Archive for November, 2007
The Wake-Up Call:
Rural Sacrifices, Paul & Pygmies
Iraq War
Rural Americans continue to pay a disproportionate share of the casualties suffered by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The death rate for rural counties, especially in Vermont, North Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, Maine, Idaho and Arkansas, is 51 percent higher than for urban counties.
Corporate Capers
Federal prosecutions of white-collar crimes are down [...]
Popularity: 1%
The Wake-Up Call:
Nuke ‘Em, War on Whistleblowers
Iraq War
The U.S. nuclear weapons command in 2003 drew up plans for nuclear strikes on Iran, Saddam Hussein-era Iraq, Libya and Syria.
Neocon Michael Ledeen supports the Iraqi National Congress’s statement disavowing any connection to Curveball, the mysterious Iraqi defector recently identified by “60 Minutes” who was the source of some of the administration’s false claims [...]
Popularity: 1%
The Wake-Up Call:
Loopholes & A Lost Watch
The Iraq War
Despite steep reductions in casualties of Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers, the 72 new death claims for civilian contractors in the country this quarter were about 22% above the quarterly average. Since reconstruction began, 1,073 death claims have been filed with the Department of Labor.
Health Care
Due to loopholes in federal laws, oil and [...]
Popularity: 2%
The Wake-Up Call:
Religiou$ Earmarks, Yahoo’s Apology
Beltway Blotter
Earmarks setting aside federal funds for faith-based organizations are on the rise. Louisiana Senator David Vitter tried steering $100,000 to fund a science education program by the Louisiana Family Forum, which advocates the teaching of creationism in state schools.
The ‘08 Race
Mitt Romney’s chief adviser on counterterrorism and national security is Blackwater vice chairman [...]
Popularity: 2%
The Wake-Up Call:
Lapdogs, a Stallion, & Doolittle
Scandal Sheet
From FEMA to the Farm Bureau, have the Bush administration’s watchdogs turned into lapdogs?
With a nod (wink, wink) to Larry Craig, Washington State Rep. Richard Curtis tried to keep his hotel tryst with a man known as “Stallion” out of the papers, telling two cops he “wanted to keep the incident as low [...]
Popularity: 1%
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