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Collapsing Bridges, Sinking Levees. It’s (Past) Time to Invest

By Eric Lotke
July 31st, 2008

Our nation’s infrastructure is dying of old age and neglect. The solution is obvious: Repair and rebuild. We can't allow conservatives to have us running scared from this issue. more »

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Judge Rejects Bush's View on Wiretaps

From nytimes.com
July 5th, 2008
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nytimes.com — Washington - A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the "exclusive" means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government's claim that the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief trumped that law.

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What's Up with The Democratic Congress

By Jack A. Smith
From globalresearch.ca
July 1st, 2008
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globalresearch.ca — During the month of June the Democratic-controlled Congress in the U.S. voted to fund the Iraq war deep into next year, to support a compromise version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that endangers civil liberties, and, in effect, eliminated the possibility of impeaching President George W. Bush.

Why are progressives and the left not particularly surprised? Because it is consistent with the timidity, compromise, and opportunism that has come to characterize many of the actions and inactions of the Democratic Congress since it took power in January 2007. This is especially the case regarding the question of ending the Iraq War, the raison d'etre for its victory in the elections of November 2006.

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US May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in "National Emergency"

From alternet.org
May 23rd, 2008
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alternet.org — During a national emergency, an illegal surveillance program may classify up to 8 million Americans as "enemies of the state."

”There exists a database of Americans, who, often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated."

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Operation Bite: April 6 sneak attack by US forces against Iran planned

From onlinejournal.com
March 29th, 2008
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onlinejournal.com — By Webster G. Tarpley
Online Journal Contributing Writer.

I wonder, is this Pandora's box?

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Mars=millions; clean, limitless energy=~25

By Gordon Johnson
February 23rd, 2008

US policy priorities should be reevaluated when traveling millions of miles to Mars is more important than a short trip 25 miles into earth's crust. Space travel is essentially accomplished and this particular trip is of direct consequence to a very small group of people, whereas proving that geothermal energy can be harvested anywhere on earth's surface would demonstrate a global solution to our energy problems and as side benefits show how to halt greenhouse gas emissions and to reverse global warming. more »

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