[154521] in Zephyr_Bugs
Remembering the Quiet, Unsung Heroes of America
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Mon May 30 14:47:35 2011
Message-ID: <516125458.999546659@org2.org2DB.mail.democracyinaction.org>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 14:47:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: t r u t h o u t <messenger@truthout.org>
Reply-To: messenger@truthout.org
To: zephyr-bugs@mit.edu
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_13378427_1477008491.1306781250195"
Envelope-From: <516125458-1165807-org2-org2DB@bounces.salsalabs.net>
------=_Part_13378427_1477008491.1306781250195
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
t r u t h o u t | 05.30
Remembering the Quiet, Unsung Heroes of America
http://www.truth-out.org/remembering-quiet-unsung-heroes-america/1306708237
William J. Astore, Truthout: "This Memorial Day, let's remember and learn f=
rom our heroes who are gone from us=E2=80=A6 America's heroes are women and=
men like my Mom and Dad: the factory workers, the homemakers, the blue-col=
lar doers and givers. And as I think about my Mom and Dad, I recall both th=
eir loving natures and their toughness. They had few illusions, and they kn=
ew how to get a tough job done, without complaint."
In a War-Loving Society, Peace Activism Takes a Lot of Guts and Bravery
http://www.truth-out.org/war-loving-society-peace-activism-takes-lot-guts-a=
nd-bravery/1306771522
Clancy Sigal, Alternet: "If you're in the United States while reading this,=
try a little test: ask someone, anyone, what Memorial Day memorializes? I'=
ve queried several friends and none could tell me that Memorial Day, once c=
alled 'Decoration Day,' began in the aftermath of the civil war to [honor] =
the more than 600,000 dead Confederate and Union soldiers - the deadliest w=
ar in US history."
Obama Appoints Army Leader as Chairman of Joint Chiefs
http://www.truth-out.org/obama-appoints-army-leader-chairman-joint-chiefs/1=
306771998
Helene Cooper and Thom Shanker, The New York Times News Service: "President=
Obama on Monday nominated Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the Army chief, to help =
steer the American armed forces through the three present conflicts in Musl=
im countries, as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."
Five Eye-Opening Facts About Our Bloated Post-9/11 "Defense" Spending
http://www.truth-out.org/five-eye-opening-facts-about-our-bloated-post-911-=
defense-spending/1306711409
Joshua Holland, Alternet: "This week, the National Priorities Project (NPP)=
released a snapshot of US 'defense' spending since September 11, 2001. The=
eye-popping figures lend credence to the theory that al Qaeda's attacks we=
re a form of economic warfare - that they hoped for a massive overreaction =
that would entangle us in costly foreign wars that would ultimately drain a=
way our national wealth."
FBI's Counterterrorism Operations Scrutinizing Political Activists
http://www.truth-out.org/fbis-counterterrorism-operations-scrutinizing-poli=
tical-activists/1306703741
Colin Moynihan and Scott Shane, The New York Times News Service: "[Scott] C=
row, 44, a self-described anarchist and veteran organizer of anticorporate =
demonstrations, is among dozens of political activists across the country k=
nown to have come under scrutiny from the FBI's increased counterterrorism =
operations since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."
Health Care Rationing for Beginners
http://www.truth-out.org/health-care-rationing-beginners/1306724618
James Kwak, The Baseline Scenario: "Republicans like Paul Ryan don't want M=
edicare to become more efficient because they want the program to fail. Med=
icare is a very popular program in its current form; as Jonathan Oberlander=
details in The Political Life of Medicare, it has always been a popular pr=
ogram with the public. The only way to eliminate Medicare is to convince th=
e public that it is causing some other, huge problem - namely, the national=
debt. So this leaves people like Paul Ryan in the position of rooting for =
the Medicare budget gap to be as big as possible and trying to shoot down a=
nything that can actually close the gap."
US Air Strike Kills 14 Civilians in Afghanistan
http://www.truth-out.org/us-air-strike-kills-14-civilians-afghanistan/13067=
10178
Hashim Shukoor, McClatchy Newspapers: "The governor of Helmand province in =
southern Afghanistan on Sunday accused US-led forces of killing at least 14=
civilians in a bombing raid called in by besieged US Marines. Among the de=
ad in the Saturday incident, according to a statement from the governor's o=
ffice, were five girls, seven boys and two women."
