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Jan 15 2006
Explain Your Evasions
Political Views
By MWC News   

The Two Questions the Senate Should Have Asked Judge Alito
By RALPH NADER

As a long time observer of how Supreme Court nominees evade questions, I think the Judiciary Committee could have saved a lot of time by simply asking Judge Samuel Alito the following two questions:

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The Year of Living Dangerously
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By MWC News   

Bush v. Reality
War, Trials, Leakers, Investigations, Packed Courts, and a Constitutional Crisis

2006 is sure to be the year of living dangerously -- for the Bush administration and for the rest of us. In the wake of revelations of warrantless spying by the National Security Agency, we have already embarked on what looks distinctly like a constitutional crisis (which may not come to a full boil until 2007).

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Alito Sounds Death Knell for Individual Rights
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By MWC News   

Alito Sounds Death Knell for Individual Rights

    Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee began its confirmation hearings on the nomination of Samuel Alito for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

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Losing the War on Terrorism
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By MWC News   

Our Incompetent Commander-in-Chief

President Bush has lost the support of most Americans when it comes to the economy, the environment, and the war in Iraq, but he continues to enjoy majority support in one key area: his handling of the war on terrorism. Indeed, many analysts believe that Bush won the 2004 election largely because swing voters concluded that he would do a better job at this than John Kerry. In fact, with his overall opinion-poll approval ratings so low,

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Politically correct racism in proto-Nazi White Australia
Political Views
By Gideon Polya   

Politically correct racism in proto-Nazi White Australia

Racism has been a major part of White Australia for over 2 centuries. Notwithstanding political correctness, anti-vilification laws and vehement Australian protests to the contrary, racism is still entrenched in White Australian society. White Australian racism is of 2 kinds, namely (1) crude, gutter and often violent racism of the kind exhibited by the thousands of young white racist thugs beating up Asians and Muslims at Sydney beaches several weeks ago; and (2) dominant, “politically correct racism” - PC racism - that has resulted in mainstream electoral support for continuing gross human rights abuse of Asians and Muslims both within Australia and overseas.

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