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18, &nbsp;2009</b></font></A></NOBR></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%" class="fonta">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <!-- =1111111111= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-656></A> Karl Rove's lawyer says <A HREF="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Lawyer_Rove_wont_take_Fifth_if_0216.html">Rove will show up next Monday</A>, as subpoenaed, and he won't take the Fifth Amendment. But the Obama administration -- yeah, the Obama administration -- is trying to delay or block Rove's testimony. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/62290.html">McClatchy&nbsp;Newspapers</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-226></A> As it becomes more and more clear that the British government authorized the torture of Binyam Mohamed, with <A HREF="http://www.theage.com.au/world/letters-prove-us-warning-20090206-7zx8.html">complicity from the Bush-Cheney administration</A>, the Obama administration's silence on this matter becomes more and more curious. The accused terrorist's lawyer says <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="8" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="298" align="right"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty"> <img src="http://unknownnews.org/protest33.jpg" border="1" width="298" height="198"><p> "Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent among them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance toward civilization." <i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oscar&nbsp;Wilde</i> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table> that he wrote President Obama to ask him to release the evidence, but apparently "<A HREF="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/02/12-0">his letter was censored</A> to protect the president from criminal liability or political embarrassment". From this distance it's hard to know whether that's a sane claim or just silly, but -- enough already. There comes a point (and it's coming soon) when the Obama administration will be inarguably seen as an accessory after the fact. And as any astute watcher of TV court dramas knows, that will make Obama et al a late-coming co-conspirator in the war crimes of the Bush-Cheney era. As Jeffrey Kaye rightly argues, what's happening in this British trial "is sure to spill over to US politics eventually, especially when the questions start to be 'What did he know, and when did he know it?' &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.pubrecord.org/torture/690-under-oath-mi5-officer-reveals-official-british-torture-program.html">The&nbsp;Public&nbsp;Record</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-729></A> 17,000 additional US troops have been ordered to deploy to the world's largest briar patch. Yes, President Obama has started his promised "surge" strategy in Afghanistan, despite mountains of evidence that the occupation there is foolish, counterproductive, and destined to failure. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51G6F920090218">Reuters&nbsp;News&nbsp;Agency</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =2222222222= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=economy></A> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-526></A> Remember the Republicans' behavior in Congress in recent weeks, basically doing all they could do to prevent any aid from reaching the economy? They're doing the same thing to California. "With the state budget $41 billion in deficit, Republicans held out for corporate tax cuts, and then aren't even supporting the resulting bill." &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/monthly/2009_02.php">Washington&nbsp;Monthly</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-648></A> And Kansas is following California's lead -- suspending income tax refunds, and the state might not make its next payroll. <nobr>&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.ksn.com/news/local/39675417.html">KSN-TV</A>&nbsp;]</nobr><BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-539></A> Chrysler has asked for, and thus will receive, another $5-billion. GM hasn't yet finished adding up how much it's going to ask for, and thus receive. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_bi_ge/autos_bailout">Associated&nbsp;Press</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-409></A> The Obama administration doesn't like the salary caps inserted into the stimulus legislation by Congressional Democrats. Problem is, these caps aren't as slippery as the caps proposed by President Obama, and they might actually cap some executives' salaries instead of merely making for good grandstanding. As a result, Obama's people fear that <A NAME=fools&liars></A> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="60%" align="left"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=1><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" class="fonta"><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/foolsnliars.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="40"></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" class="fonta"><I><B>Fools and liars</B></I></TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/pinocchio.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="42"></TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_02/016922.php">Bachmann (R-Minnesota) continues offering evidence of her stupidity, ignorance, and delusions</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.newshounds.us/2009/02/16/let_them_sleep_on_the_street_fox_news_calls_troubled_homeowners_deadbeats.php">Fox News panel discusses foreclosure crisis without any reps for "deadbeat" homeowners' interests</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200902160002?show=1">Bozell's <i>Newsbusters</i> accuses <i>Media Matters</i> of "defamation"; doesn't seem to know what the word means</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/16/will-global-warming/">George Will makes up facts in his column denying global warming</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_02/016928.php">Pat Robertson thinks Rush Limbaugh has gone too far</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/17/lawlessness/index.html"><I>Washington Post</i> columnists endorse absolute lawlessness for American political leaders</A><BR> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table>companies will want to repay their Treasury debts quicker than sound business practices might warrant. I&nbsp;can see the logic in the Obama camp's position, but of course, it's only logical within an odd universe where dolts and criminals are allowed to continue running companies that are artificially prevented from collapsing. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/15/exec-pay-debate/">ThinkProgess</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-437></A> The SEC alleges billions in "massive, ongoing fraud" at Allen Stanford's companies, Stanford International Bank, Stanford Group Co. and Stanford Capital Management. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/02/16/daily19.html">South&nbsp;Florida&nbsp;Business&nbsp;Journal</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> I like plain speaking, especially when it makes sense. "For God's sake, INVESTIGATE the mess on Wall Street, PROSECUTE the culprits, SEIZE the money they stole (plus seize all the rest of their fortunes too, for criminal penalties, leaving them paupers, like so many of their victims), and SET THE BANKING LAWS BACK to how FDR had them working after his reforms, to prevent this sh*t from happening over and over and over again! And forcing Wall Street to keep only ONE set of accounting records rather than the TWO wildly different ones they do now (similar to organized crime syndicates), will also help tremendously! Is that so fricking difficult to understand, Obama? How come Geithner can't (or won't) give you that advice? If he's telling you anything else from the above, he's no good and should be FIRED." &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.jmooneyham.com/how-can-the-us-economy-be-set-right-again-its-ridiculously-simple-investigate-prosecute-seize.html">jmooneyham.com</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=cah-902></A> ACORN is leading rallies and political pressure to stop evictions of homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments. A few local sheriffs are refusing to carry out such evictions. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/698358.html">New&nbsp;York&nbsp;Times</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =3333333333= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-726></A> The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is rationing water, for the first time in decades. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51H0AL20090218">Reuters&nbsp;News&nbsp;Agency</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =Bush-Cheney= --><A NAME=arh-653></A> As a going-away boondoggle, the Bush-Cheney administration left a late-running order to build 28 new Presidential helicopters, each more expensive than Air Force One. Do we have 28 Presidents? &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090216/ZNYT02/902163002/-1/LIVING05?Title=Obama_Confronts_a_Choice_on_Copters">Associated&nbsp;Press</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-1133></A> Ex-Veep Dick Cheney is angry that George W. Bush didn't pardon Scooter Libby. He told the <i>Weekly Standard</i>, "Obviously, I&nbsp;disagree with President Bush's decision." This qualifies as a blood feud in conservative circles, and it's probably the closest we'll ever come to seeing criticism of the Bush-Cheney administration from anyone whose opinion matters to Republicans. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/02/16/2009-02-16_exvp_dick_cheney_outraged_president_bush.html">New&nbsp;York&nbsp;Daily&nbsp;News</A>&nbsp;] <A NAME=think></A> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="60%" align="right"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=1><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" class="fonta"><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/thinker.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="40"></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" class="fonta"><I><B>It made me stop&nbsp;and&nbsp;think</B></I></TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/quesplanation.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="40"></TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR>"Obama got more or less what he asked for, he almost certainly didn't ask for enough. We're probably facing the worst slump since the Great Depression. The Congressional Budget Office, not usually given to hyperbole, predicts that over the next three years there will be a $2.9 trillion gap between what the economy could produce and what it will actually produce. And $800 billion, while it sounds like a lot of money, isn't nearly enough to bridge that chasm. Officially, the administration insists that the plan is adequate to the economy's need. But few economists agree. And it's widely believed that political considerations led to a plan that was weaker and contains more tax cuts than it should have -- that Mr. Obama compromised in advance in the hope of gaining broad bipartisan support. We've just seen how well that worked." <nobr>&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://peaceandjustice.org/article.php/20090213095323752">Paul Krugman</A>&nbsp;]</nobr><BR> <BR>"Torture was legal for civilian law enforcement long before torture became official government policy. Away back in the 1980s, the US Supreme Court -- in deciding a drug case -- ruled that 'coerced testimony' is admissible as evidence in criminal trials. 'Coerced testimony,' of course, is testimony extracted from suspects while police beat the dog sh*t out of them. Civilian cops don't mess around with sissy stuff like waterboarding. When they got a suspect they think has something they want but will not tell them, why they just go to work with their clubs and their fists until something useful falls out of the guy's mouth. If the judge wants to know why the guy looks like a lump of week-old, fly-blown, unrefrigerated foie gras, the cops just say he fell down the stairs at the jailhouse something like fifty or a hundred times before they managed to restrain him." <nobr>&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/3/1703-the-beat-goes-on-torture-tasers-and-american-tradition.html">Jimmy Montague</A>&nbsp;]</nobr><BR> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <BR><BR> <!-- =world= --><A NAME=arh-1145></A> A possible peace deal has been brokered in Darfur, so maybe the death toll (300,000 or so) will slow down. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/feb/16/madonna-wallis-simpson-film">The&nbsp;Guardian&nbsp;(London,&nbsp;UK)</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-605></A> Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barack says that Iran's much-dreaded but non-existent nukes "threaten the existence of the State of Israel." Israel, of course, has the strongest economy in the Middle East, receives billions in subsidies and military weaponry from America, and has its own stockpile of nuclear weapons -- weapons Israel's enemies aren't allowed to even daydream about, and Israel's allies aren't allowed to mention -- so the notion that Israel's existence is threatened is simply preposterous. Here's a rule of thumb: When someone claims that Israel's existence is threatened and the "threat" is anything more than some angry Arab's rhetoric, you're either being lied to or you're listening to someone who's delusional. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064617.html">Ha'aretz&nbsp;(Jerusalem)</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-548></A> Israeli missiles have again obliterated what's purported to be "smuggling tunnels" in Gaza. How many tunnels are there in the Gaza/Egypt area? The Israelis keep bombing the area, and yet they don't seem to eliminate any. <nobr>&nbsp; --Wig</nobr> &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=99417">Daily&nbsp;Star&nbsp;(Lebanon)</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =torture= --><A NAME=hhp-143></A> The International Commission of Jurists, a Geneva-based international group of judges and lawyers, has conducted a study of the erosion of civil and human rights after <NOBR>9/11/2001</NOBR>. Their conclusion is hardly surprising: "We have been shocked by the damage done over the past seven years by excessive or abusive counterterrorism measures in a wide range of countries around the world," including the USA and England. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021700506.html?referrer=emailarticle">Washington&nbsp;Post</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-449></A> Dame Stella Rimington, head of Britain's MI5 intelligence agency in the 1990s, says that the creeping "war on terror" and resulting erosion of civil rights poses the danger of turning England into a police state. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://uk.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUKTRE51G1NQ20090217">Reuters&nbsp;News&nbsp;Agency</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =dc= --><A NAME=arh-1205></A> Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's bumblingly vague explanation of his bailout plan was fueled by muddy political concerns leading to muddled indecision and big changes at the last minute. It's hard to escape the impression that Geithner is every bit as clueless as his predecessor, Henry Paulson. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.luxlibertas.com/late-change-in-course-hobbled-rollout-of-geithners-bank-plan/">Washington&nbsp;Post</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-101></A> The Obama administration has quietly removed the prosecutors in the Ted Stevens case, amid embarrassing revelations of prosecutorial misconduct. