************************************************** * RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST * * Volume IV, Issue #1,006 * Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 * Email Circulation 2,054 * * Published every non-holiday weekday * by the staff of Rational Review * * On the Web: http://www.rationalreview.com/news * In cooperation with ISIL: htp://www.isil.org **************************************************
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Bush signed the legislation in an elaborate East Room ceremony, calling it a 'vital tool' in the administration's war on terrorism. Almost immediately, Republican Party leaders charged that the measure's Democratic critics advocate freeing terrorists." (10/18/06) http://tinyurl.com/y59v6c ----- 2) Iraq: 10 US troops killed Washington Post "Ten U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq on Tuesday, one of the bloodiest days of the war for American forces outside of major combat operations. The toll included four soldiers killed by a single bomb in Baghdad, and another soldier killed by small-arms fire in the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said. North of Baghdad, a soldier was killed when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised-explosive device, the military said. Three soldiers died in the northern province of Diyala and one Marine in the western province of Anbar. The U.S. military gave no details of those deaths, saying only that they came in 'enemy action.'" (10/18/06) http://tinyurl.com/yd74ep ----- 3) Latin America impasse over UN council seat San Jose Mercury News "Guatemala failed repeatedly to muster the necessary votes to beat out Venezuela for a Latin American seat on the U.N. Security Council, prompting diplomats Tuesday to demand a compromise candidate. Both have so far refused and the U.N. General Assembly scheduled yet more rounds of voting Thursday by its 192 member nations. That left a day off for Latin American nations to try to find a solution. In the 22nd round of voting, Guatemala garnered 102 votes to Venezuela's 77. That result, similar to that of many of the previous rounds during the past two days, was 23 votes short of the two-thirds needed to win, and it now appeared that neither would be able to bridge the gap." (10/18/06) http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/15786310.htm ----- 4) Nevada to vote on pot shops CNN "Gambling, prostitution, and now pot? Organizers of a Nevada ballot measure hope voters in a state where almost everything goes will go one better and legalize marijuana. If it passes November 7, Nevada will be the first state to allow adults to possess up to an ounce of pot that they could buy at government-regulated marijuana shops. The Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana, which has pushed medical marijuana and decriminalization laws around the country, thinks Nevada -- with its embrace of certain vices and its streak of Western independence -- is a perfect venue." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/tbyym ----- 5) OH: GOP scales back efforts for DeWine Capitol Hill Blue "The Republican Party placed $700,000 in television ads in Ohio on Tuesday, a scaled-back ad campaign amid growing doubts by party officials that GOP Sen. Mike DeWine can win re-election in the battleground state. The ads by the party are smaller than recent million-dollar ad buys by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. But party officials touted the ads as evidence that they were not abandoning the state or giving up on DeWine. ... Polls this week in Ohio show DeWine trailing his Democratic opponent, Rep. Sherrod Brown, by 7 to 12 percentage points." (10/18/06) http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/10/republicans_sca.html ----- 6) Israel launches Gaza offensive International Herald Tribune [France] "The Israeli army pushed into southern Gaza before dawn Wednesday, killing two Palestinian militants, the army and Palestinians reported. Israeli soldiers killed the two men as they approached army positions in Rafah, on the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, an army spokesman said. Palestinian security officials said Israeli infantry and tanks moved into Rafah before dawn Wednesday and took over a swath of the Gaza-Egypt border, including the Rafah border terminal." http://tinyurl.com/y83eqc ----- 7) Occupied Ireland: Setback as talks scrapped Yorkshire Post Today [UK] "The Government was forced yesterday to call off a meeting involving the Rev Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams as Prime Minister Tony Blair's new bid to get the Northern Ireland peace process on track suffered a setback. Talks had been planned at Stormont involving the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein on the policy objectives of a future Stormont executive. But the meeting was postponed when the DUP accused the Government of reneging on written commitments that Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein would sign up next month to a ministerial code and pledge to support the police and the rule of law."(10/18/06) http://tinyurl.com/y4xgfs ----- 8) Suicide blasts hit Sri Lanka resort Guardian [UK] "Tamil Tiger rebels posing as fishermen blew up two of their boats today in the first suicide attack to target an area of Sri Lanka's southern coast popular with tourists. Sri Lanka's government said at least one sailor had been killed, another two were missing and at least 14 civilians and 12 sailors were wounded. Two of the navy's fast boats and another small boat were damaged in the attack, in the harbour of the resort town of Galle. Police imposed an open-ended curfew in the area." (10/18/06) http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1924994,00.html ----- 9) Prosecutors want to question shoe bomber Cañon City Daily Record "Federal investigators told a judge Tuesday that they want to question would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid because it was likely that he has 'important information' about terrorist activities. But prosecutors said in U.S. District Court they don't believe Reid is entitled to a public defender now that his criminal case is over. Reid, a British citizen and self-described follower of Osama bin Laden, pleaded guilty in 2002 to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y2tdpq ----- 10) Judge allows 9/11 lawsuits to go forward Bluefield Daily Telegraph "A federal judge on Tuesday refused to toss out claims by thousands of emergency workers who sued New York City and about 150 private contractors after the workers were sickened by dust at the World Trade Center site. