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Pangea Day May 10, 2008 New York, NY Pangea Day taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion while uniting millions of people to build a better future. In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, its easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that to help people see themselves in others through the power of film. Sites in Cairo, Dharamsala, Kigali, London, New York City, Ramallah, Rio de Janeiro, and Tel Aviv will be videoconferenced live to produce a 4-hour program of powerful films, visionary speakers, and uplifting music. The program will be broadcast live to the world through the Internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones. National Conference for Media Reform June 6-8, 2008 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Do the media cover whats really happening in your community? Getting the full story? Looking for more choices and alternatives? Will new media fulfill its promise? Is your voice being heard in Washington? The only way to fix the media is to organize and fight for change. People from all walks of life and across the political spectrum are joining the movement for media reform a rapidly growing effort to create a more diverse and democratic media system. Thousands will gather for this inspiring event to offer bold visions, new ideas and concrete solutions to building a better media system. Body of War  In theaters now. Lil' Bush 
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May 5, 2008 May 2, 2008 Barack Obama: Why He's Not Doing the Gas Tax Holiday ThingPain at the pump Hillary Clinton and John McCain are proposing a gas tax holiday that would suspend the 18.4-cent per gallon federal gasoline tax and the 24.4-cent tax on diesel fuel for the summer. It appears the McCain-Clinton idea is more an illusion to garner votes than a solution since such savings is minimal and the cuts to roads and construction jobs would be considerable. The real way to get relief at the pump, and the supermarket, is to put curbs on the oil companies, not further drain the federal treasury. Citizen advocacy groups charge that the oil giants deliberately limit refinery capacities, keeping supply artificially low and prices high. How about legislation to stop this? 
May 2, 2008 When $10.9 billion is just not enough You know we're living in strange and perverse times when ExxonMobil can post a $10.9 billion quarterly profit and still fall short of expectations. This past quarter marked the second most profitable quarter ever for the most profitable company in the history of the world -- a 17 percent increase in year-on profits. And like its competitors at BP and Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon managed to increase its profits despite no increase in production. (Funny what happens when the price of oil literally doubles.) Nevertheless, Wall Street was disappointed and the company's shares fell sharply in early trading yesterday. The same New York Times piece points out that Big Oil is now suffering from an "embarrassment of riches" that may prove politically inconvenient to say the least. Obama, Clinton, and some Senate Democrats have all called for a windfall profits tax, and the measure may be included in a sweeping new gas price/oil-related "energy bill" due to be introduced in the Senate any minute now. Don't count on gas tax cut lowering prices Sure, a gas-tax holiday seems like a good idea, at first. According to the presidential candidates touting it, it would yield cheaper gas, which in turn would produce less expensive packaging, food, etc. It's trickle down at its best ... until you drive over one of those super-sized potholes that jolts your car and rattles your teeth. That's because the idea proposed by presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton to ease the federal gas tax would strip the U.S. government of about $10 billion for roadway and transportation projects. And the plan doesn't even guarantee that lower taxes will lead to lower gas prices. Just the opposite might happen if the tax holiday spurs more demand for gas at a time when supply is already constricted. It's basic economics. But it gets muddled when mixed with politics. Agricultural corporations boast huge profits in midst of food crisis As inflation and shortages expose billions to hunger worldwide, agricultural giant Archer-Daniels-Midland Company revealed a 42 percent leap in quarterly profits. The announcement follows similarly skyrocketing earnings reports from half a dozen other agribusinesses and suppliers, as well as from major oil companies BP, Shell, and Exxon. 
May 2, 2008 MCCAIN: IRAQ WAR WAS FOR OIL? At the conclusion of a town hall held this morning outside in Denver, McCain decided to toss in a plug for his upcoming energy policy rollout. But in the midst of decrying the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil, McCain seemed to suggest that this reliance caused the current struggle in Iraq. "My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will -- that will then prevent us -- that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East, McCain said. 
May 2, 2008 April 28, 2008 Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club 4/28/08 -- Part 1Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club 4/28/08 -- Parts 2 thru 7 
April 28, 2008 Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VII, The Government Denies "Due Process of Law" Bush asserts that wartime and "inherent powers" give him all the legal authority he needs to conduct widespread domestic surveillance of US citizens at home or abroad. I maintain that a bona fide 'state of war' cannot be simply 'declared' by the executive. The Constitution has reserved that power to Congress and only Congress. Moreover, the so-called 'war on terror' of which Iraq is supposed to have been a part is a criminal fraud based upon a pack of malicious lies. No decree issuing upon a fraud is lawful. At last, even if the 'war on terror' had been legitimate or even declared by Congress, Bush's adventure against Iraq is not. Bush's position was best summed up recently and fallaciously by Newt Gingrich who stated that Bush found it necessary to rescind our 'rights' in order to defend them -- a phony baloney inherent contradiction on its face! New Bush "Justice" Dept. Letters Justify More Torture and Criminal Acts Last year, the Supreme court and congress issued orders restricting use of torture. Bush wrote some of his letters in response. You know. He writes signing statements that he thinks makes his violation of laws enacted by congress okay. He has morally depraved attorneys write opinions that he can do anything he wants with no consequences. And here, we have another example of the corrupt sycophants who have sold their souls to take a job working for and covering for the worst president in history. 
