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US shows India its iron fist
By Ehsan Ahrari

The United States and India may be allies but they have different views on the pressure Washington is exerting on New Delhi to stand on its side by voting for Iran's referral to the United Nations Security Council at next week's meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The Americans have warned India that its nuclear deal signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's last trip to Washington will die in Congress if it doesn't back the US on Iran. From India's perspective that's bare-knuckle diplomacy at its worst. From the US vantage point this is merely a test of friendship between the two democracies.
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Why the West will attack Iran
By Spengler

Why did French President Jacques Chirac last week threaten to use non-conventional - that is, nuclear - weapons against terrorist states? And why did Iran announce that it would shift foreign-exchange reserves out of European banks (although it has since retracted this warning)? The answer lies in the nature of Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Iran needs nuclear weapons, I believe, not to attack Israel, but to support imperial expansion by conventional military means.

Iran's oil exports will shrink to zero in 20 years, just at the demographic inflection point when the costs of maintaining an aged population will crush its state finances, as I reported in Demographics and Iran's imperial design (September 13, 2005). Just outside Iran's present frontiers lie the oil resources of Iraq, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, and not far away are the oil concentrations of eastern Saudi Arabia. Its neighbors are quite as alarmed as Washington about the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, and privately quite happy for Washington to wipe out this capability.
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Sunday, January 29, 2006

I told Sen. Nelson I was a constituent and I asked Bill Nelson to vote against Supreme Court Nominee Alito and to vote against any cloture to a filibuster.

www.billnelson.senate.gov

Washington, D.C. Office
United States Senate
716 Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5274

E-mail Bill Nelson

Tallahassee, 850-942-8415 (phone), 850-942-8450 (fax)
West Palm Beach, 561-514-0189 (phone), 561-514-4078 (fax)
Tampa, 813-225-7040 (phone), 813-225-7050 (fax)
Jacksonville, 904-346-4500 (phone), 904-346-4506 (fax)
Coral Gables, 305-536-5999 (phone), 305-536-5991 (fax)
Ft. Myers, 239-334-7760 (phone), 239-334-7710 (fax)
Davie, 954-693-4851 (phone), 954-693-4862 (fax)
Orlando, 888-671-4091 (phone), 407-872-7165 (fax)

http://democrats.com/alito-48

The "Kickass Caucus" - Solid Filibuster Supporters who will Stand Up for What They Believe

Barbara Boxer (D- CA) , 202-224-3553
Dianne Feinstein (D- CA) , 202-224-3841 (1,)
Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT), 202-224-2823 (1,)
Richard J. Durbin (D- IL) , 202-224-2152
Barack Obama (D- IL), 202-224-2854, fax: (202) 228-4260
John F. Kerry (D- MA) , 202-224-2742
Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA) , 202-224-4543
Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD), 202-224-4524
Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI) , 202-224-4822
Harry Reid (D- NV) , 202-224-3542
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY) , 202-224-4451
Charles Schumer (D- NY) , 202-224-6542
Ron Wyden (D- OR) , 202-224-5244
Russell D. Feingold (D- WI) , 202-224-5323

The "Filibuster Flip-Flop Caucus": Will Vote For the Filibuster Before they Vote Against It

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D- DE) , 202-224-5042
Wilmington Phone 302-573-6345 FAX 302-573-6351
Milford Phone (302) 424-8090 FAX (302) 424-8098

The "Clueless Caucus" - For Details visit AlitoWaffleWatch

Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D- AR), 202-224-4843, fax: (202) 228-1371
Dumas, 870-382-1023 (phone), 870-382-1026 (fax)
Texarkana, 870-774-3106 (phone), 870-774-7627 (fax)
Little Rock, 501-375-2993 (phone), 501-375-7064 (fax)
Fayetteville, 479-251-1224 (phone), 479-251-1410 (fax)
Jonesboro, 870-910-6896 (phone), 870-910-6898 (fax)

