7 from TRUTHOUT

Storm Turns Focus to Global Warming
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005A.shtml
Although most mainstream hurricane scientists are skeptical of any connection
between global warming and heightened storm activity, the growing intensity of
hurricanes and the frequency of large storms are leading some to rethink
long-held views.


Louisiana National Guard's 8 Long Days
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005D.shtml
Nearing the end of their tour in Iraq, National Guard troops from Louisiana face
an uncertain homecoming. With only eight days left before their tours end, the
biggest worry on these soldiers' minds is 10,000 miles away. "We were going to
have a homecoming," said Carrigee. "Now we don't know if we'll have homes to go
home to."


Democrats Demand Probe of Demotion
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005E.shtml
Congressional Democrats demanded an investigation Monday into the demotion of a
senior US military contracting official who publicly criticized a controversial
no-bid contract awarded to Halliburton Corp. for work in Iraq.


Gordon Livingston | Iraq Looking More and More Like Vietnam
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005G.shtml
As if the resemblance between Iraq and Vietnam were not enough, President Bush,
Livingston argues, has closed the circle for us. Never mind that the original
rationale for the war - preventing Iraq from using its stockpiles of weapons of
mass destruction against us - has evaporated; the issue now is that
ever-reliable call to arms: freedom, ours and the Iraqis'.


William Rivers Pitt | Here's the Funny Part
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005I.shtml
George W. Bush coughed up his latest rationale for continuing the Iraq war - I
think this is the fourth or fifth one of these to this point - by saying that
because so many American soldiers have been killed, we have to keep sending
American soldiers to get killed as a means of honoring the American soldiers who
have been killed. William Rivers Pitt says this is big talk from a guy who
spends more time on vacation than a French aristocrat.


Intelligent Design Has No Place in the Science Curriculum
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005N.shtml
At least 19 states are now debating the use of intelligent design in public
education, and President Bush commented in August that he thought both evolution
and intelligent design "ought to be properly taught."


California Patrol Won't Seize Marijuana Used as Medicine
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005O.shtml
In a turnaround, one of the state's biggest law enforcement agencies says it is
taking a hands-off approach to the possession and use of marijuana for medical
purposes.