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/62301.html">McClatchy&nbsp;Newspapers</A>&nbsp;] <A NAME=health></A><A NAME=science></A> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="60%" align="left"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=1><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" class="fonta"><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/medicine.gif" border="0" width="40" height="40"></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" class="fonta"><I><B>Health&nbsp;and science&nbsp;corner</B></I></TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/science.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="40"></TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthdiseasecancer;_ylt=Ahg3RBgG2nBsdwb5mmhTqvUDW7oF">Decoy molecules drive cancer cells to suicide</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/msu-fcc021109.php">Food counterfeiting, contamination outpace international regulatory systems Michigan State University analysts find growing threat </A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.scientificblogging.com/run_and_tumble/vitamin_d_doctors_urge_women_show_more_skin">Vitamin D: Doctors urge women to show more skin</A><BR> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table><BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-411></A> For heading a legally-protected monopoly that's losing $3-billion per year, Postmaster General John E. Potter was paid $800,000 last year. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/17/in-hard-times-postmaster-earned-800000-in-pay-perk/">Washington&nbsp;Times</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-446></A> Senator Roland Burris (D-Illinois) swore under oath that he never had any inappropriate conversations with anyone in now-gone Governor Rod Blagojevich's office prior to his appointment to the Senate. Then a few days ago, he admitted that Blagojevich's people had asked him to make a donation. Now he admits trying to raise funds for Blagojevich, at the request of Blago's brother. This is really minor league corruption -- it's sheer buffoonery compared to any random day at the office during the Bush-Cheney administration. But by sane standards it's pretty blatant corruption, certainly far more than the Democrats should tolerate. Burris needs to be removed from office -- and almost certainly won't be. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/02/burris-now-acknowledges-fundraising-effort-for-blagojevich.html">Chicago&nbsp;Tribune</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-535></A> President Obama has not yet announced his proposal to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. But whatever Obama's planning, House Minority Whippersnapper Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) is against it. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/17/cantor-housing-package/">CBS&nbsp;News</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR><!-- == --><A NAME=cah-858></A> Cantor's wife, by the way, wasn't at all aware that the company that owns the bank she runs came out ahead $267-million from the bank bailout, by jumping through all the hoops despite not really needing the money. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/gop-house-whips-wife-didnt-know-her-b">Crooks&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Liars</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-536></A> The Obama administration will "review" a Bush-Cheney era decision not to regulate toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants. This looks like an indication of sanity and emerging common sense, but it's making me uneasy because really, what's to review? The Bush-Cheney position was obviously ridiculous, and announcing a "review" seems about as nutty as "reviewing" whether it's healthy to eat sludge. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29237460/">MSNBC&nbsp;News</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-555></A> "Scary gay people" and religious hatred will apparently be the cornerstone of the next round of Republicans' campaign strategy in West Virginia, and probably all across the South. They're already releasing video that shows a gay couple aiming a gun at a traditional family, and sending out campaign literature that shows banning the Bible as part of the <A NAME=mysterylinks></A> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="275" align="right"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=1><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="275" class="fonta"><center><A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/mysterylinks.html"><b><i>Our mystery&nbsp;links</i></b></A><BR>(mostly just for fun)</center><BR>Links in <FONT COLOR=red><B>red</B></FONT> are not safe for work, and links in <FONT COLOR=magenta><B>pink</B></FONT> include audio and/or video.<center><iframe src="http://www.unknownnews.org/myslinks.html" width="275" height="225" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></center><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd">&nbsp;&nbsp;More:&nbsp;</SPAN><DIV align="right"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/mysterylinks.html"><FONT COLOR=blue><B>unknownnews.org/mysterylinks.html</B></FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></div> </TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>liberal agenda. Makes me wonder again, what would Republicans build their campaigns around, if they didn't have lies? &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/02/16/out-of-state-hate-complete-with-fake-gay-sniper-video/">FiredogLake</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =health= --><A NAME=hhp-413></A> Since most Americans who have health insurance are getting it through their employers, the current economic collapse means that many thousands of Americans are losing their health coverage (with their jobs). Says here it's 14,000 people per day. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/17/14k-losing-health-coverage/">ThinkProgess</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =corruption= --> <A NAME=hhp-140></A> While presenting itself to the public as a charity that provides groceries for poor people, a Georgia-based charity called Angel Food Ministries was funneling some $50,000 to Republican Party candidates. <nobr>&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://onlineathens.com/stories/021709/new_389716054.shtml">Athens Banner-Herald</A>&nbsp;]</nobr><BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=cah-1018></A> Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been nailed for failure to pay state tax on her governmental per diem. She says she'll pay up, of course. I&nbsp;just wonder if we'll fake outrage about this at a volume similar to the recent fake outrage over tax problems for Obama's nominees. <nobr>&nbsp; --Angry&nbsp;Annie</nobr> &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/62380.html">Anchorage&nbsp;Daily&nbsp;News</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-1149></A> The visible damage to the British nuclear sub <i>HMS Vanguard</i> after its undersea collision with French nuclear submarine <i>Le Triomphant</i> suggests that the came "no more than a couple of seconds away from total catastrophe", says the chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. But la-di-da la-di-da, nobody in power will pause and think, and this afternoon countless nuclear weapons remain in the air and under the water and inside silos aimed at every developed nation in the world. Gotta add, <A HREF="http://www.france24.com/en/20090217-nuclear-subs-didnt-know-theyd-hit-each-other">Agence France-Presse's coverage</A> makes it sound as bonkers as <i>Dr Strangelove:</i> "Britain and France's nuclear <!