t r u t h o u t - US Poverty Rate Rises Increasing Ranks of Poor Whites

More and more proof of the failures of the Rove/Bush/Cheney Whitehouse...

It just keeps on coming. The evidence that "trickle down economics" does not work was provided to us during the Reagan years. So, why did they try it again? hmmm.... I don't know... because could they could? Steal 2 elections - push through your policies - make your cronies richer - leave to bask in the payoffs of your obedience to the corporations. Sounds like a plan.

Columnist George Will is an Idiot - More Profits Before Lives

In discussing oil prices on a Sunday news talk show recently, columnist Mr. George Will made some very stupid arguments about the rising price of gasoline and fuel oil. The same arguments have been made before by the Rethuglicans. However, this time the arguments were from of the right wing's intellectual elite, and it truly irked me. He was using terms like "inflationary dollars" and "real dollars" - you know, the terms you hear when someone wants you to stop complaining about the reaming they are giving you while you fill up their Mercedes with another 30 gallons of gasoline. Well, I have some words for Mr. Will and the rest of the conservative clan who think that it's just fine that gasonline is at an all-time high.

Fact, gasoline prices have doubled in past 10 years while wages for the average American worker have increased less than 20 percent. Those are REAL dollars, George - the dollars paid by working class Americans to feed their families, send their children to college, take care of Mom & Dad, and keep their 3 year old vehicle on the road. The REAL problem as I see it, is that folks like you, Mr. Will, don't know what REAL dollars are because you don't earn them nor spend them. Come sit down to dinner with us, Mr. Will. We'll feed you a meal paid for with Real dollars, prepared in our Real kitchen with our REAL hands. See what it's like to spend an evening with a family that just got slammed with the news that the largest income to the home is going to end in a month, meaning that we will have to either put Mom & Dad in a retirement care facility or stop paying for our oldest daughter's college tuition. These are the REAL choices being faced by REAL people, Mr. Will. We only wish that we had inflationary dollars to play with.

Where Are The Blue Skies?

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A few days ago, I mentioned to my wife that I haven't seen a blue sky this summer. It's been all haze and humidity. Just a fluke in the weather? Possibly, but I don't think so. The past 4 summers have be been notably hotter and certainly more humid. Central Pennsylvania is beginning to feel like a Rain Forest - minus the rain. So, what's up? Are we having a reverse "El Nino" effect? The evidence suggests not. The summers are becoming increasingly hotter and more humid. Record high temperatures are combined with skies that are covered with a grey/white haze that lingers from dawn until dusk. Even the thunderstorms that used to clear away the humidity and be followed by clear skies no longer bring relief. (See the above photo for an idea of what our skies looked like 5 years ago.)

My guess as to the cause of this unbearable heatwave? I think the EPA has been told to lay off polluters - plain and simple. Asthma attacks are increasing at an alarming rate. The need for portable oxygen tanks among the elderly has skyrocketed. Chronic sinus and bronchial problems have also risen dramatically. This is enough evidence for me that something is amiss in the atmosphere, but I want some hard evidence. The only way I know to collect such evidence is to do an air quality study. Normally, I would complain to local officials and attempt to get them to sanction such a study. However, I do not trust any government entity to provide truthful information about most things, especially if the truth would implicate big business or government itself. I am, therefore, looking into the costs of having an air quality study done at my own expense. I really have no idea what it will cost, but I suspect that I will need to convince some friends to help with the expenses. If I am able to have the study done, you can be certain that the results will be posted here. Wish me luck!

CNN Suspends Novak

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050805/ap_on_en_tv/tv_cnn_novak

IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!

Man Released From Prison on DNA Evidence After 26 Years

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=164

Our system of justice is broken. If you do not believe it, check out the Innocence Project's website and see how many people have been wrongly accused, tried and jailed because of ambitious District Attorneys and lazy police officers who want to have an arrest at an easy target's expense.