Positive Universe Abstracts

Huffington Post
by Muhammad Sahimi
The price of gasoline has gone through the roof. The housing market has collapsed, with so many people losing their homes. The official unemployment rate is 5.5% - with the true rate being closer to 8%. The price of food stuff has increased dramatically. For all practical purposes the economy is [...]

Salon
In “The Dark Side,” Jane Mayer chronicles the terrible, destructive decisions the Bush administration made in the name of fighting terrorism.
By Louis Bayard
- amazon - The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals(Jane Mayer)
July 15, 2008 | We can’t say we weren’t [...]

Independent Political Report
Cynthia McKinney
Acceptance Remarks
Green Party Convention
Chicago, Illinois
July 12, 2008
[excerpt]
The Green Party is making history today. According to one source, 45 women have run for President in primary elections in the United States in the 20th Century; 22 have made it on the ballot in at least one state in November. Thank you, Green Party, [...]

Atlantic Free Press
Written by Stephen P. Pizzo
Friday, 11 July 2008
Yesterday must have been declared “Democratic Party Stupid Day,” and someone forgot to tell me. I mean, after nearly eight years of being soaked in GOP Stupid, I would have at least appreciated a warning so I could have prepared for a 180 degree change in [...]

Atlantic Free Press
Friday, 11 July 2008
by Dr. Bernard Weiner
The question is not whether Iran will be attacked, but by whom and whether the bombing will commence within the next several months or shortly after the November election.
The U.S. for many months has made bellicose noises about thwarting Iran’s nuclear ambitions with force — complete with [...]

US Senate: ROLL CALL
July 9, 2008: NAYs = 28
Akaka (D-HI)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Wyden (D-OR)

Source: ROLL CALL
Below are the VENDIDOS who voted for this awful bill:
Grouped By Vote Position - YEAs —69
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye [...]