-- author page --><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="140" align="left"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"> <img src="http://unknownnews.org/spying.gif" border="0" width="120" height="183"></td></tr></table>submarines are so stealthy and their movements so secret that when a pair rammed into each other their crews had no idea what had happened, France said Tuesday." &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/16/british.french.submarine.incident/index.html">Cable&nbsp;News&nbsp;Network</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =4444444444= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-845></A> The federal Department of Homeland Security helped Maryland police in their spying on harmless peace activists. Have I&nbsp;mentioned lately that the Department of Homeland Security should be abolished, and its (few) worthwhile functions transferred to other agencies? &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601131.html">Washington&nbsp;Post</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-1252></A> Seven-year-old throws a tantrum at school. And gets hospitalized for a "mental health evaluation", against his parents' wishes. Similar stories have played out at least 83 times in Florida's Pinellas School District so far this school year, though there's no indication whether other such kid commitments have been with or without parents' approval. You never know all the details from a newspaper article, but I&nbsp;think we know enough to get goose bumps -- this is scary stuff. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article975987.ece">St.&nbsp;Petersburg&nbsp;Times</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-507></A> A municipal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that cops exceeded their authority when they arrested a guy for disorderly conduct for wearing a holstered gun on his own property. The defendant is rather obviously a nut, and just as obviously right. As a gun rights activist summarizes the facts, "Really, the larger issue is not even a gun rights issue. It's the issue of having a disorderly conduct statute that is a catchall statute for otherwise legal behavior." &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/39722082.html">Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel</A>&nbsp;]</i><BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-716></A> Atheists are barred from public service in several American states. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2009/02/an_advocate_for_atheists_in_ar.html">Washington&nbsp;Post</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =5555555555= --> <!-- author page --><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="240" align="right"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"> <img src="http://unknownnews.org/terrorist-alHarbi.jpg" border="0" width="220" height="303"></td></tr></table> <!-- == --><A NAME=cah-927></A> You've never heard of Mohammed Ateek Al-Aufi Al-Harbi, but he's formerly of Guantanamo and now, we're told, an Al-Qaeda commander. He's turned himself in Yemeni authorities, though it's unclear why, or whether he's a real terrorist or merely a prop for the cause of never releasing anyone from Guantanamo. His photo <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/rightarrow.jpg" border="0" height="10" width="35"> looks like <i>Saturday Night Live</i>'s impersonation of a terrorist. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=119342&d=18&m=2&y=2009">Arab&nbsp;News&nbsp;(Saudi&nbsp;Arabia)</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-701></A> Canon is trying to shut down an obvious parody site, the "Fake Chuck Westfall Blog", which mocks Canon's tech advice guy, Chuck Westfall. I&nbsp;don't see how anyone of even sub-normal intelligence could mistake something called "Fake Chuck Westfall Blog" for the real thing, so it sounds to me like Canon is thoroughly wrong here. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/15/1830217">Slastdot</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-234></A> Here's an intriguing piece about <I>Voice of San Diego</i>, an innovative and well-funded journalistic effort in California. Apparently, all you need is a millionaire and you're all set to do really good work, which probably sounds snarky, but these guys are doing good work. So hey, where's our millionaire? &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-onthemedia15-2009feb15,0,5233843.column?track=rss">Los&nbsp;Angeles&nbsp;Times</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-827></A> Bristol Palin says that her mother's call for teen abstinence is "not realistic at all". &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20259465,00.html">People</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-1137></A> The Swedish government has dropped half its charges against The Pirate Bay. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10165604-38.html">CNet&nbsp;News</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-1246></A> The sheriff of Richland County, South Carolina, is deeply saddened to announce that after making <A HREF="http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9814127">at least eight arrests</A>, he lacks the evidence to prosecute anyone for the smoking of marijuana at a party where Olympic many-medallist Michael Phelps was photographed bonghuffing. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/02/michael-phelp-3.html">Los&nbsp;Angeles&nbsp;Times</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=hhp-119></A> Randi Rhodes says she's seeking yet another new home for her radio show, after jumping from Air America to Nova-M last year. Her lawyer says Nova M is about to go under, and that Sheldon Drobny, co-founder of the struggling network, has attempted suicide. Hell if I&nbsp;know what to make of any of this, but I've had misgivings about Nova M's operation since they fired Jeff Farias a few months ago. As for Rhodes, she's a talent to treasure when she's talking about politics, but nearly unbearable when she's talking about how great Randi Rhodes is -- and the latter has been taking more and more time in her broadcasts, while the former has been dwindling. Wherever she lands next, though, chances are we'll be looking for an on-line listening link. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2009/02/nova-mess-part-ii-gaulin-letter.html">Liberal&nbsp;Talk&nbsp;Radio</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-1245></A> More than 25 years after Philip K. Dick's death, his widow has completed his final novel. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/16/philip-k-dick-widow-owl-daylight">The&nbsp;Guardian&nbsp;(London,&nbsp;UK)</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=arh-1142></A> And in late-breaking news regarding a scandal from before you were likely born, Madonna wants to play Wallis Simpson, the woman King Edward VIII left the throne to marry. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/feb/16/madonna-wallis-simpson-film">The&nbsp;Guardian&nbsp;(London,&nbsp;UK)</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <BR><center>Recommended sites for gathering unknown or underreported news:<BR> &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://mediamatters.org/">Media&nbsp;Matters</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.propublica.org/">Pro&nbsp;Publica</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://thinkprogress.org">ThinkProgress</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/">Washington&nbsp;Monthly</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.truthout.org/">TruthOut</A>&nbsp; </center> <BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" WIDTH="23%" class="fonta"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-16.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.org/leftarrow.jpg" border="0" width="75" height="11"><BR>Older entries</A> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="54%" class="fonta"> Compiled by Helen&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Harry&nbsp;Highwater<BR>for&nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/">www.unknownnews.org</a></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" WIDTH="23%" class="fonta"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-20.