Bernie Sanders for Senate- April 28, 2005 As this Vermont columnist notes (link via Sirota), Rep. Bernie Sanders should be the odds-on favorite to win the Vermont Senate seat being vacated by Jim Jeffords; remember, Vermont only has one House district, so Sanders represents the entire state.The Democratic Party is solidly behind the iconoclastic Vermont Independent with the Brooklyn accent. Both Howard Dean and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called him to express their support. The skids are greased. The only one who could...http://www.the-hamster.com/mtype/archives/2005/04/bernie_sanders.html Paper Comm, Thursday- April 28, 2005 Barbara Ehrenreich. A Society That Throws the Sick Away Michelle Ackermann and Sara Patton. Pro-drilling politicians are living in the past Bob Herbert. On Abu Ghraib, the Big Shots Walk StarTrib. D.C. deceitBudget blueprint is awful Dean M. Nielsen. Two Washingtons, two agendas Martin Ventura. Bush team no follower of Earth Day's principles LAT. The Bolton Logic Sidney Blumenthal. The good soldier's revenge USAT. House takes step back from ethics precipice USAT. Let gay soldiers...http://www.the-hamster.com/mtype/archives/2005/04/paper_comm_thur_11.html Online Comm, Wednesday- April 28, 2005 Steve Clemons. Lugar and Biden Unite on NSA Transcripts Request thinkprogress. Tom DeLays Cigar Problem Geov Parrish. Without DeLay Joe Conason. Bush Hides the Truth About Terror, Torture Camille T. Taiara. The rainforest Chernobyl: Amazonians threatened with extinction address ChevronTexaco shareholders in San Ramon and illustrate how the quest for dwindling oil reserves poses a global threat. Jared Bernstein & Mark Greenberg. Lessons From the Social Security Debate Katrina vanden...http://www.the-hamster.com/mtype/archives/2005/04/online_comm_wed_9.html Walmart Tries to Shut Down Parody Site- April 27, 2005 Call Floyd Abrams and file under stupid corporations:A junior at Carnegie Mellon University had his Web site satire of Wal-Mart shut down after the $285 billion retailing behemoth sent a letter to his Internet service provider to close access to the site. "We have to protect our company name, and that's what those copyrights hold for us," Kevin Thornton, a spokesman for the company in Bentonville, Ark., said Tuesday. "When you pretend to be someone that you're not, that could lead to a...http://www.the-hamster.com/mtype/archives/2005/04/walmart_tries_t.html |