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Racist Teabaggers Exhibit Beck & Palin`s Real Positions

Some things need no corroboration, but have some anyway.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The prejudice and bigotry overshadowing so-called 'tea party' events moved to the front of the bus over the weekend, and the neocon warriors beat the drum loudly enough to really drive the headlines this time. One media outlet headline blasted that the teabagger became a full blow Ku Klux Klan rally.

Who is to Blame for Afghan National Police Problems?

Problems in the ANP date to the second Bush Administration, when the Iraq war was launched and the Afghan war was forgotten.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A news story last week blamed the Afghan National Police for not being effective after the U.S. spent more than $6 billion since 2002 in an effort to create an effective Afghan police.

My biggest problem with the story is the title; it implies that investing in Afghanistan is a risk, and that is wrong. It is our mess, if we ever want out we will have to do much more for the Afghans and less for the greedy and fat American contractors who soaked up the funds.

Remarks by the President on the House Vote on Health Insurance Reform

"I want to thank every member of Congress who stood up tonight with courage and conviction to make health care reform a reality' -Pres. Obama

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody.

Tonight, after nearly 100 years of talk and frustration, after decades of trying, and a year of sustained effort and debate, the United States Congress finally declared that America’s workers and America's families and America's small businesses deserve the security of knowing that here, in this country, neither illness nor accident should endanger the dreams they’ve worked a lifetime to achieve.

Over 500,000 March and Rally for Immigration Reform in Nation`s Capitol

Today, over 500,000 people converged on Washington D.C. to call on President Obama and the Congress to pass immigration reform.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - After several interfaith services around the D.C. area, organizations and individuals gathered at the National Mall to demand immigration reform for new American families and economic justice for all American families.

Members of CAUSA, Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition and a contingent from Oregon met at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in D.C. and helped lead a march with 20,000 Latinos from the community to the National Mall. Francisco Lopez, CAUSA's Executive Director assisted in organizing the effort.

Kenya Navy and Police Arrest 11 Suspected Somali Pirates

So far, the 135+ Somalis in Kenyan detention accused of piracy, have all been captured by foreign navies patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden.

(NAIROBI, Kenya) - Ecoterra International reports that eleven armed Somalis were nabbed by Kenyan security forces after allegedly stealing fuel from a Kenyan fishing vessel on Sunday near Kiunga north of Lamu. This is an area just south of the Somali-Kenyan border.

Illegal Arrests and Shootings in Israel Reach Epic Levels

ISM co-founder Huwaida Arraf, was arrested while negotiating with the Israelis, to allow a woman they had shot to get to the hospital.

(AN NABI SALEH / SALEM) - Israel's daily efforts to violently quell the call for peace among the Palestinian people and their growing list of supporters, is reaching epic levels.

President Obama Breaks Faith with Women
Statement of NOW President Terry O`Neill

"The message we have received today is that it is acceptable to negotiate health care on the backs of women, and we couldn't disagree more." -Terry O'Neill

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The National Organization for Women is incensed that President Barack Obama agreed today to issue an executive order designed to appease a handful of anti-choice Democrats who have held up health care reform in an effort to restrict women's access to abortion.

Statement from White House on Federal Abortion Restrictions for Women

The President has said from the start that this health insurance reform should not be the forum to upset longstanding precedent" -Barack Obama

(SALEM, Ore.) - Today, the President announced that he will issue an executive order after the passage of the health insurance reform law reaffirming its consistency with standing restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion.

While the legislation as written maintains current law, the executive order provides additional safeguards to ensure that...

American Consulate Bans Award-Winning Palestinian Journalist from U.S. Tour

On his way back to Gaza after accepting the prize in London, Omer was detained, interrogated, and beaten by Israeli security forces and eventually hospitalized with cracked ribs and respiratory problems.

(CHICAGO) - Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer was denied a visa to the United States where he was scheduled to speak in Chicago about the living conditions in Palestine, tour organizers said.

Two Die in Crash on Highway 126E between Vida and Blue River

Troopers report that it appears neither occupant was using safety restraints.

(VIDA, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a single-vehicle crash on Highway 126E near Vida that left two people dead.