ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Will Al Gore call for the shutting down of coal fired electric generating plants? Since coal fired power plants emit enormus amounts of CO2 and other toxic pollutants, including mercury and radioactive materials into the atmosphere they must be phased out ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by GGRick, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Feb 25, 2007 at 11:01 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 26, 2007 at 9:07 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Tips on visiting Santiago, Chile? We are traveling to Santiago for spring break with our son's soccer team with a mixed group of 16 year-old boys and parents, and are looking for any suggestions on sight-seein... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Terri L, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 25, 2007 at 5:30 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 26, 2007 at 11:41 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Extend Medicare to others We currently have a national Medicare system that works quite well and has over the many years since President Lyndon Johnson introduced it. Why not expand it to young childre... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Marvin and Alison Lee, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Feb 24, 2007 at 3:56 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 2, 2007 at 4:37 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Freedom of Speech in Egypt ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - An Alexandria court convicted an Egyptian blogger on Thursday for insulting both Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced him to ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Silver Bullet, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2007 at 3:07 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 28, 2007 at 11:47 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO George McGovern's speech The following is a link to George McGovern's excellent speech he delivered at the National Press Club. Hope you appeciate his wise words.
An Impartial Interrogation of G... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2007 at 12:58 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 9, 2007 at 7:53 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Why do manufacturers still use molded plastic pkgs? I like to recycle or reuse whenever possible. I've noticed that most syrofoam packaging (eg. raw meat packages, styrofoam takeout packages and Jamba juice cups) are labelled ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lisa, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood, on Feb 20, 2007 at 5:22 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 13, 2007 at 3:20 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO To live with violence or live in peace? I went alone to the Live in Peace march and rally held in East Palo Alto on Saturday, Feb. 3.
My best friend found that was pretty bold of me. She felt at least when you go ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mikaya Strickling, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Feb 20, 2007 at 3:41 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 24, 2007 at 4:20 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Patty Fisher Column About Priuses Does Disservice Patty Fisher, San Jose Mercury News columnist, recently wrote a piece entitled "Priuses lack the cachet they had at first."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/167322... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Prius Owner, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 20, 2007 at 1:31 pm There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 12, 2007 at 3:36 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Vulture Funds A recent BBC report has exposed an extremely insidious operation to drive cash strapped third world counties into deeper debt. A shadowy group of companies, known as the “vult... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Feb 19, 2007 at 11:28 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 19, 2007 at 3:02 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Israeli Spies on U.S. soil prior to 9/11 A troubling new development reported by investigative reporters at Counterpunch, ABC’s 20/20, the Jewish newspaper, The Forward, and Salon.com was the presence of Israeli Secr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Feb 10, 2007 at 12:27 pm There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 12, 2007 at 11:06 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Jimmy Carter accuses Jewish group of "falsehood and slander" Fox news report:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250673,00.html
WASHINGTON — Jimmy Carter has accused an international Jewish human rights group of "falsehood and s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Feb 9, 2007 at 8:19 am There have been 113 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 16, 2007 at 4:08 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO The Peace March in East Palo Alto I think that the people should have marched to were the people died. Then go around other places were it is starting to happen. Then I think that theyshould have walked to E... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Vita Talakai, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Feb 6, 2007 at 4:42 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 9, 2007 at 11:17 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Al Gore in the Bay Area? How did he get here? I see that Al Gore is in the bay area. Did he fly here? If he's concerned about global warming, should he really be flying around so much? In England, Prince Charles was recen... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Curious Observer, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 3, 2007 at 12:12 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 12, 2007 at 11:04 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Iraq 29, January 2007
A startling new book authored by Barry Lando, a former 60 Minutes producer, sheds new light on the complicity of Western nations arming Saddam Hussein when h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 30, 2007 at 9:12 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2007 at 10:01 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Norm Finkelstein Norman Finkelstein, professor of political science at DePaul University in Chicago, delivered an enlightening talk at Stanford University last Thursday to a packed audience. H... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 29, 2007 at 8:07 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 3, 2007 at 11:40 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Suicide Bombing in Israel A suicide bomber killed 3 people at a bakery in Eilat, Israel today. Strange we didn't see the usual crowd of Israel haters comment on that today.
Here's a link to the sto... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Silver Bullet, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jan 29, 2007 at 6:45 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 31, 2007 at 7:33 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Edits It would be instructive if, when editing or deleting a comment, that comment would be returned to the author with guidance.
We all decry the personal attack as a response to ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jan 28, 2007 at 7:19 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 30, 2007 at 8:34 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO The Stanford Daily fails to justify labeling Dr. Norman Finkelstein a holocaust denier Rather than furnishing quotations from Dr. Finkelstein's books or commentaries, Stanford Law School fellow Amichai Magen paraphrases Finkelstein's thesis:
"Finkelstein’s ar... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Jan 27, 2007 at 10:54 pm There have been 33 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 30, 2007 at 6:58 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Bush's Private Army
Largely ignored in the ongoing debate of planned troop escalation is the role of US private security firms such as Blackwater. Since its founding in 1996, Blackwater has bec... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 27, 2007 at 11:57 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 27, 2007 at 9:00 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Why can't the American public see what's coming? The American public and the US Congress are getting their backs up about the Bush Regime's determination to escalate the war in Iraq. A Massive protest demonstration is occurr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by The Cohen Brother, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 27, 2007 at 8:54 am There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 3, 2007 at 8:50 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO The Criminal Mind of george Bush Not "cogito ergo sum," but "I think; therefore it is so."
Let's see now. What was that guy's name, the psychologist whose area of expertise was the criminal personality? I ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Senior Blues, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Jan 26, 2007 at 9:04 am
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Dear Mr President Dear Mr. President,
Thanks for your address to the nation. It's good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November.
Listen, can I be frank? Sendi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by The Cohen Brother, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 26, 2007 at 7:31 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2007 at 9:24 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Iraq's Oil In breaking news, the London (UK) Independent has published details of a new law – the ‘Hydrocarbons Law’, drafted to ensure the ‘sale’ of Iraqi oil on terms extremely favorab... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2007 at 11:17 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2007 at 9:33 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Colonialism and Israel Prior to the onset of European colonization a century ago, generations of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Palestinians cohabited in the Holy Land with little or no conflict. Zio... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by The Cohen Brother, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2007 at 7:33 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2007 at 8:33 am.
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