-----Original Message-----
From: catalaunum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 3:17 am
Subject: [ctrl] The Most Gullible Senator | The Wacky Fed. | Control Oil and
Water: Control the
Top Stories, Video and Blog Posts for AlterNet
April 7th, 2008
http://www.alternet.org
__________________________________________________________
JAY ROCKEFELLER: THE MOST GULLIBLE SHEEP IN THE SENATE?
By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet
The Dem senator is an advocate for Bush's domestic spying
efforts and cheerleader for telecom immunity: is he a
clownish dupe, or is his brain addled?
http://www.alternet.org/rights/80987/
'STOP LOSS': PATRIOTIC BLUSTER AND DELUSION DRESSED UP AS A PROTEST MOVIE
By Eileen Jones, The eXile
'Ah signed up thinkin' Ah was goin' there fer mah country.'
Hayseed accents can't hide the film's glamorization of war.
http://www.alternet.org/movies/81161/
OVER THE TOP FED ACTIONS FEED CONSPIRACY THINKING
By Scott Thill, AlterNet
By rewarding the criminals and screwing the victims, the
Federal Reserve's behavior feeds into rumors and conspiracy
about its true function.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/80501/
THOSE WHO CONTROL OIL AND WATER WILL CONTROL THE WORLD
By John Gray, Comment Is Free
New superpowers are competing for diminishing resources. The
outcome could be deadly.
http://www.alternet.org/water/80855/
SEXUAL ABUSE FUELED BY ABUSIVE IMMIGRATION LANGUAGE
By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
Describing immigrants in dehumanizing terms like "illegals"
turns immigrant women into targets for sexist oppressors,
from anti-choicers to rapists.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/81275/
YOUR ASPHALT PARKING SPOT CAN BECOME A BLOOMING GARDEN PLOT
By Ruben Anderson, The Tyee
We can pave our streets green: Wouldn't you give up your
extra parking spot for a garden plot?
http://www.alternet.org/environment/80579/
__________________________________________________________
AlterNet Blogs:
GUANT�AMO DEFENSE LAWYERS: STATEMENTS OBTAINED BY TORTURE SHOULD BE
BARRED
By Nick Fiske, Jurist Legal News and Research
Lawyers for Guant�amo Bay prisoner Salim Ahmed Hamdan want
a military tribunal to bar statements that were tortured out
of him.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/81492/
CHARLTON HESTON -- ARE YOU GOD?
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Today marked the passing of a great, tacky charismatic giant
who graced some of the best cheesy flicks of all time.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/81498/
__________________________________________________________
These stories, videos, blog posts, and more are available on
AlterNet.
http://www.alternet.org/
===========================================================
Donate: Visit https://www.alternet.org/donate/ to support
AlterNet and independent journalism.