Autopen Used to Sign Patriot Act Into Law
http://www.truth-out.org/autopen-used-sign-patriot-act-law/1306709453
Michael D. Shear, The New York Times News Service: "For the first time in U=
nited States history, a bill has been signed into law by autopen, at the di=
rection of President Obama, who [was] in Europe on a weeklong trip. Congres=
s on Thursday passed legislation extending the Patriot Act for four years. =
With the existing terror-fighting authorities set to expire at midnight [la=
st] Thursday, the White House concluded that a mechanical signature would h=
ave to do."
A Memorial Day Massacre
http://www.truthout.org/memorial-day-massacre/1306523906
Dick Meister, Truthout: "It's a dramatic, shocking and violent film. Some 2=
00 uniformed policemen armed with billy clubs, revolvers and tear gas angri=
ly charge an unarmed crowd of several hundred striking steelworkers and the=
ir wives and children, who are desperately running away. The police club th=
ose they can reach, shoving them to the ground and ignoring their pleas as =
they batter them with further blows. They stand above the fallen to fire at=
the backs of those who've outraced them."
E.J. Dionne Jr. | Our Imagination Deficit
http://www.truth-out.org/ej-dionne-jr-our-imagination-deficit/1306705118
E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post Writers Group: "While the United State=
s remains utterly frozen in a debate about budget deficits and all the thin=
gs that government shouldn't do, other countries are marrying public and pr=
ivate resources to make themselves stronger and more competitive."
Rumi's Field
http://truthout.org/rumis-field/1304703210
Winslow Myers, Truthout: "We have gone in 60 years from one nation with nuc=
lear weapons to nine nations. That means nine complex command-and-control s=
ystems with fallible human beings managing them, with all the potential for=
mistakes, misinterpretations, or accidents. If our technology, no matter h=
ow innovative, does not work in harmony with the larger systems that gave u=
s life, we may all find ourselves in the kind of trouble visited upon Hiros=
hima in 1945."
The Eros Effect and the Arab Uprisings: An Interview with George Katsiafica=
s
http://www.truth-out.org/eros-effect-and-arab-uprisings-interview-george-ka=
tsiaficas/1305142429
David Zlutnick of Truthout interviews George Katsiaficas, a professor, soci=
ologist, author and activist, on the recent wave of demonstrations and rebe=
llions throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES =20
On Memorial Day we remember those who gave their lives in battle for the su=
rvival of this nation. In doing so, we implicitly honor their sacrifice for=
upholding the "values" of this nation.
That certainly must have been a heartfelt feeling coming out of World War I=
I, but in recent years while we can sincerely honor our men and women falle=
n in our nation's wars, it has become increasingly harder to honor those wa=
rs themselves.
This bittersweet feeling of seeing a volunteer army - many of whose members=
join because of lack of other job opportunities - fight largely for the ma=
intenance of empire and the geo-political control of fossil fuels makes it =
increasingly harder to justify the deaths and horrible injuries of our GIs.
America, it can be argued, is a fighting a losing long-term battle to secur=
e natural resources that are the energy of the past, not the future.
In an insightful and sobering Memorial Day column, E.J. Dionne argues (http=
://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/us-is-being-outpaced-on-dealing-with-def=
icits-climate/2011/05/27/AGrhTNEH_story.html) that the rest of the world is=
leaving the US in the dust in coping with new challenges because "Our imag=
ination deficit is the shortfall we should worry about."
Dionne, notes (as just a few examples),
"You might recall an observant politician who noted this year (http://proje=
cts.washingtonpost.com/obama-speeches/speech/548/) that 'South Korean homes=
now have greater Internet access than we do. Countries in Europe and Russi=
a invest more in their roads and railways than we do. China is building fas=
ter trains and newer airports. Meanwhile, when our own engineers graded our=
nation's infrastructure, they gave us a "D."'"
We can best honor those who have died in our armed forces by tapping into d=
aring dreams, critical thinking and the technological savvy of the American=
spirit. Otherwise, the best years of this nation will continue to recede b=
ehind us.
