|
Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top Story President Asks for Patience on Iraq
President Bush asked skeptical Americans for additional patience as the Iraq war entered its fifth year yesterday, saying that the United States can be victorious, but "only if we have the courage and resolve to see it through." In a brief address to the nation four years after he ordered U.S. forces to invade Iraq, Bush also warned the Democratic-led Congress not to pass a measure scheduled for a vote in the House this week that would require troops to withdraw from the conflict.
Whatever happened to “Mission Accomplished”? —Caro Off the Wahl
The WorldPoll: Iraqis gripped by fear and anger
WASHINGTON - The optimism that helped sustain Iraqis during the first few years of the war has dissolved into widespread fear, anger and distress amid unrelenting violence, a survey found.
Saddam's former deputy hanged in Iraq
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's former deputy was hanged before dawn Tuesday, the fourth man to be executed in the killings of 148 Shiites following a 1982 assassination attempt against the former leader in the town of Dujail.
U.S. approves visa for Ahmadinejad to speak at UN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has approved a visa for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to enable him to address the U.N. Security Council over Tehran's nuclear program, the State Department said on Monday.
5 Mexican mine managers ordered arrested
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico - A judge has ordered the arrest of five mine managers and inspectors on charges of negligent homicide in the deaths of 65 coal miners killed in an underground gas explosion last year, company and state officials said Monday.
This is how you stop criminal negligence of the safety of employees. —Caro The NationHouse War Bill Includes Funding for Pet Projects
House Democratic leaders are offering billions in federal funds for lawmakers' pet projects large and small to secure enough votes this week to pass an Iraq funding bill that would end the war next year. So far, the projects -- which range from the reconstruction of New Orleans levees to the building of peanut storehouses in Georgia -- have had little impact on the tally. For a funding bill that establishes tough new readiness standards for deploying combat forces and sets an Aug. 31, 2008, deadline to bring the troops home, votes do not come cheap.
Shame on those who have to be bought to do what We the People want them to do. —Caro
Military Is Ill-Prepared For Other Conflicts
(I)t will take years for the Army and Marine Corps to recover from what some officials privately have called a "death spiral," in which the ever more rapid pace of war-zone rotations has consumed 40 percent of their total gear, wearied troops and left no time to train to fight anything other than the insurgencies now at hand.
The Gonzales 85
If 8 prosecutors were fired because they weren’t hard enough on Democrats, does that mean the other 85 were? Maybe. Communications professor John Cragan has found that Bush’s Justice Dept. has prosecuted 7 times as many Dems as Republicans.
Congress to delve into improper FBI spying
WASHINGTON - Congress wants to know how the FBI illegally or improperly gathered telephone, e-mail and financial records of Americans and foreigners while chasing terrorists. MediaA tale of several headlines: Associated Press, “Mastermind of USS Cole attack confesses”; Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune , “Yemeni says he had a part in attacks on Cole, embassy”; McClatchy Newspapers, “Detainee admits role in attack on USS Cole, Pentagon says”.
Drudge "exclusive" on Gore questions repeated discredited theory on global warming
On March 19, the Drudge Report, a website run by Internet gossip Matt Drudge, posted the banner headline "EXCLUSIVE: GORE FACES HILL GRILLING ON 'WARMING'; QUESTIONS AWAIT FORMER VP," and purported to reveal several "(p)roposed questions" that former Vice President Al Gore will have to answer when he testifies on the impact of global warming before two congressional committees on March 21. Drudge exclaimed in his "exclusive" report that the questions "could lead (sic) Gore scrambling for answers!"
Howard Kurtz, Michael Barone & Argument by Anecdote
It isn't news that LGF and other large right-wing blogs are the venues for sociopathic and violence-inciting rhetoric on a daily basis. Standing alone, there is limited value in writing or thinking about that topic. The point here -- as always -- is to try to force the media to write about the stories it covers in a more critical and factual manner, to compel them to abandon the cheap and lazy cliches that otherwise frame everything they write. That is one of the most critical functions of blogs, and it is one of the goals that is realistically attainable by bloggers and their readers working together.
And that same laziness and dependence on clichés has had a hugely negative impact on women’s lives. See below. —Caro
The Opt-Out Myth
By offering a steady diet of common myths and ignoring the relevant facts, newspapers have helped maintain the cultural temperature for … “the most family-hostile public policy in the Western world.” On a variety of basic policies—including parental leave, family sick leave, early childhood education, national childcare standards, afterschool programs, and health care that’s not tied to a single all-consuming job—the U.S. lags behind almost every developed nation.
Thanks to Echidne of the Snakes. —Caro Technology & ScienceDigital TV converters to sell for about $60: LG
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - LG Electronics (066570.KS) said on Monday it expects retailers to charge about $60 for equipment that will enable consumers to make the analog-to-digital switch on their televisions.
Cyber-attacks get 'more aggressive'
Cyber-thieves are getting better at what they do. That s the major conclusion of the latest Internet Security Report released Monday by the Symantec Corporation, maker of Norton security products.
Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior
Dr. Frans de Waal argues that human morality would be impossible without certain emotional building blocks that are clearly at work in chimp and monkey societies.
Playing Music Makes You Smart
Scientists have uncovered the first concrete evidence that playing music can significantly enhance the brain and sharpen hearing for all kinds of sounds, including speech. EnvironmentNASA: ‘Global Sunscreen’ Is Thinning
Dust and other tiny particles suspended in Earth’s atmosphere function like a global sunscreen, helping to counteract global warming by blocking sunlight. But the cooling effect of these aerosols has been diminishing since the early 1990’s, according to a new NASA study.
Chasing Branson's Earth Challenge? Catalyst Might Turn CO2 Into Fuel
A new catalyst that can split carbon dioxide gas might allow us to use carbon from the atmosphere as a fuel source. You know, the way plants do. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
