Sorry, one more editorial....

I was watching crossfire today, and these republicans are so set on this social security reform just like they were that Iraq had WMD's.  Its amazing how people can lie so well. 

HONK FOR PEACE
Monday, April 25th, 2005 www.michaelmoore.com

THE MARCH OF FREEDOM

One Man's Lone Stand: "There is no antiwar movement. We have half a million people in Albuquerque, and I can’t get 10 people out here with me."

Secret Army training raises questions.

Tony Blair takes attacks from both sides, accused of lying about the Iraq war.

An Afghan man kills his daughter for allegedly committing adultery.

Against People of Faith

AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL
Hybrid car sales rise 81%.

SUV owners get free gas -- courtesy of Uncle Sam.

The Energy Bill passes the House and is on to the Senate:

The bill, which passed the House by a 249-183 vote, reflects many of President Bush's energy priorities. It would open an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling and provide $12 billion in tax breaks and subsidies to traditional energy industries, including oil, natural gas, nuclear and coal producers.

Forty public policy groups seeking to undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing the earth to overheat are getting money from ExxonMobil.

ChevronTexaco(Unocal)'s recent buyout of Unocal downplays Unocal's payoff to Burmese villagers for human rights abuses:

About two dozen cases have been filed against major multinational corporations charging complicity with foreign governments in extraordinary brutality ranging from executions to rape and genocide, usually committed by a foreign military contractually obligated to protect corporate operations. Although about half have been dismissed, usually on procedural grounds, another dozen are still pending. Defendants include some of the largest and most profitable companies in the world: Royal Dutch/Shell, ChevronTexaco, Coca-Cola and ExxonMobil. The Burma case is the first of these to be settled for money damages.

TEAM GEORGE
New documents detail Jeff Gannon's goings and comings at the White House... including a couple trips where he checked in and never checked out.

The Bush administration punishes Kerry supporters.

John Bolton, the NSA, and spying on Americans.

Is George already a lame duck?

Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist's plan to drastically alter the lower house of Congress draws fire from GOP base concerned about government shutdowns:

The lack of support from business presents a dilemma for Frist, who wants to build ties with the Republican base ahead of his likely 2008 presidential bid but now must balance competing demands from two pillars of Republican politics: evangelicals, who can marshal millions of voters, and businesses, which donate millions of dollars. Both groups played pivotal roles in securing Bush's reelection last year and expanding the GOP majority in Congress — and both have made clear that they expect to be rewarded.

But Frist is a slippery one and is already moving his message away from the religious line he started with -- now he's protecting the Constitution.

Unfortunately, Frist has Tom DeLay on his side:

The fate of Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is important on its own; he is, after all, a key leader of the conservative movement. But something larger is at stake: the agenda of George Bush and the Republican Party, especially their shared goal of remaking the federal judiciary in the image of conservatism. Will DeLay's in-your-face approach to his own salvation help reach that goal—or sabotage the effort by turning every news cycle into a Daily Drama of DeLay? That's clearly how the Democrats want to play it. And, indeed, some Republican polltakers are seeing evidence that public support for Bush's judicial agenda is being hampered by the visibility of DeLay and his religious allies. "He helps us gets things done in the House, no question of that," said a White House insider. "But I'm not sure his strategy now is helping us—or him, for that matter."

(Back in Clinton's day, it was Republicans who stalled judicial nominees and Democrats who opposed such tactics.)

GEORGE BLESS AMERICA
Justice Department Stats: 2.1 million in prison, 61% racial or ethnic minorities.

Wealthy Americans see problems in the nation's economy, but plan to continue their spending as usual:

There has been a sharp drop among those surveyed who expect further gains for the S&P 500, and a majority now believe there is a bubble in housing prices. A growing concern about the federal budget deficit now has a strong majority preferring deficit reduction to further tax cuts.

Hundreds of thousands of poor people across the nation will lose their state-subsidized health insurance in the coming months as legislators scramble to hold down the enormous — and ever-escalating — cost of Medicaid.

The Grassroots Anti-Immigrant Movement:

"Immigration is now a national phenomenon in a way that was less true a decade ago," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies in Washington. "In places like Georgia and Alabama, which had little experience with immigration before, people are experiencing it firsthand. Immigrants are working in chicken plants, carpet mills and construction. It's right in front of people's faces now, which is why it's become a political issue where it wasn't relevant before."

OTHER NEWS
In the first modification of its kind, Japanese researchers have inserted a gene from the human liver into rice to enable it to digest pesticides and industrial chemicals.

After a Saudi moon sighting committee was a day off in its Haj prediction, the Organization of Islamic Conference will launch a satellite to more accurately chart Islamic holidays.

Pope Benedict XVI apparently issued an order for secret sex abuse investigations:

It asserted the church's right to hold its inquiries behind closed doors and keep the evidence confidential for up to 10 years after the victims reached adulthood. The letter was signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was elected as John Paul II's successor last week.

Lawyers acting for abuse victims claim it was designed to prevent the allegations from becoming public knowledge or being investigated by the police. They accuse Ratzinger of committing a 'clear obstruction of justice'.

Venezuela government prints 1,000,000 free copies of Don Quixote as a national must read.

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Students at the University of California-Santa Cruz set up a tent village in protest of tuition increases and 19 are arrested.

Another tent-village in Thunder Bay, Ontario protesting school closings.

Hudson community keeps up the fight for ousted principal.

And in Cuyahoga Falls, the spirit of Hudson is in the air as 200 students walk out in protest of the latest round of teacher layoffs.

HUDSON, OHIO

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