opposing hate crimes laws that protect gays and lesbians: That's
not the American Way
http://site.pfaw.org/Palin _

https://secure.pfaw.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=action_palin

 

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Palin: Wrong Woman, Wrong Message

by: Gloria Steinem, The Los Angeles Times

Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger.

http://www.truthout.org/article/palin-wrong-woman-wrong-message

 

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How the Republicans Solved Sarah Palin's Jewish Problem

A Lesson Before Lying

By IRA GLUNTS

http://www.counterpunch.org/glunts09052008.html

 

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Bill Boyarsky on the Campaign Trail

A Star Wasn’t Born

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080905_a_star_wasnt_born/

 

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McCain-Palin: 'Phonies Squared'
The John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket is hailed as "Maverick Squared," but a closer look at their records suggests a more accurate nickname might be "Phonies Squared," writes Robert Parry.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/090508.html

 

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Why We're Planning to Prosecute Cheney and Bush

By David Swanson

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/35843

 

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Frightened, ignorant and distracted--that's how the media want us to act

by Greg Felton

==CanWest, FauxNews, et al. are destroying healthy journalism by forcing us to consume politically modified (PM) news just as Monsanto and other toxic companies are destroying agriculture with genetically modified (GM) crops.===

News, like food, is something we consume every day, and what holds for the belly holds for the mind—“we are what we eat.” This analogy got me to thinking about the documentary Supersize Me! , in which filmmaker Morgan Spurlock ate McDonald’s fast food three times a day for a month. The heavily salted, high-fat diet affected his mental health and damaged his liver. He had to spend at least two months detoxifying.

http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/54376

 

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police actions during the RNC in the Twins Cities was flagrantly and blatantly ‘anti-American’…and an open display of abuses of the most basic notions of human justice…

RNC Media Intimidation Condemned

by Jeffrey Allen

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/05-2

 

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BOOK REVIEW
The ashes of American morality
The Dark Side by Jane Mayer
Reviewed by Alexander Casella
Has the George W Bush administration's "war on terror" been turned into a war on America's ideals of justice and the respect of basic human rights? For author Jane Mayer the answer is an unqualified yes.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JI06Ak01.html

 

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RNC 8 Charged as Terrorists Under State Patriot Act
By Bruce Nestor

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20690.htm

 

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The Lone Assassins?

 By Rev. Richard Skaff

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20694.htm

 

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Do try to listen to this…very straight forward and powerful

You may have to tinker with the volume on this…

During the RNC Convention

http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/genx.php?name=home

 

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from and about ‘over there’ 

 

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Thousands stranded as floods cut off aid in Haiti

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/06/haiti.naturaldisasters

 

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White House hopeful blames U.S. for Caucasus war

In the United States, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader says last month’s armed conflict over South Ossetia was provoked by Republican John McCain and his colleagues in Washington.

http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/30004

 

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Russia: Kremlin wins war but faces new battle as investors scramble for exit

$19bn taken out of country since invasion of Georgia began on August 8

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/06/russia.globaleconomy

 

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Kremlin-watchers warn of direct U.S.-Russia clash

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/117/story/51913.html

 

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EU wants truth about war in South Ossetia

Foreign ministers of the European Union have called for an independent investigation to establish who was to blame for the war in South Ossetia. They also plan to discuss the EU mission in the region as 700 observers prepare to go there.

http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/29988

 

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Bhutto's widower wins presidency

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has won Pakistan's presidential election, election officials say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7600917.stm

 

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Losing their hearts and minds…but fanning a war on terrorism

Caught in the Cross-Fire

Civilians in Afghanistan are paying a deadly price in the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda. America is fast losing the battle for hearts and minds, and unless the Pentagon comes up with a better strategy, the United States and its allies may well lose the war.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/opinion/06sat1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

 

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Iraq govt reacts sharply to US spying allegations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AlXOHCQlPYAPrlin7ZYM8bSs0NUE

 

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

Assassination Attempt on Chalabi;
Baghdad Outraged at Bush Spying on Maliki;
Iraq Seeks F-16s

http://www.juancole.com/

 

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 Peace and Solidarity

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