Jimmy Carter’s Next Urgent Mission: Polarized Appalachian Coalfields

Published on Monday, July 20, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Jimmy Carter’s Next Urgent Mission: Polarized Appalachian Coalfields by Jeff Biggers Amid a volatile energy market and a lack of green job investments in the future, the divided Appalachian coalfields have reached a state of emergency this summer. And yet, the Obama administration remains entrenched in a [...]

Still Wrong on Wiretapping

Published on Monday, July 20, 2009 by The San Francisco Chronicle Still Wrong on Wiretapping SF Chronicle Editorial One of former President George W. Bush’s most disastrous legacies – his warrantless wiretaps – has picked up a curious ally in President Obama. What the new White House wants is pretty much what the old team [...]

Bailout Overseer Says Banks Misused TARP Funds

Published on Monday, July 20, 2009 by The Washington Post Bailout Overseer Says Banks Misused TARP Funds by Binyamin Appelbaum Many of the banks that got federal aid to support increased lending have instead used some of the money to make investments, repay debts or buy other banks, according to a new report from the [...]

Friendship

Friendship I have been thinking about friendship the last few days.  I think of that old song make new friends but keep the old one is silver and the other gold.  I have always believe that song had a bit of truth in it, as there are some people in our lives who we don’t [...]

To Cheryl

This song is for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVE4rmD-NJQ&feature=channel Bon Jovi – Who Says You Can’t Go Home My friend, You are doing the right thing in coming back home to AZ to those of us who know you and love you as you are.  Can’t wait to see you in a cuple of weeks.  It will be [...]

Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman, Dies

Published on Friday, July 17, 2009 by The New York Times Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman, Dies by Brian Stelter Walter Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman for a generation of television viewers, died Friday at the age of 92, his family said.   Walter Cronkite at the anchor desk. [...]

Back in the USA

Published on Saturday, July 18, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Back in the USA by Ralph Nader On July 30th, an American manufacturer in China and Korea will officially announce the move of its tool manufacturing facilities to Houston, Texas. Farouk Systems will open a factory with the goal of creating 1277 jobs at a new 189,000 [...]

Nurses Praise House Vote to Permit State Single-Payer

Published on Saturday, July 18, 2009 by The Examiner (Washington, DC) Nurses Praise House Vote to Permit State Single-Payer Laws by Ron Moore Health care consumers know that the nurse as the primary caregiver is the key to quality healthcare. So it is significant that nurses have hailed Friday’s passage of a key amendment in [...]

Help End Global Hunger

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/955036542?z00m=19776289 Help End Global Hunger Target: U.S. Senate Sponsored by: Oxfam America Advocacy Fund As food prices continue to skyrocket, hundreds of millions of poor people around the world face a terrible risk of hunger and disease. Hunger is unacceptable in a world that collectively has the knowledge and the resources to improve access to [...]

Protect American Wildlife from Global Warming

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/106310452?z00m=19776294 Protect American Wildlife from Global Warming Target: U.S. Senate Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund Global warming is about more than hurricanes, droughts and other instances of extreme weather. Biologists around the planet are sounding the alarm — stories about the plight of wildlife confronting the threat of global warming. And this is true for [...]