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/rightarrow.jpg" border="0" height="10" width="75"><BR>Newer entries</A></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=D-18></A><A NAME=dialogue></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="14%" bgcolor="dddddd" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-18.html#D-18"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/dialogue-bubbles.jpg" border="0" width="75" height="75"></A></TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="86%" bgcolor="dddddd" class="fonta"><A HREF="#D-18"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <BIG><B>Readers' comments</B></BIG><BR><BR> <small><i>Please send your news tips, comments, and criticisms to &#60;<A HREF="mailto:unknownnews@inbox.com">unknownnews at inbox.com</A>&#62;. If&nbsp;that&nbsp;address ever fails, check <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/contact.html">our contact page</A> for our alternate email addresses.</i></small></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=18JS828></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-18.html#18JS828"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; Re <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Cuba-Launches-Own-Linux-Variant-to-Counter-US/?kc=rss">Cuba launches own Linux variant to counter US</A><BR><BR>The Cubans are right to be concerned about security using Microsoft. Even if government agencies weren't given access to it, it is still ass. Everyone and their mother can get at your computer. I&nbsp;can't believe I&nbsp;used it as long as I&nbsp;did.<BR><BR>Seriously, my transition to Linux was easy, and after about a day, I&nbsp;was basically comfortable with it.<BR><BR>If an idiot like myself can use it, decently educated people like the Cubans should have no problem.<BR><BR>Viva Linux. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">JS Magruder &nbsp;(<A HREF="http://whynotresist.blogsome.com/"><B>whynotresist.blogsome.com</B></A>) &nbsp; </div><BLOCKQUOTE><i> It's worth noting that Microsoft doesn't just pose a threat to Cuba's national security, it's also a clear and present danger to America's.<BR><BR>So you're liking Linux a lot? </i><BR><BR><DIV align="right"><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> True, danger indeed.<BR><BR>Yeah, I&nbsp;really do like it. Granted, I&nbsp;live with a programmer, so if I&nbsp;want something customized, I&nbsp;need only ask, but I&nbsp;like the idea that it CAN be customized. The whole thing is so adaptable to doing what you want it to.<BR><BR>It isn't perfect (what is?) but just being able to have a Microsoft-free zone at my desk is pretty nice. I&nbsp;do a little mental happy-dance every time I&nbsp;log on.<BR><BR><DIV align="right"><i>JS Magruder &nbsp;(<A HREF="http://whynotresist.blogsome.com/"><B>whynotresist.blogsome.com</B></A>)</i> &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=18LR825></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-18.html#18LR825"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; hmmm. looks like the bush years were defined by privatization -- the "contracts" number just exploded (probably w/zero oversight too.)<BR><BR><A HREF="http://www.usaspending.gov/index.php">LINK</A> <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Lionel Reebenhoffer &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=17W558></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-18.html#17W558"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/16/america/17bar.php"> Chief Justice Roberts sets off debate on judicial experience</A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> For the first time in its history, every member of the United States Supreme Court is a former federal appeals court judge. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., in a lively and surprising talk a couple of weeks ago, said that development may be a good thing.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> The 5-4 decisions of this court doesn't indicate a "good thing" to me. A Court composed of a diverse cross section of the melting pot composition and a diverse cross section of job backgrounds makes for a more balanced judicial analysis of the law than a group of political hacks developed out of the legal profession. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064617.html">Israeli Defense Minister: Iran nukes are an existential threat to Israel</A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Defense Minister Ehud Barak told senior military leaders on Monday that Iran's development of nuclear weapons was likely to "threaten the existence of the State of Israel.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> I guess this "was likely" something like the threat of Saddam's WMD. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064610.html">Netanyahu: Palestinians should have sovereignty, but not at our expense</A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Netanyahu told about 100 leaders from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations that while he would not want to govern the Palestinians, Israel must maintain control of all borders, airspace and electronic traffic.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> He's all heart. Sounds more like an occupation than sovereignty. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/18/business/18alaska.php"> With turbines, Alaska is frontier for green power</A> There has been the usual idiotic outcry from the boondocks about "we don't want those monstrosities cluttering up our landscape". While traveling about the country I've gone by these wind farms and I&nbsp;can't see what the beef is about. They're not anymore intrusive than the high tension towers that dot the landscape "from sea to shining sea". <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304811448&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull">'Syria building chemical weapons plant'</A><BR><BR> I haven't checked with what Janes report actually says but I'm inclined to believe that the Israelis (if we use past practices) have slightly altered the facts presented in the report. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60781">US Army bigwig: Two brigades should stay in Germany</A><BR><BR>The cost outweighs the logistical advantage. The European members of NATO can maintain the American bases and have them ready if the US needs to send troops there for temporary deployment. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304810660&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull">Anti-Israel is not always anti-Semitic</A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> When these two points are considered in terms of modern human-rights methodologies, the conclusion is that a persistent pattern of discriminatory criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic because it is likely to harm Jews.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> Hogwash!!!!! This like saying because the world hated George Bush they hated America.<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> An imaginary watertight compartment separating Israel from the Jewish people is as improbable as trying to uncouple the notion of China from the Han Chinese people or Turkey from the Turkish people. This is an important point because the hallmark of the modern anti-Semite is precisely reliance on the unpersuasive claim that there is a clear line that prevents a persistent pattern of anti-Israel criticism from being anti-Semitic. To the contrary, statistical evidence links critics of Israel to anti-Semites. Public opinion polls tend to show a correlation between respondents who strongly oppose Israel and those with marked negative feelings toward Jews and Judaism.