9/11 Pollution 'Could Cause More Deaths Than Attack'
INDEPENDENT
by Geoffrey Lean [environment editor]
(Duchess Note ... I worked [office on Broad Street] down in the "Ground Zero" area on that tragic day and can confirm that the air smelled so foul for months afterwards. Not until all the fires were put out did that horrid smell go away. I'll never forget that and will probably be dealing with it "health wise" 10 to 15 years from now. Just remember my dear Americans, this administration has never given a damn about us average folk. NEVER! They only care about themselves and their greed for power is beyond evil. Please do the right thing in November and vote them out. But first, read the rest of this insightful story:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=560842



The Dishonesty Thing
NEW YORK TIMES
by Paul Krugman
Was this a wild accusation from a liberal think tank? No, it's conventional wisdom among experts. Two months ago Stanley Collender, a respected nonpartisan analyst, warned: "At some point over the next few weeks, the Office of Management and Budget will release the administration's midsession budget review and try to convince everyone the federal deficit is falling. Don't believe them." He went on to echo the center's analysis. The administration's standard procedure, he said, is to initially issue an unrealistically high deficit forecast, which is "politically motivated or just plain bad." Then, when the actual number comes in below the forecast, officials declare that the deficit is falling, even though it's higher than the previous year's deficit. To read more, check out the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/opinion/10krugman.html?ex=1252555200&en=12c1228425e2739b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

Can An Entire Country Go Mad?
by Ernest Partridge
[co-editor of The Crisis Papers]
http://www.crisispapers.org/essays/go-mad.htm