<p>Why is this going to a Linux group mailing list? Case of mistaken identity?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 16, 2011 5:56 PM, "Thomas W. cranston" <<a href="mailto:cranston.thomas@gmail.com">cranston.thomas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Here's an opportunity to put your money where your mouth is. I think you <br>
> will get a bigger bang for your buck. Recalling the governor will send a <br>> really huge message.<br>> <br>> Tom<br>> <br>> -------- Original Message --------<br>> Subject: Refocus, Re-Energize, Recall: Wisconsin's Mass Movement <br>
> Considers Next Steps<br>> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:00:42 -0400 (EDT)<br>> From: t r u t h o u t <<a href="mailto:messenger@truthout.org">messenger@truthout.org</a>><br>> Reply-To: <a href="mailto:messenger@truthout.org">messenger@truthout.org</a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:cranston.thomas@gmail.com">cranston.thomas@gmail.com</a><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pB8AyzmWH8wUG%2F7SubHV3OTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pB8AyzmWH8wUG%2F7SubHV3OTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
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> <br>> /Wednesday 16 March 2011<br>> <br>> *Refocus, Re-Energize, Recall: Wisconsin's Mass Movement Considers Next <br>> Steps*<br>> Ryan Harvey, Truthout: "I went back to Wisconsin this weekend to <br>
> participate in and document what is being considered the largest <br>> demonstration in the state's history. On Saturday, March 12, up to <br>> 100,000 people marched in Madison against the passing of Gov. Scott <br>
> Walker's anti-union 'budget repair' bill. After almost a month of <br>> deadlock, Republican senators introduced an edited version of the <br>> controversial bill last week, removing economic language from the <br>
> original to maneuver around a Democrat strategy to block it."<br>> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zc41GGIadRn8pXv30vHvOuTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zc41GGIadRn8pXv30vHvOuTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> *Contractors Watching Contractors? Where Is the True Oversight? (Part I)*<br>> Dina Rasor, Truthout: "This is the first part of a two part series <br>> looking at the trend by the DoD to hire contractors to oversee other DoD <br>
> contractors instead of doing the management and oversight themselves. <br>> Both Charles Smith and Robert Bauman are former DoD oversight and <br>> investigative personnel and they will explain fundamental and insidious <br>
> problems with this new DoD fad, how and why it got started, how it hurts <br>> our defense and troops and what to do to begin to change it."<br>> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HHVCu7R6oBeIedu6YYmbe%2BTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HHVCu7R6oBeIedu6YYmbe%2BTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> *Last Defense at Troubled Reactors: Fifty Japanese Workers*<br>> Keith Bradsher and Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times News Service: "A <br>> small crew of technicians, braving radiation and fire, became the only <br>
> people remaining at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on <br>> Tuesday - and perhaps Japan's last chance of preventing a broader <br>> nuclear catastrophe. They crawl through labyrinths of equipment in utter <br>
> darkness pierced only by their flashlights, listening for periodic <br>> explosions as hydrogen gas escaping from crippled reactors ignites on <br>> contact with air."<br>> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0%2FW1Ke430yLzz4ZwJp4PteTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0%2FW1Ke430yLzz4ZwJp4PteTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> *AT&T to Limit Internet Access and Charge Overage Fees*<br>> Nadia Prupis, Truthout: "Starting May 2, AT&T will begin implementing <br>> monthly usage limits for its U-Verse and DSL users and charge $10 fees <br>
> every time a customer exceeds the cap. According to Broadband Reports, <br>> DSL customers will have a 150GB monthly usage limit, while U-Verse <br>> subscribers will get 250GB. AT&T will impose the $10 fee for every 50GB <br>
> over the limit a customer uses."<br>> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VQVDvFTpR11GSP%2Bn7xbHyOTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VQVDvFTpR11GSP%2Bn7xbHyOTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> *Fracking Debate Heats Up as New Jersey Seeks Ban*<br>> Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "New Jersey lawmakers advanced legislation last <br>> week that would make their state the first to ban the controversial and <br>
> largely unregulated practice of hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking,' <br>> used to drill for natural gas. The New Jersey Senate Environment <br>> Committee approved the legislation amid a public debate over proposed <br>