Mark Karlin
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
On Memorial Day, America Should Honor Her Troops by Bringing Them Home
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/161026/memorial-day-america-should-honor-her-=
troops-bringing-them-home
Memorial Day 2011: Two Names That Matter
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12732
George Will: Everyone Knows Sarah Palin Should Not Be Trusted With Nuclear =
Weapons
Read the Article at Mediaite
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/george-will-everyone-knows-sarah-palin-should-no=
t-be-trusted-with-nuclear-weapons/
The Tea Party Rewrites the Constitution
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/05/27/tea-party-constitution/
The Ignorant Certainty of Rapture
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12731
Glenn Greenwald: Establishment Thought and the War on Terror
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/?source=3Dnewsletter&utm_=
source=3Dcontactology&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_campaign=3DSalon_Daily%20Newsl=
etter%20%28Not%20Premium%29_7_30_110
Florida Governor Rick Scott Vetoes PBS Funding
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/florida-governor-vetoes-pb=
s-funding/
Click here for more BuzzFlash headlines: http://www.buzzflash.com/
-----------
Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation by clicking here: http://ww=
w.truthout.org/donate
To ensure you receive our messages please add the following address to your=
email address book: messenger@truthout.org
If you are having trouble with this, read our guide: http://www.truthout.or=
g/whitelisting
Thank you!
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Click to UNSUBSCRIBE -> https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6694/unsubscri=
be.jsp?Email=3Dzephyr-bugs@mit.edu&email_blast_KEY=3D1165807&organization_K=
EY=3D6694
Go directly to our home page: http://www.truthout.org
Click to SUBSCRIBE -> http://www.truthout.org/content/subscribe
Our Privacy Policy -> http://www.truthout.org/privacy
------=_Part_13378427_1477008491.1306781250195
Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<html dir="ltr">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<table width="85%" cellspacing="3">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p></p>
<center><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SACSrGZ5mm19g9YnhpxSTtVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://archive.truthout.org/files/circlet.gif" /></font></a></center><br />
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p>Monday 30 May 2011</p>
<font><strong>Remembering the Quiet, Unsung Heroes of America</strong></font><br />
William J. Astore, Truthout: "This Memorial Day, let's remember and learn from our heroes who are gone from us… America's heroes are women and men like my Mom and Dad: the factory workers, the homemakers, the blue-collar doers and givers. And as I think about my Mom and Dad, I recall both their loving natures and their toughness. They had few illusions, and they knew how to get a tough job done, without complaint."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H4BZL9NuByUuFUn3x65ZcNVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>In a War-Loving Society, Peace Activism Takes a Lot of Guts and Bravery</strong></font><br />
Clancy Sigal, Alternet: "If you're in the United States while reading this, try a little test: ask someone, anyone, what Memorial Day memorializes? I've queried several friends and none could tell me that Memorial Day, once called 'Decoration Day,' began in the aftermath of the civil war to [honor] the more than 600,000 dead Confederate and Union soldiers - the deadliest war in US history."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mfQMVxvx9I86%2BYq%2FsO%2BO3N106VHNSDTH"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Obama Appoints Army Leader as Chairman of Joint Chiefs</strong></font><br />
Helene Cooper and Thom Shanker, The New York Times News Service: "President Obama on Monday nominated Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the Army chief, to help steer the American armed forces through the three present conflicts in Muslim countries, as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CL4aHHXNLK81CJQ63lI%2BJNVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Five Eye-Opening Facts About Our Bloated Post-9/11 "Defense" Spending</strong></font><br />
Joshua Holland, Alternet: "This week, the National Priorities Project (NPP) released a snapshot of US 'defense' spending since September 11, 2001. The eye-popping figures lend credence to the theory that al Qaeda's attacks were a form of economic warfare - that they hoped for a massive overreaction that would entangle us in costly foreign wars that would ultimately drain away our national wealth."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JyaGcPPW0HMScbYnQ6KjK9VfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>FBI's Counterterrorism Operations Scrutinizing Political Activists</strong></font><br />
Colin Moynihan and Scott Shane, The New York Times News Service: "[Scott] Crow, 44, a self-described anarchist and veteran organizer of anticorporate demonstrations, is among dozens of political activists across the country known to have come under scrutiny from the FBI's increased counterterrorism operations since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tr2zQNYFzWOlbTQDOGHswNVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Health Care Rationing for Beginners</strong></font><br />
