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A legislative effort is underway in
California to do away with
mandatory life sentences for
juveniles, a practice that has been
condemned by human rights
groups and shunned by the
international community. A
recent report in the San
Francisco Chronicle noted that
the US and Somalia are the only
nations in the world that have
refused to sign the United
Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child, because it
bans the sentencing of juvenile
offenders to life in prison without
the possibility of parole.
According to research published
jointly by Human Rights Watch
and Amnesty International, there
are twelve prisoners in the world
outside the US and Somalia that
are currently serving life
sentences for crimes committed
as youths; seven in Israel, four in
South Africa, and one in Tanzania.
The US has 2,270 such prisoners,
with six states – California,
Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri,
Michigan, and Louisiana –
accounting for more than 1500.
In all, 42 states have laws that
allow juvenile offenders to be
sentenced to permanent
imprisonment without any
provision for release.
Studies reveal that some 26
percent of these juvenile
offenders were sentenced under
increasingly common "felony
murder" laws that prosecute
accessories to murders as if they
had actually killed the victim
themselves, even in cases where
their involvement may have been
tangential or coerced. it's all true
California to do away with
mandatory life sentences for
juveniles, a practice that has been
condemned by human rights
groups and shunned by the
international community. A
recent report in the San
Francisco Chronicle noted that
the US and Somalia are the only
nations in the world that have
refused to sign the United
Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child, because it
bans the sentencing of juvenile
offenders to life in prison without
the possibility of parole.
According to research published
jointly by Human Rights Watch
and Amnesty International, there
are twelve prisoners in the world
outside the US and Somalia that
are currently serving life
sentences for crimes committed
as youths; seven in Israel, four in
South Africa, and one in Tanzania.
The US has 2,270 such prisoners,
with six states – California,
Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri,
Michigan, and Louisiana –
accounting for more than 1500.
In all, 42 states have laws that
allow juvenile offenders to be
sentenced to permanent
imprisonment without any
provision for release.
Studies reveal that some 26
percent of these juvenile
offenders were sentenced under
increasingly common "felony
murder" laws that prosecute
accessories to murders as if they
had actually killed the victim
themselves, even in cases where
their involvement may have been
tangential or coerced. it's all true
The American Civil Liberties Union has
filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a
group of protesters who allege that they
were subjected to patently
discriminatory treatment by local law
enforcement agencies, the Secret
Service, and White House political
operatives at a public appearance by
President Bush in Albuquerque last year.
The suit charges that anti-war protesters
were kept 150 yards away from the site
of the August fundraiser for New
Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, while a
group prominently displaying a banner in
support of the president was allowed
better access to the event. ACLU
lawyers said they hoped to prove
through discovery that several unnamed
co-defendants are Secret Service agents
and White House officials.
“Law enforcement officers gave Bush
filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a
group of protesters who allege that they
were subjected to patently
discriminatory treatment by local law
enforcement agencies, the Secret
Service, and White House political
operatives at a public appearance by
President Bush in Albuquerque last year.
The suit charges that anti-war protesters
were kept 150 yards away from the site
of the August fundraiser for New
Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, while a
group prominently displaying a banner in
support of the president was allowed
better access to the event. ACLU
lawyers said they hoped to prove
through discovery that several unnamed
co-defendants are Secret Service agents
and White House officials.
“Law enforcement officers gave Bush
supporters front row seats and made
those who disagreed with the president
stand behind a wall of cars and horses,”
said ACLU of New Mexico executive
director Peter Simonson in a statement.
“Officials went to great lengths to shield
the president from viewing the people
who disagreed with him, which just isn’t
how a free society should operate.”
The plaintiffs have called attention to a
now-famous October 2002 confidential
White House advance manual that details
a progressive strategy for identifying,
isolating, marginalizing, and eventually
removing demonstrators who manage to
get close to presidential public
appearances. Over the last six years,
lawsuits alleging violations of first
amendment rights at Bush events have
also been filed in Colorado, Iowa, West
Virginia, and Oregon. it's all true
those who disagreed with the president
stand behind a wall of cars and horses,”
said ACLU of New Mexico executive
director Peter Simonson in a statement.
“Officials went to great lengths to shield
the president from viewing the people
who disagreed with him, which just isn’t
how a free society should operate.”
