I didn't realize there were so many Al Qaeda cells in America. I guess we really do need to be afraid...

NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
Updated 5/11/2006 10:38 AM ET
By Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY

The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.
The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews.

Saturday, April 29, 2006
Asian immigrants in O.C. are not very visible in the immigration debate but are starting to realize proposed legislation may change their lives,too.

By TERI SFORZA
The Orange County Register

UNITED: Mary Anne Foo of the Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Community Alliance plans to join Latino immigrants in Monday’s boycott because “this is an American issue that we all need to get involved in.”

Joe - like many of the 1 million Asians illegally in this country - didn't sneak across the border without documents. He arrived with an idealized vision of America, sky-high hopes and all the proper paperwork.

Confessions of a Repentant Republican

"I supported George W. Bush in the presidential election in 2000, believing then that he best reflected my love for America and for our tradition of liberty. I supported the war in Afghanistan. In March of 2003, I believed that the invasion of Iraq was justified based upon pre-war revelations presented to Congress and to the American people. Acordingly, the indictments contained herein apply, first and foremost, to myself.

Posted on Sun, Apr. 02, 2006

Democratic leader calls for action
DEAN, ASIAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRATS NETWORK AT NATIONAL EVENT

By Jessie Mangaliman
Mercury News

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean on Saturday paid a special visit to San Jose and gave a rousing speech, urging his audience to knock on doors, make personal connections and run for public office.

This Saturday, March 11th, from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm, we'll build upon the spectacular, colorful, energetic gathering of political voices that we had at 16th & Broadway last weekend. (see http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1725300.php )

Once again, we'll join forces and hold a major anti-war/anti-Bush/pro-democracy rally, rain or shine.

Saturday's event is the second of three consecutive Saturday rallies at 16th & Broadway. As we approach the third anniversary of the US-led/UN-opposed invasion of Iraq, let's increase the momentum of our demand to end the war!
Time: Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 3:00pm PST

Resolution to Impeach Bush-Cheney Passes 7-3
by Ken Werner, Trinity Plaza Tenants Association (TPTA), 2006-03-03

On Tuesday, February 28, 2006, the City and County of San Francisco became the first large municipality to call for the impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney, by a 7-3 vote. Supervisors Sean Elsbernd, Michela Alioto-Pier, and Sophie Maxwell cast the dissenting votes (Sup. Jake McGoldrick was absent for the vote). Sup. Chris Daly commenced his introduction of Agenda Item 27 with "I initially thought this ... would be a noncontroversial piece of legislation. Perhaps it still is, maybe not-a-unanimous-vote piece of legislation. But if you remember when we took our oath of office we swore to uphold the Constitution."

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By MARGARET EBRAHIM and JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON - In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage.

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I thought that I'd share this Associated Press article from today on the topic of gangs.

It seems to me that extreme examples of gang-related crimes are being used as a justification for doing nationally what's being done right now in West Sacramento...