Category Archives: Big Government

Is Iowa Making Any Headway in Regaining Voters’ Right To Vote?

Posted on November 18, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Is Iowa Making Any Headway in Regaining Voters' Right To Vote? by Tom Poe, Charles City, Iowa As everyone knows by now, voters across the country and here in Iowa have literally lost their right to vote.  Today, with proprietary … Continue reading →

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FEC Investigates Diddy But Completely Ignores Scathing GAO Report on the State of U.S. Elections

Posted on November 18, 2005 by bfialindathieman

FEC Investigates Diddy But Completely Ignores Scathing GAO Report on the State of U.S. Elections


Yes, my friends, it's true.  The Federal Elections Commission is turning its attention towards rapper and impresario Sean “Puff Daddy” “Puffy” “P Diddy” “Diddy” Combs.  His crime?  Some conservative “lack of ethics” attack dog group has targeted him for his “Vote or Die” campaign during the election of 2004.  Well, of course.  We wouldn't want non-conservatives to vote, now, would we?

In a related story, the FEC has completely ignored the recent (non-partisan) GAO report that cited factual evidence that electronic voting machines are error prone, ineffective and highly riggable.  Oh, and then there was that whole Ken Blackwell thing in Ohio.  Nope, gonna ignore that, too.

Well, I guess one must set one's priorities.  Poor Diddy.

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ACLU Commends Congressional Steps to Restore Essential Checks in Patriot Act

Posted on November 12, 2005 by Trish Nelson

  ACLU Commends Congressional Steps to Restore Essential Checks in Patriot Act American Civil Liberties Union WASHINGTON -The U.S. House voted [this week] to reject the Bush Administration’s demand that Congress limit its role in overseeing Patriot Act powers and … Continue reading →

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SUMMIT II/PROGRESSIVE ACTION FOR THE COMMON GOOD

Posted on November 6, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

SUMMIT II/PROGRESSIVE ACTION FOR THE COMMON GOOD It was a beautiful, late October Sunday afternoon not unlike many others, except for the gathering of the curious. No, it was not a herd of Guernsey's bobbing across a field to see … Continue reading →

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Worried Parents Turning To Organic Food

Posted on November 4, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Worried Parents Turning to Organic Food 

by Libby Quaid, CommonDreams.org

Erin O'Neal has two daughters and a fridge stocked with organic cheese, milk, fruits and vegetables in her Annapolis, Md., home. She is among the increasing number of parents who buy organic to keep their children's diets free of food grown with pesticides, hormones, antibiotics or genetic engineering.

“The pesticide issue just scares me — it wigs me out to think about the amount of chemicals that might be going into my kid,” said O'Neal, 36.

Since last year, sales of organic baby food have jumped nearly 18 percent, double the overall growth of organic food sales, according to the marketing information company ACNielsen.

As demand has risen, organic food for children has popped up at more than just natural food stores.

For example, Earth's Best baby food, a mainstay in Whole Foods and Wild Oats markets, just reached a national distribution deal with Toys R Us and Babies R Us. Gerber is selling organic baby food under its Tender Harvest label. Stonyfield Farm's YoBaby yogurt can be found in supermarkets everywhere.

The concern about children is that they are more vulnerable to toxins in their diets, said Alan Greene, a pediatrician in northern California. As children grow rapidly, their brains and organs are forming and they eat more for their size than do grown-ups, Greene said.

“Pound for pound, they get higher concentrations of pesticides than adults do,” said Greene, who promotes organic food in his books and on his Web site, http://www.drgreene.com
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Rumsfeld Makes Killing on Bird Flu Remedy

Posted on November 3, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Rumsfeld Makes Killing on Bird Flu Remedy by Nelson D. Schwartz, Fortune senior writer, CNN Money Could Bush be using an exaggerated threat of bird flu to instill panic, instate martial law AND enrich cronies?  I'm thinkin' yes. Defense Secretary, … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Funding Accountability

Posted on October 14, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Nuclear Funding Accountability Excerpts from nirs.org At a time when Congress is threatening to cut off hundreds of thousands of individuals from their life-lines by making drastic cuts to Medicaid in order to reduce the deficit, here is an opportunity … Continue reading →

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Nothing Patriotic About It

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Trish Nelson

  Nothing Patriotic About It The following appeared as a Guest Opinion in the Iowa City Press-Citizen by David Leshtz The U.S. Congress will soon act to reauthorize expiring sections of the Patriot Act, the law passed just days after … Continue reading →

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A Flood of Fraud

Posted on October 4, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

A FLOOD OF FRAUD By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Russell Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate CrimeReporter, http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com. Robert Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Multinational Monitor, http://www.multinationalmonitor.org, and on the steering committee of the Center … Continue reading →

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Bushco Buying News with Taxpayer Money Ruled Illegal

Posted on October 2, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Bushco Buying News with Taxpayer Money Ruled Illegal by Robert Pear, New York Times This story arrived on the Blog for Iowa desk (thanks to Christina Butts in Des Moines) just in time for the last day of our Focus … Continue reading →

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