Open the Doors, See All the People; Mad Cow, One Year Later

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Open the Doors, See All the People; Mad Cow, One Year Later

Thu, 23 Dec 2004 03:00:00 -0800

 

Top Stories from AlterNet for December 23, 2004

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Judge for Yourself

Read the memos from Alberto R. Gonzales, the man George

Bush has tapped to be Attorney General. They show how

Gonzales gave Bush exactly what he wanted: permission

to fly in the face of the Geneva Conventions regarding

treatment of enemy combatants at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.

This is a free except for AlterNet readers from " Guantanamo:

What the World Should Know, " by Michael Ratner and Ellen

Ray, from Chelsea Green Publishing. Should Gonzalez be the

next U.S. Attorney General? You decide!

http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/items/guantanamo/Excerpt3

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THE COMPASSION OF THE CHRIST

Jeannette Batz Cooperman, AlterNet

Look a little closer at the " Jesus didn't turn

people away " ad and you see the central religious

conflict of our time: literal versus metaphorical

understanding.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20832/

 

BACK TO BUSH'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROBLEMS

David Corn, LA Weekly

Easy to run for office, hard to govern: It didn't take long

for problems to crop up for George Bush post-election.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20817/

 

HOW NOW, MAD COW?

Diane Farsetta, AlterNet

One year after the first case of mad cow disease in the US

was confirmed, promised food safety reforms have yet to be

instituted. And they never will be, if the cattle industry

has its way.

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/20787/

 

DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC

Tad Daley, AlterNet

Kofi Annan's High Level Panel for Change fails to question

the fundamental structure of the 60-year-old UN Charter.

http://www.alternet.org/story/20827/

 

WAR ON THE FLOOR

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com

At Toys " R " Us, you learn much about the true forces of

history; for there, children led the way in the crucial

battles for market share. It was a war that put history to

shame – and there's probably no better place to

start than with a " real American hero, " G.I. Joe.

http://www.alternet.org/story/20825/

 

AMERICA'S WAR WITH ITSELF

George Monbiot, AlterNet

The Bush administration's attempt to sabotage the climate

talks in Buenos Aires follows an established pattern of

self-destruction.

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/20820/

More EnviroHealth: http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/

 

SABOTAGING SOCIAL SECURITY

Robert Scheer, AlterNet

The anti-Social Security crowd is trying to make this a

young-versus-old generational fight, even though seniors

still pay taxes like anybody else.

http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/20810/

 

WILL THE GOP NUKE THE CONSTITUTION?

Arianna Huffington, AlterNet

The plan to do away with judicial filibusters is an

out-and-out power grab by the president and his

Congressional accomplices.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20822/

 

 

 

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