Category Archives: Big Government

Timing is Everything

Posted on September 1, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Timing is Everything by Wayne MadsenThe Plame leak damaged a major CIA investigation linking senior Bush administration officials to WMD proliferation.U.S. intelligence insiders have pointed out that the White House is using “Rovegate” and “Who in the White House said … Continue reading →

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Confronting The Evidence – A Call to Reopen the 9/11 Investigation

Posted on August 31, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Confronting the Evidence – A Call to Reopen the 9/11 Investigation by Caroline Vernon Excerpts from http://www.Reopen911.org 90% of CNN Viewers Believe in a 9/11 Cover-up: On Wednesday, November 10th, Anderson Cooper featured Kyle Hence and Jimmy Walter regarding the … Continue reading →

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9 States Plan to Cut Emissions by Power Plants

Posted on August 24, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

9 States in Plan to Cut Emissions by Power Plants By ANTHONY DePALMA, NY Times Officials in New York and eight other Northeastern states have come to a preliminary agreement to freeze power plant emissions at their current levels and … Continue reading →

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Congress About To Slash Food Stamps in Favor of Corporate Farming Subsidies

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Congress About To Slash Food Stamps in Favor of Corporate Farming Subsidies by Mike Owen At the Farm Bill hearing in Des Moines last week with Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, at least four speakers in the first 55 minutes of … Continue reading →

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Westar Energy Fined – What About Lawmakers?

Posted on August 20, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Westar Energy Rightly Fined for Illicit Contributions to Congress, But What About the Lawmakers? by Wenonah Hauter, Director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program While we applaud the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) decision to fine Westar Energy, two of its executives … Continue reading →

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Weak Meat Inspection Program

Posted on August 18, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Weak Meat Inspection Program Public Citizen Evidence of Weak Meat Inspection Program Found in Nearly a Thousand Violations of Mad Cow Rules at Slaughter Plants Aug. 18, 2005 Noncompliance Records Show Plants Failed to Follow Regulations WASHINGTON, D.C. – In … Continue reading →

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Latham Betrays Iowa, Spreads Misinformation re Ethanol

Posted on August 16, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Latham Betrays Iowa, Spreads Misinformation re Ethanol by Randall Rolph, Nashua, Iowa Republican Betrayal A look at the gas pump and the quagmire in Iraq conveys what most Americans now believe: betrayal by the Republicans. And the Energy Bill recently … Continue reading →

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Birth Defect-Causing Acne Drug Ushers in New Era of Big Brother Medical Monitoring

Posted on August 15, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Birth Defect-Causing Acne Drug Ushers in New Era of Big Brother Medical Monitoring Why don’t they just take the horrible thing off the market? Well, here’s one for the record books.  Ever hear of the acne drug called Accutane?  Accutane, … Continue reading →

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Four Amendments and a Funeral

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Four Amendments and a Funeral by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone A month inside the house of horrors that is Congress Congress isn't the steady assembly line of consensus policy ideas it's sold as, but a kind of permanent emergency in … Continue reading →

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FBI’s “National Security Letters” Threaten Online Speech and Privacy

Posted on August 8, 2005 by bfialindathieman

FBI's “National Security Letters” Threaten Online Speech and Privacy Electronic Frontier Foundation New York – The Electronic Frontier Founcdation (EFF), joined by several civil liberties organizations and online service providers, filed a friend-of-the-court brief this week in the case of … Continue reading →

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