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Sept. 30, 2005 — A relatively rare biological agent has been detected in air filters serving Washington D.C. in recent weeks, ABC News has learned - but current evidence does not show any indication whatsoever of terrorism.
The federal government found six air filters around the nation’s capital checked on Sept. 24 and 25 contained "trace amounts" of tularemia, a type of bacteria.
The tests were conducted as part of routine homeland security procedures, in which selected air filters from (…)

I ran across these quotes and believe everyone should really read and think about them. The problem is the ones who should really be reading them and be warned of future outcomes of their actions by these are too busy building up their war chests and private accounts. This applies to Republicans as well as Democrats. We really have to ask ourselves when sanity will reign again, if ever.
The other problem I see is that it is widely known that Georgie does not like to read. He never has and (…)

By Aaron C. Davis, Jay Root and Seth Borenstein
NEW ORLEANS - Across the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast, thousands upon thousands of blue tarps are being nailed to wind-damaged roofs, a visible sign of government assistance.
The blue sheeting - a godsend to residents whose homes are threatened by rain - is rapidly becoming the largest roofing project in the nation’s history.
It isn’t coming cheap.
Knight Ridder has found that a lack of oversight, generous contracting deals and poor (…)

By Shmuel Rosner
WASHINGTON - Former Pentagon employee Larry Franklin has struck a deal with prosecutors, and plans to plead guilty next week to a number of charges against him.
Franklin was indicted in June on charges of leaking classified material - including data about potential attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq - to two members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and an Israeli official.
Franklin will testify against former AIPAC officials Steven Rosen and Keith (…)

By Peter Fredson
William Bennett, Republican hack politician, former Reagan administration Education Secretary, Director of Drug Control policy under George Bush the First, author of “The Book of Virtues” and someone who lost 8 million dollars on high-stakes gambling is back defending his party’s anti-abortion stance. He informed his radio program audience that if we aborted all black babies then the crime rate would reduce drastically.
On his radio show Bennett told a caller, "If you (…)

On invite to partecipate to primary election the 16th of October and vote for FAUSTO BERTINOTTI
In spring 2006 will take place in Italy general elections; this is an important moment to propose a new government without Berlusconi and the right forces (Lega Nord, Forza Italia, Alleanza Nazionale).
16th October 2005:there will be “primary ELECTIONS”.
What are “primary elections”?
The left parties ( Ds, Margherita, Rifondazione Comunista...) are united in a coalition, the UNIONE. (…)

The Traitor Defies Congress:
"How Many Of Those Killed Could Have Been Saved With The Proper Equipment?"
Families Still Forced To Buy Their Own Protection
"The administration is either showing complete incompetence or utter indifference," "Rumsfeld is violating the law," he said.
September 29, 2005 By Rick Maze, Army Times staff writer & The Associated Press.
Soldiers and their parents are still spending hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars for armor they say the (…)

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Mired in interminable conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration is moving toward initiating two more wars, one with Iran and one with North Korea. With no US troops available, the Bush administration is revamping US war doctrine to allow for "preventative nuclear attack." In short, the Bush administration is planning to make the US the first country in history to initiate war with nuclear weapons. The Pentagon document, "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear (…)

It took the mighty blows of Hurricane Katrina to expose the failure of the United States government in protecting and saving its citizens from a natural disaster. As horrific as a terrorist attack, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ‘shocked and awed’ the world for days, depicting the misery and desperation of thousands of stranded victims on rooftops crying for help, the dead floating in the fetid floodwaters, and two hundred thousands more trapped in the Superdome in sunken New Orleans. (…)

As the United States and the world look back over the events of the past three years, events triggered by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it is worth taking a close look at the under secretary of defense for policy, one of the architects of the "war on terror" and the invasion of Iraq.
Douglas Feith is the No 3 civilian in the George W Bush administration’s Department of Defense (DoD), under Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz. Under Secretary for Policy Feith had previously (…)