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Diminishing Oil Causes Tough Choices For A Hungry World

Posted by bosskitty

It used to be oil for food. Now, its oil substitute OR food. Super Powers are focusing on a dying concept. Cheap energy the old fashioned way is no longer viable.

The World Watches How America Treats Its Friends

Posted by bosskitty

The US State Department rejects wannabe immigrants who have gambled their lives to help Americans. The stories are endless and tragic. Americans promise the world to Iraqis and Afghanis, winning their allegiance and support. Often recruiting them for dangerous translator positions, sometimes making outrageous promises they know can’t be kept. Some [...]

Iraqi Children For Sale

Posted by bosskitty

UNICEF:
- An estimated 2 million children in Iraq continue to face threats including poor nutrition, disease and interrupted education.
- Many of the 220,000 displaced children of primary school age had their education interrupted.
- An estimated 760,000 children (17 per cent) did not go to primary schools in 2006.
- An average 25,000 [...]

Pentagon Threat - No Strings On Funding Or Else

Posted by bosskitty

Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding
Democrats Are Firm on Link to Troop Withdrawals From Iraq
By Jonathan Weisman and Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post
The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President [...]

Global Shift In Wealth May Not Include America

Posted by bosskitty

Oil Price Rise Causes Global Shift in Wealth
Iran, Russia and Venezuela Feel the Benefits
High oil prices are fueling one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. Oil consumers are paying $4 billion to $5 billion more for crude oil every day than they did just five years ago, pumping more than $2 trillion [...]

US Tax Dollars NOT Spent on Homeless Veterans - Words Are Cheaper

Posted by bosskitty

1 Out of 4 Homeless Are Veterans
WASHINGTON — Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from [...]

Bush Wants To Veto Government Funding - Government Shutdown

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Update: Bush chides Congress for not passing funding bills
NTEU Urges President to Swiftly Sign Continuing Resolution
Now that the Senate has joined the House in [...]

$750 Million A Day Spent On Bush Armageddon Envy

Posted by bosskitty

The Quakers have a wonderful website, AFSC.ORG , that keeps tally of the dollars being flushed down the war toilet. They have posted alternative directions this enormous amount of money could be better spent. This country contains well over 300 Million souls. The quality of life is rapidly being thrown in two [...]

Trial Lawyers Fight Preemptive Rules Against Accountability

Posted by bosskitty

Official Washington loves the word “stealth.”
At least that’s how the nation’s trial lawyers view the Bush administration’s increasing use of federal health and safety regulations in defense of manufacturers trying to fend off multimillion-dollar liability claims from consumers in state courts.
The fine print of a 2006 Food and Drug Administration rule on prescription labeling that [...]

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