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein dismissed claims against Consolidated Edison Co. and companies controlled by developer Larry Silverstein, saying they did not have legal control over the area and therefore were not liable for damages." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/yjag99 ----- 11) North Korea apparently preparing 2nd nuke test Tahoe Daily Tribune "Satellite images indicate North Korea appears to be getting ready for a second nuclear test, officials said Tuesday, as the defiant communist regime held huge rallies and proclaimed that U.N. sanctions amount to a declaration of war. China, the North's longtime ally and biggest trading partner, warned Pyongyang not to aggravate tensions. The U.N. has condemned the Oct. 9 atomic blast, and U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill told reporters in Seoul on Tuesday that another nuclear explosion would be 'a very belligerent answer' to the world." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y5w2qu ----- 12) Commander: Mistakes made in Afghanistan Kansas City Star "The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan failed to follow through as it should have after ousting the Taliban government in 2001, setting the stage for this year's deadly resurgence, the NATO commander in the country said Tuesday. The mistake consisted of adopting 'a peacetime approach' too early, British Gen. David Richards told Pentagon reporters. He said the international community has six months to correct the problem before losing Afghan support, reiterating a warning he issued last week." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y4c6jm ----- 13) MI: This time, manager came up firing Grand Rapids Press "A year ago, almost to the day, armed robbers stormed the Alger Heights Foods store. That time, the manager could do nothing to stop it, as he lay on the floor with co-workers and shoppers. This time, he was ready. ... Late Friday, about closing time, the manager broke free from the tape that bound his hands, reached for the handgun tucked in the waistband of his pants. He fired at one of the three armed robbers, killing him, police said. Police said the manager fired more than one shot inside the store, at 2420 Eastern Ave. SE. The other robbers escaped. Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth was expected to review police reports today to determine whether the manager should face charges." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y7cm7f ----- 14) MN: Potential victim turns tables on assailant Minneapolis Star Tribune "St. Paul police say a potential shooting victim turned the tables on his assailant Monday during an attempted robbery at an East Side convenience store. ... Just after 4 p.m., police reported, the suspect pulled a gun on the clerk at the Blue Neighborhood Store on the northeast corner of Mendota and Fremont Streets. 'The clerk heard the gun go click and then pulled out his own firearm and fired two or three shots at the suspect,' said Tom Walsh, a St. Paul police spokesman." (10/16/06) http://www.startribune.com/467/story/747176.html ----- 15) Judge vacates conviction of Ken Lay San Francisco Chronicle "A federal judge Tuesday vacated the conviction of Enron's late founder Kenneth Lay, wiping out a jury's verdict that he committed fraud and conspiracy in one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history. Lay was convicted of 10 counts of fraud, conspiracy and lying to banks in two separate cases on May 25. Enron's collapse in 2001 wiped out thousands of jobs, more than $60 billion in market value and more than $2 billion in pension plans. Lay died of heart disease July 5 while vacationing with his wife, Linda, in Aspen, Colo. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, in a ruling Tuesday, agreed with Lay's lawyers that his death required erasing his convictions." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/yfo6zw ----- 16) Boy Scouts suffer another court setback Arizona Republic "Six years after the Supreme Court ruled the Boy Scouts could ban gay leaders, the group is fighting and losing legal battles with state and local governments over its discriminatory policies. The latest setback came Monday when the high court without comment refused to take a case out of Berkeley, Calif., in which a Scout sailing group lost free use of a public marina because the Boy Scouts bar atheists and gays. The action let stand a unanimous California Supreme Court ruling that Berkeley may treat the Berkeley Sea Scouts, a branch of the Boy Scouts, differently from other nonprofit organizations because of the Scouts' membership policies." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y9rwde ----- 17) Tax thugs target Snipes, Kahn firm Fox News "Actor Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday on eight counts of tax fraud, accused of trying to cheat the government out of nearly $12 million in false refund claims and not filing returns for six years. Prosecutors said Snipes fraudulently claimed refunds totaling nearly $12 million in 1996 and 1997 on income taxes already paid. The star of the Blade trilogy and other films including Jungle Fever and White Men Can't Jump was also charged with failure to file returns from 1999 through 2004. According to the indictment, Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients. The firm American Rights Litigators would receive 20 percent of refunds from clients, according to the indictment." (10/17/06) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221599,00.html ----- 18) There she is, Miss Tibet Christian Science Monitor "Cold rain pelted this former British hill station [in India] last Friday morning, threatening to cancel one of the town's more provocative annual social and political events: the swimsuit round of the Miss Tibet beauty pageant. But the sun broke through, and at 1 o'clock, right on time, the five contestants were primped, poised, and ready. Only one small problem: no judges. Two-and-a half hours later, the organizer of the event, Lobsang Wangyal, a photographer who funds the event out of his own pocket, managed to round up a few bewildered Indians, a Frenchman, and an American to be judges. With the pop music pumping, the five young women beat a path to an improvised stage -- a small hotel pool deck -- past a gaggle of photographers." (10/17/06) http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1017/p07s02-wosc.html ----- 19) MA: City may banish TV dishes from view Boston Globe "The Boston City Council, citing a proliferation of satellite television dishes across the city, is considering banning the devices from the front of buildings. Saying that the dishes are potentially dangerous and increasingly hard to overlook in parts of the city where some buildings are festooned with them, councilors plan to consider a measure to confine the satellite television receivers to the back of buildings, out of public view. 