For 15 years, farmer-led resistance has delayed the construction of Interstate 69, the NAFTA superhighway. Now, with the looming passage of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington D.C. and the Indiana Department of Transportation are preparing to finally restart construction. We are calling for a summer of community […]
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The W. Times noticed a post Mike wrote for DCist about how their paper was for sale in Billings, Montana – for $2.50 – in their “Inside the Beltwayâ€? feature in today’s paper: Still a bargain “DCist,â€? a popular Web site (www.dcist.com) about everyday life in the nation’s capital, has posted a photograph from a […]
Bernie Sanders Drops by Take Back America
U.S. Rep Bernie Sanders (campaign website, house website) stopped by the Take Back America Conference today during the send-off lunch to talk up his bid for U.S. Senate. Some googling found me this story which reports he was endorsed by Howard Dean in May. This from an AP story: Sanders remains a socialist, although not […]