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Archive for April, 2004
PSC protects public phone companies
April 20, 2004
Troxler: It turns out that Verizon Communications wrote, word for word, the position of PSC member Rudy Bradley during a 2002 case in which Bradley was arguing hard on the company’s side of a dispute. After Bradley had finished regurgitating Verizon’s words, Verizon then turned around and “quoted” Bradley’s supposed display of wisdom in a [...]
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April 20, 2004
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Feel safer?
April 19, 2004
WaPo, via Billmon: “When the fighting is over in Fallujah, I will sell everything I have, even my home,” said a resistance fighter who gave his name as Abu Taif Mashhadani. He wept as he recalled his 8-year-old daughter, who he said was killed by a U.S. sniper in Fallujah a week ago. “I will [...]
Lawmakers fight democracy
April 19, 2004
In Tallahassee, lawmakers continue to squabble over the “minority rule” amendment which would allow a citizen initiative to be killed by a minority of voters: (Link via Florida Politics) Lawmakers argue that most changes to the constitution don’t really belong in the constitution, they belong in law. Maybe that’s true, except year after year, legislators [...]
Group arrested for feeding the hungry
April 19, 2004
TT: A group of young people, one toting a camcorder, gathered with friends Sunday afternoon across the street from Massey Park. The tape rolled as police made three arrests at the park. All were charged with trespassing after ignoring repeated warnings not to feed the homeless without a permit. James Ronald Dunson, 19, Christopher Robert [...]
Bush delegates gas price policy to Saudis
April 18, 2004
Reuters: Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, promised President Bush the Saudis would cut oil prices before November to ensure the U.S. economy is strong on election day, journalist Bob Woodward said in a television interview on Sunday. In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” about his new book “Plan [...]
Iraq: supply lines in peril
April 18, 2004
If we can’t get food, medicine, and other supplies to our troops, we are in
Najaf
April 18, 2004
Via Juan Cole The negotiations between Muqtada al-Sadr and the Coalition ceased on Saturday, and it looked to some observers on the ground as though a US attack on Najaf might begin any moment. Qais al-Khaz’ali, a spokesman for Muqtada, said that the negotiators alleged that the US had made demands that formed insuperable obstacles [...]