January 3, 2007

THE THINKING SPOT

"All of us have heard this term 'preventive war' since the earliest days of Hitler. I don't believe there is such a thing; and, frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing: Dwight Eisenhower

ALERT

Protecting Internet Democracy *** The editors of the New York Times write: "One of the big winners in the last election may turn out to be the principle, known as net neutrality, that Internet service providers should not be able to favor some content over others. Democrats who are moving into the majority in Congress - led by Ron Wyden in the Senate and Edward Markey in the House - say they plan to fight hard to pass a net neutrality bill, and we hope that they do. It is vital to preserve the Internet's role in promoting entrepreneurship and free expression
http://tinyurl.com/y63tmn

DUMB BUSHISM

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." -Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

PONDER THIS

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

WAR

Arrested on the Golden Gate Bridge - Retired colonel Ann Wright writes: "We must bring extraordinary pressure on the new Congress to stop the funding to this war and bring our troops home. Join us in Washington, DC, January 3 and 4 and January 27-29 to tell Congress: Stop This War and Bring Our Troops Home!"
http://tinyurl.com/y9e2vr

THE WHITE HOUSE

Bush as a Sociopath. A Conversation with Justin A. Frank, M.D., Author of "Bush on the Couch."
http://tinyurl.com/y5rfqa

"Bush is taking a hard look at economic initiatives - whatever economic development projects Bush may try to put in place, it may just be too late for any of them to be effective."
http://tinyurl.com/y8ygfb

CABINETS, COMMISSIONS, etc

Crisis Communications Sub-Par in US five years after 9/11
http://tinyurl.com/u8au6

DID YOU KNOW

-Iraq Prime Minister Wishes to Quit

-President Bush intends to reveal a new Iraq strategy within days.

-Study Indicates Electronic Voting Systematically Flawed

-Giuliani Told Towers Would Collapse

-Fox News reporter says Bush admitted using cocaine (remember this when Obama is questioned)

-Bush declares war on (masochistic?) Democratic Congress

-CEOs in two days have earned annual salary of an average Canadian

-the Pentagon yesterday admitted defeat in its strategy of securing Baghdad.

-Robertson says God told him of ''mass killing'' in U.S. in 2007

-Jack Murtha man most responsible for Dems seizing control of Congress.

-National Intelligence Director John Negroponte will resign after 20 months in the job to become deputy secretary of state

-what is the *assassination* schedule for members of Congress I heard mentioned

-Rep-Elect Keith Ellison To Be Sworn In On Koran Once Owned By Thomas Jefferson..
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-Rehnquist had drug problem, FBI files reveal.

-Hurricane expert warns of 'big one'

-CEO for Home Depot resigns

-Earthlink CEO dies of cancer at 49

CONGRESS

DOJ Brushes Off the Right of the American People to Know What Their Government is Up to. Sen. Leahy to Hold Their Feet to the Fire.
http://tinyurl.com/ync5jo

A 10-Step Program for Democrats - "Will Democrats be willing to break from the false worship of the twin gods of the so-called 'free market' and so-called 'free trade?'" asks Jonathon Tasini, before giving Congress an economic to-do list.
http://tinyurl.com/ygtrrg

Democrats Finalize New Ethics Rules - House Democrats hurried yesterday to put the finishing touches on ethics reforms that would ban lawmakers and staffers from accepting trips, gifts and meals from jority from holding votes open in order to change the outcome.

A higher minimum wage and federal funding of embryonic stem cell research - enjoy broad public support as the Democraticparty takes control of Congress for the first time in a dozen years.
http://tinyurl.com/y2swlx

INTERNATIONAL

World Bank Chastised - An external audit oncludes that the World Bank's research is too-frequently mediocre, politicized, and unreliable.
http://tinyurl.com/vbesw

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

ABC News relied solely on Drudge to report alleged NY Times Clinton story
http://tinyurl.com/ugoa4

HEALTH

Home Safety for the Elderly - A senior citizen's home can be full of danger -- falls are the leading cause of injury and accidental deaths in adults older than 65.
http://tinyurl.com/yl8spy

Epilepsy Drug Helps Parkinson's - Zonisamide, commonly used to treat epilepsy, is shown to decrease involuntary movements and tremors associated with Parkinson's disease.
http://tinyurl.com/y58ze6

Comparing LASIK and LASEK - There may not be much difference between the two most popular vision surgery choices -- at least when it comes to how much vision is improved.
http://tinyurl.com/y6hgzq

Predicting Deadly Meningitis - Doctors now have a set of guidelines to help them quickly decide whether children have viral meningitis or bacterial meningitis.
http://tinyurl.com/y75fl3