'For some, it's an eyesore,' said Council President Michael Flaherty, who sponsored the measure. A public hearing before the council's Public Utilities and Cable Communications Committee is scheduled for Friday." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y5jo69 ----- 20) Investigator speaks at coin dealer trial Raw Story "Authorities found a fraction of the expected $13 million in rare coins owned by the state when they searched the business of a politically connected coin dealer in 2005, a state investigator said Tuesday at the dealer's embezzlement trial. Instead, the state agents counted coins worth only about $600,000, said Tom Wersell, director of investigations for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Coin dealer Tom Noe is accused of stealing more than $2 million from the workers' compensation bureau's coin investment and spending it on his business and renovating his home in the Florida Keys. His attorneys argue that Noe's contract with Ohio to oversee the investment permitted him to borrow money from the fund or loan it to others." (10/17/06) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061017/D8KQH1U00.html ******************************************************************* * HEALTH-OF-THE-STATE-O-METER, 10/18/06 * * Reported Civilian Deaths in Iraq: Min - 43,937 ... Max - 48,783 * (source: www.iraqbodycount.org) * * American Military Deaths in Iraq: 2,772 * (source: www.antiwar.com/casualties/) ******************************************************************* **************************** * Everybody Has An Opinion **************************** 21) On loving the country LewRockwell.Com by Anthony Gregory "I love America, and I don't intend to leave. The last several years, the government has done some disappointing, unacceptable and evil things. I am even disappointed in my many fellow Americans who apparently have no jealousy of their liberties and no reticence about killing foreigners. But I think even many of them are mostly misguided and don't necessarily hate America. I don't think they are acting in a loving way toward the country, but I don't insist they leave. However, if we do want to examine who most loves the country, let's consider what it has gone through lately." (10/18/06) http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory124.html ----- 22) The road to depravity and dictatorship The Power of Narrative by Arthur Silber "With Bush's signing of this bill today, the worst kind of barbarism is made 'legitimate' and consecrated in our laws. We commit horrors, our government sanctifies the acts, and we speak of them openly -- and even with pride and righteousness. In terms of the moral principles that are implicated, there is not much lower to go. Now we simply wait to see to what extent the powers in this new law are implemented, and who the particular targets will be. And we wait to see just how lightless, how evil, and how endless our nightmare will be." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/tq2hm ----- 23) Little Gitmos everywhere Strike the Root by Retta Fontana Today there are no kids playing kickball in the street. Kickball is as outdated now as the game of 'kick the can' that my parents' generation played. This is only natural; times change. But the passing of pick-up games, though unnoticed, is lamentable. They've been wiped out by a silent killer, progress, and no one at the CDC is looking for a cure. Neither parents nor children today know what kids are missing. Now everything is based upon the use of force for achieving social goals. This is what turns innovative, dynamic people who invented the light bulb, the assembly line, the airplane and the home computer into sheeple, who 'baaah' obediently when out-of-control tyrants in Washington take away their rights to privacy, freedom of speech, and to a trial by jury in a court of law with the stroke of a pen." (10/17/06) http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/fontana/fontana9.html ----- 24) Is the Bush Doctrine dead? Human Events by Pat Buchanan "Between Sept. 11, 2001, and his State of the Union Address in 2002, George W. Bush had America in the palm of his hand. But in that speech, Bush blew it. Singling out Iran, Iraq and North Korea as state sponsors of terror seeking weapons of mass destruction, Bush yoked them together in an 'axis of evil' and issued this ultimatum: 'I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.' Neoconservatives celebrated this bellicosity as neo-Churchillian. Yet all it accomplished was to fracture the U.S. and foreign coalitions that had united behind Bush." (10/17/06) http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=17577 ----- 25) No more excuses! Liberty For All by Joey B. King "On November 8, 2002 Roger Hitchcock was the substitute host on the Rush Limbaugh Show. By his calculation, the Libertarians cost the Republicans 2 seats in the US Senate in the 2002 election. In those races, the Libertarian vote totals were greater than the margin of Democratic victory. He urged Libertarians to call in and explain what they were thinking when they voted for a Libertarian candidate. He also wanted to know how Libertarians felt knowing that the Republican majority could be even greater had Libertarians voted Republican. At least 3 Libertarians and called in to explain their rationale. I felt they did a poor job. One guy was obviously drunk. I'll give you my 2 cents worth." (written 11/23/02; posted 