James Kwak, The Baseline Scenario: "Republicans like Paul Ryan don't want Medicare to become more efficient because they want the program to fail. Medicare is a very popular program in its current form; as Jonathan Oberlander details in The Political Life of Medicare, it has always been a popular program with the public. The only way to eliminate Medicare is to convince the public that it is causing some other, huge problem - namely, the national debt. So this leaves people like Paul Ryan in the position of rooting for the Medicare budget gap to be as big as possible and trying to shoot down anything that can actually close the gap."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yf8ZsKK4siVsHsVoitJJId106VHNSDTH"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>US Air Strike Kills 14 Civilians in Afghanistan</strong></font><br />
Hashim Shukoor, McClatchy Newspapers: "The governor of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Sunday accused US-led forces of killing at least 14 civilians in a bombing raid called in by besieged US Marines. Among the dead in the Saturday incident, according to a statement from the governor's office, were five girls, seven boys and two women."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9fwBCNXZG45ZHZxcWhRlMNVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Autopen Used to Sign Patriot Act Into Law</strong></font><br />
Michael D. Shear, The New York Times News Service: "For the first time in United States history, a bill has been signed into law by autopen, at the direction of President Obama, who [was] in Europe on a weeklong trip. Congress on Thursday passed legislation extending the Patriot Act for four years. With the existing terror-fighting authorities set to expire at midnight [last] Thursday, the White House concluded that a mechanical signature would have to do."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=L1Mh6pWujK1nj9PfWQmgC9VfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>A Memorial Day Massacre</strong></font><br />
Dick Meister, Truthout: "It's a dramatic, shocking and violent film. Some 200 uniformed policemen armed with billy clubs, revolvers and tear gas angrily charge an unarmed crowd of several hundred striking steelworkers and their wives and children, who are desperately running away. The police club those they can reach, shoving them to the ground and ignoring their pleas as they batter them with further blows. They stand above the fallen to fire at the backs of those who've outraced them."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hE84J4wROfAEE2AwiX9OddVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>E.J. Dionne Jr. | Our Imagination Deficit</strong></font><br />
E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post Writers Group: "While the United States remains utterly frozen in a debate about budget deficits and all the things that government shouldn't do, other countries are marrying public and private resources to make themselves stronger and more competitive."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TiG0Ln8c2JRZ4NGZJMC2TNVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Rumi's Field</strong></font><br />
Winslow Myers, Truthout: "We have gone in 60 years from one nation with nuclear weapons to nine nations. That means nine complex command-and-control systems with fallible human beings managing them, with all the potential for mistakes, misinterpretations, or accidents. If our technology, no matter how innovative, does not work in harmony with the larger systems that gave us life, we may all find ourselves in the kind of trouble visited upon Hiroshima in 1945."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eSMml4tiB7B8INjI4iCct9VfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>The Eros Effect and the Arab Uprisings: An Interview with George Katsiaficas</strong></font><br />
David Zlutnick of Truthout interviews George Katsiaficas, a professor, sociologist, author and activist, on the recent wave of demonstrations and rebellions throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4rEVDDHrpYFzcBZBWDhtzNVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=84g3Iq4n266ffcaIa5kL8dVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000"><em>Click here for more Truthout articles</em></font></a></p>
<p></p>
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div align="left"><strong><em>BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES</em></strong></div>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#336699">
<td colspan="2" height="3"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<i><p>On Memorial Day we remember those who gave their lives in battle for the survival of this nation. In doing so, we implicitly honor their sacrifice for upholding the "values" of this nation.</p>
<p>That certainly must have been a heartfelt feeling coming out of World War II, but in recent years while we can sincerely honor our men and women fallen in our nation's wars, it has become increasingly harder to honor those wars themselves.</p>
<p>This bittersweet feeling of seeing a volunteer army - many of whose members join because of lack of other job opportunities - fight largely for the maintenance of empire and the geo-political control of fossil fuels makes it increasingly harder to justify the deaths and horrible injuries of our GIs.</p>
<p>America, it can be argued, is a fighting a losing long-term battle to secure natural resources that are the energy of the past, not the future.</p>
<p>In an insightful and sobering Memorial Day column, E.J. Dionne <a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NRauEPfd2PeqBtEMMO9VO9VfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">argues</font></a> that the rest of the world is leaving the US in the dust in coping with new challenges because "Our imagination deficit is the shortfall we should worry about."
