SOME NEWS ITEMS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION

It's been a while since I posted any news links but there has been so much going on that I couldn't pass these up. Some are recent and some go back a week or two. Some you may have seen and some you may have missed. Between working and running a national campaign in the evenings and on weekends it hasn't left me much time to really keep up with the news the way I want to. I hope that you have had an opportunity to see my campaign blog. It's at.........

electbrinemanvp.blogspot.com & my website www.ranknfile.net/electbrinemanvp

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Bill Moyers A Moral Transaction
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062105B.shtml

Stirling Newberry The Queen and the Soldier
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061905A.shtml

Paul Krugman What's the Matter With Ohio?http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061805E.shtml

Groups Unite Against Military Recruiters
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061805F.shtml

Downing Street Memo a Growing Problem for Bush
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061805G.shtml

Conyers Slams Washington Post
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061805Y.shtml

The Free Press Did Bush Steal 2004 Election?http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061805Z.shtml

Not Your Father's Anti-War Movement
by Arianna Huffington, TomPaine.com
Even as public sentiment turns against the war, most Democratic leaders refuse to take a stand. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050616/not_your_fathers_antiwar_movement.php

What Politics Can Learn From The NFL
by Stuart Comstock-Gay, TomPaine.com
In football, spending caps keep the playing field equal. A new court decision could do the same thing for campaigns. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050616/what_politics_can_learn_from_the_nfl.php

Patriots Against USA PATRIOT
by Arsalan Iftikhar, TomPaine.com
The reviled PATRIOT act is back in the news. But an unlikely alliance is working to improve its most dangerous clauses. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050616/patriots_against_usa_patriot.php

Steve Weissman Dean, His Democrats, and Mr. Bush's War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061505A.shtml

SEATTLE CONFIDENTIAL
Laura Barcella, AlterNet
In his new book, 'Breaking Rank,' former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper opens up about the dark side of American policing, from institutionalized racism to misogyny and homophobia.
http://www.alternet.org/story/22196/

WAR ON CRIME, NOT ON DRUGS
Norm Stamper, AlterNet
In an excerpt from 'Breaking Rank,' Norm Stamper describes how America is losing its fightagainst drugs -- and why we should considerdecriminalization.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/22227/

THE SAINTED CLAUSE
David Morris, AlterNet
In the name of protecting the Commerce Clause, progressive politicians have been unwilling to speak outagainst the Supreme Court's decision about medical marijuana.
http://www.alternet.org/story/22221/

THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
Sometimes you look at the people the Bush administration appoints to high public office and the only possible response is, "What were they thinking?"
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/22225/

FOCUS: William Rivers Pitt Nail It to the White House Door
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061505X.shtml

William Rivers Pitt Hostile Information
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/042705A.shtml

FOCUS: William Rivers Pitt The Theocrats
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/041905Y.shtml