10/17/06) http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=154 ----- 26) Take a second look The American Spectator by Quin Hillyer "Republicans trying desperately to hold their congressional majorities still lack a simple message that resonates with voters who usually or at least often lean right, but who this year are disaffected. They need something like (but better than) one of the examples above, something that gets voters to say, 'Okay, dammit, I may not be happy with them, but I'll give these guys one more chance. The Democrats sure haven't given me anything to vote for, and at least these Republicans are in my general vicinity on the issues. ... Yeah, dammit, okay.' The truth is that voters who are enthusiastic about these elections are already showing up in the poll results. The challenge for Republicans is to reach out to the other voters -- to the huge number of unhappy citizens out there -- not by trying to make them feel an enthusiasm that just doesn't ring true to them, but by finding them in the doubt-filled mental places where they are and convince them to vote Republican despite their doubts." (10/18/06) http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10507 ----- 27) The frame-up of Vladimir Putin AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo "In Iraq, we detected 'weapons of mass destruction,' links to al-Qaeda, and advanced preparations to nuke New Jersey via unmanned drone aircraft. In Russia, Putin is supposedly assassinating his critics, consolidating a dictatorship, and launching a bid to regain his nation's former empire. Russian revanchism resurgent -- it's a meme with a nice ring to it, one that bears as much relation to reality as the Iraqi WMD con job. Not coincidentally, it's being pushed by the very same crowd. That a noted journalist was killed, gangland-style, in today's Russia is hardly shocking. Corruption is rife in the former Soviet Union, and journalists who stumble on it -- or are looking for it -- are often, and not surprisingly, victimized by gangsters. To automatically attribute Politkovskaya's death to Putin or the Russian government is like blaming George W. Bush and his administration for every violent death in the District of Columbia." (10/18/06) http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=9879 ----- 28) The deadly lie of pacifism American Chronicle by Jeff Knox "The recent spate of horrifying and highly publicized attacks in schools has once again brought attention to a longstanding problem. Unfortunately none of the 'solutions' being suggested touch on one of the real core issues of the matter. The inalienable human right to self-defense and the just and righteous use of violence in exercising that right -- even for children. For decades the teacher unions, national PTA, and a variety of other educational/behavioral 'experts' have actively worked to instill the notion ... that, 'violence never solves anything.' They have instituted 'Zero Tolerance' policies for violence in schools, which mandate suspension or expulsion for anyone participating in any violent behavior such as fighting." (1017/06) http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=14780 ----- 29) Playing the numbers game Common Dreams by Cindy Sheehan "We the people who abhor the killing policies of our government are the very silent majority in this country and we are allowing less than 600 people to control our destinies, run our country into the sewers, tarnish our good name in other countries, kill and torture innocent human beings and imprison them without due process (with the Congressional seal of approval), drain our treasury and put most of our debt in the hands of Communist China, and endanger our own precious lifeblood to boot: While destroying the very planet that we need to live on. How much of these criminals and their crimes can we stomach? I can't stomach anymore and I call anyone in America who is sick to death of the people we employ to represent us, representing their own interests and the war machine's interests to join Gold Star Families for Peace in front of the White House for a sit-in to surround it and tell the people who mislead us that we want our country back and our troops out of Iraq. " (10/17/06) http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1017-31.htm ----- 30) Courts starting to accept Iraq war as crime Guardian [UK] by George Monbiot "In Britain and Ireland, protesters who have deliberately damaged military equipment are walking from the dock. In the early hours, two days before the attack on Iraq began, two men in their 30s, Phil Pritchard and Toby Olditch, cut through the fence surrounding the air base at Fairford in Gloucestershire and made their way towards the B52 bombers which were stationed there. The planes belonged to the US air force. The trespassers were caught by guards and found to be carrying tools and paint. They confessed that they were seeking to disable the planes, in order to prevent war crimes from being committed. This year they were tried on charges of conspiracy to commit criminal damage, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. Last week, after long deliberations, the jury failed to reach a verdict." (10/17/06) http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1923914,00.html ----- 31) Academia signs up to track down dissent Truthout by Chris Floyd "Why is the United States government spending millions of dollars to track down critics of George W. Bush in the press? And why have major American universities agreed to put this technology of tyranny into the state's hands? At the most basic level, of course, both questions are easily answered: 1) Power. 