3 Environmental Groups to Sue EPA Over Coal-Ash Ponds

Published on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 by the Louisville Courier-Journal 3 Environmental Groups to Sue EPA Over Coal-Ash Ponds by James Bruggers Three environmental groups have put the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on notice that they intend to sue the agency, alleging it has failed to regulate water pollution from the nation’s electric utilities, including [...]

Crystal Lee Sutton, Dead at 68: Union Activist Inspired ‘Norma Rae’

Published on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 by the Associated Press Crystal Lee Sutton, Dead at 68: Union Activist Inspired ‘Norma Rae’ Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film “Norma Rae,” has died. She was 68.   Textile factory worker Crystal Lee [...]

Coal Slurry Smiles: NY Times Nails Clean Water Act Crimes and Punishment

Published on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Coal Slurry Smiles: NY Times Nails Clean Water Act Crimes and Punishment by Jeff Biggers Many readers of the New York Times probably dropped their jaws in amazement at the lead story last Sunday: Seven-year-old Ryan Massey, of Prenter, West Virginia, smiled back with capped teeth, the [...]

Sanders’ Call for Afghanistan Exit Strategy Draws Cheers

Published on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 by The Capital Times (Wisconsin) Sanders’ Call for Afghanistan Exit Strategy Draws Cheers by John Nichols Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has joined Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold in declaring that the United States needs to start thinking about how to extract its military from Afghanistan. While almost 100 members of [...]

David Cole on “The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable”

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/15/david_cole_on_the_torture_memos David Cole on “The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable”

Brave New Films – The Health Insurance Racket

Brave New Films – The Health Insurance Racket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4TsaHmtgfA&feature=player_embedded I don’t know how anyone could watch this clip and not support health care reform.  I know many people don’t like to hear about sin, but greed is a sin.  These people are guilty of allowing their greed to cause other people to suffer.  It is [...]

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on CIA Interrogations

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on CIA Interrogations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnMDa4Qcxus&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8QVDHMUiPY&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAKZ8vrcxAE&feature=player_embedded Excellent Interview!!!!!!   I hope that you will listen.

10 Important Things Are…

I am going through my Catholic folders again.  I thought this was really nice.  Hope you like it. 10 Important Things Are… LOVE The Special Feeling That Makes You Feel All Warm And Wonderful. RESPECT Treating Others As Well As You Would Like To Be Treated. APPRECIATION To Be Grateful For All The Good Things [...]

Obama’s Tough Choice on Iran

Obama’s Tough Choice on Iran ////////////////////////// by Tony Karon TIME Magazine http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090913/wl_time/08599192209200 September 13, 2009 “Healthcare is hard,” may be the Obama administration’s catch-phrase of the moment, but it’s a cakewalk compared with the challenge facing Obama on Iran. Under pressure to turn up the heat on the Iranians – from European allies, Israel and [...]

I Said a Prayer for You Today

I Said a Prayer for You Today             I said a prayer for you today             And know God must have heard.             I felt the answer in my heart             Although he spoke no word!             I didn’t ask for wealth or fame             (I knew you wouldn’t mind).             I asked him to [...]