April 28, 2008 McCain swift-boats Obama The advertisement is interesting because it is the first attack created by Republicans that focuses on Obama. John McCain requested that the advertisement not air, saying it degrades our civics and distracts us from the very real differences we have with the Democrats. This is perhaps the most interesting development. I simply do not believe that if the Republican leadership wanted the North Carolina party to cease its activities, it would not be able to make it do so. The Republican National Committee (RNC) is famous for its ability to whip its membership into line and back whoever the establishment wants to back. Just take the McCain candidacy as an example. O'Reilly claimed "McCain has no power at all" in NC to stop state GOP from running ad attacking Obama Referring to a controversial ad by the North Carolina Republican Party attacking Sen. Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly said: "[T]he reality -- and we've researched this -- is that Senator McCain has no power at all in North Carolina, all right? ... And that's the truth." But several people identified as having leadership positions in the North Carolina Republican Party also have "official" roles in the McCain campaign. Additionally, neither McCain nor the Republican National Committee, which has also denounced the ad, has suggested that the North Carolina GOP will face any repercussions for its refusal to pull the ad. Why are media heavies hiring right's blowhards? Over the last seven years, the lunatic fringe in control of the Republican Party the people who believe in torture but don't believe in evolution has hijacked our democracy, aided and abetted by the news media. The heart of the problem is not the bias of Fox News or the blowhards on AM talk radio but mainstream media that have completely internalized how the right frames all political debate. The right-wing message has become a part of the news media's DNA. The fanatical right has put a modern media twist on Vladimir Lenin: "Self-loathing liberals will hand us the microphone with which we will bludgeon them." Why is it so quiet after the Moyers-Wright interview? There's so much to admire about Rev Wright, but first, the shame of the professional media, who hounded not only Wright, but members of his congregation, incluing a woman in a hospice, to try to uncover more dirt about Wright and thereby embarass Barack Obama. Watching Wright gave me pride in being an American, and shame at the same time, for coming from a country so willing to objectify and villify this person before checking out whether the characterization was accurate. Even the supposedly courageous and thorough NY Times calls his oratory "racist" in an editorial in today's paper. Based on what? I've watched the sermons that have been excerpted; if these are racist, then every other preacher in the US is racist too. Bill Moyers' Jeremiah Wright Interview - Part 1Bill Moyers' Jeremiah Wright Interview - Parts 2-7 Meanwhile, back at the Ranch... Racism of Raided FLDS Cult Ignored Three days after the raid of a polygamist compound in Eldorado, Texas, the media is still atwitter about the arrest and search warrants served at the YFZ (Yearning For Zion) ranch, which was occupied by 400 followers of Warren Jeffs, the incarcerated prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of the Latter Day Saints. But so far none of the dozens of stories and broadcast segments about Texas authorities taking 219 children and women from the YFZ compound into protective custody have even mentioned the fact that along with advocating child brides and plural marriage, FLDS doctrine is venomous with anti-black racism. Warren Jeffs -- polygamist prophet on the NEGRO RACERozita Swinton blew the Whistle on the Mormon FLDS El Dorado, Texas Cult Beyond the FLDS chapters breaking felony statutes regarding polygamy and child sexual abuse, they are also White Supremacists, and as their name suggests, wetting their pants to see everyone in the world eliminated by God, this afternoon if not sooner. In fact their is special stitching holding the women's frontier outfits together which are prayers for the end of the world. But back to the law, FLDS businesses with multi-million dollar defense contracts are using the women as unpaid slave labor. But they are Christians so its okay. Down here in Dumbutt, Texas there is no regulation or credidation of private schools or home schooling. The FLDS children are taught only to read, write and indoctrinated with so much fundamentalist religous crap they don't even know it's wrong for 60 year old mean to be having sex with mulitple 13 year olds. Enter Rozita Swinton who was arrested in Colorado Springs Wednesday for suspicion of fraud in pretending to be the 15 year old girl who made the call to the hotline that initiated the raid in El Dorado. So while the mothers who help, and the husbands who pork the little girls are all free while they whine, whimper, snivel and gain the sympathy of the people of Dumbutt, Texas, the woman who blew the whistle is in jail. April 24, 2008 Pelosi to House Republican Leader John Boehner: Join Us to Lower Gas Prices As you know, the New Direction Congress has passed several pieces of legislation to promote American energy independence, prevent the manipulation of oil prices, punish those who cheat consumers, and promote the development and use of renewable fuels. The No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act - H.R. 2264 This legislation enables the Department of Justice to take legal action against OPEC-controlled entities for participating in oil cartels that drive up oil prices globally and in the United States. The Energy Price Gouging Act H.R. 1252 This legislation will reduce the burden of rising gas prices on American families, providing immediate relief to consumers by giving the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the authority to investigate and punish those who artificially inflate the price of energy. Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 - H.R. 5351 With Exxon Mobil ranked as the most profitable company in 2007 today, it is unnecessary for taxpayers to subsidize Big Oil. This bill will end unnecessary subsidies to Big Oil companies and invest in clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Market Manipulation Provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 signed into law in December made it unlawful for any person to report false information on the wholesale price of gasoline or petroleum and required the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce and punish those found guilty of market manipulation.