Joseph I. Lieberman (D- CT), 202-224-4041, fax: (202) 224-9750
Hartford Phone (860) 549-8463 FAX (860) 549-8478

Thomas R. Carper (D- DE), 202-224-2441, fax: (202) 228-2190
Georgetown, 302-856-7690 (phone)
Dover, 302-674-3308 (phone)
Wilmington, 302-573-6291 (phone)

Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI), 202-224-3934, fax: (202) 224-6747
Wailuku Maui, 808-242-9702 (phone), 808-242-7233 (fax)
Lihue Kauai, 808-245-4611 (phone), 808-246-9515 (fax)
Kaunakakai, 808-642-0203 (phone), 808-560-3385 (fax)
Honolulu, 808-541-2542 (phone), 808-541-2549 (fax)
Hilo, 808-935-0844 (phone), 808-961-5163 (fax)
Kealakekua, 808-935-0844 (phone), 808-961-5163 (fax)

Tom Harkin (D- IA), 202-224-3254, fax: (202) 224-9369
Des Moines, 515-284-4574 (phone), 515-284-4937 (fax)
Cedar Rapids, 319-365-4504 (phone), 319-365-4683 (fax)
Davenport, 563-322-1338 (phone), 563-322-0417 (fax)
Dubuque, 563-582-2130 (phone), 563-582-2342 (fax)
Sioux City, 712-252-1550 (phone), 712-252-1638 (fax)

Evan Bayh (D- IN), 202-224-5623
Indianapolis (317) 554-0750 Evansville (812) 465-6500 Fort Wayne (260) 426-3151 Hammond (219) 852-2763 Jeffersonville (812) 218-2317 South Bend (574) 236-8302

Barbara A. Mikulski (D- MD), 202-224-4654, fax: (202) 224-8858
Salisbury Phone (410) 546-7711 FAX (410) 546-9324 Greenbelt Phone (301) 345-5517 FAX (301) 345-7573 (fax) Annapolis Phone (410) 263-1805 FAX (410) 263-5949 Hagerstown Phone (301) 797-2826 FAX (301) 797-2241 Baltimore Phone (410) 962-4510 FAX (410) 962-4760

Olympia Snowe (R- ME), 202-224-5344, fax: (202) 224-1946
Auburn Phone (207) 786-2451 FAX (207) 782-1438
Augusta Phone (207) 622-8292 FAX (207) 622-7295
Bangor Phone (207) 945-0432 FAX (207) 941-9525
Biddeford Phone (207) 282-4144 FAX (207) 284-2358
Portland Phone (207) 874-0883 FAX (207) 874-7631
Presque Isle Phone (207) 764-5124 FAX (207) 764-6420

Carl Levin (D- MI), 202-224-6221, fax: (202) 224-1388 - see notpoetry's ominous comment below
Grand Rapids, 616-456-2531 (phone), 616-456-5147 (fax)
Saginaw, 989-754-2494 (phone), 989-754-2920 (fax)
Escanaba, 906-789-0052 (phone), 906-789-0015 (fax)
Traverse City, 231-947-9569 (phone), 231-947-9518 (fax)
Lansing, 517-377-1508 (phone), 517-377-1506 (fax)
Warren, 586-573-9145 (phone), 586-573-8260 (fax)
Detroit, 313-226-6020 (phone), 313-226-6948 (fax)

Mark Dayton (D- MN), 202-224-3244, fax: (202) 228-2186
Fort Snelling, 888-224-9043 (phone), 612-727-5223 (fax)
Biwabik, 218-865-4480 (phone), 218-865-4667 (fax)
Renville, 320-905 (phone)
East Grand Forks, 218-773-1110 (phone), 218-773-1993 (fax)

Max Baucus (D- MT), 202-224-2651, fax: (202) 224-0515
Billings, 406-657-6790 (phone)
Helena, 406-449-5480 (phone)
Great Falls, 406-761-1574 (phone)
Missoula, 406-329-3123 (phone)
Butte, 406-782-8700 (phone)
Kalispell, 406-756-1150 (phone)
Bozeman, 406-586-6104 (phone)

