ENERGIZED PEARL JAM MAKES AN EXPLOSIVE RETURN
By Gene Stout, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/269102_pearljam05.html

PEARL ESSENCE
By Whitney Pastorek, Entertainment Weekly
http://www.ew.com/ew/pearljam

[Pearl Jam - left to right in photo above are Gossard, Ament, Cameron, McCready and Vedder in the center. One week to go and I'll see their gig in Albany. WooHoo!]

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... Go placidly amidst the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. Desiderata

NOTHING LIKE SOME LIBERAL NEWS TO JUMP START YOUR WEEKEND

BUSH CLEARS THE WAY FOR CORPORATE DOMINATION
Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Antonia Juhasz, author of 'The Bush Agenda,' explains what Bush really means when he says he wants to spread freedom around the world.
http://www.alternet.org/story/35846/

EXCERPT: THE BUSH AGENDA
Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet
Bush believes that 'free trade' and 'free markets' are synonymous with 'freedom' -- and he's willing to implement this theory with military force.
http://www.alternet.org/story/35861/

Cheap Oil, Cheap Labor, and Costly Habits
Patti Morrison
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0504-22.htm

Ridicule and Contempt for President Bush
Sidney Blumenthal
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0504-24.htm

AN EXCELLENT REASON NOT TO JOIN THE MILITARY
Aimee Allison, AlterNet
In this excerpt from "10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military," published by the New Press, the author conveys her shock at discovering the realities of life as a female minority in uniform.
http://www.alternet.org/story/35792/

THERE WILL BE NO WAR ON IRAN
The Mix -- Joshua Holland debunks the myths about why we must attack Iran, and how we can rise up to keep it from happening:
http://alternet.org/blogs/themix/35840/

WHY BUSH WON'T FIX THE GAS PRICE PROBLEM
Will Durst, AlterNet
It's simple: Bush is an oilman, his father is an oilman, and all the people who gave him money that put him in the White House are oilmen.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/35839/