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Ralph Nader's Questions For Alito 
Ralph Nader-- as concise and sharp as ever....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 12:14pm PST
Corruption at Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) Corruption at Golden Gate National Recreation Area is nothing new but at long last an Inspector General has taken on the corruption and exposed the tip of the iceberg. It is time Brian O'Neill and the rest watch out because there is much to reveal and most of it is ugly. The Presidio was better off under Sixth Army and the Presidio of San Francisco. The Presidio Trust and the NPS is out to screw the government and millions of dollars have been wasted....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 10:54am PST
Schwarzenegger's budget: up with prisons, down with communities Sacramento - In his budget released today, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stuck to an old script: increasing funding for the state's massively troubled prison system. Elected on a platform that promised to "blow up boxes," the governor continues to fall in line with expensive and ineffective "tough on crime" policies despite widespread voter frustration at pouring ever more resources into a failed prison system....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 9:25am PST
Belafonte calls Bush 'greatest terrorist in the world' "No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush, says, we're here to tell you: Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of the American people ... support your revolution," Harry Belafonte told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during the broadcast Sunday of his weekly talk show, "Aló Presidente" ("Hello, President")....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 9:21am PST
FCC vs. The League of Women Voters: the Case That Pitted Samuel Alito Against Pacifica On the final day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on Capitol Hill, we look at the 1984 case of that pitted Samuel Alito against Pacifica Radio. The case - known as the FCC v. League of Women Voters - centered on the constitutionality of a law that prohibited the airing of editorials by any public radio and TV outlet that received funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We speak with the attorney in the case, Frederic Woocher....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 8:11am PST
Why the Bush Doctrine Violates the Constitution When President Bush signed the new law, sponsored by Senator McCain, restricting the use of torture when interrogating detainees, he also issued a Presidential signing statement. That statement asserted that his power as Commander-in-Chief gives him the authority to bypass the very law he had just signed....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 10:27pm PST
Thousands protest against Nepal king An estimated 150,000 people have taken part in the largest protest in Nepal to date against the country's royal dictatorship....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 10:20pm PST
Congressmen Returning Money? Reverse Bought Legislation Too Our beloved Congressmen are giving Abramhoff's
bribe money back to the Indian Tribes and to charity
(he lobbied for many more than just the indian tribes).
That's a great thing! But it is just the first step to
setting things right....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 5:32pm PST
Further Invasion of Privacy It sounds unbelievable-but did you know that anyone can go online and purchase cell or home phone records of people like you?...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 12:51pm PST
Killing Tookie, Smearing Mandela: Schwarzenegger's Hit List So reads the statement of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in denying clemency for Stan Tookie Williams. Twelve hours after the statement was issued, Stan was brought into the execution chamber at San Quentin Prison, and the former gang leader-turned-internationally renown peacemaker was put to death....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 9:38am PST
Alito Dismisses Foreign Law as Not "Appropriate or Useful" When questioned by Sen. Tom Coburn (R - OK) about the citation of foreign law, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito said, "I don't think it's appropriate or useful to look to foreign law in interpreting the provisions of our Constitution."...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 9:35am PST
Senators Grill Alito on Membership and Involvement in Discriminatory Group Senators fought over Alito's membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton and whether the panel should subpoena records from the group that opposed the acceptance of blacks or women at Princeton....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 8:48am PST
Senate Democrats prostrate as Alito confirmation hearings get under way The Senate hearings that began this week for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito have provided a further demonstration of the impotence and cynicism of the Democratic Party and its lack of any serious commitment to the defense of democratic rights....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 8:33am PST
Download RECALL ARNOLD Petitions On-Line, NOW! 
Recall Arnold Schwarzenegger!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 9:28pm PST
The Surrender of MoveOn.org 
Frank:
"If the antiwar movement really wants to take on Hillary in the electoral arena, she has to be confronted from outside the Democratic Party right up to Election Day and beyond. That is exactly what MoveOn should advocate, but never will."...
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 1:42pm PST
Schwarzenegger had no motorbike licence, he admits after crash Arnold Schwarzenegger did not have the proper licence to drive a motorcycle when he crashed at the weekend, Los Angeles police have said....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 10:27am PST
Senators Question Alito on Past Statements and Rulings on Abortion, Presidential Power ... On Capitol Hill, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is entering his third day of confirmation hearings today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On Tuesday, Alito was repeatedly questioned about his past statements and rulings on abortion, presidential power and the role of the judiciary....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 8:52am PST
There is an bill in Congress to investigate Bush for impeachable crimes David Lindorff asks how come we didn't know about it?...
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 3:47am PST
Republican Party crisis deepens: DeLay forced out of congressional leadership Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announced Saturday he was giving up his effort to resume his position, as congressional Republicans maneuvered in the face of the influence-peddling scandal involving Republican insider Jack Abramoff. The longtime lobbyist and Bush fundraiser pled guilty January 3 to charges of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials....
Posted: Tue, Jan 10, 2006 9:59pm PST
Senator Feinstein: Vote NO on Judge Sam Alito! (video/quicktime 24.3MB) Californians for Fair and Independent Judges want Senator Diane Feinstein, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to turn down President Bush's nominee to the U. S. Supreme Court. Four-minute QT movie. 24MB....
Posted: Tue, Jan 10, 2006 7:31pm PST
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