Political Blog http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html Notes from the Buffalo Grove Labor Day Parade http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html#2005090401 We were warned about cronyism in FEMA almost a year ago. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html#2005090301 Notes from a local workshop on political framing. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html#2005082501 Notes from one of the 1,647 vigils held August 17 http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html#2005082101 Notes From a Local DVD Gathering http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html#2005081201 With Bolton in the UN, Iraq might only be a warm-up for things to come. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html#2005073001 Media reform and election reform: strategic initiatives for saving the country. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html#2005072901 Anthology of 20th century writers reminds us - one person *can* make a difference. http://www.drxyzzy.org/stories.html The original Pledge of Allegiance did not have the words "under God" http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics004.html#2005070401 Senate appears ok with global warming and oil shortages. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005062401 Memorable 3-hour hearing chaired by John Conyers - 122 members of Congresss and more than 560,000 Americans demand an accounting http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005061601 Bush allows oil industry lobbyists to doctor government reports and steer our nation's energy policy headlong into global warming http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005060901 Suburbia depends on cheap gasoline. The world is running out of cheap fuels. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005060501 110,000 signatures and counting - add your voice to the outcry http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005060301 Next weekend, in Cleveland, Ohio Vigilance is hosting a rally, teach-in, and public hearing on the 2004 election and election reform http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005053002 Vermont's independent Congressman Bernie Sanders spoke about the effects of media neglect of key issues at the Media Reform Conference in St. Louis two weeks ago. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005053001 The final version of the House Judiciary Forum report on 2004 election irregularities in Ohio has been released. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005052901 a refresher on one of our government's chief prevaricators http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005052801 A reminder that peak oil advances irrevocably upon us. "Nature does not grant time outs." http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005052701 There are few institutions in our nation today that are capable of operating as a check on the abuses of one party rule - one is the filibuster; another is an independent judiciary; a third is a free and unbiased press. All three of these institutions are under assault today." - John Conyers http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005052601 Britain and the United States have the lowest levels of cross-generation mobility, lying well below Canada and the Nordic countries. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005052501 We are telling our young people to settle for a second-rate education as we export militarism in the name of democracy, having dispensed with the convenient fiction of WMD's. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics003.html#2005052401 In this documentary Robert Kane Pappas, who began his work in 1980, reports with calm and relentless clarity on the process of media consolidation and its devastating effect on our democracy. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005031701 We have used about half the planet's oil. It is estimated that our planet can sustain only about 2 billion persons in the absence of fossil fuels; yet present population is well over 6 billion. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005022701 Refuting Bush's campaign of disinformation about Social Security http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005021401 Amnesty International and over 550 bloggers join the call to tell our senators Gonzales must not be confirmed http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005020101 An expression of solidarity with those who are outraged at the nomination of Gonzales for U.S. Attorney General http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005012601 Bush exports terror to the Middle East and beyond. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005012201 My personal selection of the most moving comments on the excesses of the day. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005012001 U.K. Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk Looks Back at 2004 - "the whole project in Iraq is finished. We are not being told by Mr. Blair in my case and Bush in yours that this is the case, and perhaps through their own misjudgment or their own fantasies, they don't even accept this themselves" http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005011802 Senator Boxer asked the hard questions in day 1 of Rice's confirmation hearing for Secretary of State http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005011801 Sooner or later, anyone tracking the arrogance and corruption of the Bush administration will follow the trail to Peak Oil - the time at which world oil production begins to decrease, never to rise again. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005011502 I have not been able to keep up with the march of events on this small website. Therefore, the latest addition here is a collection of raw, unformattted notes on current issues. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005011501 Let your local PBS and NPR affiliates know you expect more of them - and support independent media! http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics002.html#2005010901 The makings of some real debate in Eric Alterman's deconstruction of Peter Beinart's editorial on Democrats and defense of our nation. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics001.html#2005010101 Watchdog group Media Matters and conservative misinformant Bill O'Reilly have locked horns. Readers are encouraged to show their support. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics001.html#2004122301 On Wednesday, Dec 8, Representative John Conyers (D-MI), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, hosted a 3-hour hearing on alleged voting irregularities in Ohio during the recent election. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics001.html#2004121201 Conyers forum: Republicans absent, media silent. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics001.html#2004121202 Where the Right Went Wrong by Pat Buchanan, and Worse Than Watergate by John Dean http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics001.html#2004121001 DrXyzzy.org political links have been reorganized, with several important additions. http://www.drxyzzy.org/pportal.html Bribery, big oil, and the CIA. http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics001.html#2004120501 Saudis, Enron money helped pay for US rigged election (earlier typo in links has been corrected) http://www.drxyzzy.org/politics001.html#2004112802