Frank Lautenberg (D- NJ), 202-224-3224, fax: (202) 224-9707
Camden, 856-338-8922 (phone), 856-338-8936 (fax)
Newark, 973-639-8700 (phone), 973-639-8723 (fax)

Robert Menendez (D- NJ), 202-224-4744
Newark, 973-645-3030 (phone)

Jeff Bingaman (D- NM), 202-224-5521, fax: (202) 224-2852
Santa Fe, 505-988-6647 (phone)
Las Vegas, 505-454-8824 (phone)
Albuquerque, 505-346-6601 (phone)
Las Cruces, 505-523-6561 (phone)
Roswell, 505-622-7113 (phone)

Jack Reed (D- RI), 202-224-4642, fax: (202) 224-4680
Cranston, 800-284-4200 (phone), 401-464-6837 (fax)
Providence, 401-528-5200 (phone), 401-528-5242 (fax)

Lincoln D. Chafee (R- RI), 202-224-2921, fax: (202) 228-2853
Providence Phone (401) 453-5294 Newport Phone (401) 845-0700

Patrick J. Leahy (D- VT), 202-224-4242
Burlington, 800-642-3193 (phone)
Montpelier, 802-229-0569 (phone)

Maria Cantwell (D- WA), 202-224-3441
Seattle Phone (206) 220-6400 FAX (206) 220-6404
Spokane Phone (509) 353-2507 FAX (509) 353-2547
Vancouver Phone (360) 696-7838 FAX (360) 696-7844
Richland Phone (509) 946-8106 FAX (509) 946-6937
Tacoma Phone (253) 572-2281 FAX (253) 572-5879
Everett Phone (425) 303-0114 FAX (425) 303-8351

Patty Murray (D- WA), 202-224-2621
Everett, 425-259-6515 (phone), 425-259-7152 (fax)
Seattle, 206-553-5545 (phone), 206-553-0891 (fax)
Spokane, 509-624-9515 (phone), 509-624-9561 (fax)
Vancouver, 360-696-7797 (phone), 360-696-7798 (fax)
Yakima, 509-453-7462 (phone), 509-453-7731 (fax)

Herb Kohl (D- WI), 202-224-5653
Appleton, 920-738-1640 (phone)
Eau Claire, 715-832-8424 (phone)
LaCrosse, 608-796-0045 (phone)
Madison, 608-264-5338 (phone)
Milwaukee, 800-247-5645 (phone)

John D. Rockefeller, IV (D- WV), 202-224-6472
Fairmont, 304-367-0122 (phone), 304-367-0822 (fax)
Martinsburg, 304-262-9285 (phone), 304-262-9288 (fax)
Charleston, 304-347-5372 (phone), 304-347-5371 (fax)
Beckley, 304-253-9704 (phone), 304-253-2578 (fax)

James M. Jeffords (I- VT), 202-224-5141
[Filibuster Opponents - more details at AlitoTraitorWatch]
"The Gutless Caucus" - Filibuster Opponents who are Silent & Scared

Bill Nelson (D- FL), 202-224-5274
Tallahassee, 850-942-8415 (phone), 850-942-8450 (fax)
West Palm Beach, 561-514-0189 (phone), 561-514-4078 (fax)
Tampa, 813-225-7040 (phone), 813-225-7050 (fax)
Jacksonville, 904-346-4500 (phone), 904-346-4506 (fax)
Coral Gables, 305-536-5999 (phone), 305-536-5991 (fax)
Ft. Myers, 239-334-7760 (phone), 239-334-7710 (fax)
Davie, 954-693-4851 (phone), 954-693-4862 (fax)
Orlando, 888-671-4091 (phone), 407-872-7165 (fax)

Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI) (1,), 202-224-6361
Honolulu Phone (808) 522-8970 FAX (808) 545-4683
Hilo Phone (808) 935-1114 FAX (808) 935-9064

Mary Landrieu (D- LA) (1,), 202-224-5824
New Orleans Phone (504) 589-2427 FAX (504) 589-4023
Baton Rouge Phone (225) 389-0395 FAX (225) 389-0660
Shreveport Phone (318) 676-3085 FAX (318) 676-3100
Lake Charles Phone (337) 436-6650 FAX (337) 439-3762

Byron L. Dorgan (D- ND) (1,), 202-224-2551
Bismarck Phone 701-250-4618 FAX 701-250-4484
Grand Forks Phone 701-746-8972 FAX 701-746-9122
Fargo Phone 701-239-5389 FAX 701-239-5112
Minot Phone 701-852-0703 FAX 701-838-8196

Olympia Snowe (R- ME) (1,), 202-224-5344
The "Craven Caucus" - Selling their Filibuster Vote to Radical Right Theocrats like James Dobson

Mark Pryor (D- AR), 202-224-2353
Little Rock Phone (501) 324-6336 FAX (501) 324-5320

Ken Salazar (D- CO) , 202-224-5852
Denver Phone (303) 455-7600 FAX (303) 455-8851
Colorado Springs Phone (719) 328-1100 FAX (719) 328-1129
Fort Collins Phone (970) 224-2200 FAX (970) 224-2205
Fort Morgan Phone (970) 542-9446 FAX (970) 542-3088
Pueblo Phone (719) 542-7550 FAX (719) 542-7555
Durango Phone (970) 259-1710 FAX (970) 259-9789
Grand Junction Phone (970) 241-6631 FAX (970) 241-8313
Alamosa Phone (719) 587-0096 FAX (719) 587-0098

Kent Conrad (D- ND) (1,), 202-224-2043
Bismarck Phone (701) 258-4648 FAX (701) 258-1254
Fargo Phone (701) 232-8030 FAX (701) 232-6449
Grand Forks Phone (701) 775-9601 FAX (701) 746-1990
Minot Phone (701) 852-0703 FAX (701) 232-6449

The "Traitor Caucus" - Alito Supporters

Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-224-6551
Omaha Phone (402) 391-3411 FAX (402) 391-4725
Lincoln Phone (402) 441-4600 FAX (402) 476-8753
Chadron Phone (308) 430-0587
Scottsbluff Phone (308) 631-7614

Tim Johnson (D- SD) , 202-224-5842
Aberdeen Phone (605) 226-3440 FAX (605) 226-2439
Rapid City Phone (605) 341-3990 FAX (605) 341-2207
Sioux Falls Phone (605) 332-8896 FAX (605) 332-2824

Robert C. Byrd (D- WV) , 202-224-3954
Charleston Phone 304-342-5855 FAX 304-343-7144

Ted Stevens (R- AK) , 202-224-3004
Saturday Updates

The Three Turncoats:
Ben Nelson
Phone: (202) 224-6551 / (402) 441-4600
Fax: (202) 228-0012 / (402) 476-8753
Email: http://www.senate.gov/~bennelson/contact/email.cfm

Tim Johnson
Phone: (202) 224-5842 / (605) 226-3440 / (605) 341-3990 / (605) 332-8896
Fax: (202) 228-5765 / (605) 226-2439
Email: http://www.senate.gov/~johnson/emailform.cfm

Robert Byrd
Phone: (202) 224-3954 / (304) 342-5855
Fax: (202) 228-0002 / (304) 343-7144
Email: http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html

Our “Party Leader”:
Harry Reid
Phone: (202) 224-3542 / (702) 388-5020
Fax: (202) 224-7327 / (702) 388-5030
Email: http://reid.senate.gov/email_form.cfm

Democrats Not Confirmed Filibuster-ers:
Barack Obama
Phone: (202) 224-2854 / (312) 886-3506
Fax: (202) 228-4260 / (312) 886-3514
Email: http://obama.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm?cat=legal