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> "Statistical evidence"? "Public opinion polls"? Whose? Where? Format? <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Because of many explicit pejorative references to Jews and Judaism, the texts of both the Christian gospels and the Muslim Koran have directly played a role in spawning civilizations with exceptional attitudes toward Jews and Judaism. In the Western and Islamic worlds, many individuals find it natural to harbor distinctive (often negative) views about Jews and Judaism. However, there is often a lack of awareness that the prevailing cultural software has been so significantly infected by the virus of anti-Semitism. For this reason, many individuals remain comfortable persistently targeting Jews and/or Israel and persistently applying to Jews and/or Israel a more exigent standard than applied to other peoples and countries.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> OH. So It's Other religions that are responsible for anti-Semitism? <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> The ad hominem argument of being Jewish or having Jewish parents (even concentration camp survivors) is no logical defense to a charge of anti-Semitism. Today, many Jews fail to understand that the meaning of anti-Semitism includes any persistent pattern of discrimination against Jews and/or Israel. Many falsely imagine that, because they themselves are Jewish, they have a special license to freely engage in these patterns. However, the harm done by such Jews is as real as that done by the anti-Semitism of non-Jews. In fact, anti-Israel discrimination by Jews can do even more damage, because Jews can gain greater credibility by trumpeting their own Jewish credentials.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> OY VEY!!!!! Enough already. Now, Jews' criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Wig &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=17SB442></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-18.html#17SB442"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.alternet.org/workplace/126898/?page=entire">Obama taking social security benefits</A><BR><BR> Tell him no. This means not only affecting millions of seniors it also means releasing millions of mentally ill, unmedicated, and untreated people on the streets. Let him know how you feel about taking from social security benefits for bailouts. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> [When I&nbsp;sent that link around,] people went completely batsh*t on me. How DARE I&nbsp;question Obama? How DARE I&nbsp;say anything negative about him. Now I&nbsp;like the guy. I&nbsp;like his demeanor. I&nbsp;love his potential. I&nbsp;also think he needs to grow a set and start bringing down the hammer and stop whining for a bipartisan lovefest. I&nbsp;told one long-time friend that I&nbsp;watch what a President does -- not what he says as she had lovingly sent me the link to the text of the package (which I'd already sent her) as well as a link to (gulp) C-SPAN and to this:<BR><BR>Please <A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/seniors_and_social_security/">go to the source</A> to get accurate and complete information! (Don't listen to the chatter!)<BR><BR>I&nbsp;politely told her I&nbsp;didn't put stock into government sanctioned media, I&nbsp;watched what a person did, not what they said, and that we'd have to agree to disagree. I'm feeling a little bit like I've just aggravated the leader of the Scientologists and L. Ron Hubbard is going to leap out of his grave to get me for the dissention I'm sowing. Well no, he'd send Tom Cruise to beat me but the beat down would definitely be on its way. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Sherri B. &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=17F542></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-18.html#17F542"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; Re <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-hawthorne13-2009feb13,0,2089279.story">Internal Affairs "investigated" allegations of police brutality and exonerated cops without talking to victims, witnesses, or police officers involved</A><BR><BR> Sounds like they did their normal, thorough investigation and justice was served. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Felterklit &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=17SP546></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-18.html#17SP546"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-16.html">Impeach Obama</A><BR><BR> Fine. Let's do that. First, let's go after the bastard that started this policy. Then let's see if the current administration changes its tune.&nbsp;...This is what happens when you give politicians the idea they can break the law without consequence. They keep doing it, knowing you're not going to do anything about it. The time for impeachment was years ago. If Obama continues the policy then yes, I&nbsp;support impeaching him. But first, we need to put Bush and company on trial. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Spaceghoti &nbsp; </div><A NAME=19SB405></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="fonta"> <A HREF="#19SB405"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>2/19/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; Amen to that. Where are the "Put Bush and his buddies on trial" rallies being held? Not all over the country? Why the hell not? The mess that Obama inherited was brewed while people sat on their hind quarters whining and moaning. So if you want to stop all the wrongdoing stop ALL of the wrongdoers. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Sherri B. &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --> <A NAME=19W708></A><BR> <A HREF="#19W708"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>2/19/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; While the calls for impeachment may be out there it appears to me that most Americans have more than they can handle at the moment just trying to keep their heads above water and don't have the time or energy to worry about the "the wrongdoers". <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Wig &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --><BLOCKQUOTE><i> The notion that Congress would use impeachment per the Constitution, to punish high crimes and misdemeanors, seems to be completely forgotten. Republicans see it as a potential political bludgeon, and Democrats see it as some remnant from centuries past to be used never again... like the Constitution itself. </i><BR><BR><DIV align="right"><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i></DIV><A NAME=SB21954></A></BLOCKQUOTE> <A HREF="#SB21954"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>2/21/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; Well then I'm sure a great deal of the Americans that "just kept their heads above water" while reading about or watching on TV their government doing the dirty deeds now have some time on their hands to protest for Bush & Co to be held accountable for their actions. Those that are still clinging to "keeping their heads above water" had better hope and pray that this new government that everyone hates will save them or America will learn what it's like to live like a third world country. Read about Venezuelans. Read about what they do all day. Then get ready to live a similar style life if "keeping your heads above water" is going to prevent you from doing your civic duty as an American. Soon you'll have time a-plenty to fight or whine in fright. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Sherri B. &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --> <A NAME=7W942></A> <A HREF="#7W942"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>3/7/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; Apples and oranges. Doing one's "civic duty" is only one facet of life. It's not the end all of daily struggles. Being engrossed in one's own survival and failure to be out on the street demanding someone's comeuppance hardly means that you are destined to "whine in fright".