Bill Moyers on Net Neutrality

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At this weekend’s National Conference for Media Reform, Bill Moyers spoke about Network Neutrality. He paints a clear picture about why we are fighting to ensure that the our country guarantees the internet’s first amendment protection and ensures the “equal access provision of the internet”.

Datestamp: January 21st, 2007

National Priorities Project - Cost of War

Below is a running total of the U.S. taxpayer cost of the Iraq War. The number is based on Congressional appropriations.

A reminder as Congress debates sending more troops.

Datestamp: January 17th, 2007

Making a Killing - The Center for Public Integrity

Making a Killing - The Center for Public Integrity
“A nearly two-year investigation by the Center for Public Integrity’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has also found that a handful of individuals and companies with connections to governments, multinational corporations and, sometimes, criminal syndicates in the United States, Europe, Africa and the Middle East have profited from this war commerce – a growth industry whose bottom line never takes into account the lives it destroys.”

–This project was mentioned during the documentary Why we Fight which is well worth watching. Traces the “military-industrial complex” term back to Pres. Eisenhower’s final days in the White House and explores who profits from war-making, and who does not…

Datestamp: January 6th, 2007

Happy 2007 ;)

MAKE: Blog: New Years’ Resolutions

I particularly liked:

But these rather sound like stuff “to do” rather than high aspirations. So I will also attempt with Tom Igoe to “Use only rechargeable batteries.” That sounds more like it. And then this always good: “Say ‘good morning’ with a smile.”

Datestamp: January 4th, 2007

White House Briefing — I Open Your Mail too

News on President George W Bush and the Bush Administration from washingtonpost.com
James Gordon Meek writes about the latest: “President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant, the New York Daily News has learned.”

–First your email, then phone calls, now the snail mail…

Datestamp: January 4th, 2007