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Jobs
George Bush thinks exporting American jobs is good for business!
Eliminating the right to overtime pay The Bush Administration's Department of Labor proposal means lower pay, longer hours for millions of workers.
United Farm Workers Helping to bring justice to farm workers and much more . . .
Teamsters Union Building better lives together ~ that's what the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is all about.
AFLCIO America's Union Movement - Working people in all walks of life join together in unions to gain a voice at work.
IWW Industrial Workers of the World Organizing a union sounds like a great idea, but how does one do it?
Jobless Rate hits 6.9% - 9 year high - Published in the Oregonian 7/3/2003 by Leigh Strope AP labor writer
High Tech Workers and Age Discrimination - IEEE
 
Oregon Jobless Rate hits 6.9% - 9 year high - Published in the Oregonian 7/3/2003 by Leigh Strope AP labor writer.
Local Area Unemployment Statistics - US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Health-Care Shaft for Poor - Published on Saturday, May 24, 2003 by the Boulder Daily Camera
National Budget Simulation!

 

 

Economy

President Clinton paid off the federal budget deficit in 1999. After a decade of Republican spending, both parties worked together and, in October 1999 under Bill Clinton, a $122.7 Billion budget surplus was created! President Clinton's record budget surplus Bush's Economic Development Plan:


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AND THEN IN ONLY SIX YEARS TIME, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED CONGRESS HAVE RUN THE UNITED STATES INTO THE BIGGEST BUDGET DEFIT IN AMERICAN HISTORY; BIGGER THAN ALL OF THE DEFICITS CREATED BY ALL OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS COMBINED! George W. Bush's $8.4 Trillion! DEFICIT!

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Health and Wellness
 
WomensHealth.Org
Physicians for a National Health Program "Health care is an essential safeguard of human life and dignity and there is an obligation for society to ensure that every person be able to realize this right." - Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Chicago Archdiocese

Natioinal Coalition on Health Care The National Coalition on Health Care's diverse membership is united in support of the following principles as a framework for improving our nation's health care: * Health Insurance for All * Improved Quality of Care * Cost Containment * Equitable Financing * Simplified Administration

Patients Bill of Rights information from democrats.senate.gov
Prescription Coverage for Seniors senior citizens struggling to pay prescription costs - about improving prescription drug benefits for seniors, especially those with a fixed incomes.
The Science of Medical Marijuana "It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance" -DEA Judge Francis Young

Medical Marijuana Research MAPS 2105 Robinson Avenue Sarasota, FL 34232 USA E-mail: info@maps.org

Project Inform Project Inform has been at the frontlines in the fight against HIV and AIDS since 1985—when reliable information about the disease and its treatment was nearly impossible to obtain.
 
 

Civil Liberties
Posted on Sun, Feb. 08, 2004 - Miami Herald
Feds Win Right to War Protesters' Records
RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press

Federal Data Searches on Hit List
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has introduced the Citizens' Protection in Federal Databases Act.
American Civil Liberties Union
NAACP
Electronic Frontier Foundation Action Center
USA Patriot Act: A Dreadful Act II Secret proposals in Ashcroft's anti-terror war strike yet another blow at fundamental rights by Jack M. Balkin / LA Times / Common Dreams
ReclaimDemocracy.Org
National Organization for Women
People For the American Way
Feminist Majority
National Council of Jewish Women
Human Rights Campaign
National Security Archive HISTORIANS, PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS SUE TO STOP BUSH ORDER
 
 
 

Environment

Evironmental Working Group and all that relates to environmental issues. Lots of great data.
Sierra Club Blasts Republican Energy Policy Act The Energy Policy Act of 2003 introduced by Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) threatens the environment and takes us backward by increasing our dependence on polluting and dangerous sources of energy such as coal, oil, and nuclear power.
League of Conservation Voters Political Voice of the Environmental Movement.
Sierra Club Founded in 1892 - Explore, enjoy and protect the planet/ environmental update / my backyard
U.S. EPA on Global Warming Pages the Bush Administration has seemingly not yet censored.
Circle of Life Foundation Founded in 1999 by Julia Butterfly Hill - live in a way that honors the diversity and interdependence of all life.
GreenPeaceUSA Leading independent campaigning organization that uses nonviolent direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions essential to a green and peaceful future.
Apollo Alliance Lets switch our energy dependence from the Middle East to the Mid West
Big Agribusiness Farm Subsidy Database
Tobacco, Cancer, Big Business and Politics
 

Energy

An Invonvenient Truth
Wind Power
Solar Power
Hydrogen Power

Energy Conservation

Investigation into the Power Blackout of 2003

Global Warming - Climate
Global warming
Climate Hot Map
Honda Scooters - get around get around I get around!
Tesla Motors - and you say elecric cars aren't sexy?
 