> regulations for an estimated 10,000 fracking wells that could soon be <br>> established in the Delaware River Basin."<br>> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EAHqz8YfKlXdb%2F4%2BkWS80uTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EAHqz8YfKlXdb%2F4%2BkWS80uTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> *Robert Reich | Safety on the Cheap*<br>> Robert Reich, Truthout: "Can we please agree that in the real world <br>> corporations exist for one purpose, and one purpose only - to make as <br>
> much money as possible, which means cutting costs as much as possible? <br>> The New York Times reports that G.E. marketed the Mark 1 boiling water <br>> reactors, used in TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi plant, as cheaper to build <br>
> than other reactors because they used a comparatively smaller and less <br>> expensive containment structure."<br>> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KNQllRhXDIrvV5uvH2o5KeTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KNQllRhXDIrvV5uvH2o5KeTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> *Nuclear Disarmament Is People's Work*<br>> Joe Copeland, YES! Magazine: "The people of Hiroshima live with the <br>> devastating legacy of nuclear war, juxtaposed with the city's dedication <br>
> to working for world peace. A mindful American visitor to Hiroshima <br>> can't avoid asking: Are people in the United States too comfortable with <br>> the existence of nuclear weapons? How do you motivate the public to care <br>
> about the nuclear threat and instill the hope to work toward change? At <br>> times it seems that a good jolt of fear might be the answer. Maybe then <br>> we would finally wake from denial and do something about the dangers of <br>
> nuclear arms: the risk that one of the nuclear powers may choose to use <br>> the ultimate weapon of mass destruction, the bomb's distortion of power <br>> relationships among nations, the potential for accident or terror to <br>
> unleash some catastrophe."<br>> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yqy3oTk8XBrVAyRhuGg18eTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yqy3oTk8XBrVAyRhuGg18eTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> *Study: Majority of Consumers Obtain News From Online Sources*<br>> Nadia Prupis, Truthout: "For the first time, 21st century consumers are <br>> reading the news online more than in print, according to the 'State of <br>
> the News Media 2011' report by the Pew Research Center Project for <br>> Excellence in Journalism. Only television remains the most-used resource <br>> for news among American adults, but the gap is closing. In fact, most <br>
> sectors of the American news industry began to recover in 2010 after two <br>> difficult years - but technological advances present old and new media <br>> alike with increasingly complex challenges."<br>> Read the Article <br>
> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o6RBc3TxVGGDnQmXa6ntP%2BTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o6RBc3TxVGGDnQmXa6ntP%2BTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>> <br>
> <br>> *This Modern World: The Flustercluck Doctrine*<br>> Award-winning editorial cartoonist Tom Tomorrow on President Obama's <br>> consultation with "General Flustercluck."<br>> View the Cartoon <br>
> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=94CcnKIxKf9j4aPdS9YoDuTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=94CcnKIxKf9j4aPdS9YoDuTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>> <br>
> <br>> *Jim Hightower | America's True Crisis*<br>> Jim Hightower, Truthout: "The greatest problem our nation faces can be <br>> summed up in one word: leadership. OK, make that three words: lack of <br>
> leadership. America's corporate, political, media, academic and other <br>> leaders aren't. They're not leaders - because they refuse to stand tall, <br>> be bold, offer vision, inspire and ... well, lead. We've got too many <br>
> 5-watt bulbs sitting in 100-watt sockets. They're squishing the historic <br>> can-do spirit of the American people, reducing it to a dispiriting ethic <br>> of surrender that says we-shouldn't-even-try."<br>
> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ecq%2FlIAJD9WRAAoA9iTOX%2BTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ecq%2FlIAJD9WRAAoA9iTOX%2BTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
> <br>> <br>> *Islamophobia Can Create Radicalization*<br>> James C. Zogby, Arab American Institute: "Let me state quite directly: <br>> Islamophobia and those who promote it are a greater threat to the United <br>
> States of America than Anwar al Awlaqi and his rag-tag team of <br>> terrorists. On one level, al Awlaqi, from his cave hide-out in Yemen, <br>> can only prey off of alienation where it exists. Adopting the persona of <br>
> a latter-day Malcolm X (though he seems not to have read the last <br>> chapters of the 'Autobiography' or learned the lessons of Malcolm's <br>> ultimate conversion), he appears street-smart, brash, self-assured and <br>
> assertive - all of the assets needed to attract lost or wounded souls <br>> looking for certainty and an outlet for their rage. Like some parasites, <br>> al Awlaqi cannot create his own prey. He must wait for others to create <br>