2) Money. The Bush administration wants to be able to root out -- and counteract -- any dissenting noises that might put a crimp in its ongoing crusade for 'full spectrum dominance' of global affairs, while the august institutions of higher learning involved -- the universities of Cornell, Pittsburgh and Utah -- crave the federal green that keeps them in clover. But beyond these grubby realities, there are many other disturbing aspects of this new program -- which is itself only part of a much broader penetration of American academia by the Department of Homeland Security." (10/17/06) http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101706A.shtml ----- 32) The interrogation of Julia Wilson CounterPunch by Stephen S. Pearcy "Two super-sized adult male U.S. Secret Service ('S.S.') agents banged on the front door at 14 year-old Julia Wilson's home last Thursday during school hours, but Julia wasn't home. Predictably (except to the S.S. agents), the straight-A student was in her microbiology class at school. But Julia's mother, Kirstie, was home. When she opened her front door, she was a little taken aback, not only by the sizes of the agents and the official nature of the visit, but also by their questions and demeanor after she welcomed them inside. " (10/17/06) http://www.counterpunch.org/pearcy10172006.html ----- 33) Just what values are we talking about? Liberty For All by Ed Lewis "After the slaughter of 24 unarmed innocent Iraqis in two homes, the US Military decided that it should give military people 'sensitivity' training, teaching them the values that separate us from our enemies. Exactly what values are they going to teach that separate us from Arabs and other peoples around the world targeted by the war-mongering clods in government as our 'enemies?' (Note: The slaughter occurred on November 19, 2005 in an Iraqi town of 90,000 was lied about twice by the Pentagon, and then the truth was finally outted in March 2006.)" (10/17/06) http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=155 ----- 34) What she said Ludwig von Mises Institute by Cyd Malone "Bloomberg columnist Caroline Baum has been writing about financial markets for over twenty years. My discovery of her column made the life of a Wall Street professional of an 'Austrian' bent a little bit brighter, hoping that maybe all hope is not lost. Unlike far too many of her contemporaries, Ms. Baum's writings on economic issues cause me to laugh only when she means me to. When last year Bloomberg Press gave us a collection of her columns, entitled Just What I Said, off to Ebay I went." (10/17/06) http://www.mises.org/story/2348 ----- 35) Free enterprise protects the environment Heartland Institute by Samuel Aldrich and Jay Lehr "It is good news that many world travelers have learned the truth about market capitalism. Contrary to the slogans of demonstrators throughout the world, the nations that have the best track records on environmental protection and improvement are those with the highest amount of free-market capitalism. Make no mistake, the anti-capitalism demonstrators often add environmentalism to their claimed objectives solely because it attracts many gullible young persons and appears to legitimize their activities, which often have little or nothing to do with the environment." (10/06) http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=19737 ----- 36) Dirty Harry Frontiers of Freedom by Vincent Fiore "While the political power brokers 'ooh and aah' over the damage 'Foleygate' has done to the GOP's chances of retaining control of Congress this election, hardly a glance is spared for the Senate minority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) 'Foleygate,' of course, refers to the troubles of former Congressman Mark Foley, (R-Fla.), who, when last we looked, was exuberantly being feted by the mainstream media as the straw that will break the back of the Republican 'Religious-Right' in November. That may or may not happen, as unforeseen can take place between now until November 7. And as circumstances have it, something has." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/tj7sd ----- 37) The bureaucratic incubus Foundation for Economic Education by Clarence B. Carson "The bureaucracy is like the weather: everyone talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. Presidents often complain upon taking office that the bureaucracy is so deeply entrenched that they can gain only a tenuous control over the government. Congressmen find that wrestling with bureau­crats for their constituents occu­pies a considerable portion of their time. Businessmen have to learn to thread their way through a maze of bureaus in order to do business. 'Bureaucrat' is an epi­thet to the general public: he requires a seemingly endless stream of paperwork -- 'red tape' -- is by turn evasive, interminably slow, haughty, arbitrary, autocratic, and is surely an 'oppressive hind­rance to favorable action.' Yet the Federal tribe of bureaucrats increases geometrically, joined by their state and local counterparts." (written 01/76; posted 10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/yk43hj ----- 38) So-called "record" deficit is one-third below historic average Center For Individual Freedom by staff "Apparently pioneering the adage that 'you can fool enough of the people enough of the time to regain political power,' liberal politicians and commentators constantly allege a 'record' budget deficit. For instance, the House Democratic Budget Committee's website explicitly asserts 'record deficits,' and Virginia's Democratic Senate candidate James Webb attempts to parlay deficit claims into an excuse to raise taxes. Don't buy it for a second." (10/13/06) http://tinyurl.com/yff2kb ----- 39) What's the fuss about materialism? Free Market News Network by Tibor R. Machan "[W]hat is this materialism of which so many millions are accused and which is given as a strong reason for unleashing brutal, merciless violence upon them? Actually, materialism is many things. First, it is a metaphysical position that claims that everything that exists is made of nothing but matter. This is a very obscure idea, of course, since just what matter is supposed to be has always been in question. One idea is that anything that has mass is matter, or material. A second prominent understanding of materialism is that it consists of liking and desiring stuff, of wanting more and more stuff, and stuff is whatever is made of matter. The two senses of 'materialism' are related." (10/17/06) http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/117/6188/fuss.asp?nid=6188&wid=117 ----- 40) Family time: Myths and realities Classically Liberal by "CLS" "According to critics of American capitalism the modern family is spending more and more time working and less and less time with one another. Yes, they argue, capitalism is destroying the family. Odd, actually since the old Left critique was that the family was evil and was created by capitalism. Never mind the inconsistency for now. But what about the current crop of myths spread by the Left. (Who are, as far as I can tell, as deluded as the Right.) A group of sociologist, normally a dangerous configuration, recently did a study on how men and women today spend their time compared to the 1960s. The University of Maryland researchers were shocked to find that the typical parent today spends much more time with their children." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y42q9m ----- 41) Deserting the GOP Salon by Michael Scherer "When a NASCAR race is on, the patrons at VFW Post 392 don't hesitate to flip from the American League baseball playoffs to watch. This is a watering hole for military men and the women who keep them honest, a place where people keep name tags on their own liquor bottles behind the bar and still talk about their dislike for Bill Clinton. A full copy of the U.S. Constitution hangs on one wall, across from a bumper sticker that reads 'I Love Jet Noise.' In the men's bathroom, there is a 'Hanoi Jane Urinal Target' in each of the commodes, along with a bull's-eye picture of Jane Fonda in all her 1960s antiwar glory. But you might be surprised by the political views of the folks inside." [subscription or ad view required] (10/17/06) http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/17/drake_kellam/ ----- 42) Why your vote doesn't matter as much USA Today by Ross Baker "In 1811, Elbridge Gerry, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was serving as governor of Massachusetts as a member of the Democratic-Republican (later the Democratic) Party, which also held the majority in his state's Legislature. Determined to limit the influence of the rival Federalist Party, the Democratic-Republicans in the assembly adopted a new map of Massachusetts' congressional districts after the 1810 Census, a bill that Gerry duly signed. One district was so bizarrely configured that Gilbert Stuart, the renowned American portraitist, added a few strokes to the outlines of the district on the map so that it resembled a huge clawed amphibian. He showed his changes to the editor of a Boston newspaper and told him, 'That will do for a salamander.' The editor retorted, 'Call it a gerrymander.' The name stuck, and so did the practice of drawing the boundaries of House districts for the political advantage of one party or the other." (10/16/06) http://tinyurl.com/yxvp43 ----- 43) It's not my fault! The Price of Liberty by Lady Liberty "Though it's not been said by anyone representing Foley, the reported reason behind the abrupt resignation was that the Congressman knew that there was more to come. While he probably could have weathered the brief storm caused by the emails, he apparently didn't think his career would survive forthcoming revelations. (After having read some of the content of the instant messages in question, I'm inclined to agree.) About two and a half seconds later (or so it seemed), Mark Foley's lawyer advised the rest of the country that his client had problems with alcohol and had entered a rehabilitation facility. Somehow, the implication seemed to be that Foley may have done a bad thing, but that it wasn't his fault." (10/16/06) http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/06/10/16/ladylib.htm ----- 44) The US government's power to confiscate The Free Liberal by Fred E. Foldvary "On August 12, 2006, a letter from the United States Department of the Treasury confirmed that the U.S. government has the legal authority to confiscate gold and silver from U.S. residents and prohibit their possession during wartime. The letter to the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee also stated that the U.S. Government may, during wartime and declared emergencies, freeze the ownership of shares of mining companies. Moreover, according to GATA, the U.S. government in such cases has the authority to seize or freeze any financial instrument." (10/17/06) http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002363.html ----- 45) Theo-panic! National Review by Rich Lowry "In the 1650s, Oliver Cromwell governed England with a cadre of major generals, establishing a kind of low-church Protestant theocracy. Catholic priests were chased from the country, and Anglican clergy were suppressed. Censorship and blue laws were tightened. What does Cromwell's rule have to do with contemporary American political life? If your answer is anything other than 'nothing,' you are probably in the grip of the 'theo-panic' that is sweeping precincts of the American commentariat. They warn that America is beset by raging theocrats seeking to overturn our liberal democracy." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y3j9ck ----- 46) Epidemiology meets moral idiocy Slate by Christopher Hitchens "There have been several challenges to the epidemiology of the Lancet/Johns Hopkins team concerning their definition of a population sample. And it's been noticed that Dr. Richard Horton, the editor of the magazine, is a full-throated speaker at rallies of the Islamist-Leftist alliance that makes up the British Stop the War Coalition. But I see no reason in principle why anyone who endorsed the liberation of Iraq, and who opposes the death squads of the Baathist/jihadist 'insurgency,' should want or need to argue that the casualty figures are any lower. Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that they are correct. We then enter an area of evidence and reasoning where epidemiologists are not the experts. If the cause of all this death is 'the war,' does that mean that the coalition has killed nearly 700,000 Iraqis? Of course it means nothing of the sort. Indeed, if you look more closely, you will see that less than one-third of the surplus deaths are attributed, even by this study, to 'Allied' military action." (10/16/06) http://www.slate.com/id/2151607 ----- 47) Stand up for freedom Reason by Ronald Bailey "The American Civil Liberties Union opened its annual membership conference in Washington, DC on Sunday evening. The conference brochure declares: 'We must not stand on the sidelines while our leaders in government extinguish the light of liberty. Today, we have an administration that has asserted an unchecked power to eavesdrop on ordinary people, to hold prisoners -- including American citizens -- without trial or access to a lawyer, to secretly kidnap and torture people have not been charges with any crime, and