| Consumers Trampled As Telecom Industry Runs Amok
By Sandy Leon Vest
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| | Nearly a decade ago, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by huge bipartisan margins-91 to 5 in the Senate and 414 to 16 in the House |
| SBC Answers Coastal Post: AT&T Merger Will Be Good For Bolinas
By Will Rigney
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| | SBC area manager of external affairs
What's been the most dramatic change in the world over the past two decades? It has to be the ability for any |
| Patient Care Advocates Receive Good News
By Carol Sterritt
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| | Local advocates for patient care received two pieces of great good news in the last weeks of July 2005. Dr. John Severinghaus, of the Marin Health |
| First Genocide In The Twenty First Century
By Joan Andrews
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| | This is an article about the first major atrocity of the twenty-first century: genocide in Darfur, Sudan. It is also an article which I hope will |
| Africa's Suffering Is Bush's Shame
Millions Are Dying Because of American Policy
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
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| | President Bush last week brazenly brushed aside British Prime Minister Tony Blair's call for a doubling of aid to Africa. Blair and other European |
| And Then There Was Bechtel In Bolivia-An Addendum
By Sandy Leon Vest
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| | In an article entitled, Taking Back the Power: The Real War on Terror, (July CP), I make the statement that, "In Bolivia, Bechtel's takeover of tha |
| Schwarzenegger Propositions Poison To California
By Karen Nakamura
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| | Californians are coming to grips with the insidious power grab Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Republicans are attempting with the Special State |
| Groups Decry New PBS Series Funded by Big Ag
Letters to All PBS Station Managers Warn of Bias
By Submission
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| | [New York, NY] - A group of nearly 70 organizations concerned about the undue influence of corporate agriculture on public television sent letters |
| Food Pantry Closes
By Karen Nakamura
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| | On July 1, with this simple but poignant note placed in grocery bags and handed out to friends, Community Action Marin closed its Food Pantry doors |
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$200,000 Approved for Protecting Bolinas Lagoon
By US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today announced that her request for $200,000 to fund the restoration of Bolinas Lagoon was included in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill passed by the Senate.
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| | The funding will be used to dredge choking levels of sediment from the lagoon's floor, accumulated during past commercial activity. The dredging w |
| Don't Want Military Recruiters Knocking On your Door?
By Emmanuel Gibson
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| | If you're a parent and have not had time to look at the No Child Left Behind Act then there is something you should know. Congress recently passed |
| Advocacy Groups Pressure Richmond To Fix Massive Sewage Spills
By Submission
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| | (Richmond, CA) July 15, 2005: at the conclusion of a year-long investigation, two Bay Area public advocacy groups announced their intent to sue th |
| US Troops Killing Journalists
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| | President of Newspaper Guild Echoes Claim of Ex-CNN Exec
World Net Daily 19 May 2005: Echoing a claim that led to CNN executive Eason Jordan's res |
| The Battle After The Battle
Soldiers Say Military Pushes Wounded Out Before Medical Needs Met
By Les Blumenthal
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| | The News Tribune
The day before his 22nd birthday, a bomb hanging from a tree along a road near Fallujah exploded above Rory Dunn's Humvee.
Dun |
| Going After The Kids-Pogo Was Right
By Edgar J. Steele
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Just three days ago, on May 28, America's President addressed the graduating class at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. George Bush sp |
| Mesopotamia-Now An Endangered Species
By Felicity Arbuthnot
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| | GlobalResearch.ca
A year after the 'handover' to a US handpicked 'independent Iraqi administration'-few of whose leaders have Iraqi passports or al |
| Program Fights Elder Financial Exploitation
By Submission
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| | NOVATO, CA, July 8 2005 - A free community education program will be presented by Redwood Credit Union and Elder Financial Protection Network to he |
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Historic Morse Code Radio Station Came Alive In July
By Submission
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| | POINT REYES STATION, July 5 - In July, one of the most famous radio stations in history returned to the air for one night to celebrate its 100 anniver |
| JAN BURYN
By Submission
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| | Jan Buryn, a long-time resident of West Marin and recently of Nevada City, died early Tuesday morning July 19th 2005 in an auto accident near Malako |
| Attend The 2005-06 Environmental Training Program
By Submission
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| | Applications are now being accepted for the Training Program of the Environmental Forum of Marin. The Program begins on September 13, 2005 and ends |
| Canal Alliance Helping Youth Expression
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| | Support sought for program that helps youth express
themselves and their community
In 2005, Canal Alliance, a multi-service community agency |
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The State Of The National Marine Sanctuary
By Submission
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| | NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program has released the 2004 State of the Sanctuary Report. Highlighted in this year's report are findings that |
| Rewarding Traitors
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| | To understand the value and meaning of what Mr. Mark Felt did which led to the unmasking of a wayward US president, one must only ask: what if we h |
| Operation Wake Up
By Frank Scott
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| | Our murderous foreign policy led to the tragedy of 9/11, and its ramifications continue. The taking of innocent life in Iraq has caused the taking |
| Blowback For Blair
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| | To see oursels as others see us !
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion."
Robert Burns ( 1759-1796 )
As the London |
| MOO TOWN NEWS
By Judy Borello
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| | The American Dream Turned Nightmare
Washington, DC -Rep. Richard W. Pombo (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Resources and author of This L |
| Politically Correct In West Marin
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| | I have been writing in the Coastal Post now for several years, and one thing has stood out more than any other-that people only hear what they want |
| The Bait and Switch Of "Intelligent Design" Creationism
"Intelligent Design" Is Religion Masquerading As Science
By Keith Lockitch
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| | Eighty years after the famous Scopes "Monkey" Trial, the anti-evolution forces have regrouped. Today, the battle in school districts from Kansas to |
| Derailed in Washington, Be the Change!
by Stephen Simac
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| | I almost became a Moonie after I finished off their free baloney sandwich and strawberry Kool-Aid dinner. I was really hungry with no money in Was |
| Libertarian Perspective
The Crisis in Pension Benefits
By Joe Cobb
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| | Social Security is not the only "defined benefit" pension plan in trouble. Indeed, it seems as if they are all going bankrupt. United Airlines just |
| Dangerous Children
By John Bennett
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| | They said he was hard as nails. They sad he had a tooth missing that his Fairy Godmother made off with, no dime under the pillow. For exhibit A, t |
| The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)
By Jeffrey R Smith
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| | San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle
This summer, Shakespeare at Stinson has comedy: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED). Let the |
| Letters To The Editor
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Osama Wins Again
Osama bin Laden won an important victory in the United States House of Representatives today as Congress voted to give up the b |
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