A MOTHER’S BEST GIFT – WORLD PEACE
Lisa Earle McLeod, The Buffalo News
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060513/1018790.asp
It's time we asked for something that truly honors the work we do on this planet. It's time we asked the world to keep our babies safe. Peace is as patriotic as mom's apple pie. To demonstrate that, mothers across America are delivering "peace pies" to their legislators the day after Mother's Day, asking that peace and nonviolence be given a piece of the federal government budget "pie."

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Majority of Americans Against Phone Record Collection
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0515-11.htm

America the Titanic
By James Carroll
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0515-23.htm

ALL HAIL THE SURVEILLANCE STATE
Danny Schechter, AlterNet
The attempt by Big Telco to control the internet makes the spy scandal a mere misdemeanor.
http://www.alternet.org/story/36280/

THE GOVERNMENT'S MASSIVE DATA SWEEP
Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor
A 'dataveillance' program within the Department of Homeland Security is sifting through millions of online records to note user patterns and possible links to terrorism.
http://www.alternet.org/story/36190/

GEORGE W. BUSH'S DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Jane Smiley, HuffingtonPost.com
Temper tantrums, blaming others, revenge-seeking, destruction of property, deceitfulness and stealing – it all adds up to a grim diagnosis.
http://www.alternet.org/story/36281/

Bush & Blair: They Did it Their Way - So They Have No One To Blame But Themselves
By Gary Younge
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0515-26.htm

Sacrifice Liberty For Security? Not Without a Fight
By Jay Bookman
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0515-22.htm