Pacific Views

Sunday Reading

Seeing the Forest has loads more links on the park privatization. After that, start with the 9-11 article and read down past the PNAC piece, past the voter turnout post, all the way to the bit about think tanks.

And, as See the Forest points out, excellent Daily Kos commenter Steve Gilliard has his own blog. Update the blogrolls.

Kos puts us on notice that the pentagon engineers whose job it was to investigate those 'mobile weapons trailers' don't believe that they are mobile weapons trailers, and that a report to the contrary was issued before they'd completed their investigation.

Head over to Orcinus, where the Rush, Newspeak, and Fascism series is being re-run. And consider contributing to download the full PDF, which is a fine piece of work.

Body and Soul wonders what kind of people we're becoming when truly awful things become lumped together with the banal and trivial. And, in one of the few recent 'feel good' stories, Katherine Harris gets booed.

Talk Left is a juggernaut of good info: Ashcroft touring in suppport of the Victory Act, as he moves to clamp down on 'lenient' judges. It's duly noted that Justice Kennedy has come out opposing mandatory minimums. And it turns out that those right-wing best-sellers aren't (whoda thunk it) making it to the top on merit.

The Yellow Doggerel Democrat posted a birthday commentary for the first nukes.

Billmon brings us the news that the check is not in the mail for working class families, this long series of administration quotes to the contrary.

Digby puts us on notice that Perot is back, slamming Junior all the way.

In related news, Zizka is back, so go check him out.

Ampersand thinks that opponents of gay marriage are the biggest threats to it's continued legitimacy, points out that a Dutch study of gay men was not representative, and thinks it's too early for Kucinich supporters to give up.

Ruminate This wants each of us to Do Something about black box voting.

How to Save the World reviews People Before Profit by Charles Derber, a book which makes compelling comparisons between our current economic situation and that of the Gilded Age, before heading into idealistic territory that would have made Lennon proud. Also, some good advice for the Democratic nominee, whoever they end up being.

PLA has some thoughts on broken campaign promises, and brings us a pop quiz on executive compensation, with a job creation scorecard just below it.

Al-Muhajabah on the hawala system of fund transfer that Ashcroft is preparing to clamp down on.