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ONE STATE AT A TIME
Rose Aguilar, AlterNet
Mississippi Democrats are showing the potential power of Howard Dean's '50-state strategy' to take back national politics.
http://www.alternet.org/story/24223/

HYPOCRITES AND LIARS
Commentary by Cindy Sheehan
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0820-30.htm
One thing I haven't noticed or become aware of though is an increased number of pro-war, pro-Bush people on the other side of the fence enlisting to go and fight George Bush's war for imperialism and insatiable greed. The pro-peace side has gotten off their apathetic butts to be warriors for peace and justice. Where are the pro-war people? Everyday at Camp Casey we have a couple of anti-peace people on the other side of the road holding up signs that remind me that 'Freedom isn't Free' but I don't see them putting their money where their mouths are. I don't think they are willing to pay even a small down payment for freedom by sacrificing their own blood or the flesh of their children. I still challenge them to go to Iraq and let another soldier come home. Perhaps a soldier that is on his/her third tour of duty, or one that has been stop-lossed after serving his/her country nobly and selflessly, only to be held hostage in Iraq by power mad hypocrites who have a long history of avoiding putting their own skin in the game.

PEARL JAM CONCERT LOOKING TO FILL SEATS
Joe Nickell / Missoulian News
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/23/news/local/news04.txt

TOO MANY QUESTIONS, TOO FEW ANSWERS
Danny Schechter, MediaChannel.org
After a week of mainstream media's Gaza disengagement-related 'hot footage' and 'emotional storytelling,' have we actually learned anything?
http://www.alternet.org/story/24443/

REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS U.S. NEEDS IRAQ EXIT STRATEGY NOW
The war has destabilized the Mideast and created a potential Vietnam, Nebraska’s Chuck Hagel says. Other lawmakers express frustration.
Josh Meyer / Los Angeles Times
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0822-08.htm

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952

A PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST IN GAZA
Laila El-Haddad, AlterNet
'I do not want my son growing up in another phase of this occupation. I do not want his childhood hijacked by an occupier he cannot see.'
http://www.alternet.org/story/24442/

MORE STATESMANSHIP, LESS SALESMANSHIP, PLEASE………
Rep. Lynn Woolsey / Knight Ridder Newspapers
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0822-29.htm

A GREAT DAY FOR ISRAEL
Uri Avnery, AlterNet
Sure, the Gaza pullout is a ploy to keep the rest of the territories -- but to ignore its historic significance would be to miss the point.
http://www.alternet.org/story/24439/

TIME TO BREAK THE SILENCE
William E. Connolly / Baltimore Sun
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0822-23.htm

THE 'BIG LIE' ON BUSH'S NIGHTSTAND
Kir Slevin, AlterNet
The fact that Bush's handlers are still pushing the lie that the President reads anything at all -- much less scholarly tomes -- shows how much contempt they have for the public.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/24441/

BUSHITS JOB APPROVAL RATING IN AUGUST 2004 AND 2005
August 2004 - 43% Approved & 50% Disapproved with 7% Undecided
August 2005 - 36% Approved & 58% Disapproved with 6% Undecided
[Duchess Note - I do so like the change in those numbers from a year ago. Americans are finally waking up to the arrogance, lies and destroyers of values/morals that is the Bushit Regime. What can we Americans do? Support peace organizations, help end the occupation in the Middle East, do NOT vote Republican, become involved in local organizations, protest at rallies or vigils AND write or call your congressperson. We can make a difference and don't let others tell you it won't work, cause that is one big ass lie. Remember what Mikhail Gorbachev said years ago ... "What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.]