> his opportunities, which until now have been isolated and limited - a <br>> disturbed young man here, an increasingly deranged soldier there."<br>> Read the Article <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=85g7A8Gz7jxiVhSNEif8TOTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=85g7A8Gz7jxiVhSNEif8TOTPrMvzQMVP</a>> <br>
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> <br>> */TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES/*<br>> <br>> <br>> /<br>> <br>> In the potential catastrophic disaster brewing in Japan, there is a <br>> lesson to be learned.<br>> <br>> The corporations that determine government policy, here and abroad, put <br>
> our lives and money on the line, not theirs.<br>> <br>> Nuclear plants get subsidies in the US and elsewhere; taxpayers <br>> subsidize GE, one of Obama's favorite companies - a business that didn't <br>
> even pay any US taxes in a recent year.<br>> <br>> But when the nuclear sites melt down, don't expect Jeffrey Immelt, CEO <br>> of GE, to be running in and exposing himself to likely lethal radiation <br>
> in a last-ditch effort to prevent a catastrophe with potentially <br>> worldwide implications.<br>> <br>> Fifty workers are shortening the lease on their lives by trying to get <br>> just one of the four Japanese power plants in crisis under control. <br>
> According to Harvey Wasserman <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nRRs9mcjsiespaSQLN7lMeTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nRRs9mcjsiespaSQLN7lMeTPrMvzQMVP</a>>, <br>
> who has been warning about the lethal dangers of nuclear power on <br>> BuzzFlash and Truthout for years:<br>> <br>> The workers who do this are incomparably brave. They remind us,<br>> tragically, of some 800,000 Chernobyl "Liquidators." These were<br>
> Soviet draftees who were sent into that seething ruin for 60 or 90<br>> seconds each to quickly perform some menial task and then run out.<br>> <br>> When I first read that number - 800,000 - I thought it was a<br>
> typographical error. But after attending that 1996 conference in<br>> Kiev, I spoke in the Russian city of Kaliningrad and met with dozens<br>> of these Chernobyl veterans. They tearfully assured me it was<br>
> accurate. They were angry beyond all measure. They had been promised<br>> they would not encounter health problems. But now they were dying in<br>> droves.<br>> <br>> The CEOs get to run crisis PR for GE, defending an indefensible design. <br>
> The workers expose themselves to lethal radiation to save Immelt's <br>> lifestyle and protect the rest of us. Who deserves the greater pay?<br>> <br>> But this is not just about con men who rake in billions, export jobs and <br>
> pay the least wages possible to workers.<br>> <br>> No, this is about letting these people get away with risking our lives, <br>> not just our money.<br>> <br>> This is about potential negligence leading to the deaths of hundreds of <br>
> thousands of people, as it did at Chernobyl. This is about enabling the <br>> entrenched elite playing a monopoly game with death, those of the people <br>> of Japan and ours here in the US.<br>> <br>> Mark Karlin<br>
> Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout<br>> <br>> /<br>> <br>> *Harvey Wasserman: End Nuclear Power Before It Ends Us<br>> *Read the Article at BuzzFlash <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LFrwDX070a3xayFV%2F2vneuTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LFrwDX070a3xayFV%2F2vneuTPrMvzQMVP</a>><br>
> <br>> *EU Energy Chief Says Japan Reactor "Out of Control"<br>> *Read the Article at Reuters <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cmmPGugUU87tJYKkUpQlcOTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cmmPGugUU87tJYKkUpQlcOTPrMvzQMVP</a>><br>
> <br>> *Pro-Labor Group Working America Recruits 20,000 New Wisconsin Members <br>> in Wake of Budget Protests<br>> *Read the Article at Huffington Post <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y139kWr2iFA88xCbTKm%2BT%2BTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y139kWr2iFA88xCbTKm%2BT%2BTPrMvzQMVP</a>><br>
> <br>> *Japan Earthquake: Japan Warned Over Nuclear Plants, WikiLeaks Cables Show<br>> *Read the Article at The Telegraph UK <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eN%2BbSf9ccELBZM65wO4lPuTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eN%2BbSf9ccELBZM65wO4lPuTPrMvzQMVP</a>><br>
> <br>> *Japan Facing Biggest Catastrophe Since Dawn of Nuclear Age<br>> *Read the Article at Democracy Now! <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=s5iMxhLrCrbN3hCxDaZgUih%2FKZyWcVlF">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=s5iMxhLrCrbN3hCxDaZgUih%2FKZyWcVlF</a>><br>
> <br>> *Experts Had Long Criticized Potential Weakness in Design of Stricken <br>> Reactor<br>> *Read the Article at The New York Times <br>> <<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ALM8gG6qbYM3KZN%2BXRugKeTPrMvzQMVP">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ALM8gG6qbYM3KZN%2BXRugKeTPrMvzQMVP</a>><br>
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