Saturday 19 May News Articles and Observations

I have been experiencing regular internet service outages where I am staying, so I am having to go into town and make avail of wireless hot spots such as at restaurants and coffee shops. Here are some news articles for today that captured my attention and some brief reactions to them by me.


A. Bush Junta Establishes Protocol and Procedure For Grabbing Absolute Power

This alarming information about this Executive Branch Directive was completely ignored by all media. I am deeply concerned about the language in this directive and the large amount of ambiguity and vagueness in its contents and how that may result in it being initiated for reasons that most would could consider and believe to be inadequate or largely minor.


http://progressive.org/mag_wx051807


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B. Capitulation and Cowardice by Democratic Legislators in Congress


It is foolish and out-of- touch actions by Democrats in Congress that anger, infuriate, and alienate citizens including me. Out of control trade agreements that blatantly and obviously tilt the field to foriegn countries at the expense of American wages, jobs, taxes for local government, and contribute to mass social problems on the family, neighborhood, community, and societal levels are destroying the middle class and communities in this nation. A third party campaign that is aware of this and carefully and strongly gets this message out could go a long way in '08.


http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20070604&s=editors


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C. The Right Wing Republican Destruction and De-Construction of Americas


Hopefully this 27 year trend is starting to draw near a close but what awaits beyond '08 is still to be determined and will include elements that will be distasteful and force compromise in some ways.


http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-radical-gop-divided-and-conquered.html


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D. GOP Split over Heinous Immigration Bill Now in Congress

My opinions strongly opposing this legislation have already been made known, and its somewhat comforting to see a few Republicans that can see the light, wake up, and smell the coffee.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051801970.html?hpid=topnews


http://www.casperstartribune.com/articles/2007/05/19/news/wyoming/e7c108d8f031f51e872572e000013ff8.txt


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E. A Growing Uneasiness and Reaction to Monopolistic Corporate Dominance of Media


This is yet another place where corporate greed, arrogance, and immorality has caused great and, in some cases, irreversible harm to the American citizenry.


http://www.thestar.com/article/215266


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F. Unfairness in Recent Postal Rate Hikes

I want to see these unfair hikes which stifle democracy, exchange of ideas, free thought, and journalistic competition and enterprise immediately re-evaluated with fairness put into place and removal of blatant bias and favoritism towards big corporate media.


http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/19/1320/


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G. Atlantic Treasure Find Announced


Good for these explorers for hitting the jackpot. I know these efforts are very time consuming, risky, dangerous, and require enormous investments in specialized equipment and training.


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0519Treasure-Split0519.html


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H. Snake River Headwaters Protection Bill


Having had the privilege and delight to see some of this country some years back, I am very happy to see this legislation moving forward in Congress. It is long overdue, and I hope to see more of this kind of conservation legislation introduced and signed into law in the coming years particularly in regard to river basins in the West that are under siege from growing urban corridors that are not pushing conservation and water thrift enough.


http://www.trib.com/articles/2007/05/16/news/top_story/55e4c6552b616cc1872572dc00827e08.txt


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I. As of Saturday, May 19: Only 611 days left of the Incompetent Corrupt Junta !


Unless they impliment the Executive Directive that I pointed out in my initial item in this post...


http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17240097.htm


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J. Recommended Site to Bookmark


http://www.freepress.org/index2.php


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