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Robert Greenwald’s FoxAttacks.com site has a new video summarizing Fox News coverage of David Patraeus’s  testimony before congress last week.  Check it out.

To laugh at the ridiculousness, to scream at the outrageous or to… Well fox went to new lows in their analysis of Petraeus’ testimony last week.  When our friends at Media [...]

Speaking of Privatization…
Blackwater License Being Revoked in Iraq (From AP Report)
Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul-Karim Khalaf said eight civilians were killed and 13 were wounded when contractors believed to be working for Blackwater USA opened fire in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of western Baghdad.
“We have canceled the license of Blackwater and prevented them from working [...]

BBC NEWS | Americas | Greenspan attacks Bush on economy:
Greenspan attacks Bush on economy. The former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan has said President George W Bush pays too little attention to financial discipline. In a book to be published next week, Mr Greenspan says Mr Bush ignored his advice to [...]

From the Center for Science in the Public interest:
Congress is currently considering national legislation to improve the nutritional quality of foods and beverages in schools.  Please sign the petition below to ask your members of Congress to take junk food out of schools by requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update its nutrition [...]

I came across a post from yesterday on the Gay BiPolar Guy blog about the whole messy business surrounding Senator Craig of Idaho.  He says:
GAY BIPOLAR GUY:
The second point worthy of discussion is the act that Sen. Craig was accused of. He was caught in a men’s bathroom trying to solicit sex from another man. [...]

I used to think that deposing Saddam Hussein was worth it, but after listening to the people tortured and forced into exile by sectarian and anti-coalition factions, I have my doubts.  You can hear an interview with Ahlam al Goubori, an Iraqi mother of three who was kidnapped and tortured for helping the American establishment [...]

Listening to NPR this morning on my way into work I couldn’t help getting a bit annoyed by the mix of stories about 9/11 Memorial events and news about Iraq.
I know that General Patraeus and Ambassador Crocker testifying to the House and the Senate this week is big news.  I just really HATE the timing.  [...]

Bin Laden says US should convert
Bin Laden makes a fairly valid point.  He is smart not to include threats against the US homeland like he has in earlier videos.  Sadly, but understandably, people still will react viscerally to the fact that it is him speaking and probably won’t take the time to actually look [...]

NPR was reporting on this several years ago.  They did an investigative piece on the lung problems experienced by workers in the microwave popcorn manufacturing industry.