By Harvey Wasserman
September 14, 2009
www.freepress.org
The Four Courtsmen of the Apocalypse are poised to finally bury American democracy in corporate money. The most powerful institution in human history---the global corporation---may soon take definitive possession of our electoral process.
It could happen very soon.
While America agonizes over health care, energy… Continue
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New York Residences Raided in Terrorism Probe - Federal, local agents raid New York City residences as part of terrorism investigation
By TOM HAYS and DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON September 14, 2009 (AP)
Law enforcement agents have raided residences in New York City as part of a terrorism investigation, and are preparing to brief Congress about the investigation.
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne confirms that… Continue
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D., R-Okla., introduced the Enumerated Powers Act. The bill highlights the importance of the Tenth Amendment and gives members of Congress new procedural tools to stop unconstitutional legislation.
“A major reason why we are facing tough economic challenges is because Congress has ignored our founding documents which are designed to limit its role. Until… Continue
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The lunatic Republicans claim that because of the Tenth Amendment, which states that any power not specifically delegated to the Federal Government belongs to the states or TO THE PEOPLE. They're making this 10th Amendment claim to prevent Federal legislation on health care reform. GOOD! Let's put it on the… Continue
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Here is what is happenning on the other side of the news. News that has not been released on the Alex Jones Show or mainstream media. Care2 usually is great for signing
petitions, you can start a petition here for things if you like action to be taken.
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/09/pawlenty_reword.php
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, in his sudden quest to be more of a ridiculous Sarah Palin figure instead of a well-reasoned governor, raised some eyebrows when he suggested he might consider asserting state rights and suing the federal government to reject President Obama's health care reform plan in Minnesota. Citing the 10th Amendment, he sounded… Continue
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Oakland, Calif. - Many liberals lambasted the Bush administration on detention policy and warrantless surveillance, often arguing that they violated the Constitution. Now the Obama administration is pushing ahead with… Continue
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Published: September 13, 2009
Trust in news media has reached a new low, with record numbers of Americans saying reporting is inaccurate, biased and shaped by special interests, according to a survey set to be released Monday.
The survey of 1,506 people interviewed in July by the Pew Research Center showed that self-described Republicans continued to take the dimmest view of news organizations, but discontent among Democrats was catching… Continue
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By Russ Emal (with a little assistance from the Internet)
Is it true or false that when you sit on a jury, you may vote on the verdict according to your own conscience. "True", you say, but then why do most judges tell you that you may consider "only the facts" and that you are not to let your conscience, opinion of the law, or the motives of the defendant affect your decision?
Blur and Radiohead are among a host of bands calling on the Government to abandon proposals to cut off the internet connections of people who illegally download music.
The activist group ACORN has fired two employees of its Baltimore office who were seen on hidden-camera video giving advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman posing as a prostitute.
Fox News broadcast excerpts Thursday from the video. The man and woman ask about buying a house and how to account on tax forms for the woman's income. An ACORN employee advises the woman to list her occupation as "performance…
The military did not disclose the victim's nationality, but Houston-based KBR confirmed he was one of its employees.
Reporting from Baghdad and Kirkuk, Iraq - A U.S. soldier was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting Sunday of a civilian contractor on an American military base in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, the military said.
The shooting occurred at 8:30 a.m. and the civilian died of his wounds later in the day.
AFP - Energy giants Total and Chevron are propping up Myanmar's junta with a gas project that has allowed the regime to stash nearly five billion dollars in Singaporean banks, a rights group said Thursday.
France's Total and US-based Chevron have also tried to whitewash alleged rights abuses by Myanmar troops guarding the pipeline, including forced labour and killings, two reports by US-based EarthRights International said.
The group urged the international community to… Continue
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Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 13, 2009
BALTIMORE -- It was a slow day for Maryland's hospitals. But one Baltimore emergency room and an intensive care unit were already maxed out. And the computer monitor tracking the ER and ICU at a medical center in nearby Washington was flashing yellow and red -- signaling that they, too, had run out of room. The next car crash victim would have to go elsewhere; the next heart attack patient risked losing precious minutes… Continue
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