As identity theft scandals mount, it seems as if it's only a matter of time before virtually everyone will fall victim to this insidious form of fraud. That's not as far-fetched as it sounds. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that 9.9 million Americans are victimized by identity theft every year. That's 19 new ID theft victims every minute! Nearly every week we hear about new security breaches at companies like ChoicePoint, Lexis-Nexis, Bank of America and numerous universities, which have put millions of Americans' personal information at risk. Fortunately, Congress is finally recognizing the urgency of this issue. Pending legislation would require tighter security for information brokers, mandate that companies notify you when your personal data is compromised, and limit the use of Social Security numbers that puts your identity at risk. Urge your Congressional Representatives to enact strong identity theft protection legislation ... http://www.care2.com/go/z/24127
[Duchess with a Yonkers Shelter Ferret - March 2003]
NYC FRIENDS OF KUCINICH WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
House Members Want Answers About Secret War Pact
May 12, 2005
VERMONT GUARDIAN FOR THE INDEPENDENT MIND
http://www.vermontguardian.com/dailies/0904/0512.shtml
Did Politics Play A Role In Closings?
May 14, 2005
Stephen Koff
Plain Dealer Bureau Chief
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1116063187191140.xml&coll=2
They Shoot Cats Don’t They
May 14, 2005
by Mary Pitt
We await the emergence of a "boss cat", a leader, one who is honestly fearless and truly dedicated to the cause of the people and immune to the siren song of the power brokers. A word of caution; these "leftists" are not all the same "breed of cat" and the "Republican-Lite" people like Clinton, Lieberman, and Kerry need not apply. Cats do not compromise! This herd is more likely to fall in behind someone with the thinking of Dennis Kucinich or Howard Dean during the 2004 campaign. Many "cats" decided to withhold their votes because they did not feel that they were presented with a sufficiently clear choice.
http://www.opednews.com/pittMary_051405_cats.htm
Strickland May Be Too Liberal To Run
May 15, 2005
Term-limited Republican Gov. Bob Taft has a dismal approval rating, and residents are disgruntled with how the Republican-dominated Legislature has performed. Yet Strickland easily could lose his gubernatorial bid because he's too liberal. The political action group Irregular Times supports Ted Strickland (D). Strickland has acted to support zero percent of what the group's propaganda calls "a slate of conservative policies in the 109th Congress.'' Just how liberal is this Strickland supporter? Irregular Times offers, among other things, a Dennis Kucinich 2008 presidential button.
http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/editorial/story/0516202005_edi01edit16.asp
AFTER THE FALL: George W Bush In Trouble
May 16, 2005
by Todd Gitlin
The debate about policies is predictable and still inconclusive. Should Democrats speak in the language of the faithful? (The balance of opinion, I would guess, is no, though the point is heatedly contested.) Should they trim back their opposition to curbs on abortion in favor of programmes that would make it “safe, legal, and rare,” in Bill Clinton’s phrase? (The balance of opinion is yes, though again, many devils scamper amid the details.) As retroactive support for the Iraq war dwindles below 50%, what should the Democrats say about the occupation and about foreign policy generally? (Not much says the going consensus. An isolated, left-wing fringe continues to press for rapid withdrawal.) Meanwhile, a small but hardy band of activists continues to pursue the theory that voting machines were rigged for Bush, thus accounting for the fact that the tabulated results were systematically more pro-Bush than the usually reliable exit polls. There remain tantalizing questions – casually dismissed by the media – about how such a pattern might have been possible, though to claim a conspiracy of multi-state fraud involving several different vote-tallying devices without any evidence is, to say the least, premature. More consensual is infrastructural work to make the Democrats a continuing, working party rather than merely an intermittent fund-raising machine. Howard Dean, the anti-war darling of 2004, is one who steers clear of withdrawal talk – and is criticized for this by the anti-war stalwart (and candidate for the Democratic nomination), Representative Dennis Kucinich.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-3-77-2507.jsp
Berkeley to Discuss Department of Peace Resolution
I presented a resolution for the City of Berkeley to support a US Department of Peace to their Peace & Justice Commission on Monday, April 4th. It was agenda item # 9 for their May 2nd meeting. We had 6 supporters at that meeting. The response was a bit shocking. I served on the commission for three year's when I first moved to Berkeley, so I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Commissioner Jonathan Wornick said we don't need a Department of Peace because we already have one and it’s the State Department. Another said, "What is peace?" and yet another said if we have one Bush will use it to promote his agenda and appoint someone like Boulton to it. Another interesting comment was a suggestion from Commissioner Rita Moran, president of the Bay Area United Nations Association, that we remove all references to the United Nations and Culture of Peace if we wanted to get this to pass.
One additional idea on working w/ the P&J commission. Stephanie Thomas attended the Global Exchange Human Rights Awards dinner and bought Media Benjamin's new book.” Stop the Next war now". The second chapter is called “From a culture of violence to a culture of peace" (each chapter is an anthology of various forward thinking writers). This would be a good reference to offer Rita Moran who didn't think we should refer to a culture of peace because she thought that use of any language referring to UN would be counterproductive. The resolution was tabled until the June 6th meeting.
**Please contact the Berkeley City Council to support the work of the Peace and Justice Commission and to support the Department of Peace Resolution.
**Make plans to support our DOP Resolution at the next P&J Commission meeting.
I just got the following email from Commissioner PhoeBe Sorgen that the entire commission system is under attack. What is happening in Berkeley?
Peace, Alan Moore
Alan belongs to Earth Proclamation & Magna Carta of the Rainbow Warriors of the 21st Century. This group’s mission is to overthrow the machinery of war and the undeclared war against nature by polluters of the environment; all engines of greed and inhumanity to man.
http://www.petitiononline.com/bfly2012/petition.html
Kucinich On US Space Weapons, Control Of the World
May 19, 2005
"The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 states that it is "the policy of the United States that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind." Space was envisioned as a place of cooperation, of confirming human unity, a place where we could aspire to build a new platform of peace, fulfilling the prophecy of the poet Browning who wrote: "but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?"
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=6100
Media Expert Expounds Myths of News Coverage
May 20, 2005
By Meghann Cuniff, Oregon Daily Emerald
http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/05/20/428dd5dab41e7
Sweet Victory: Congressional Progressive Caucus Gets in Gear
May 20, 2005
By Katrina Vanden Heuvel
If you don't know much about the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), you should. With 50-plus members, it's the single largest caucus in the House, and according to a study by Chris Bowers of MyDD, by far the most loyal to core Democratic values. At a time in which too many Dems have lost their way (read: spine), CPC members--from co-chairs Barbara Lee (CA) and Lynn Woolsey (CA) to outspoken figures like founder (and Senate hopeful) Bernie Sanders (VT), Dennis Kucinich (OH), Jan Schakowsky (IL), John Conyers (MI), Maurice Hinchey (NY) and Barney Frank (MA)--continue to fight for working Americans, stand against the war, and discuss honorable ways out of Iraq. This week, Lee and Woolsey took a significant step towards strengthening the CPC, hiring grassroots organizer, former AFL-CIO staffer, and Capitol Hill veteran Bill Goold as its first full-time staffer. "There are a growing number of people who are getting involved with politics because they are drawn to the basic principles of fairness and justice that the Progressive Caucus has long represented in Congress," said Lee. "Adding a staff member of Bill's experience will allow the Progressive Caucus to more effectively continue our commitment to these principles."
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0520-29.htm
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