http://www.pacificviews.org/ You've been had. You've been took. You've been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok. - Malcolm X Fear not. - God en-us mary_inlosgatos@comcast.net 2008-08-07T01:07:00-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003569.html Dan Froomkin has been looking at Ron Suskind's claim that the White House had the CIA plant a forgery that linked Saddam to both Al Qaeda (Mohammed Atta) and attempting to purchase Uranium from Niger via a known Palestinian terrorist.... 3569@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Iraq 2008-08-07T01:07:00-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003568.html ... by Walter Brasch On a street in Shenandoah, Pa., deep in the heart of the anthracite coal region, six White teens took their racial hatred to a higher level. They confronted 25-year-old Luis Ramirez, an undocumented worker, and beat... 3568@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Guest Writings 2008-08-06T08:29:33-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003567.html Some more pictures from Netroots Nation, many featuring my friends at the Commonweal Institute. Space Panel: Andrew Hoppin, Chris Bowers, Patti Grace Smith, Lori Garver, George Whitesides Commonweal Institute: Dave Johnson, Barry Kendall, Katherine Forrest Commonweal Institute Conversation: Patrick, Kay,... 3567@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Blogging 2008-08-02T17:53:04-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003566.html So it seems like the Wall Street Journal is worried that Obama might just be too thin (and too fit) to be President. In a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could... 3566@http://www.pacificviews.org/ US Politics 2008-08-01T01:49:28-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003565.html In September 2006, I wrote about why the housing bubble was such a bad deal for America. My conclusions seem more than apt today. So how did it happen that so many Americans are at risk of losing their homes?... 3565@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Economy 2008-07-31T02:29:07-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003564.html Every time McCain or someone of his ilk says "Drill!" I wonder what fantasies he's having. There is no guarantee at all that oil drilled domestically will be sold, marketed or refined in the United States. None. As a matter... 3564@http://www.pacificviews.org/ 2008-07-30T15:10:24-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003563.html ... by Walter Brasch When Geo Beach looks you in the eye and says that “Tougher in Alaska,” his 13 week series on the History Channel, isn’t Reality TV, you believe him. It might be the sincerity seen in his... 3563@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Guest Writings 2008-07-28T22:00:39-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003562.html It happened in a restaurant pub not too far from Galway, while watching my friend's 1.5 year old run around just enough to keep him entertained but hopefully not so much that there was a problem. Some creepy old dude... 3562@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Women 2008-07-27T12:05:24-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003560.html Warren Jeffs, the patriarch of the FLDS, along with 5 others in the FLDS has been indicted with sexual assault. A Schleicher County grand jury indicted Jeffs late Tuesday, alongside five other FLDS members....Four of those men were indicted on... 3560@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Law/Justice 2008-07-23T02:07:10-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003559.html ... by Walter Brasch George W. Bush looked into the TV camera, Tuesday morning [July 15] and tried to assuage the fears of about 300 million Americans who believed they were in the middle of a Recession. “The economy is... 3559@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Guest Writings 2008-07-21T23:24:37-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003558.html Nancy Pelosi showed a lot of guts to come before the Netroots Nation audience who were ready to ask some hard questions. I don't think most of us were happy about her FISA vote, but she told us it... 3558@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Blogging 2008-07-19T15:13:10-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003557.html Natasha and Jill (OrangeClouds115) moderated a wonderful panel today called A Recipe for Change. The topic was how do we find a way to have healthier food and what are the obstacles from getting that. The panelists were great... 3557@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Food 2008-07-18T12:50:21-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003556.html While George W Bush congratulates himself and his administration for stopping constructive action on global warming, others are not waiting for him. This Sunday's Netroots Nation keynote speech is to be given by Van Jones, president and founder of Green... 3556@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Environment 2008-07-17T13:17:45-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003555.html Martin Bosworth brings us the news that one of Bush's final eff yous to the women of America will be an attempt to define contraception as abortion, covering such things as birth control and the morning after pill. Bosworth surmises... 3555@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Women 2008-07-16T12:06:13-08:00 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003554.html One really special part of this year's Netroots Nation is that the Commonweal Institute is one of the sponsors and will be hosting some pretty cool panels. Friday 18th: Measuring and Managing Your Online Paid Advertising Campaigns 9-10:15am Progressive NASA... 3554@http://www.pacificviews.org/ Blogging 2008-07-16T00:04:36-08:00