QUOTE OF THE DAY ... Some people think it's a miracle to walk on water. I think it is a miracle to walk on the earth in peace. Thich Nhat Hahn

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TOP NINE PLAMEGATE FALSEHOODS
Josh Kalven, Media Matters for America
As the possibility of high-level indictments increases, the misinformation battle intensifies. Get the truth behind the major falsehoods.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/27281/

RESISTING HILLARY
Cindy Sheehan, AlterNet
How can those who want the occupation of Iraq to end support Hillary Clinton's higher political aspirations? They can't.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/27089/

KATRINA REVEALS AMERICA'S OTHER POOR
Daniel B. Wood, Christian Science Monitor
Congress may waste a golden opportunity to address the nation's long-term poverty problems by cutting back social>services to pay for the reconstruction effort.
http://www.alternet.org/katrina/27285/

SYRIA: THE NEXT IRAQ?
Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com
After all the lies and costs of Iraq, is it possible that America will let Bush get away with shattering another Middle East state?
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/27284/

WHAT PART OF 'GLOBAL WARMING' DON'T WE GET?
Bill McKibben, Prairie Writers Circle
It's time for the denial to end, but Washington is governed by a bipartisan consensus that somehow the laws of physics and chemistry don't apply to us.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/27034/