Articles of the Week(8/1)

A handful of articles you may not have read this week.

"This is the fight of our lives"

In his keynote speech at the Inequality Matters Forum at NYU, Bill Moyers gives you a lot of things to be angry about. Then he challenges you to do something about it. *ahem* VOTE *cough*

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"Elections, what elections?"

After last weeks' Newsweek article, there was a huge uproar of angry editorial writers (including yours truly) that wrote angry editorials. Read one of them here!

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"Terrorism and the election"

While you read this article, keep in mind that Wayne Madsen served in the National Security Agency (NSA) during the Reagan administration, and thus probably has a little more insight into this than you or I. Sobe like Oregon and register yourself as an absentee voter, just in case this horrifying worst-case scenario comes true.

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"Whose Coup in America?"

Maybe all this talk about the Bush administration attempting to gain the power to cancel the election is crazy. Maybe, instead, we should focus on the power that Bush has already taken, making the president look more like a "time-bound monarch" than an elected official.

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"Coup-less"

This article makes the good point that, coup talk aside, Bush might win the election fair and square. That alone should make you angry enough to do something. *ahem* VOTE *cough*

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"To the ladies in the room"

Alright, enough of this coup talk. Hey ladies! Molly Ivins warns of rhetoric that Bush may try to use in his bid for your vote, then lists all the reasons why he shouldn't receive your vote. Molly is my hero.

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"Bush quietly meets with Amish here; they offer their prayers"

George Bush goes to Ohio, asks Amish to vote for him. Hilarity ensues.

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"Enron Transcripts"

Everything about the Enron scandal isn't yet out in the open. Federal regulators have largely ignored the Northwest's claims of market manipulation. Read the latest from the Snohomish County Public Utilities District.

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