Reading List / Week ending 7-9-05

Well it's been a while since I published a reading list but as the commercial says" there's too much good stuff". Anyway here it is. some of the articles go back aways. I'm still trying to clean out my cyber closet and get back to real time. (Good Luck on that one)

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In Brotherhood & Solidarity........................PEACE.............................Scott



FOCUS What Karl Rove Told Matt Cooper
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/071005Z.shtml

What Africa Really Needs
by Robert B. Reich, TomPaine.com
Pulling the plug on subsidies for U.S. agribusiness could mean economic independence for Africa.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050708/what_africa_really_needs.php

'Morning-After' Pill Doesn't Increase Unsafe Sex
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070805WB.shtml

Spray-On Contraceptive on the Way for Women
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070805WC.shtml

Bush Urges Less Global Oil Use, as US Guzzles It
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070805EA.shtml

National Environmental Policy Act Is 'At a Crossroads'
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070805EB.shtml

Experts Predict Polar Bear Decline
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070805EC.shtml

Paul Krugman Free to Choose Obesity?http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070805HA.shtml

Rival Drug Discount Plans on Fall Ballot in California
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070805HC.shtml

Union Leader: Labor Can't Just Back Dems
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070805LA.shtml

G8 Leaders Told It Pays to Protect Forests
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070705EC.shtml

Women Forgo Medical Care Due to Costs
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070705WC.shtml

IS EVERYTHING BAD REALLY GOOD FOR US?
Laura Barcella, AlterNet
We talk with lit-world darling Steven Johnson about pop culture,'media diet,' and -- ahem -- whether his much-hyped new bookshould really be taken seriously.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23424/

RHYTHM AND BULLSHIT? THE SLOW DECLINE OF R&B
Mark Anthony Neal, PopMatters
Has R&B lost its soul? Or has Clear Channel, Radio One, AOLTime Warner and Viacom ripped its heart out?
http://www.alternet.org/story/23384/

* Monica Mehta's top 10 things to worry about today
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23389/

* Evan Derkacz's account of NPR's suspicious snafu
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23409/

PIGGING OUT ON PORK
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
Folks, we are being eaten alive by corruption -- and it isn't pretty.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/23410/

GENERATION Y'S SILENT PROTEST
Phill Provance, The Baltimore Sun
The so-called 'echo boom' is the largest American generationsince the baby boomers. So, why, with all these kids, can'twe find anyone willing to fight Bush's war?http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/23321/

Officials Investigate Deaths of Sea Birds
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070605EB.shtml

Activists Seek to Curb Raptor Deaths at California Wind Farm
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070605EC.shtml

Amanda Paulson Unions Look Ahead - and Inward, Too
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070605LA.shtml

Campaign Veterans Run Anti-Wal-Mart Effort
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070605LC.shtml

Catherine Orenstein Housewife Wars
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070605WA.shtml

Women Leaders Rally for Abortion Rights
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070605WB.shtml

Trafficked Women 'Being Raped, Starved'
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070605WC.shtml

WHO'S WATCHING THE WATCH LIST?
John Graham, AlterNet
My name is on a list of real and suspected enemies of the state and I can't find out what I'm accused of or why, let alone defend myself.
http://www.alternet.org/story/2336

-->> New In Multimedia -->>'VLOG' WILD
Zack Pelta-Heller, AlterNet
Jon Stewart, the Palestinian occupation, and Ohio election fraudall have one thing in common: They're part of the next Internet craze: 'vlogging', or video weblogs.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/23391/

Novak Squealed
by David Corn, TomPaine.com
Why is Judith Miller in jail? Here's a theory: Robert Novak squealed to the feds to cover Karl Rove's backside.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050707/novak_squealed.php

William Rivers Pitt Over There
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070705A.shtml

William Rivers Pitt Interesting Times
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070705Y.shtml

Paul Krugman Girth of a Nation
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070505HA.shtml

Silicon Valley May Back Plug-In Hybrid Cars
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070505EC.shtml

Harry Kelber Labor Solidarity Center
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070505LA.shtml

In Germany, the Jobless Work to Keep Their Benefits
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070505LB.shtml

Unionizing Tactic Could Face Shake-Up
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070505LC.shtml

*JON STEWART gets a hold of Rumsfeld's 15 things that could go terribly, terribly wrong in Iraq:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/06/27.html#a3668

OH BABY, IT'S DRAFTY OUT THERE
Frida Berrigan, AlterNet
Some counter-recruitment activists and military observers think a 'perfect storm' of conditions is brewing a returnto the draft.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23308/

A WORLD WITHOUT BOSSES?
Traci Hukill, Common Ground
A handful of Northern California collectives take cues from an innovative Basque cooperative in Northern Spain. But can they really make a difference?
http://www.alternet.org/story/23201/

The Original Flag Desecration
by Jamin B. Raskin, TomPaine.com
Do Trent Lott and Tom DeLay know what they're doing? On the unintended consequences of the flag amendment. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050705/the_original_flag_desecration.php

Is there a patriotism that is not nationalistic? How does internationalismrelate to patriotism? What do you value in the traditions of your country? TheNation asked these questions of a group of activists, writers and politiciansfor a special issue of the magazine in July, 1991. The answers are stillrelevant today, so click below to read comments by Vivian Gornick, JesseJackson, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Martin Duberman, Floyd Abrams, Richard Falk,Howard Fast, Mary McGrory and Natalie Merchant, among many others.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=19910715&s=forum