April 24, 2008 US stores forced to ration rice The extraordinary move constitutes the first time food rationing has been introduced in the US. While Americans suffered some rationing during World War II for items such as petrol, light bulbs and stockings, they have never had to limit consumption of a key food item. Around the world, countries are restricting exports of rice and other grains as food prices rocket and nations move to ensure their own food security. Food prices have also been driven up by increased demand for corn - the grain that is fermented to produce ethanol, the biofuel. Similar jumps in the price of wheat, corn and soybeans have led to riots in Haiti, Senegal and Pakistan. Key rice producers have banned exports of rice to ensure their own people have access: India, China, Vietnam and Egypt have blocked exports and so demand for rice from countries such as the US has increased. "Mr. Shannon, the world's running out of commodities. Someday we'll go to war over rice." -- Endean from the 1980 movie "The Dogs Of War" "Miami Rice" and Haiti's tragic saga Forty years ago, Haiti was self-sufficient in rice. Now it imports most of its rice from the United States all of it heavily subsidized by the U.S. government. Many families, in desperation, risked death to cross 258 kilometres of ocean, often in rickety boats, to get to Miami, the port that gives American rice its Haitian nickname Miami Rice. From a country with a population of eight million, as many as two million Haitians now live in the U.S. In this tragic saga, though, it's not enough that the U.S. subsidizes rice production, making it half as expensive as Haitian rice used to cost. Now the Haitian government will subsidize American rice again, using meagre state funds to reduce the retail price by 16 per cent. It will also impose controls on the retail price. The price controls will inevitably reduce the supply. Haiti's rice crisis will almost certainly worsen. April 22, 2008 The Fabulous Life of John McCainJohn McCain is the 8th richest Senator and owns 9 houses worth over $13 million. He says our economic problems are "psychological" and that Americans should deal with recession by "working a second job" or "skipping a vacation." Wonder if John's been plain-talking this stuff to the folks in those poor neighborhoods he's been visiting lately. America's Best Senator
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REPUBLICAN NEWSThe Top 10 Conservative Idiots (No. 334)You may not know who Tony Zirkle is, but you're about to find out. Elsewhere, George W. Bush shakes his booty, John McCain demonstrates his leadership qualities, and John Ashcroft explains torture. more... Tony ZirkleOh Tony, you may be just a contender for a shot at the Republican nomination for U.S. Congressman in the 2nd District in Indiana, but last time you received 30% of the vote in the GOP primary. So some of your GOP brothers and sisters must support your rather extremist outreach program, such as speaking at a recent Nazi rally. True, it doesn't speak well for the GOP that Bob Jones University has become a pit stop for Republican presidential candidates, but saying one appeared at a Nazi rally was innocent because Zirkle just went because he was asked, well that's either stupidity or hypocrisy. We'll go with the hypocrisy. That's because Zirkle in the past has apparently advocated for separating blacks and whites in separate states. So it's not just that the Nazis asked him to appear; it's because they have a kindred repulsive philosophy. The next thing you know David Duke will be campaigning with Zirkle. Maybe he already has. more... Media Putz of the Week: George Stephanopoulos and Charlie GibsonThe nation is 3 trillion dollars in debt; the economy is in recession; we have a war built on lies that has no achievable goals and has dragged on longer than WW II; the world is facing a global warming crisis -- and two ABC media putzes paid millions of dollars for their "seasoned punditry" spend nearly an hour asking inane, irrelevant, insulting-to-the-intelligence questions of two presidential candidates. This is a media technique that keeps the working class voters and poor from becoming informed about the pressing issues facing America's future. It is a way for the media that represents the entrenched status quo to preserve the status quo of wealth by trivializing a presidential campaign into ludicrous side issues that have nothing -- nothing at all -- to do with governing a nation and world facing such serious problems. more...  John McCain Revealed what does John McCain really stand for? The Real McCain book Why doesn't John McCain support the New 2008 G.I. Bill?  There have been 4,375 confirmed coalition deaths in the Iraq war as of May 2, 2008: 4,066 Americans (145 suicides); 309 Other Coalition Troops; 40,229 Wounded Americans. Iraq Coalition Casualties  Iraqi Civilian Casualties How did the U.S. government lead its people to war?  Join the "Healthcare NOT Warfare" campaign!  How many people in your state are Dying for Coverage?
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