The plaintiffs have called attention to a
now-famous October 2002 confidential
White House advance manual that details
a progressive strategy for identifying,
isolating, marginalizing, and eventually
removing demonstrators who manage to
get close to presidential public
appearances. Over the last six years,
lawsuits alleging violations of first
amendment rights at Bush events have
also been filed in Colorado, Iowa, West
Virginia, and Oregon. it's all true
A study by the Labor Center at the
University of California found that
wages for Americans are reduced by
$4.5 billion each year because of the
presence of Wal-Mart stores in the
US economy. The study showed
that there is a “decline not just in
average wages but in the total wage
bill” for all workers in counties where
Wal-Mart stores are located.
The study’s authors found that the
opening of a single Wal-Mart store in
a county lowered wages in the
merchandising sector by one percent
and wages for grocery store
employees dropped by 1.5 percent.
With an average of 50 Wal-Mart
stores in each state, “the average
wages for retail workers were ten
percent lower, and their job based
health coverage rate was 5
percentage points less than they
would have been without Wal-Mart’s
presence."
The company’s average wage in 2005
was $9.68 per hour, 28 percent less
than other large retailers in the US.
71 percent of American workers
employed by a retail store work for
Wal-Mart. it's all true
University of California found that
wages for Americans are reduced by
$4.5 billion each year because of the
presence of Wal-Mart stores in the
US economy. The study showed
that there is a “decline not just in
average wages but in the total wage
bill” for all workers in counties where
Wal-Mart stores are located.
The study’s authors found that the
opening of a single Wal-Mart store in
a county lowered wages in the
merchandising sector by one percent
and wages for grocery store
employees dropped by 1.5 percent.
With an average of 50 Wal-Mart
stores in each state, “the average
wages for retail workers were ten
percent lower, and their job based
health coverage rate was 5
percentage points less than they
would have been without Wal-Mart’s
presence."
The company’s average wage in 2005
was $9.68 per hour, 28 percent less
than other large retailers in the US.
71 percent of American workers
employed by a retail store work for
Wal-Mart. it's all true
A group of five former military
commanders from the US and Europe
have sent a communiqué to NATO
commanders warning that the west must
adopt a new military paradigm to
counter the “dark side” of globalization
calling for the alliance to embrace a
policy to use nuclear weapons
preemptively among other changes.
The authors of the 150-page manifesto
include General John Shalikashvili, who
was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff during the Clinton administration
and also commanded the European
theater for NATO, and military leaders
from the UK, France, the Netherlands
and Germany. The writers said that
active military leaders and military policy
makers had approached them to urge
them to present what the writers of the
proposal refer to as a new “grand
strategy” to NATO’s commanders. The
authors said that NATO’s credibility has
been tarnished by its failures in
Afghanistan and the organization is “at a
juncture and runs the risk of failure”
unless fundamental changes are made in
the body.
The group advised NATO that the way
of life in the western world is threatened
by growing and dangerous “political
fanaticism and religious fundamentalism”
commanders from the US and Europe
have sent a communiqué to NATO
commanders warning that the west must
adopt a new military paradigm to
counter the “dark side” of globalization
calling for the alliance to embrace a
policy to use nuclear weapons
preemptively among other changes.
The authors of the 150-page manifesto
include General John Shalikashvili, who
was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff during the Clinton administration
and also commanded the European
theater for NATO, and military leaders
from the UK, France, the Netherlands
and Germany. The writers said that
active military leaders and military policy
makers had approached them to urge
them to present what the writers of the
proposal refer to as a new “grand
strategy” to NATO’s commanders. The
authors said that NATO’s credibility has
been tarnished by its failures in
Afghanistan and the organization is “at a
juncture and runs the risk of failure”
unless fundamental changes are made in
the body.
The group advised NATO that the way
of life in the western world is threatened
by growing and dangerous “political
fanaticism and religious fundamentalism”
and that because nuclear proliferation is
unstoppable, NATO must adopt a policy
to use nuclear weapons as a “first-strike”
option.
The writers said that the “first use of
nuclear weapons must remain in the
quiver of escalation as the ultimate
instrument to prevent the use of
weapons of mass destruction.” Critics
of the proposal remind that so-called
preemptive warfare is a violation of the
Nuremberg Principles and feel that
countenancing the use of nuclear
weapons is immoral and extreme.
