Here's A Question For You:
When You Cross The CIA, Will The CIA Retaliate?
Do you
happen to remember back in the day when Howard Dean was the only person
in America speaking publicly about holding someone accountable for the
Valerie Plame leak?
Dean: Mr.
President, we urgently need an explanation about the very serious
charge that senior officials in your Administration may have retaliated
against Ambassador Joseph Wilson by illegally disclosing that his wife
is an undercover CIA officer.
From the history-making July 18, 2003, Des Moines, Iowa, speech by Gov. Howard Dean that came to be know as "16 Questions"
Well,
even with as naïve as I seem to be at times, when I realized that
someone in the Bush Administration had purposely exposed a deep-cover
CIA agent in order to retaliate against her husband for speaking out
against Bushco, I wondered just how wise it really was to double-cross
the CIA. Can the neo-cons really be so naïve as to believe that
they can betray the CIA and that the CIA will not retaliate?
Personally, that is one agency I would not want to take on.
But, it
seems, somewhere deep inside the Bush Administration, the neo-con
shadow government was blinded by the same thing that they had used so
effectively to blind the American public to the truth about what they
were up to: the specter of 9/11.
Bush is
reported to have said that 2001 was one of the best and happiest years
of his life. Support for his pseudo-presidency was riding high,
and American patriotism was at fever pitch. The Bush Regime felt
invincible, and I am convinced this, and a very pronounced vindictive
quality, led Bushco to make what may become their fatal mistake.
In an article passed along to us from Ellen Ballas, Co-coordinator of the Iowa Rapid Response network, FromTheWilderness.com
speculates on the role the CIA is now playing in the downfall of the
Bush Empire. It's a long article, well sourced, and well worth
reading if you have the time. It answers some of the questions we
were all asking a year ago. Click here.
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Thursday, June 10
Here's A Question For You: When You Cross The CIA, Will The CIA Retaliate?
by
Linda Thieman
on Thu 10 Jun 2004 04:15 PM CDT
Iowa: First State To Ban Mercury In Vaccines
by
Linda Thieman
on Thu 10 Jun 2004 12:08 PM CDT
Iowa: First State To Ban Mercury In Vaccines
A Quiet Victory in Iowa AlterNet.org With little fanfare or national media attention, Iowa Gov. Thomas J. Vilsack on May 14 signed into law a state ban on the use of thimerosal, a mercury preservative used in vaccines. Iowa becomes the first state in the country to ban thimerosal, which is at the center of medical and legal debates over the cause of autism disorders, now affecting as many as 1 in 250 children. Similar bills are pending in the legislatures of Missouri and Nebraska, and in April, a bill to ban thimerosal was introduced in Congress. Iowa's action opened a new political front in a parent-led movement to establish a link between thimerosal and autism and to hold accountable pharmaceutical companies and the federal health agencies that permitted its use since the '40s. Only in 1999, after mounting scientific concerns about possible toxicity to children of mercury-laced vaccines, did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issue a recommendation that vaccine makers remove thimerosal. The CDC still has not issued an outright ban on thimerosal, and some vaccines, including flu shots, still contain trace amounts. (more)
Iowa: Speak Out Against Proposed Interstate Power & Light (aka Alliant Energy) Rate Increase
by
Linda Thieman
on Thu 10 Jun 2004 08:27 AM CDT
Iowa: Speak Out Against Proposed Interstate Power & Light (aka Alliant Energy) Rate Increase
RPU-04-1 Interstate Power and Light Company (aka Alliant Energy) The Iowa Utilities Board has scheduled a tenth public customer comment hearing to be held today, June 10, in Spirit Lake. Written comments from customers are being accepted via an on-line customer comment form or by snail mail addressed to: Executive Secretary, 350 Maple Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0069. When filing comments by mail, please refer to the Alliant Rate Proceeding (Docket No. RPU-04-1). More information about this rate proceeding, including a table detailing dates, times and locations of public comment hearings may be found on the RPU-04-1 information page. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kalona officials express concerns to Iowa Utilities Board KalonaNews.com "I just don't understand how my monthly draw at home could be $250 per month, when over in Wellman, the bill for the same size home would be about $180 per month." "And furthermore...I don't see how a grocery store in Kalona pays $18,000 per year in electric bills ...when a grocery store just seven miles down the road only pays $10,000 per year for approximately the same amount of electricity." This from Steve Reif, Kalona city councilman and owner-operator of Reif's Family Center, who represented several Kalona businesses and residents at a special Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) hearing last Thursday in Cedar Rapids. The regional hearing was one of several conducted by the IUB across the state to receive public comment about a proposed rate increase by Alliant Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iowa Light and Power Company (IPL). The hearings will assist utility board members to determine whether or not Alliant should be allowed to collect an additional $149 million in revenue through rate increases across its Iowa service territory, as required by Iowa law. All comments were put to record by an official "court reporter," and will be reviewed by the three-member Iowa Utilities Board. (more) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ And from Blog for Iowa on June 5th, the best argument I've heard against the rate increase: Alliant Energy Needs To Invest in Iowa Rather Than Use Iowa As An Investment This Letter to the Editor appeared in the Ottumwa Courier. It was written by Larry Wilkinson, an Economic Development Specialist from Centerville, Iowa. . . . I am sending this letter at this time because Alliant Energy, the parent organization of Interstate Power & Light, has come again before the Iowa Utility Board seeking an electric rate increase. My desire is to introduce my perception of a fundamental flaw in the regulatory treatment of customers who are served by Investor Owned Utility Companies in Iowa, companies like Alliant Energy operating as Interstate Power & Light. The regulatory flaw serves the investor owned utilities at the expense of the regulated customers. (more) |
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