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Hello to all,

We need your help! We are such a diverse group and we are watching
so many different issues, that I would like to ask that people to
provide input on specific issues we would like to track (yah I know -

CLARIFYING AND PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO INFORMATION
http://www.johnemossfoundation.org/foi/cr_DR1.htm

STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE DONALD RUMSFELD

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

By APRIL CASTRO, Associated Press Writer 35 minutes ago

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051122/ap_on_re_us/delay_indictment

AUSTIN, Texas - Attorneys for Rep.
Tom DeLay are hoping a judge will dismiss the conspiracy and money laundering charges against the former House majority leader so he can regain the powerful seat.

DeLay was to appear in court Tuesday before a judge who will decide whether the criminal case should continue to trial.

DeLay had to relinquish his leadership post in Congress after he was indicted in September. His attorneys are pushing for a December trial in hopes that DeLay is cleared so he can regain his title before Congress returns to session in January. Otherwise, lawmakers could elect a new majority leader.

Tuesday's hearing is DeLay's first before Senior Judge Pat Priest, who was appointed to the case after DeLay's attorneys succeeded in having the first judge removed because of his campaign contributions to Democratic candidates and causes.

DeLay is accused of funneling $190,000 in restricted corporate money from his Texas political action committee to an arm of the
Republican National Committee, which then gave the same amount of money to Texas legislative candidates in 2002. The direct use of corporate money for political purposes is illegal in Texas.

DeLay's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, has filed multiple legal briefs detailing why he believes the charges against the lawmaker should be dismissed.

The defense contends, for example, that DeLay shouldn't be charged with conspiracy to violate the election code because the law wasn't on the books until 2003, a year after DeLay's alleged offenses occurred.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has said state law has long defined conspiracy as an agreement to commit any felony, including a violation of the election code.

DeLay's attorneys also want to have the trial moved from liberal-leaning Austin, where they say he cannot get a fair trial, to his home county of Fort Bend. But that issue likely won't be decided until a later hearing.

Admittedly an old article about TDS (The Daily Show). But it makes one wonder ... what
are the ratings like now?

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The Daily Show's fake news steals ratings from the real news

4-01-2004 -- Fake and scathing 1, fair and balanced 0. CNN and MSNBC have gotten used to losing to Fox News. But during the Democratic primaries, an unexpected foe stole the ratings crown from all three. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, a mock news program airing on Viacom's (VIA) Comedy Central, attracted more viewers at 11 p.m. than any of the cable news channels in the last two weeks of January, outdoing Fox by 20 percent even as the news network was running live campaign coverage. Stewart's fake news show has won ever-growing audiences with help from real politico guests like John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards.

wow!

TOM BLACKWELLwrote:
`Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2005' introduced

 Without hardly a wimper, this new legislation to close the school of the Americas has 100 sponsors!

http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=96

Please take action to write your Congressman / woman!

A reminder -- we're having a special screening of the new Robert
Greenwald film "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices" at The Artery,
just north of Hermann Park in Houston, Sunday evening. Please tell

Most of you read the terrific letter from Michael Moore (below), but... I wanted to actually locate the quote MM makes reference to....

can you BULLLLIEVE this? it's archived at the White House press release page!

TOM BLACKWELL <> wrote:http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/front/3471273

Well - it looks like they got away squeaky clean. arrrrggggg....

TOM BLACKWELL  wrote: Not enough.   Not enough.  Not enough.

The good news: Last night, C-SPAN was gripping television.
The bad news: Even C-SPAN was totally befuddled in reporting what was really going on.

The headline at the bottom of the screen: "Debating Murtha resolution to withdraw from Iraq

i love michael moore!

ALL HAIL JOHN MURPHA! HOW CAN WE GO ABOUT GIVING HIM THE BACKBONE AWARD?

June