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136 [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

Wasn't Kennedy the one who wrote the decision giving the 2000 election to Bush? He seems planted firmly on the right to me. Doug is right, and the spineless Dems are going to let it happen. Activists have been calling on people to call the moderate Repugnants like Snow, Chafee, etc. but the Dems must lead a filibuster and it doesn't look like that is going to happen. A very dark cloud is upon us. The mild language of NCIL makes me SICK. marta On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:20 PM, andie nachgeb ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 14 16:36:43 PST 2006

137 [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision in Goodman v. Georgia For Immediate Release January 10, 2006 The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law issued the following statement by its legal director, Ira Burnim, about the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling today in Goodman v. Georgia. "In a narrow decision that leaves many questions unanswered, the Supreme Court has ruled that Congress has the authority to apply the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to state prisons, at least insofar as it ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 14 14:29:58 PST 2006

138 [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

Here is part of the National Council on Independent Living's analysis and web site. --- Marta NCIL Action Alert from NCIL's ADA/Civil Rights Subcommittee: Alito Supreme Court Hearings Next Week!!! NCIL Urges Affiliates to Oppose Nominee Who Poses Serious Threat to ADA, Fair Housing Laws and Olmstead Precedent Send an email to daniel at ncil.org to add your organization to our list of disability groups opposing the Alito nomination. With hearings on Alito's nomination about to begin, the NCIL be ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 11 09:37:28 PST 2006

139 [lbo-talk] Chris Matthews gets a comeuppance -- rank: 1000

Alternet Hard times for Hardball? By Evan Derkacz Posted on January 4, 2006, Printed on January 5, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/evan/30368/ Apologies for the overlap of these two posts but Abramoff revelations are coming fast and furious; the man was better connected than Jesus. It appears that some of the very newsmen eager to downplay the scandal -- Fox's Tony Snow and Brit Hume and MSNBC's Chris Matthews -- may be more compromised than usual. According to John Aravosis, one of Abr ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 5 09:46:58 PST 2006

140 [lbo-talk] Dowd Imperial presidency -- rank: 1000

Carrol, Abramoff only gave money to Republicans. Agreed that the Dems are an awful alternative but I still must take exception -- the Dems haven't put forth bills that will kill disabled people by denying them health care, OK. So for me, I'd rather not see my people killed. I will send you my commentary "None Call it Cleansing" off list. Marta On Jan 4, 2006, at 3:37 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > None of this would have been possible without a) Clinton's preparatory > work (bomb ...

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141 [lbo-talk] Dowd Imperial presidency -- rank: 1000

The New York Times January 4, 2006 Op-Ed Columnist It's Not Personal, Jack, It's Strictly Business By MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON The sight of Jack Abramoff striding out of federal court here yesterday, looking like a stocky gangster from a 40's movie in black fedora and trench coat, may seem like the strongest evidence so far of how graft and hubris have overwhelmed the capital. It could have been a scene from "The Godfather," a favorite film of the felonious lobbyist. The Washington ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 4 15:21:39 PST 2006

142 [lbo-talk] Kuttner on Medicare drug plan -- rank: 1000

Dollars to doughnuts, Bush's drug benefit is no bargain By Robert Kuttner December 31, 2005 The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/ 2005/12/31/dollars_to_doughnuts_bushs_drug_benefit_is_no_bargain?mode=PF THE NEW YEAR brings with it congressional midterm elections. Here is an issue that should be a real political gift to the opposition party -- the colossal Medicare drug-benefit mess. It was clear back in 2003, when the Bush administration rammed this ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 2 13:50:04 PST 2006

143 [lbo-talk] Happy Bad Year! -- rank: 1000

So how will that affect your representative? Does it open the field up to getting a Republican elected? We've had some shifts down here too but my reps have been Democrats, still are. Marta On Jan 1, 2006, at 3:29 PM, Leigh Meyers wrote: > On Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:41 PM [PDT], > Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> wrote: > > >> Gerrymandering is a problem but look at what Californians did to >> Schwartenegger's effort to follow Tom DeLay's tricks in Texas. > ...

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144 [lbo-talk] Happy Bad Year! -- rank: 1000

On Jan 1, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > > > --- Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> wrote: > > >> In 1994 there wasn't touchscreen voting. Now you've >> got the Mark >> Crispin Miller's book "Fooled Again" factor - Miller >> is adamant that >> the Diebold and other electronic voting machines are >> corrupted. >> > > Marta, in the great scheme of life this is a > relatively minor factor that may help s ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 1 13:41:24 PST 2006

145 [lbo-talk] Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

On Jan 1, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > Born in New York City, January 1, 2006, 7:36 AM: Ivan Henwood > (middle name TK), 8 lbs 2 oz. All parties are sleepy, but otherwise > doing quite well. > > Doug > ___________________________________ Congratulations all three of you.....this baby will be your new year resolution! Marta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20060101/5c533a05/attachment.htm>

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146 [lbo-talk] Daily Show on Dubai -- rank: 1000

I understand that the UAE isn't going to be required to keep bank records, transaction records or any other writings that could get them in legal hot water - just the way Bush likes to do business. It also appears that the Carlyle Group may be positioned to make money off this deal -- Bush Sr would stand to gain if so. These bits came from Randi Rhodes and I do say now that I did not hear everything on my way to an appointment but she seemed to have back up for connecting the dots. Follow ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 23 18:01:03 PST 2006

147 [lbo-talk] Daily Show on Dubai -- rank: 1000

OK but its too bad he didn't follow the Dubai corporation money angle instead. Who is profiting from the sale of what could be analogous to our national parks? Marta On Feb 23, 2006, at 8:56 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > > [If Corddrey wrote this, this is one if his two best moments ever] > > <begin excerpt> > > Jon Stewart: Rob, what exactly is the danger to having a firm from > Dubai running our ports? > > Rob Corddrey: No real danger, Jon. They won't control ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 23 10:36:48 PST 2006

148 [lbo-talk] PROVISIONS WRITTEN BY SPECIAL INTERESTS WASTE $80 BILLION -- rank: 1000

REPORT: PROVISIONS WRITTEN BY SPECIAL INTERESTS WASTE $80 BILLION ANNUALLY ON DRUG BENEFITS Seniors Pay For Corruption; $96 Million In Political Contributions Produce Higher Drug Prices, Record Profits WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Specific provisions of the Medicare prescription drug program inserted at the request of pharmaceutical and HMO interests will cost taxpayers and seniors more than $80 billion a year, according to a report released today by the Institute for America's Future and the Center ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 23 09:28:06 PST 2006

149 [lbo-talk] WSJ: how to sound like a hawk without being one -- rank: 1000

I was half listening to Air America but I think I heard that Dubai is connected with John Snow in some way. If it wasn't Snow it was someone who was closely connected to the Bush Crime Family. Marta On Feb 22, 2006, at 7:13 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > > >> "Is it reasonable to fear," NPR on-air personality Robert Siegel >> asked his guest, Commander Stephen Flynn, "that Dubai Ports >> World's knowledge ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 23 08:59:33 PST 2006

150 [lbo-talk] How much money will Bush get in this deal? -- rank: 1000

New York Times February 21, 2006 Bush Threatens to Veto Any Bill to Stop Port Takeover By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC LIPTON WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 President Bush said this afternoon that he would veto any legislation seeking to block the administration's decision to allow a state-owned company from Dubai to assume control of port terminals in New York and other cities. Mr. Bush's rare veto threat came as Republican leaders and many of their Democratic counterparts called up today for the port t ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 21 16:44:46 PST 2006