Action Point with Cynthia Black 10-21-2007: The Reference Shelf

Today's article and item links:

• Beyond MOVEON: First: MoveOn.org Didn't Invent BetrayUs- The Troops Did! Then, Moveon created: Americans for Exit. THEN, Limbaugh got busted with his "Soldiers who don't go to Iraq to die are 'phony' faux paux. LAST WEEK, Michelle Malkin took a shot at MoveOn.org with "Sue me"! And this week, we're back to "[W]e're going to find out where your kids go to school" Limbaugh!
  

• From the Rudy "Broomstick" Giuliani File: The Real Rudy: Brave New Films keeps the truth comin' -- this time a film on Rudy giving 9-11 firefighters mobiles that did *not* "phone home."
  

• The Arizona Cowboy Justice File? Remember last week -- TB Patient Flees U.S. "Abuse" For Russia: "A tuberculosis patient, whose months-long incarceration in an Arizona hospital jail ward led to sharp criticism, has left the United States, unable to "take the abuse" any more..."? Oh, and this the week before? Family Blames Police in Airport Death: "Gotbaum's body bears several bruises and marks, including a neck bruise that could have been caused if the shackle chain asphyxiated her. Manning, a high-profile lawyer who represented the government against failed savings and loan executive Charles Keating, has previously won settlements against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in wrongful-death lawsuits." Well, now there's this: Sheriff's Deputies Arrest "New Times" Owners: oh, and Joe wants the online readers of New Times too. Huh. All that and spying and average citizens reading habits too... still wondering what an "imperial" Giuliani presidency will look like?
  

• MUST READ: Dems Fume About the Tyranny of the Tiny Minority and The Invisible Culture of Corruption: from David Sirota:

  "...the letter now blanketing Capitol Hill is a masterpiece of deceit. Forty-three former Democratic officeholders signed this letter, which demands Congress pass trade deals with Peru, Panama and Colombia —pacts that will expand the job-killing, wage-destroying NorthAmerican Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."

• From the "Gore's Nobel Prize" File: Erring on the Side of Tabloidism: I may not want him for my president, but that has nothing to do with covering news properly!

• ENVIRONMENT -- Report on the Slow Heat Death of the Human Race: Top 100 Ways Global Warming Will Change Your Life: We're going to pick one today, to discuss. What's your favorite?

• Framing the Debate --How To Talk About Blackwater: "The Prince" from Jeffrey Feldman, FRONTLINE: "Private Warriors" from Bill Moyers and "Blackwater Down": by Jeremy Scahill.

• UPDATE ON The 5%'ers Own 'Lil Moveon.org: Freedom's Watch Watch: Founding Donors Get Name-Dropped By GOP Frontrunners HUFFPO reporter Michael Roston brings us the skinny on the group investing in things like the the invasion of Iran, among others...
  

Scientists Confirm England's Downpours Result of Global "Warming"

Not much more for me to say then, oh, well, when are we going to do something about global HEATING (not "warming", please):

England under water: scientists confirm global warming link to increased rain> This Britain: "It's official: the heavier rainfall in Britain is being caused by climate change, a major new scientific study will reveal this week, as the country reels from summer downpours of unprecedented ferocity."

SCORE: Western States United to Bypass Bush on Global Heating

It's a start:

Western States United: "Five Western U.S. states have formed the latest regional pact to bypass the Bush administration to cut emissions linked to global warming through market mechanisms.

The Western Regional Climate Action Initiative requires Oregon, California, Washington, New Mexico and Arizona to develop a regional target in six months for reducing greenhouse emissions according to statements from the states' governors."

What's more important is how activists use the opportunity. Thoughts?