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Women’s Opinion Poll

Women’s Opinion Poll

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Do you feel that women participate equally in the responsibilities and rewards of all aspects of the nation’s governance, economic activity, social and cultural institutions and family? Share your opinion (and see what others think) by taking the short poll from Care2.com and Legal Momentum! And yes, it’s most likely intended to introduce you to the sponsoring organization. Legal Momentum is the nation’s oldest organization of legal advocates for women. They work on legal issues such as freedom from violence…

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AlterNet’s Ten Most Popular Stories of 2006

AlterNet’s Ten Most Popular Stories of 2006

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Here’s an interesting list from AlterNet – their ten most popular stories of the year. ALterNet is a great resource, although a couple of the stories surprised me. They also have the top ten most discussed (which leans hard on 9/11), the top ten Iraq myths, the top ten outrageous right-wing comments of 2006, the top ten most popular book reviews, the top ten sex and relationship stories, and my personal favorite – a meta-list of the top ten top-ten…

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Ducking Congressional Oversight – Again

Ducking Congressional Oversight – Again

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Republican Pete Hoekstra, Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has criticized Bush for hiding more surveillance programs from Congressional oversight. The NY Times has published his criticism of Bush on this matter. On Fox News Sunday, Hoekstra said that a whistleblower came to him with several more spying operations that were in danger of being abused without oversight. Wait… several more?? Hoekstra: …this is actually a case where the whistleblower process was working appropriately. Some people within the intelligence community…

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What greater mockery of the flag?

What greater mockery of the flag?

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In the previous post, I made mention of the language of the sacred. If the government decrees that the flag is sacred, does that violate the separation of church and state? As may be, it’s actually going to come to a vote in the Senate. We may only be able to sit and watch our government amend the First Amendment to restrict political freedom of expression. So this seems to be the overall plan – get as much power away…

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Roosevelt 100 Years Ago

Roosevelt 100 Years Ago

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In April 100 years ago: “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.” –Teddy Roosevelt. (April 19th, actually – I’m a few days late with this.) Looks like the “invisible government” he was referring to has surged forward and become a lot more…

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USA’s National Debt

USA’s National Debt

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Interesting to see it from another point of view: this one from the front page of the leading Russian paper (and website) Pravda. The USA’s National Debt Clock can’t keep up with Bush’s spending – Pravda.Ru Front page / World / Americas 30.03.2006 The USA’s national debt is increasing by $2.43 billion everyday. People expect the state debt to top the ten trillion dollar mark in the next few years. A special huge electronic display in New York which shows…

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