<BR><BR>What do you suggest? That we engage in the frenzy that the people of the French revolution did and drag out the guillotines and have at it?<BR><BR>I detest the lawlessness of the Bush Administration just as much as the next person but I'm a pragmatist and being one I know that the political make-up of the country is such that Obama is going to go for a centrist approach no matter how he phrases it. Getting twisted in a knot over Bush and his cronies getting to sit out their lives only in disgrace and not in jail doesn't disturb me all that much. I'll just continue on trying to solve my own problems daily. You can carry on the torch of vengeance with my blessing. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Wig &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=18JR658></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0902-18.html#18JR658"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_08/b4120042103659.htm">CVS's bold bet on health-care reform</A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> The CEO of CVS/Caremark says getting patients to stick to their drug regimens would save billions in medical care. Health-care reformers are listening.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> This sure is a lot of talk about very little. And that little may turn out to be despicable. The CEO's 'big idea' is that cash-strapped consumers will be more likely to go without food or heat to buy prescribed medicines, if only pharmacy tele-bots start calling them up in the evening to make them more scared about missing their medicine doses. So we're essentially talking debt collection phone practices added to your local pharmacy policies. Doesn't that sound 'bold' and innovative? <A NAME=19GQ755></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="fonta"> <A HREF="#19GQ755"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>2/19/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; There must be people and outfits who've done more to wreck health care in America than CVS, but it's hard to think who they might be. Maybe the for-profit hospital chains, but CVS gives them a run for their money. We used to have a pharmacy a few blocks from where I work, but CVS came in down the street and the pharmacy was forced to close. CVS is a drug store, which isn't at all the same thing. They sell the same drugs at much higher prices in a little area toward the back of the store but most people use the drive through window. Drive through and Jack will speak with you and the ice cold counter workers give you answer your questions about your meds over a loud speaker. It really is about the same experience as ordering a greaseburger and greasefries and McGreasy's. CVS is that awfully awful, and the idea that they're even offering input for a health care solution means health care will be a crisis for the next administration to deal with or ignore. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Gertrude Q. &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --> </TD></TR></TABLE> <center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/george-galloway-because-youre-gorgeous-1622484.html">George Galloway: Because you're Gorgeous!</A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> The maverick MP knows how to get attention. This time, however, he is doing it by leading a mile-long convoy of aid trucks all the way from London to Gaza.&nbsp;...</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> The writer utterly fails to make Galloway sound bad to me. Especially since Galloway must be aware there's a real danger the Israelis will shoot him upon arrival. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> Howard Kurtz: <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/16/howard-kurtz-fox-news-sho_n_167346.html">Fox News should "apologize for using partisan propaganda"</A> (VIDEO)<BR><BR> Holy smokes! The <I>Washington Post</i>'s own claimed 'media watcher' only now noticed what Fox News has been doing in his face and ours for years and years now! Has Kurtz been in a coma the past 10 years? Or maybe this woefully delayed moment of clarity is the first clue to the rest of us that's he's been going senile for quite a while now. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/nyu-cct021309.php">Chemists create two-armed nanorobotic device to maneuver world's tiniest particles</A><BR><BR> Long ago, Eric Drexler wrote a breath-taking book titled Engines of Creation about the imminent arrival of nanotechnology assemblers and some of the seeming miracles they could create, once we got them to functioning properly (a major software challenge there, atop achieving the microscopic machine scale in the first place). I&nbsp;was so impressed by this book in 1990 I&nbsp;bought a bunch of extra copies and gave them away to some engineers I&nbsp;was working with.<BR><BR>Basically, full-powered assemblers would be somewhat slower mechanical versions of the replicators seen in Star Trek TV and films. However, based on my own knowledge of physics and engineering, I&nbsp;suspect real-life assembler processes would be more messy and hot and produce more waste products (not be anywhere near 100% efficient in materials and energy) than what most of us would expect. Especially the first few generations of the gadgets. And that's ignoring the possible huge risks involved (the 'gray goo' problem I&nbsp;think Drexler called it, where run amok, assemblers might turn us and the Earth into some sort of nasty and useless pudding product).<BR><BR> I describe such likely limitations in <A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com/star-trek-style-replication-and-transport-technologies-begin-to-come-online.html">2183 milestone: Star Trek style general purpose replication and transport technologies begin to come online</A>.<BR><BR> Drexler's original book is available at <A HREF="http://e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html">e-drexler.com</A>. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601565.html">A Virtual Unknown: Meet 'Moot,' the secretive internet celeb who still lives with Mom</A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> A few weeks ago, he signed a deal with another ad company, but it's too early to tell how well it will pan out.<BR><BR>"I feel like I&nbsp;keep making it to the cusp of something," Poole says. "Everybody gets really excited about the wealth that could" be generated, but then&nbsp;...<BR><BR>He's currently $20,000 in debt, living with his mom and pouring money and hours into the dark heart of the Internet.<BR><BR>"Theoretically," says Poole. "I should be able to get some sort of job.<BR><BR>Theoretically.<BR><BR>In this way, Poole's problem is the problem of the entire Internet, which is built on wireless connections and a lot of "theoretically." It's where people spend time, make friends, play games, get news -- and yet despite all of that philosophical worth, the smartest minds in the country still struggle with how to make even the most successful sites profitable. In 2007, Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook, but the site still hasn't found profits to match its implied worth. Twitter has an estimated 6 million users, but is still grappling with a firm business plan.<BR><BR>"4chan is the big question of the Internet wrapped into one big case study," says Hwang. "If Chris could find a way to hack the 4chan problem" -- to figure out how the site can make money -- "he'd be set."<BR><BR>"How to explain what Christopher Poole actually does? He's not a programmer. He doesn't know code. His site doesn't offer a specific service, like Google. What he does is foster community. He makes millions of people feel that they have a safe space for creative -- sometimes vitriolic -- discussion, deciding how far things should be pushed, tamping down upsurges when they get too unruly. Or something like that.<BR><BR>But, he says, "I have no idea how to translate my 4chan skills on paper."