Guest Info & Must Reads for Monday, August 7, 2006

Posted by Mary Mancini on August 7, 2006 under Uncategorized |

Our guest this morning, Dr. Bob Bowman, Combat veteran against the war and candidate for the Democratic nomination for the US House in District 15, Florida (Brevard, Indian River, Osceola, and Polk Counties). Dr. Bowman is widely ackowledged as the father of the Star Wars missile defense program and has emerged as one of the most credible 9/11 whistleblowers. He was also the keynote speaker at the “American Scholars Symposium: 9/11 + The Neo-Con Agenda” recently aired on C-Span.

Must Reads
“Let’s Start Talking,” by Nicholas D. Kristof
Continued fighting harms Israel, Lebanon and the United States. (If you can’t access it then try googling the article title).

“Election Investigation Underway after Totals Shift,” By Mindy Tate, Editor, Williamson Herald
This is exactly why we need Voter-verified paper records of our votes. Hello?!?

Fatal Strikes: Israel’s Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon (Human Rights Watch)
Latest report by Human Rights Watch on the Israel-Lebanon conflict.

“Deal Maker Details the Art of Greasing the Palm,” by David Johnston and David D. Kirkpatrick (NY Times)
In 1992, Brent R. Wilkes rented a suite at the Hyatt Hotel a few blocks from the Capitol. In his briefcase was a stack of envelopes for a half-dozen congressmen, each packet containing up to $10,000 in checks.

“Conn. Race Could Be Democratic Watershed,” By Dan Balz (The Washington Post)
The passion and energy fueling the antiwar challenge to Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in Connecticut’s Senate primary signal a power shift inside the Democratic Party that could reshape the politics of national security and dramatically alter the battle for the party’s 2008 presidential nomination, according to strategists in both political parties.

2006-08-05
“The Day The System Worked,” by Jared Bernstein (TomPaine.com)
For once, Democrats and moderate Republicans stood up to cynical election-year politics and faced down the leadership.

2006-08-03
“Administration Sending US Troops Into Crossfire of Escalating Civil War,” by John Kerry
John Kerry’s remarks on Iraq on the floor of the Senate last week. In his remarks, Kerry spoke about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“Strong-Arming the Vote,” New York Times Editorial
President Bush’s Justice Department has been criticized for letting partisanship guide its work on voting and elections. And party politics certainly appears to have been a driving force in a legal maneuver it just pulled off in Alabama, where it persuaded a federal judge to take important election powers away from the Democratic secretary of state and give them to a Republican governor.

2006-08-02
“Minimum Wage, Maximum Gall“, by Harold Meyerson (Washington Post)
Meyerson identifies Republican congressional leadership more interested in holding onto power than governing or providing appropriate oversight. During a time when they should be confronting a number of serious issues, Bill Frist’s Senate is on the verge of being in session for precariously few days.