Wednesday, June 15, 2005

JUST A WEE BIT OF NEWS FOR A SUNNY WEDNESDAY IN NYC

WHY DEAN IS RIGHT
Ari Berman, The Nation
[Duchess Note - At the end of this short, terrific article is a link to sign a petition ("Howard Dean Speaks for Me"). If you feel strongly that Dean is on the right track, then please sign the petition. I did!]
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0615-28.htm

THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
Sometimes you look at the people the Bush administration appoints to high public office and the only possible response is, "What were they thinking?"
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/22225/

NEW MEMOS DETAIL EARLY PLANS FOR INVADING IRAQ
British officials believed the U.S. favored military force a year before the war, documents show.
John Daniszewski, Los Angeles Times
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0615-01.htm

U.S. BLOCKS INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO UZBEK MASSACRE
Matthew Clark, Christian Science Monitor
A growing rift between the State and Defense Departments over Uzbekistan reveals serious contradictions in the Bush Administration's foreign policy.
http://www.alternet.org/story/22226/

NOT GUILTY, BUT HARDLY FREE
Derrick Z. Jackson, The Boston Globe
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0615-30.htm

TURN OFF THE SPIGOTS
Julene Bair, Prairie Writers Circle
Ending irrigation may be the only way to preserve life on the High Plains, even if it destroys the crops that farmers and ranchers depend on.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/22229/

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