http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.- George Orwell Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:27:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/opinion/24kristof.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print Tough Love For Israel?, by Nicholas D. Kristof "Responding to readers about the West Bank." --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/opinion/24egan.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print The Oil Man Cometh, by Timothy Egan "T. Boone takedown, an election year twist." http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/nyt-op-eds-2-12/ Thomas Schweich said Mr Karzai had protected drug lords for political reasons and tolerated "a certain level of corruption" rather than lose power. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7523285.stm http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/karzai-impeding-afghan-drug-warthomas-schweich-said-mr-karzai-had-protected-drug-lords-for-political-reasons-and-tolerated-a-certain-level-of-corruption-rather-than-lose-power/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/business/24housing.html?sq=house&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/nyt-house-approves-sweeping-effort-to-help-housing/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/world/asia/24quake.html?sq=china&st=cse&scp=3&pagewanted=print http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/nyt-china-presses-hush-money-on-grieving-parents/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/business/24fuel.html?sq=gassing&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print Gassing Up With Garbage --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/business/24ford.html?sq=For%20Ford&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print For Ford, the Road Ahead Is Full of Smaller Cars --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/us/24cong.html?sq=spotlight&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print Spotlight on Gas Prices, and Parties in Stalemate --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/business/24arctic.html?sq=arctic&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print Oil Survey Says Arctic Has Riches http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/nyt-4-energyenvironment/ http://www.truthout.org/article/victory-afghanistan-is-impossible?print http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/victory-in-afghanistan-is-impossible/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/20080722_no_easy_out_for_obama/ http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/truthdig-no-easy-out-for-obama/ http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/92434 http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/alternet-us-ranks-1-in-consumption-of-pot-cocaine-smokes/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/20080721_so_goes_the_newsroom_the_empire_and_the_world/ http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/truthdig-bad-days-for-newsrooms%e2%80%94and-democracy/ http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/92431 http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/alternet-americas-middle-class-cant-take-much-more-punishment/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/20080722_obama_on_the_brink/ http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/truthdig-obama-on-the-brink/ By Ivo Daalder and Anne-Marie Slaughter | Thursday, July 24, 2009 | The Boston Globe "...As Barack Obama travels abroad this week, he is finding a world that still wants America to be engaged, but no longer necessarily waits for America to take the lead. The challenge ... http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/americas-new-global-challenge/ By David Broder | Thursday, July 24, 2008 | The Washington Post "...If its purpose is to make him look presidential, his current trip is a success...."...BS http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072302903_pf.html http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/obamas-tour-de-force/ By Ivan Eland | Thursday, July 24, 2008 | AlterNet.org "...The TSA's 'no fly' terrorism watch list contains between 400,000 and 1,000,000 names. If you're on the list by mistake, good luck getting off of it...."...BS http://www.alternet.org/story/92545/are_you_on_the_terror_watch_list_good_luck_getting_off_it/ http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/24/are-you-on-the-terror-watch-list-good-luck-getting-off-it/ http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/92286 http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/alternet-nightmare-on-wall-street-washington-cant-bail-out-the-sea-of-red-ink/ http://www.truthout.org/article/interview-with-representative-jay-inslee http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/t-r-u-t-h-o-u-t-interview-with-representative-jay-inslee-video/ http://www.consortiumnews.com/Print/2008/072208b.html http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/the-consortiumnewscom-the-exaggeration-of-terror/ http://www.truthout.org/article/fannie-and-freddie?print http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/t-r-u-t-h-o-u-t-fannie-and-freddie/ http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/print/174958/Tomgram%253A%2520%2520Elizabeth%2520de%2520la%2520Vega%252C%2520Those%2520Hard%2520Rains%2520Are%2520Gonna%2520Fall http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/tomgram-elizabeth-de-la-vega-those-hard-rains-are-gonna-fall/ http://www.consortiumnews.com/Print/2008/072208.html http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/the-consortiumnewscom-mccains-afghan-strategic-blunder/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/opinion/23friedman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print All Hail 'McBama," by Thomas L. Friedman "McCain was right and Obama benefits." --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/opinion/23dowd.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print Is 'The One' Cocky or Commander in Chiefy?, by Maureen Dowd "Obama surges abroad as McCain whines about the surge." --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/opinion/23smith.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print Harvest the Sun - From Space, by O. Glenn Smith "Satellites can beam solar energy to Earth." --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/opinion/23gates.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print Colombia's Gains Are America's, Too, by ... http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/nyt-op-eds-4-7/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/world/europe/23britain.html?sq=Britain&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print Britain Plans Pullout of Most of Its Iraq Force --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/business/worldbusiness/23inflate.html?sq=toll%20in%20asia&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print Prices of Food and Gas Take a Toll in Asia --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/world/asia/23kunming.html?sq=olympics&st=cse&scp=4&pagewanted=print Bus Blasts Not Linked to Olympics, China Says http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/nyt-3-international-news/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/world/europe/23russia.html?sq=Venezuela&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print Russia and Venezuela Will Coordinate on Energy --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/business/23ethanol.html?sq=ethanol&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print Uprising Against the Ethanol Mandate --- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/business/media/23adco.html?sq=direct%20mail&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print Direct Mail Tries to Go Green. No, Really. http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/nyt-3-environmentenergy-4/ Attack of the Global Pirate Bankers The Hearing: Last week in Washington we got a rare look inside the global private banking industry, whose high purpose it is to gather up the assets of the world's wealthiest people and many of its worst villains, and shelter them from tax collectors, prosecutors, ... http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/attack-of-the-global-pirate-bankers-a-rare-look-inside-the-global-private-banking-industry-the-nation/ By Cathy Young | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | The Boston Globe "...The latest controversy over voting in Russia has nothing to do with rigged presidential or parliamentary elections. In fact, the only political figures involved in this dispute are long dead - and yet they continue ... http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2008/07/23/the-greatest-russian/