Dionne, notes (as just a few examples),</p>
<blockquote><p>You might recall an observant politician <a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3TS6pfG1zTz6sw1HM4NU49VfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">who noted this year</font></a> that "South Korean homes now have greater Internet access than we do. Countries in Europe and Russia invest more in their roads and railways than we do. China is building faster trains and newer airports. Meanwhile, when our own engineers graded our nation's infrastructure, they gave us a 'D.'"</p></blockquote>
<p>We can best honor those who have died in our armed forces by tapping into daring dreams, critical thinking and the technological savvy of the American spirit. Otherwise, the best years of this nation will continue to recede behind us.</p>
<p>Mark Karlin<br />
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout</em></p></i>
<p><strong>On Memorial Day, America Should Honor Her Troops by Bringing Them Home<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EEYGP6Wkz53VEN4kP14dE9VfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The Nation</font></a><br />
</p>
<p><strong>Memorial Day 2011: Two Names That Matter<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XPukYTFsjnjZExpZO1%2FdH9VfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a><br />
</p>
<p><strong>George Will: Everyone Knows Sarah Palin Should Not Be Trusted With Nuclear Weapons<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1KCPZXize0vZieNEEjtYNdVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at Mediaite</font></a><br />
</p>
<p><strong>The Tea Party Rewrites the Constitution<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aprLLX0Ob%2BnVx30S9XO%2BBdVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at ThinkProgress</font></a><br />
</p>
<p><strong>The Ignorant Certainty of Rapture<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yv7Ligsz7w8JF%2F7N%2Bi6x79VfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a><br />
</p>
<p><strong>Glenn Greenwald: Establishment Thought and the War on Terror<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kL%2BFnoWnWk2SY1H%2B8PqGmtVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at Salon</font></a><br />
</p>
<p><strong>Florida Governor Rick Scott Vetoes PBS Funding<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mZ7Y0mXFqyd7eCyZfkp5uNVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The New York Times</font></a><br />
</p>
<p><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hNSY%2BCK3UfloB8%2F2QyVVJtVfeHw4v26Y"><b><font color="#cc0000"><em>Click here for more BuzzFlash headlines</em></font></b></a></p>
<p> </p><!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ReXfxE4t%2BTE3dGrbPSMXVNVfeHw4v26Y"></a><br />
----------<br />
<strong><font><strong><em>Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation by clicking <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RDfFVHU%2FopJTCDPLVYPLptVfeHw4v26Y"> <font color="#cc0000">here</font></a>.</em></strong></font></strong> </meta>
</p>
<p>
<meta charset="utf-8"><br />
<em>To ensure you receive our messages please add the following address to your email address book: <a href="mailto:messenger@truthout.org"><font color="#cc0000"><strong>messenger@truthout.org</strong></font></a></em><strong><font><strong><br />
</strong></font></strong> </meta>
</p>
<center>
<p><img alt="The Newspaper Guild - Communications Workers of America" src="http://archive.truthout.org/files/images/Newspaper_Guild_SM.jpg" /><br />
Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047</p>
</center> <strong><hr />
</strong>
<p><strong> <strong><font><strong><small><br />
Click here to <strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xawvOHhnsBgURe34r25YJdVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Subscribe</font></a></strong><br />
Our <strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZG4OqTco615E5OKqXgR%2FUNVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Privacy Policy</font></a></strong></small></strong></font></strong></strong><strong><strong><font><strong><small><strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Odm9Ax6LA9mvO1Gg5HxewdVfeHw4v26Y"></a></strong> <br />
Click here to </small></strong></font></strong><strong><font><strong><small><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3cAM%2BMFYamVhfoRO0DFwotVfeHw4v26Y"><font color="#cc0000">Unsubscribe</font></a><br />
</small> </strong></font></strong></strong></p>
<p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html><img width=1 height=1 src="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/TrackImage?key=516125458"><diaEmailID='516125458' thread=1383 />
------=_Part_13378427_1477008491.1306781250195--