to repeatedly ignore its duty to enforce laws passed by Congress. It's time to stand up against government abuses of power!' At Sunday's sessions the 1,500 conferees listened to conversations on civil liberties and ended with a poetry slam and a hip-hop all-female dance troupe. The first conversation was between ACLU president Nadine Strossen and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia." (10/17/06) http://www.reason.com/rb/rb101706.shtml ----- 48) No, we don't need a Manhattan Project for energy TCS Daily by Martin Fridson "'We need an all-out effort, a Manhattan Project, a man to the moon, to become less dependent on fossil fuel and the Middle East.' So said Representative Chris Shays (R., CT) following a trip that included stops in Iraq, Jordan, and Israel. Few would dispute the benefits of reducing America's reliance on energy produced in a politically volatile region. Democratic strategist James Carville reports that his polling currently identifies energy independence as voters' number-one national security concern, surpassing even the war on terrorism. Congressman Shays's proposed strategy for achieving that objective, however, is more debatable. Successful though they were, the massive, government-directed initiatives of the past are inappropriate models for bringing about energy independence." (10/17/06) http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=101706A ----- 49) Guns and butter The Weekly Standard by Irwin M. Stelzer "North Korea's ability and willingness to set off a nuclear device of some sort is being blamed on a failure of American diplomacy. Never mind that Kim Jong Il's survival depends on the continued support of China, or that Russia has consistently refused to help pressure North Korea to end its bid to become a nuclear supplier to the world's jihadists, or that even now the U.N. Security Council refuses to take meaningful action to force North Korea to change course. When it comes to failed diplomacy, there is blame enough to go around. But when it comes to failed economic policies that produce failed diplomacy, the buck stops in Washington. It is the economic policy of the Bush administration that has hobbled its efforts to veto North Korea's application to join the nuclear club." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/y797eq ----- 50) For better, cheaper healthcare ... Christian Science Monitor by Donald J. Boudreaux "Everyone complains about the rising cost of healthcare. And now is the season when politicians and pundits propose solutions. Unfortunately, too many of these proposals spring from the wrongheaded notion that healthcare is, as a recent New York Times letter-writer asserted, 'a human right and a universal entitlement.' Sounds noble. But not everything that is highly desirable is a right. Most rights simply oblige us to respect one another's freedoms; they do not oblige us to pay for others to exercise these freedoms. Respecting rights such as freedom of speech and of worship does not impose huge demands upon taxpayers. Healthcare, although highly desirable, differs fundamentally from these rights. Because providing healthcare takes scarce resources, offering it free at the point of delivery would raise its cost and reduce its availability." [editor's note: A fine analysis, and a glimpse into the larger issue: Can "wellness" be mandated? - SAT] (10/17/06) http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1017/p09s01-coop.html ----- 51) Are evangelicals over? AlterNet by Alan Wolfe "Historically, evangelicals believed that religion and politics should be separate: one was holy, the other Satan's domain. But they put those convictions aside in the hopes that the Republican Party would change America's moral climate. It has not, and they are not happy. It is precisely because conservative evangelicals pay more attention to issues involving sexuality than they do to economics or foreign policy that the Foley affair has become so important. It has become increasingly clear to many evangelicals that their alliance with the Republicans is not paying off: Abortion is still legal (if more restricted); gays can still marry in one state, and civil unions are spreading elsewhere; and opposition to stem cell research is a losing cause." (10/17/06) http://www.alternet.org/story/43092/ ----- 52) Intolerance, a San Francisco treat San Francisco Chronicle by Debra J. Saunders "Forget a flower in your hair. If you come to San Francisco, be sure to wear a muzzle on your brain. ... Last week, KGO radio talk-show host Pete Wilson made some comments about a child born to Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who is gay, and Rebecca Goldfader, who is a lesbian. As Wilson put it, a baby is 'not an experiment. It is not an opportunity to see how far you can carry your views on parenting, alternative lifestyles or diversity in family structures.' ... Wilson supports same-sex marriage and gay parenting. Doesn't matter. Last week, S.F. Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi and Aaron Peskin held a press conference at which they called Wilson 'homophobic' and demanded that he resign his job. Yes, San Francisco is very tolerant -- unless you hold the wrong opinion. Then the supes will try to get you fired." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/ya5xd3 ----- 53) Looking for reality at Senate debate Arizona Republic by E. J. Montini "Whenever a TV camera was switched on, the campaign workers carrying Jim Pederson signs outshouted the campaign workers carrying Jon Kyl signs, giving the parking lot outside the TV station where Sunday's U.S. Senate debate was held the feel of a stadium tailgate party. Only without the beer (which really would have come in handy). Libertarian candidate Richard Mack, the former sheriff of Graham County, stood out there, too. Neither U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, the Republican, nor Democrat Jim Pederson wanted Mack in the debate, leaving him to rhetorically ask, 'What are they afraid of?' Kyl and Pederson decided that only the two of them would participate and that each would be permitted to invite 10 people to witness the event, sort of like an execution, only less jovial." