Action Point with Cynthia Black 12-16-2007: The Reference Shelf

Today's article and item links:

• THE DOJ FILE (was THE MUKASAY FILE): Now that Mukasey rules the DOJ roost, it seems like Bush Business as usual: deflect, dodge, delay. Newsweek asks: How will the new attorney general respond to the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes? Myself, I think I've already posited the answer. As my evidence I submit: CIA's Rodriguez Lawyers Up.

• KARL %#@$*&! ROVE FILE: Lawmakers vote to hold Bush aides in contempt: Yea, like I'm holding my breath on this.

• CAMPAIGN 2008: Predicting Iowa: This week Jeffrey Feldman predicts the Iowa winner. Do you agree?

  And then there's this: Arizona Is Split Over Hard Line on Immigrants: As a wedge issue Mexican immigration will split voters in 2008 like guns and gays have in the past. The article above lays out the arguments and territory most likely to be replayed throughout the election season ad nauseum so you might as well learn all about it now.

• ELECTION INTEGRITY: If you're interested in ongoing election integrity coverage the “Daily Voting News” report posted on BradBlog is a great resource. Here's an example from December 13.

• CHENEY WATCH: Reps. Wexler, Gutierrez, and Baldwin Call for Cheney Impeachment Hearings: Since the Main Stream Media thinks it too dangerous to report, these congress people have taken their fight to impeach the Vice-Troll to the last outpost of free speech, the Internets.

• MUST READ: When Barbarians Take Hostages: another excellent piece from David Sirota:

“As a central villain in the famous book “Barbarians at the Gate, Henry Kravis has become one of the world’s richest mavens of private equity—the Wall Street sector that buys up companies, breaks them apart and sells their assets. In 2006, Kravis made $450 million, or more per hour ($51,000) than the average American household makes in a year. Incredibly, his wealth puts him right within the average for executives in this largely unregulated industry that oversees about $400 billion in annual business.”

• ENVIRONMENT: Amory Lovins: We must win the oil endgame: from TED, an amazing website of 21^st century thinkers: “Energy guru Amory Lovins lays out his plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy in the process. It's the subject of his book Winning the Oil Endgame, and he makes it sound fairly simple: On one hand, the deadly risks of continued dependency, and on the other, some win-win solutions.” Be sitting when you listen.