 

Education
 
National PTA front lines for the future of public education.
National Education Association (NEA) To fulfill the promise of a democratic society, the National Education Association shall promote the cause of quality public education and advance the profession of education; expand the rights and further the interest of educational employees; and advocate human, civil, and economic rights for all.
National Center for Education Statistics(NCES) Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations
Educause - a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
Head Start Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs that serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families.
Back to School, Neocon-Style
 
 

Seniors
Senior Vote!
Senior-Site information on prescription drugs, health insurance, housing, legal matters and more.
First Gov I'm feeling lucky!
Social Security or Lonely Risk? Republican scheme which would funnel social security funds into crony's deep pockets!
Social Security Administration
Wired Seniors Hub for online groups and activities.
Patients Bill of Rights information from democrats.senate.gov
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Health-Care Shaft for Poor
Physicians for a National Health Program "Health care is an essential safeguard of human life and dignity and there is an obligation for society to ensure that every person be able to realize this right." - Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Chicago Archdiocese

Medical Marijuana Research MAPS 2105 Robinson Avenue Sarasota, FL 34232 USA E-mail: info@maps.org

 

Religion
Interfaith Alliance People of faith and good will restoring healthy democracy.
Notes on the Founding Fathers and the Separation of Church and State
Democrats rarely cite religion in policy debates, but nation split . . .say the press
George Bush's Theology: Does President Believe He Has Divine Mandate?
Democrats wrestle with religion . . .or just practice privately?
Theocracy Watch - The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party, a public information project of the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Social Policy at Cornell University
 
 
 
 
 

U.S. History

America's Founding Fathers
Who were the founding fathers of our country? Where they mostly priests and preachers or primarily lawyers and judges? This site is a must check. Other info here as well on United States in the miid to late 1700's.
 
 
 

International Affairs
CIA World Fact Book
 
African Continent
 
All Africa.com Global Media is a multimedia content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide
Congo-online ConGO Online News provides global news coverage of social sustainability issues including indigenous people, land rights, human rights, corporate responsibility and indigenous rights.
Liberia News
Bush's Lost Chances to Help Africa
 
Iraq
Senate report rejects Bush Iraqi claims - Palm Beach Post.com/LA Times Story 9-9-06
The New Pentagon Papers . . .high-ranking military officer reveals how Defense Department Republican extremists suppressed information and twisted the truth to drive the country to war.
Media's role in American public misperceptions about Iraq--PIPA Web Site Check this out!
 
Why Bush, GOP can block all inquiries - Very disturbing USA Today report.
Second journalist told about Campell's role in Iraq dossier
Immunity for Iraqi Oil Dealings Raises Alarm ~ Some contend Bush’s order grants U.S. firms a broad exemption, a view the government rejects. - LA Times
The Cost of the Iraq War
ZNET Iraq Watch Commentary, links for related articles and activist materials in the USA.
Iraq - CIA 2002 World Factbook Facts and statistics on Iraq presented by the CIA as of 2002
Iraq Body Count A Survey of projects counting civilians killed by the War in Iraq.

Selective Intelligence Rumsfeld's paper shuffling warriors of BS

WMDs And The Psychology Of Fanaticism - Arianna On-Line June 18, 2003
Bush's Mis-State-Ment Of The Union Fiasco - Arianna On-Line July 16, 2003
Church Leaders Address President Bush on Iraq - September 12, 2002
The Petitioin Site Petition to Investigate US Motive for Invading Iraq!
All the Shaw's Men By Stephen Kinzer ~ Turmoil in the Middle East? Check. US- and British-led regime change? Check. Unexpected consequences? Check. Stephen Kinzer is writing about the 1953 IRANIAN coup - but it might as well be today.
The Hidden Costs of War A Report commissioned by Howard S. Brembeck and the Fourth Freedom Forum
60 Minutes: Bush Sought ‘Way’ To Invade Iraq?
 
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Online
What? You think there is a war on terrorism in this country? And so what about the popy industrial complex that goes on here with littlle impunity?
 
North Korea
North Korea Special Weapons Guide
 
War on Terrorism
Congressional Reports: Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States that Bush and his cronies have hampered from the get go!
Mark Gasiorowski - LSU Political Science Professor Sheds Light On Misunderstood Culture
Steven Emerson- Author of American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
Gilles Kepel The trail of political Islam 3 - 7 - 2002 Open Democracy
The Middle East Institute 1761 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-2882 (202) 785-1141
A Bigger Defense Budget Is Not Needed to Win the War on Terrorism
Akbar Ahmed Islam Under Siege

Latin Americas

Mexico              
Central America
El Salvador
Cuba
Virgin Islands
Colombia
Haiti
Guatemalla
South America
Argentina
Venezuala
 
 
 
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