The document also concluded that the
combined threats of international
terrorism, organized crime and
impending environmental catastrophe
require dispensing with the long standing
consensus decision making structure of
NATO and limiting the decision making
in NATO to only those nations who are
actively participating in a military action.
This would allow large member
countries, such as the US and the UK, to
decide on their own to take military
action when they believe it is required.
The former military commanders also
called on NATO to abandon the
requirement to seek UN Security
Council ratification when “immediate
action is needed.” it's all true
unstoppable, NATO must adopt a policy
to use nuclear weapons as a “first-strike”
option.
The writers said that the “first use of
nuclear weapons must remain in the
quiver of escalation as the ultimate
instrument to prevent the use of
weapons of mass destruction.” Critics
of the proposal remind that so-called
preemptive warfare is a violation of the
Nuremberg Principles and feel that
countenancing the use of nuclear
weapons is immoral and extreme.
The document also concluded that the
combined threats of international
terrorism, organized crime and
impending environmental catastrophe
require dispensing with the long standing
consensus decision making structure of
NATO and limiting the decision making
in NATO to only those nations who are
actively participating in a military action.
This would allow large member
countries, such as the US and the UK, to
decide on their own to take military
action when they believe it is required.
The former military commanders also
called on NATO to abandon the
requirement to seek UN Security
Council ratification when “immediate
action is needed.” it's all true
President Bush and a small group of
administration officials made over 900
false public statements in the two years
prior to the invasion of Iraq in a
coordinated program to convince
American citizens that preemptively
attacking the country was necessary and
justified.
The Center for public Integrity and the
Fund for Independence in Journalism
reviewed the record of speeches,
interviews, briefings, testimony and
other public comments made by Bush
and six other high ranking administration
officials and concluded that the lies were
“part of an orchestrated campaign that
effectively galvanized public opinion and,
administration officials made over 900
false public statements in the two years
prior to the invasion of Iraq in a
coordinated program to convince
American citizens that preemptively
attacking the country was necessary and
justified.
The Center for public Integrity and the
Fund for Independence in Journalism
reviewed the record of speeches,
interviews, briefings, testimony and
other public comments made by Bush
and six other high ranking administration
officials and concluded that the lies were
“part of an orchestrated campaign that
effectively galvanized public opinion and,
in the process, led the nation to war
under decidedly false pretenses.”
The researchers found that the number
of lies told by administration officials
increased dramatically just prior to
Congress voting to authorize military
action in August 2002 and then again in
the two months before the US invaded
Iraq. The study found that Bush made
the most false statements, including 232
lies about weapons of mass destruction
in Iraq, and 28 lies linking Iraq to Al
Qaeda. The second most prolific liar
was Colin Powell who made 244 untrue
statements about Iraq’s weapons
capabilities and 10 statements falsely
linking Iraq to Al Qaeda.
under decidedly false pretenses.”
The researchers found that the number
of lies told by administration officials
increased dramatically just prior to
Congress voting to authorize military
action in August 2002 and then again in
the two months before the US invaded
Iraq. The study found that Bush made
the most false statements, including 232
lies about weapons of mass destruction
in Iraq, and 28 lies linking Iraq to Al
Qaeda. The second most prolific liar
was Colin Powell who made 244 untrue
statements about Iraq’s weapons
capabilities and 10 statements falsely
linking Iraq to Al Qaeda.
