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• Alternet
• Sep 5, 2008 Boatloads of Trouble: How We Are Importing Our Way to Destruction As our consumer goods travel thousands of miles by boat, train and truck, they're leaving a trail of soot and cancer in their wake.     Alternet        more   
• Sep 5, 2008 McCain Uses His Big Speech to Give Us a Tour of His Vietnamese Prison Cell Number of sentences in John McCain's RNC speech about being a POW in Vietnam: 43. Number about his 25 years in the House and Senate: 8.     Alternet        more   
• Sep 5, 2008 GOP's Plan for Palin: Reignite the Culture Wars Republicans will try to spin Palin's shortcoming into strengths, by revving up the culture wars.     Alternet        more   
• TruthOut
• Sep 5, 2008 US-Iraq Agreement Leaked     A leaked version of last month's draft of the proposed US-Iraq status of forces agreement (SOFA) suggests that the Iraqi parliament may not be consulted before it is signed, despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's promises to do so. The pact would govern the future US...     TruthOut        more   
• Sep 5, 2008 Court Seeks Briefs in Bush Appeal of Miers Subpoena Ruling     Washington - A federal appeals court is mulling whether it has the authority to step into a constitutional battle between Congress and the White House over legislative subpoena power.     Late Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...     TruthOut        more   
• Sep 5, 2008 California Revives Program to Buy Water From Farmers     The state's reserves are low after two dry years.read more     TruthOut        more   
• The Nation
• Sep 6, 2008 Campaign 08: Mocking Service Peter Dreier & John Atlas When Republicans mock community organizers, they denigrate a tradition of collective self-help that has made America a more humane country.     The Nation        more   
• Sep 6, 2008 Campaign 08: A Tale of Two Conventions The Editors Democrats in Denver address the needs of a nation in chaos; Republicans in St. Paul stage an elaborate fraud.     The Nation        more   
• Sep 6, 2008 Campaign 08: Palin's Pastor Problem Max Blumenthal Sarah Palin's hometown pastor spins end-times scenarios of Russia, the Mideast and gas wars. They could spell trouble for the GOP's golden girl.     The Nation        more   
• Washington Post
• Sep 6, 2008 'Change Is Coming,' McCain Says Accepting GOP nomination, veteran senator calls for putting country's interests before party loyalty.     Washington Post        more   
• Sep 5, 2008 Treasury Plans Rescue For Fannie and Freddie Plan would put troubled mortgage giants under federal control, dismiss top executives, and use government funds to prop them up, sources say.     Washington Post        more   
• Sep 6, 2008 Jobless Rate Hits Five-Year High Gloom now extends far beyond housing, financial sectors, dashing hopes economy will revive soon.     Washington Post        more   
• Democratic National Committee
• Sep 4, 2008 ICYMI: Audio of DNC Convention Briefing Call This morning Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS), Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), Obama Campaign Senior Strategist Robert Gibbs and DNC Advisor Jamal Simmons held a conference call with reporters to discuss the McCain-Palin campaign's promise of more of the same we've gotten from...     Democratic National Committee        more   
• Sep 4, 2008 Sarah Palin Speech: Just the Facts PALIN: "In fact, I told Congress -- I told Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere."REALITY: PALIN WAS FOR THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE BEFORE SHE WAS AGAINST IT. October 2006: Palin Supported Bridge To Nowhere. In 2006, Palin was asked, "Would you continue...     Democratic National Committee        more   
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