Telecoms oppose Net neutrality rules for stimulus money

" Representatives from Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon were in agreement at Thursday's conference, however, that more Net neutrality regulation would do more harm than good. "I still don't know that there's a problem out there that anyone is citing that compels...

Ex-Haling a Crime? Regulating under Clean Air Act!

"Did you know that the EPA is considering naming Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant to be regulated under the Clean Air Act??!! They have issued an "Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" as the first step in the development of their regulations."This is utterly ridiculous....

Sarkozy urges world summit on financial crisis

Sarkozy asked the "Fat cats" to be punished. He refused to pay into the Bad Bank of Paulson, as German chancellor Angela Merkel said no for any Bad Bank bail out "UNITED NATIONS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy...

Feds use fear and intimidation to Close Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Coops

" DEA Targets City-Regulated Facitilites: Dep't of Republican Justice? Cal. NORML Release - Sept 18, 2008 In response to federal...

South Carolina Senator DeMint Dead Set Against Wall Street Bail Out

Senator DeMint Doesn't want to Reward poor Cooperate Behavior by Socializing Wall Street."Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) announced his opposition to the $700 billion plan proposed by the Bush...

Wall Street Socialists vs 4 million homeowners

" "...immense interlocked, incestuous borrowing… that's what is bringing down the entire banking system." " AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, IndyMac and Bear Stearns, bankrupt,...

A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution

Today, Wednesday, the 17th day of September 2008, marks the 221st anniversary of the signing of the Constitution for the United States of America by the nation's founders, and with the hope of forming a more...

Anything Goes, Apparently - Editorial

Four more years?No way!We only finally are getting confirmations of the excesses of Bush/Cheney.  We don't need the same team back in charge."Editorial Anything Goes, Apparently Published: September 11, 2008 It seemed inevitable that bad things...

Russia considers ban on emos and goths

What's the deal with all the emo-hate this year? Not only are they getting beat up in Mexico and smeared in the UK media, they're now about to be banned in Russia. Government there is considering a law that would...

G8 Japan, US says no to CO2 regulation

Time for climate change at White HouseRepublican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, have endorsed variations of the approach rejected by the Senate. Others target 50% reduction CO2 2050 " ...

African Union: "Unite or Starve"

I can't really argue with this: if it means bargaining with a collective continental market in order to get a better deal on necessities, then so be it. SInce the various AU nations have such different agendas, both with the West and with each other, it's hard to predict how...

Couch Potato and the asthma risk

Research shows that children who watch five hours of TV a day increases their chance of developing asthma. Reason being that by sitting for hours leads to shallow breathing by the kids.   " ...

Ways to be sure the kids are alright

" Youth violence has become a national puzzle. Everyone is searching for the solution, but before it can be found we have to understand why teenagers are spilling blood on Britain's streets. There are two types of...

CRTC Orders Bell to Prove Throttling Necessary, Hold Public Inquiry

In a move that could change the rules for internet providers and the way big corporations like Bell and Rogers' handle their data.The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission announced yesterday it has launched two major reviews of internet technologies,...

California's farm belt plan to cut air pollution criticized

California's farm belt has some of the highest levels of airborne dust, smoke and soot in the country."Environmentalists say a new plan to clean up the soot-laden air in California's farm belt would fail to...

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