McClatchy Report: Are Americans Getting Truth on Iraq? - "President Bush and his aides, explaining their reasons for sending more American troops to Iraq, are offering an incomplete, oversimplified and possibly untrue version of events there that raises new questions about the accuracy of the administration's statements about Iraq."
Bush: 'Iraq should be grateful' - "US President George W Bush said Iraqi people should be grateful to the US for the 2003 invasion and the removal of Saddam Hussein." -- How many Iraqis would still be alive had the US not invaded Iraq? And you think they should be grateful?
Bomb blasts in Baghdad leave 89 dead - "Two minivans exploded near a Baghdad university as students were leaving after classes Tuesday, killing at least 65 people in one of several attacks on predominantly Shiite areas." -- Should their families be grateful, George?
Constitution Party of Oregon Calls on Congress to Repeal The Iraqi War Resolution - "In just two paragraphs, H.R. 413 repeals President Bush’s military usurpation of 2002, and calls for the orderly withdrawal of our troops from Iraq."
The Irrelevance of Military Victory - "In real estate, the three important considerations are location, location, location. In Iraq, the three conditions are occupation, occupation, occupation. Nothing can improve in Iraq until we understand that our occupation is the primary source of the chaos and killing. We are a foreign occupying force, strongly resented by the majority of Iraq's citizens."
U.S. officials say Taliban attacks surge - "Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday the United States must engage Pakistan in talks to curb an increasing flow of Taliban fighters across the border into southern and eastern Afghanistan. He did not rule out increasing U.S. forces in the country."
American Caligula / Roman Emperor Caligula: HIstorical Background - "Many have noted that Bush exhibits a strange fascination with death, and like Caligula, he seems to enjoy executing people."
Sen. Clinton: More forces needed in Afghanistan - "U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Monday that Afghanistan has made some progress, but the country is “tottering” and needs more troops to finish off Taliban and al-Qaida forces."
Fox Show "24": Torture on TV - "With at least one big torture scene in every episode and steadily increasing ratings, TV show "24" is more convincing than the White House at making the case for torture."
The Global Energy Race and Its Consequences (Part 1) - "Unlike Islamo-fascism, Energo-fascism will, in time, affect nearly every person on the planet. Either we will be compelled to participate in or finance foreign wars to secure vital supplies of energy, such as the current conflict in Iraq; or we will be at the mercy of those who control the energy spigot, like the customers of the Russian energy juggernaut Gazprom in Ukraine, Belarus, and Georgia; or sooner or later we may find ourselves under constant state surveillance, lest we consume more than our allotted share of fuel or engage in illicit energy transactions. This is not simply some future dystopian nightmare, but a potentially all-encompassing reality whose basic features, largely unnoticed, are developing today. "
US comptroller says US taxes would have to double to pay for Bush budget in 2040 - "The head of the GAO also warned that if no action is taken now to control government spending, severe tax hikes could be necessary. He stated that, "balancing the budget in 2040 could require actions as large as cutting total federal spending by 60 percent or raising federal taxes to 2 times today’s level."" -- The people that run this country have no comprehension of budgeting because not very many of them have had to budget their own finances in order to eat or pay rent.
Globalization Has Increased the Wealth Gap - "Globalization was meant to be the great equalizer. Goods would flow easily across borders. Standards of living in poor countries would be raised. Governments would become more stable. Instead it has brought citizen protests, greater economic disparities between first- and third-world nations, and a complex trade regime that may well benefit only the richest in richest countries. What went wrong?"
'Bible-based' marriage counseling under fire - "If successful, the suit could have a chilling effect on faith-based funding. At stake are more than $750 million in marriage-related education and research grants the federal government plans to spend over the next five years."
Adultery could mean life, court finds - "In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan's second-highest court says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to life in prison."
51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse - "For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results. ... Coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of all American households for the first time, the trend could ultimately shape social and workplace policies, including the ways government and employers distribute benefits. Several factors are driving the statistical shift. At one end of the age spectrum, women are marrying later or living with unmarried partners more often and for longer periods. At the other end, women are living longer as widows and, after a divorce, are more likely than men to delay remarriage, sometimes delighting in their newfound freedom."
Medicare for All: The Only Sound Solution to Our Healthcare Crisis - "Our $2 trillion healthcare industry is not only unhealthy, it is unsustainable. Why universal Medicare is the way to get universal healthcare without collapsing the system."
Dinosaurs, humans coexist in U.S. creation museum - "The $27 million project, which also includes a planetarium, a special-effects theater, nature trails and a small lake, is privately funded by people who believe the Bible's first book, Genesis, is literally true."
Skull shows possible human/Neanderthal breeding - "A 40,000-year-old skull found in a Romanian cave shows traits of both modern humans and Neanderthals and might prove the two interbred, researchers reported on Monday."
Smoking foes bring the fight to apartment buildings - "A year after a statewide smoking ban took effect at workplaces, restaurants, bars and other public places, a new battlefield over secondhand smoke is emerging: apartment buildings. Spurred on by nonsmoking tenants and public-health leaders, more private landlords are considering restricting smoking inside their rental units. And local public-housing agencies are also looking at banning smoking in the units of some buildings."
Big Companies Turning To In-house Health Clinics - "Frustrated by runaway health costs, America's largest employers are moving rapidly to open more primary-care medical centers in their offices and factories as a way to offer convenient service and free or low-cost health care."
New phones feature touch panel, smell - "Japan's top wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. unveiled on Tuesday a mobile phone featuring a touch-sensitive screen, like the popular Nintendo DS portable game console, and another model that gives off a relaxing scent."
Quote of the Day
"Somewhere between the public feeding of Christians to lions at the end of Roman civilization, and the post-apocalyptic death matches of Mad Max in the Thunderdome, there is Fox Television."
~ Eileen Ciesla
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