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/w46g6 ----- 54) Against an imperial Internet Tom Paine by Bill Moyers & Scott Fogdall "It was said that all roads led to Rome. ... For centuries Roman highways linked far-flung provinces with a centralized web of power. The might of the imperial legions was for naught without the means to transport them. The flow of trade -- the bloodstream of the empire's wealth -- also depended on the integrity of the roadways. And because Roman citizens could pass everywhere, more or less unfettered on their travels, ideas and cultural elements circulated with the same fluidity as commerce. ... Yet as significant as these have been, they pale beside the potential of the Internet. Almost overnight, it has made sending and receiving information easier than ever. It has opened a vast new marketplace of ideas, and it is transforming commerce and culture. It may also revitalize democracy." [editor's note: Although the authors mistake the actions of corporate multinationals as "the free market," their analysis is otherwise pretty strong - SAT] (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/yll3a8 ----- 55) The force of Gerry Studds Boston Globe by Mary Breslauer "Gerry E. Studds, the blazingly articulate, acerbic former congressman representing some of the most beautiful coastline in the country, left a legacy of accomplishment for everyone, but particularly for those of us who are gay. In an age where even rehab for alcoholism is misused by those seeking to avoid responsibility, Studds faced the most personal of charges in an unforgiving spotlight, and he did it in a direct, unflinching way. When Studds was censured by the House of Representatives in 1983 for having a consensual affair with a 17-year-old page some 10 years earlier, he did it according to the decorum of the House: facing the speaker as he read the resolution of censure charges. In his speech to the House, he became the first openly gay member of Congress. After the censure, Studds returned to his district to meet voters and take every question they hurled. ... Studds chose his worse suit thinking he might literally be pelted with eggs. But as he approached the crowd of 10,000 lining the streets, cheers erupted and it took him a minute to realize the thunderous applause was for him." (10/17/06) http://tinyurl.com/ycucy8 ----- 56) His own worst enemy The American Prospect by Jon Margolis "Thirty days before the election, a funny thing happened to Bernie Sanders on his way to the United States Senate -- his opponent emerged. Not that the aptly-named Rich Tarrant had been invisible. Au contraire (as they still say in some of Vermont's northern precincts) -- he had been unavoidable. Spending $6 million of your own money has to buy something, and in this case it bought familiarity with his name and face. For months, no Vermonter has been able to watch more than half an hour of television without seeing Tarrant's large head identify itself and announce, 'I approve this message.' ... But not until Sanders and Tarrant met in their first head-to-head debate on October 8 did anybody really see the rather appealing, articulate and apparently moderate politician carrying around that same big head. Under other circumstances, this guy might have made a race of it." (10/17/06) http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=12106 ----- 57) Don't fear the trade deficit Independent Institute by Benjamin Powell "The United States on track for a record capital surplus! Sounds great, right? Now consider this: the United States is on track for a record trade deficit! It doesn't sound so good, but the two mean pretty much the same thing. Whichever way you choose to say it, neither statement should be a cause for worry or celebration." (10/16/06) http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1832 ----- 58) Strange new love for "The Blob" Cato Institute by Andrew J. Coulson "In the eighties, Republicans talked of abolishing the federal Department of Education. In the nineties, they blocked President Clinton's quest for national education standards. Former Reagan education secretary William Bennett even dubbed America's bloated school monopolies 'the Blob.' But with the election of George W. Bush and the passage of his No Child Left Behind law in 2002, the 'party of limited government' apparently decided to stop worrying and love the Blob. And its appetite for federal control over the classroom continues to grow. A chorus of Republicans -- including Bennett himself, in a recent Washington Post op/ed -- is now calling for a national system of education standards and testing." (10/17/06) http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6725 ----- 59) Size matters The American Conservative by Gregory Cochran "Iran is now at the top of the enemies list, but of course it poses no strategic threat to the United States. Iran's GNP is 20 to 40 times smaller than that of the U.S., and the Iranians are hardly sophisticated technologists. If they tried hard, if they spent a huge fraction of their GNP on weapons, they might be able to spend 1/30th as much on arms as we do. But they're not trying hard. In truth, Iran hasn't embarked upon any military adventures in years: there is no pattern of aggression and conquest, no frantic military buildup. The war with Iraq a generation ago seems to have used up most of the Iranians' revolutionary zeal. We do not hear of their 'last territorial demands.' In fact, we're still waiting for the first." (for publication 10/23/06) http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_10_23/cover.html ----- 60) The long shadow of a sex scandal Mother Jones by Joshua Zeitz "In the wake of the Cunningham, Ney, and DeLay scandals, and in these early days of Foleygate, the Republican-controlled Congress has lost any pretense to reform credentials. If recent polls are to be believed, voters have soured on the GOP majority and are ready to entrust Democrats with leadership of one or both houses. But for Democrats -- and for anyone who cares about transparency and ethics in government -- there's danger in focusing only on the most egregious cases of congressional mischief. By zeroing in on Congress's worst rogues, we run the risk of missing the layers of more subtle corruption. A prime example of this less discernible culture of corruption is Rep. Jeb Bradley, a two-term Republican incumbent from New Hampshire who is virtually assured re-election next month." 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