submitted by Bernard Schaer
LET US SHOW OUR LEADERS IN WASHINGTON “PEOPLE POWER” AND THE POWER OF THE INTERNET. PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT – Propose this in 2009:
START A BILL TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOCIAL SECURITY

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by David Swanson
Lawless detention is the least of it. State secrets and warrantless spying scrape the surface. Drone attacks and ongoing torture begin to touch it. But central to the power of an emperor, and the catastrophes that come from the existence of an emperor, is the elimination of any other force within the government. [...]

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by Dave McGill
And no – It doesn’t involve Iran.
The Japanese media has recently said that North Korea appears to be planning a long-range missile test for around the 4th of July. It would be aimed, so say the reports, in the general direction of Hawaii.
The American response leaves little doubt that the Pentagon and the [...]

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by Dave McGill
Some day, if we’re lucky, we’ll all be elderly. A few have suggested I might already be there. And, actually, they may have a point, because I felt a little uncomfortable listening to the president, Wednesday, as he discussed the nation’s health care at a town-meeting-type gathering at the White House.

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by Jacob S. Hacker
In the fast-moving debate over health care, no idea invites more admiration or ire than the “public health insurance option”–or what I’ve been trying to get people to describe as “public plan choice”. The idea is overwhelmingly popular with Americans, garnering 85 percent support in a new independent poll from the [...]

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