<BR><BR>He has it harder than, say, Facebook wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg. Poole's followers are not smiley joiners, posting endless self-portraits and 25 random things about themselves. They are an unruly, anonymous bunch, and they can come across like the pimply dweeb who sat behind you in English and made lewd gestures when you passed him handouts. So Poole has managed to wrangle 5 million of them together in one place. So what? Maybe advertisers don't want to monetize them. Maybe they want to keep them away from humanity." </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> The quotes above have nothing to do with this comment (isn't that weird?) But anyway, this article answers a lot of peripheral questions I&nbsp;had about odd stuff I&nbsp;noticed on the fringe of the net in past months. Plus heard a teenager talking about. For a long time, I've confused '4chan' with an awful anime toon shown on cartoon network late at night, with a similar name. Turns out I&nbsp;didn't have a clue. But one teenager has tried to explain it to me before. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aZruAW7s2eLI">Man up! Hedge-fund man's advice for Wall Street</A><BR><BR> The psychopath's creed. Of course, this attitude will work well for those in the proper positions-- unless and until lawmakers decide to change the laws on which those positions depend. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> Political scientist Farzana Shaikh suggests that every citizen in the world should be able to vote in a US election.<BR><BR>The world should be designated America's 51st state, or 52nd if we include Washington DC, with the right to elect America's next president.<BR><BR> <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7886481.stm">Cast your vote in the US</A><BR><BR> Given the influence US economics and politics has on the world, giving 51st state power to the entire rest of the globe doesn't sound that unreasonable (though there'd definitely be some census kinks to work out, if they could vote on Congress too. Otherwise the world would outnumber US citizens in terms of Congressional Representatives).<BR><BR>Such a change might offer motivation to the rest of the world to do more muck-raking and investigation of domestic US corruption than US factions tend to (which would benefit us all). And maybe create all new news media which are more honest and objective than the current US media sources. Etc.<BR><BR>A couple decades back I&nbsp;thought having some sort of formal representation or lobby for children or future generations would be good, too. Some sort of body which would analyze how today's legislation is most likely to affect adult citizens living 25 years down the road, and make a case for changes in today's lawmaking to (at the least) have less detrimental impact on those future people than such stuff typically does, without such input. Basically I'd like some sort of check and balance on all the extreme short term thinking done in US politics and business these days. Heck: just in road-building alone we could save $billions by doing it more like the Europeans, and not allowing builders to construct roads which start falling apart minutes after the asphalt hardens (CBS 60 Minutes did an expose about this road construction scam maybe decades ago -- but nothing was done about it, so far as I&nbsp;can tell). <BR><BR><DIV align="right">JR Mooneyham &nbsp;(<A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com">www.jrmooneyham.com/</A>) &nbsp; </div><A NAME=19W735></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="fonta"> <A HREF="#19W735"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>2/19/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; There seems to be a misunderstanding here. The US is "the leader of the free world", and that means that the world outside of America is it's empire. The members of the empire don't have the right to vote. 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We believe big business should not be blindly trusted.<BR><BR>But unlike most left-wing leaders, we mean it. <BR><BR> Like libertarians, we believe it's wrong and <I>reprehensible</i> to arrest people for what they think, believe, look like, wear, eat, smoke, drink, inhale, inject, or otherwise do to themselves. <BR><BR> But unlike many libertarians, we're not obsessed with the gold standard, we don't believe incorporation is humanity's highest achievement, and we don't believe everything in life comes down to dollars and cents. We've read and enjoyed Ayn Rand's novels, but we understand that they're works of fiction.<BR><BR> We're skeptical, and we're sick of so-called 'journalists' who aren't skeptical at all. <BR><BR>A reader asks, what are our solutions? We propose no solutions except common sense, which is never common. We like the principles of democracy, and the ideals broadly described as 'American'. The US Constitution is a fine and workable framework for solutions, when it's actually read and thoughtfully understood by intelligent statesmen and women. So, no manifestos from us. We don't dream that big, and if there's one thing the world <i>doesn't</i> need it's yet another manifesto.<BR><BR>Our suggestion is: think. A fact-based instead of faith-based approach leads to solutions for most of the recurring issues of our time, from abortion to global climate change, pollution to universal health care, careful but real regulation of industry and economy, hunger, war, terror, human rights for humans not for corporations, science not religious doctrine in public schools, equal protection and prosecution under law, etc. Approach problems without glorifying stupidity, without demonizing intelligence, and answers usually come into focus. <BR><BR> These pages are published by <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.net/bighowdy.html">Harry and Helen Highwater</A>, happily married low-income nom de plumes and rabble-rousers from Madison, Wisconsin (with a few friends scattered around the world helping out). <BR><BR> We try to spotlight news that hasn't gotten enough (or appropriate) attention in American media, along with our opinions and yours. <BR><BR> We bang our keyboards against the wall, because it doesn't hurt as much as banging our heads. <BR><BR><center><A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/bighowdy.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/Highwaters-oldtime.jpg" border="3" width="199" height="277"></A></center><BR> <DIV align="right"><i><A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/contact.html">Helen &amp; Harry Highwater</A></i> &nbsp; <BR><BR> <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd">&nbsp;&nbsp;(from <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/about.html">About <I>Unknown News</i></A>)&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></div> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="300" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="300" bgcolor=black class="fonttnr"> <TABLE CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="5" WIDTH="300" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="300" bgcolor=white class="fonttnr"> <center><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/bill-of-rights.jpg" alt="U.S. Bill of Rights" border="0" width="280" height="157"></center><BR> <!-- 300x168 --> <b>The preamble</b><BR><BR> Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.<BR><BR> Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several states as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures to be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the said Constitution. viz: Articles in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress and Ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant 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affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. <BR><BR> <b>Amendment V</b><BR><BR> No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. <BR><BR> <b>Amendment VI</b><BR><BR> In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously 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