An example of the blatant nature of
these lies was a statement Vice
President Dick Cheney made to the
annual national convention of the
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars in 2002,
where he said emphatically; “Simply
stated, there is no doubt that
Saddam Hussein now has weapons of
mass destruction. There is no doubt
he is amassing them to use against
our friends, against our allies, against
us.” The Bush administration did not
specifically comment on the merits of
the study but a spokesperson said
that the invasion of Iraq was based
upon “the collective judgment of
intelligence agencies around the
world.” it's all true
these lies was a statement Vice
President Dick Cheney made to the
annual national convention of the
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars in 2002,
where he said emphatically; “Simply
stated, there is no doubt that
Saddam Hussein now has weapons of
mass destruction. There is no doubt
he is amassing them to use against
our friends, against our allies, against
us.” The Bush administration did not
specifically comment on the merits of
the study but a spokesperson said
that the invasion of Iraq was based
upon “the collective judgment of
intelligence agencies around the
world.” it's all true
In a controversial move, the Bush
administration has signaled that it intends
to proceed next week with the auction
of oil drilling rights in the Chukchi Sea
off the Alaskan coast, despite missing a
legal deadline earlier this month to make
a final decision on Endangered Species
Act protection for polar bears, which are
native to the region. Environmental
organizations and Democratic legislators
have charged that the US Fish and
Wildlife Service delayed its final
determination of the status of polar
bears in order to facilitate the Minerals
Management Service auction, which will
open 29 million acres to oil and gas
exploration. Both the Fish and Wildlife
Service and the Minerals Management
Service are part of the federal
Department of the Interior.
Protection for polar bears under the
administration has signaled that it intends
to proceed next week with the auction
of oil drilling rights in the Chukchi Sea
off the Alaskan coast, despite missing a
legal deadline earlier this month to make
a final decision on Endangered Species
Act protection for polar bears, which are
native to the region. Environmental
organizations and Democratic legislators
have charged that the US Fish and
Wildlife Service delayed its final
determination of the status of polar
bears in order to facilitate the Minerals
Management Service auction, which will
open 29 million acres to oil and gas
exploration. Both the Fish and Wildlife
Service and the Minerals Management
Service are part of the federal
Department of the Interior.
Protection for polar bears under the
Endangered Species Act has been
pending for more than a year. Research
has shown that the large-scale
disappearance of sea ice has severely
threatened polar bear populations, which
could be reduced by more than 60
percent by 2050. The polar bear is the
first species to be considered for federal
protection based on the impact of global
warming.
“The timing of these two decisions
leaves the door open for the
administration to give Big Oil the rights
to this polar bear habitat the moment
before the protections for the polar
bear under the Endangered Species Act
go into effect,” said Rep. Edward Markey
(D-MA), who introduced a bill that
would halt the oil lease auction until the
legal status of the bear can be resolved.
In testimony before a House panel,
pending for more than a year. Research
has shown that the large-scale
disappearance of sea ice has severely
threatened polar bear populations, which
could be reduced by more than 60
percent by 2050. The polar bear is the
first species to be considered for federal
protection based on the impact of global
warming.
“The timing of these two decisions
leaves the door open for the
administration to give Big Oil the rights
to this polar bear habitat the moment
before the protections for the polar
bear under the Endangered Species Act
go into effect,” said Rep. Edward Markey
(D-MA), who introduced a bill that
would halt the oil lease auction until the
legal status of the bear can be resolved.
In testimony before a House panel,
Minerals Management Service
Director Randall Luthi admitted that
if the leases are sold before a final
decision on the polar bear, they
could not subsequently be amended.
Last week the US blocked the
release of an international research
study assessing the impact of oil and
gas exploration in the Arctic, which
has been compiled over six years by
scientists from eight countries with
interests in the area. The authors of
the study complained that political
maneuvering by the US and Russia
over development of the Chukchi
Sea oil fields had led to the derailing
of a long-awaited “science-based
effort to manage the race for the
vast energy reserves of the Arctic,”
according to a report in the British
Independent newspaper. it's all true
Director Randall Luthi admitted that
if the leases are sold before a final
decision on the polar bear, they
could not subsequently be amended.
Last week the US blocked the
release of an international research
study assessing the impact of oil and
gas exploration in the Arctic, which
has been compiled over six years by
scientists from eight countries with
interests in the area. The authors of
the study complained that political
maneuvering by the US and Russia
over development of the Chukchi
Sea oil fields had led to the derailing
of a long-awaited “science-based
effort to manage the race for the
vast energy reserves of the Arctic,”
according to a report in the British
Independent newspaper. it's all true
Department of Interior Acts to Protect Endangered Cronies
Police Shielded President From Public Opinion
Sentencing Policy
Stigma Inescapable
Stigma Inescapable
Wages Wrecked by
Wal-Mart Effect
Wal-Mart Effect
NATO Urged to Preserve Option to Destroy
Report Provides Verification of Presidential Prevarication