Want to know what your state taxpayer dollars pay for? LA Gov. Jindal new web...

"BATON ROUGE -- Want to know what the state Office of Business Development spent last year on employee salaries ($4,349,216.48)? How much the lieutenant governor's office has spent so far this year on travel and training ($117,881.49)? Or the annual salary of Insurance...

The $70 Billion Spectrum Rip-Off

The airwaves belong to the People, but the FCC plans to cut us out and give away the new digital spectrum to the same corporations that have been ignoring and violating the public interest provisions in their license in the analog spectrumhttp://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html"On...

New Pakistan law to bring generals and judges under accountability net

New democratic government in Pakistan plans introduction of a new accountability mechanism by repealing the existing law and under the new mechanism military personnel including the generals and the judiciary including judges would be held accountabile....

BlackBoxVoting.org Tool Kit 2008

BlackBoxVoting.org has published an updated "Tool Kit 2008" for election integrity activists; information and resources for defending the integrity of the electoral process. Free download or printed copy." Political & campaign operations in 2008 will spend...

NAACP President: Black Leaders, Too, Should Be Accountable in Maryland Jail D...

More details and controversies are emerging in the case of Ronnie White, found dead in a Maryland jail cell after being arrested for allegedly killing a police officer. Flags are flying at half-staff for Cpl....

Reasons you should not pity the American homeless

"Basically they all feel that they deserve better and that they are not accountable in any way for where they are."

Al Gore Accepts Nobel Peace Prize

Well, I suppose working this hard to inform people about global warming would lead to some recognition, but a nobel peace prize? Maybe I'm just jealous."Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore said Monday that the...

open source government - this is what I want to do.

"Once you start to see customers are value creators, rather than value consumers, a lot of business truths get turned upside-down. Take, for example, the idea that businesses are primarily accountable to their boards or shareholders. Does anyone out there think that the...

Popular Alliance Names and Shames MP's

"Gordon Brown said he had the "new ideas and vision" to govern Britain as he launched his long-awaited campaign to lead Labour and become prime minister Standing in front of his campaign logo, "Gordon Brown for...

Day of Reckoning for DDT Foes?

"Last week’s announcement that the World Health Organization lifted its nearly 30-year ban on the insecticide DDT is perhaps the most promising development in global public health since… well, 1943 when DDT was first used to combat insect-borne diseases like typhus and...

When A Good Ad Campaign Goes Bad - Really Bad :: MAXINE

UPDATED MATERIAL 2-2-07 "Ok, ok! Some say bad publicity is better than no publicity at all, but I am willing to guess that some executive at The Cartoon Network is sketching himself an "OUT" (a trap door, maybe?)...

The Shit Slides Down in Iraq

"The new Iraqi government has learned well from its puppet master. Rather than investigate the folks who arranged the lynch mob that executed Saddam Hussein in a grotesque display worthy of "Lord of the Flies,"...

Why You May Find Rumsfeld in the History Books Under War Criminal

"Prosecuting a war of aggression isn't Rumsfeld's only crime. He also participated in the highest levels of decision-making that allowed the extrajudicial execution of several people. Willful killing is a grave...

Lessons Learnt From the Ban on Blogger

"Enforcing a ban on Blogger/Typepad/Geocities will fool the SIMI people into thinking that India has officially become Pakistan (where access to many blogs are blocked) and now that their mission has been accomplished, they may let their guard down. 5. Lakshadweep and Andaman...

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