LATEST INFO FROM MTV WEBSITE ON "DISASTER RELIEF SPECIAL"
More of music's biggest acts, including U2, Coldplay, Beck, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam, have been added to MTV, VH1 and CMT's disaster-relief special, "ReAct Now: Music & Relief" http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1509254/09092005/id_0.jhtml?headlines=true

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... Politics should be the part-time profession of every American. President Dwight D. Eisenhower

LOTS OF NEWS GOING ON OUT THERE ABOUT KATRINA, IRAQ, ETC

EIGHT BIG LIES ABOUT KATRINA
Jeremy Schulman, Raphael Schweber-Koren, Media Matters for America
Big Media has given ample space for administration officials and conservatives to spread falsehoods about relief efforts.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25227/

SWIMMING TO NEW ORLEANS
Nick Glassman, Pacific News Service
A native New Orleanean goes home -- and finds a war zone of floating bodies, angry survivors and threatening policemen.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25220/

SOUL FREEDOM
Bill Moyers, AlterNet
The notion of spiritual freedom is at risk, and the fourth observance of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 is an appropriate time to think about it.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25274/

THE USES OF LAUGHTER
Sheerly Avni, AlterNet
Political comedian Margaret Cho talks about Hurricane Katrina, stupid white men, and the question on everyone's lips: when can we be funny again?
http://www.alternet.org/movies/25275/

A NEW CONSTITUTION
Mark LeVine, AlterNet
Iraq's new leadership is in a Catch-22: It can't survive without a huge U.S. presence but until it asks the Americans to leave, millions of Iraqis will consider it illegitimate.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/25125/

RESCUING AMERICA: A 9-STEP PLAN
Van Jones, AlterNet
The tragedy of Katrina offers progressives the rare opportunity to step in with vision, courage and leadership.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25184/

CHANGE IS IN THE WIND
Kate Kendell, The Advocate
California Governor Schwarzenegger's veto of a same-sex marriage law can't hide the fact that gay and lesbian families are winning important victories throughout the country.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/25231/

IT'S ACCOUNTABILITY TIME
Scott Ritter, AlterNet
Hurricane Katrina has blown away the layers of lies peddled by the Republican government over the last four years.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25221/

10 GREAT WAYS YOU CAN HELP
Don Hazen, AlterNet
Americans: Let's not let our clumsy, uncaring government undermine our capacity to help those in need. Here are 10 outstanding endeavors that deserve your support.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25177/