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On March 15, 2006 Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader wrote to President Clinton asking him to try to expedite delivery of the 10,000 new trailers FEMA purchased for the displaced victims of hurricane Katrina that have been languishing at an airfield in Hope, Arkansas.President Clinton’s April 5, 2006 response and Mr. Nader’s letter follow. Nader calls…
Newt Gingrich has been called a “futurist”, a “policy wonk”, an advocate of adapting technology to human efficiencies, among other less flattering descriptions. So what did he do the year he took over the House of Representatives from the Democrats in 1995 — the so-called Gingrich Revolution? He terminated the technical-scientific brains of the Congress…
One of his Yale students, famed cartoonist Garry Trudeau, said of Yale University Chaplain, William Sloane Coffin, during those heady years in the Sixties; “Without him, the very air would have lost its charge. With him, we were changed forever.” Who was this former Army Captain, ex-C.I.A. agent, talented musician, linguist and motorcycle rider? How…
Exxon Mobil reports that it is sending retiring chairman Lee Raymond off with one of the most lavish executive compensation and retirement packages in history — an estimated $398 million in total. This unconscionable windfall cannot be justified by any serious measure of Raymond’s performance, especially since the company’s record-breaking $36 billion annual profits last…
In the name of fighting stateless terrorism, George W. Bush is looming as the American Caesar running roughshod over the civil liberties of the American people who have turned against him in ever larger majorities. In the name of fighting terrorism, George W. Bush fabricated numerous excuses for illegally invading Iraq and occupying it for…
The following statement by Ralph Nader and associates is a call to action. We want you to contact US corporations and tell them taxpayers deserve some explicit appreciation for funding their government subsidies, tax breaks and bailouts. We suggest contacting the corporations mentioned in the article as a first step but feel free to add…
April 4, 2006 President George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Bush: As the tragic number of fallen U.S. soldiers nears the 2500 mark in Iraq, many due to the lack of adequate body and vehicle armor, skepticism is being expressed over whether you are, in fact, personally signing the…
Mr. Tillerson: You have to be feeling pretty good about your new position heading the world’s largest oil and gas company. You stand astride the globe where, with few exceptions, the Congress is like putty in your hands, the White House is your House and the consuming public is powerless. Governments in the Third World…
Attention please, good people! Adjust your routines and come to the aid of your country, and your children with your thoughtful patriotism. Don’t just hope for impeachment, demand the resignation now of the mad hatters in the White House — George W. Bush and Richard Cheney. Already, a large majority of you do not consider…
I just received a letter from Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, describing me as a “Democratic Leader” and “an active and engaged member of our Party in your community.” He asks for my “opinions” which “will help shape the future direction of the Democratic Party and make us more effective in building…