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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bay Bridge maze replacement
Governor Arnold Swartzeneger April 29, 2007 Caltrans needs to ask the Union Pacific for advice on putting trestles back into service. The record they made in Sacram...
 
Walter_E_Wallis
 
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on Apr 29, 2007 at 10:36 pm by anon., a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
War crimes in Iraq
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Jag Singh
 
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on Apr 29, 2007 at 12:43 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The time to act is now ...
On Saturday, April 14th, an estimated 250 people from the Palo Alto area took part in the largest day of citizen action on climate change in our country's history. In the ...
 
Margaret Suozzo
 
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on Apr 28, 2007 at 1:56 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Fascist America in 10 Easy Steps
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, Geor...
 
Anonymous
 
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on Apr 27, 2007 at 5:34 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The Surge is a great success
At least 160 people have been killed in four major bomb blasts around Baghdad today - the bloodiest violence since a US troop "surge" and crackdown on insurgents began in Febr...
 
Albert
 
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on Apr 24, 2007 at 7:43 pm by Kate, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
We can still prevent war with Iran.
If a pending war with Iran already concerns you, you can skip the rest and go directly to this link for StopIranWar.com: Web Link or to learn more please re...
 
Tom R
 
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on Apr 24, 2007 at 11:11 am by Dick, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The Next President
A leader has to show CURIOSITY. He has to listen to people outside of the "Yes, sir" crowd in his inner circle. He has to read voraciously, because the world is a big, complic...
 
The Cohen brother
 
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on Apr 23, 2007 at 10:21 pm by Sillaw_E_Retlaw, a resident of another community
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
US Aid to Israel
According to Thomas Stauffer (see full report by staff writer David Francis of the Christian Science Monitor), a consulting economist in Washington, Israel has drained a stagg...
 
Jag Singh
 
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on Apr 23, 2007 at 2:10 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Virginia tragedy
Many of us are in heavy mourning tonight following the senseless shootings at Virginia Tech. I wonder if anyone would like to share their reactions. And does anyone know what ...
 
Tyler Hanley
 
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on Apr 22, 2007 at 6:36 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The Party of Brown Shirts
Neoconservatives have turned the Republican Party into a Brownshirt Party. Look at the evidence. While real patriots flee the party, the remaining supporters cling to power...
 
The Cohen brother
 
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on Apr 21, 2007 at 7:33 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford
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Meat and the Environment
With all the focus recently on reducing carbon emissions as they relate to transportation, it would be easy to overlook a more serious source of the planet-warming gases. T...
 
gordon
 
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on Apr 20, 2007 at 11:26 am by gordon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Paying the Price for an SUV - Ira Ruskin creates a great gas hog disincentive
Web Link Ira Ruskin shuold be praised for introducing this bill - let's hope it passes.
 
Bill Boland
 
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on Apr 19, 2007 at 8:27 pm by John, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood
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Disaster Planning for Earthquake and Pandemic is Essential
I received this Link, today, to the website of the US Geological Survey (a local resource in Menlo Park), which shows how fast the earthquake moved in 1906. An earthquake gre...
 
Alice Smith
 
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on Apr 19, 2007 at 5:04 pm by www.ReadySmart.com, a resident of Mountain View
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Income Restribution in Didguise
Critics of the recent U.S. wars of choice have long argued that they are all about oil. "No Blood for Oil" has been a rallying cry for most of the opponents of the war. It ...
 
The Cohen brother
 
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on Apr 18, 2007 at 9:49 pm by anon., a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood
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There goes the Surge
US officials admitted last night that the bombing of the Iraqi parliament shows that not even the heavily fortified Green Zone is safe any more, despite the security crackdown...
 
The Cohen Brother
 
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on Apr 16, 2007 at 3:51 pm by ag, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Troop Surge in Iraq will not help
Bush thinks more troops will do the job. Recent events suggest otherwise. He thinks a timeline for withdrawal comforts the enemy. We're not exactly accomplising anything no...
 
BushBash
 
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on Apr 14, 2007 at 1:08 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford
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Will Congress finally cut them off?
On Monday, April 9, 2007, the Boston Herald reported that the US military had announced the Easter weekend deaths of 10 more American soldiers, including six killed on Sunday....
 
Albert
 
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on Apr 14, 2007 at 1:03 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford
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Info. on Biofuel and Ethanol. "Must-Read" article in San Jose Mercury News,Sunday Perspective Section
This is a "Must-Read" for those interested in the story of ethanol,biofuels and its production. See the Merc News,Sunday 4-1-07 for a lot of info.. Pages 1 and 6 of section P....
 
Dick
 
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on Apr 11, 2007 at 12:45 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
War for oil promoters read this.
In an article written by a left wing media station (CNN) they say America will not get big contracts. This say the oil will go to other nations. I am wonder how you "war for o...
 
funny stuff
 
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on Apr 8, 2007 at 9:57 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
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Regarding the article posted: Deportation mother faces 10-year ban from U.S
In reading this article, i am trying to find the value in publishing this article. What is of significant interest or unique about this case. I do question the capability of...
 
In Menlo Park
 
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on Apr 8, 2007 at 6:43 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Immigration Raids Adversely Affect Children
The recent immigration raids caused enormous trauma for some of the local children whose parents were taken away by immigration authorities. To get some insight into what took...
 
Henrietta J. Burroughs
 
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on Apr 8, 2007 at 12:14 pm by Henrietta J. Burroughs, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
New Documentary: The Great Global Warming Swindle
Anyone who is interested in the theory of man-made global warming should watch this new documentary titled "The Great Global Warming Swindle". Here is a link on Google Video: ...
 
Snowman
 
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on Apr 8, 2007 at 1:18 am by JOSEPH SIMMONS, a resident of another community
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Should the Immigration Laws Be Changed
We have had a lively discussion about enforcing the current immigration laws particularly with reference to the Palo Alto family currently being deported. The broader quest...
 
stephen levy
 
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on Apr 7, 2007 at 2:15 pm by Ken Rauch, a resident of another community
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Oil and the Empire
The oil men of the Bush administration are trying to set up one of the biggest swindles in history--the great Iraq oil robbery. The cabinet of the new Iraqi government, u...
 
Albert
 
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on Apr 3, 2007 at 6:38 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Immigration
I read Mr. Levy's article on immigration with great interest. It's such a knotty problem! I had a discussion with a good friend very recently and his only focus was on ...
 
Sue Kemp
 
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on Mar 27, 2007 at 4:35 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood


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