And check out new Nation July 4th commentary today.
Katrina vanden Heuvel offers five progressive initiatives for July 4th.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=4451
John Nichols shows how another president dealt with another July 4th.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=4265

Richard A. Kaye True Patriots Act
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070405A.shtml

Veterans Group Issues "Declaration of Impeachment"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070405B.shtml

Karl Rove Was a Source for Time's Plame Story
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070305A.shtml

Government Secrecy Reaches Historic High
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070305B.shtml

The Best Corporate Health Plan
by Jonathan Tasini, TomPaine.com
For America to regain its competitive edge, single- payer health care must be part of the solution. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050630/the_best_corporate_health_plan.php

ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE DAY
David Morris, AlterNet
Sam Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry would have found Bush's brand of patriotism unfathomable --and even, perhaps, treasonable.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23290/

EMINENT DEVELOPMENT
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
People have the most remarkable ability to convince themselves that what they are doing is for the greater good-- if they are also making a great deal of money out of it.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/23281/

A July 4th Covenant
by Marcus Raskin, TomPaine.com
A former Kennedy aide and liberal scholar reminds us to take pride in America on its 229th birthday.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050701/a_july_4th_covenant.php

Marjorie Cohn The Creeping Draft
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070105A.shtml

Paul Krugman America Held Hostage
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070105C.shtml

Code Dumb: Look Who's Spying on Your Granny
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070105G.shtml

Tom Turnipseed Our Declaration of Independence, from Oil
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070105H.shtml

Time Magazine to Turn Over Documents in Plame Case
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/063005A.shtml

William Rivers Pitt The Supremacy of the Super-Citizen
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/063005X.shtml

California Farmers Clean Up Using Solar Power
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/062905EA.shtml

Micro-Power Hailed as Cheap, Safe Energy of Future
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/062905EB.shtml

Hungry for an Alternative
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/062905EC.shtml

Newsom Backs Sweatshop Labor Ban
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/062905LA.shtml

Unions Have Blunted Bids to Curb Political Spending
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/062905LB.shtml

The Daily News Journal Bridgestone Labor Crisis Troubling for Workers
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/062905LC.shtml

BIG DREAMS, BIG HOPES
Barack Obama, AlterNet
What if we prepared every child with the education and skills they need to compete in the new economy? What if no matter where you worked or how many times you switched jobs, you had health care and a pension that stayed with you?
http://www.alternet.org/story/23240/

WAL-MART HAS NO PLAN B
Liza Featherstone, Women's eNews
Wal-Mart continues to keep Plan B, the "morning-after pill,"off its shelves. The megastore's policy, catering to its rural base, complicates its pursuit of new markets.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/23220/

CLASS MATTERS
David Moberg, In These Times
Belief in the myth of the self-made man has made manyordinary people suckers for the right-wing pitch.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23250/

Tom Engelhardt Immoral Relativism
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062905K.shtml

Robert Dreyfuss The Vietnam Solution
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062905L.shtml

Gay Marriage Is Extended Nationwide in Canada
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062905N.shtml

An Iraqi Peace Process
by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com
Nice try, George. If Iraq is going to be viable and Americans are to come home, the right people must get to the right table. Here's how to do it. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050629/an_iraqi_peace_process.php

A Fossilized Energy Bill
by Jeff Rickert and Brian Siu, TomPaine.com
The energy bill passed yesterday represents a lost opportunity to lead America toward security and prosperity.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050629/a_fossilized_energy_bill.php

Television Interference
by Michael Winship, TomPaine.com
The CPB's Ken Tomlinson has a record of meddling with the independence of public broadcasting -- and maybe even blacklisting. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050629/television_interference.php

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
Setting up a straw man, calling it liberal and then knocking it down has become a favorite form of "argument" for those on the right
.http://www.alternet.org/story/23223/

THE 'LEAVE MY CHILD ALONE' MOVEMENT
Rebecca Romani, Left Turn
Main Street Moms are mad about military recruiting at highschools, and they're becoming a force to reckon with.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/23218/

Low Power FM Taking Back Airwaves in Vermont
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062805H.shtml

William Rivers Pitt: The Bush Speech Drinking Game
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062805X.shtml

Kerry: The Speech the President Should Give
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062805Y.shtml

WORK FOR WAL-MART? YOU MAY NEED WELFARE
Maria Luisa Tucker, AlterNet
Thousands of low-wage Wal-Mart workers are on public assistance. Many state lawmakers say it's time the megastore was forced to provide affordable employee health insurance.
http://www.alternet.org/story/22298/

AN IDLER'S LIFE
Katie Renz, Mother Jones
What would happen if we embraced a four-day work week, or decided to work just three hours a day?
http://www.alternet.org/story/22190/

DEBTOR NATION AT RED ALERT
Joshua Holland, AlterNet
If Democrats can link our spiraling personal and public debt to Republican economic policies, they might be able to head off a looming economic disaster -- and make some gains atthe polls.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23195/

KEEPING IT SIMPLE, STUPID
Stephen Pizzo, AlterNet
Virtually all of George W.'s behavior in office can be explained by one single event: being saved. Complexity had driven George to drink. In simplicity he found peace, self-confidence and salvation.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23183/

EXPONENTIAL ENRONS AHEAD
Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org
A little-discussed section of the Bush energy bill will drive public utilities out of business, letting oil giants like Halliburton control your electricity.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/23184/