Mary Landrieu
Phone: (202) 224-5824 / (504) 589-2427
Fax: (202) 224-9735 / 504) 589-4023
Email: http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Ken Salazar
Phone: (202) 224-5852 / (303) 455-7600
Fax: (202) 228-5036 / (303) 455-8851
Email: http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Joe Biden
Phone: (202) 224-5042 / (302) 573-6345
Fax: (202) 224-0139 / (302) 573-6351
Email: http://biden.senate.gov/contact/emailjoe.cfm

Byron Dorgan
Phone: (202) 224-2551 / (701) 250-4618
Fax: (202) 224-1193 / (701) 250-4484
Email: senator@dorgan.senate.gov

Diane Feinstein
Phone: (202) 224-3841 / (415) 393-0707
Fax: (202) 228-3954 / (415) 393-0710
Email: http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html

Evan Bayh
Phone: (202) 224-5623 / (317) 554-0750
Fax: (202) 228-1377 / (317) 554-0760
Email: http://bayh.senate.gov/LegForm.htm

Maria Cantwell
Phone: (202) 224-3441 / (206) 220-6400
Fax: (202) 228-0514 / (206) 220-6404
Email: http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/

Kent Conrad
Phone: (202) 224-2043 / (701) 258-4648
Fax: (202) 224-7776 / (701) 258-1254
Email: http://conrad.senate.gov/webform.html

Blanche Lincoln
Phone: (202) 224-4843 / (501) 375-2993
Fax: (202) 228-1371 / (501) 375-7064
Email: http://lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html

Mark Pryor
Phone: (202) 224-2353 / (501) 324-6336
Fax: (202) 228-0908 / (501) 324-5320
Email: http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/

Frank Lautenberg
Phone: (202) 224-3224 / (973)-639-8700 / (856) 338-8922
Fax: (202) 228-4054 / (973) 639-8723 / Fax: (856) 338-8936
Email: http://lautenberg.senate.gov/webform.html?Email=Email+Senator+Lautenberg+Your+Comments+on+an+Issue

Bob Menendez
Phone: (202) 224-4744
Fax: (202) 228-2197
Email: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mail/?id=395&type=CO&state=NJ

Jay Rockefeller
Phone: (202) 224-6472 / (304) 347-5372
Fax: (202) 224-7665 / (304) 347-5371
Email: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov

And Sympathetic Republicans:
Lincoln Chafee
Phone: (202) 224-2921 / (401) 453-5294
Fax: (202) 228-2853 / (401) 453-5085
Email: http://chafee.senate.gov/webform_original.htm

Susan Collins
Phone: (202) 224-2523 / (207) 945-0417
Fax: (202) 224-2693 / (207) 990-4604
Email: http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.Email&CFID=48722893&CFTOKEN=55709294

Olympia Snowe (The ladies may have a uterus, just not a spine.)
Phone: (202) 224-5344 / (207) 874-0883
Fax: (202) 224-1946 / (207) 874-7631
Email: http://snowe.senate.gov/Webform.htm

Spread the word. We can still contact members by e-mail to support the Alito filibuster, etc. If a Senator isn't on the list below, we just have to be creative (by trial and error) to contact them.

Democrats:
senator_reid@reid.senate.gov, senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov, senator@boxer.senate.gov, senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov, Robert_Byrd@byrd.senate.gov, senator@biden.senate.gov, senator@inouye.senate.gov, senator@mikulski.senate.gov, john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov, senator@akaka.senate.gov, senator@landrieu.senate.gov, senator@sarbanes.senate.gov, max@baucus.senate.gov, senator@conrad.senate.gov, senator@dorgan.senate.gov, Senator_Bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov, tim@johnson.senate.gov, senator_murray@murray.senate.gov, senator@rockefeller.senate.gov, senator@feingold.senate.gov, Barack_Obama@obama.senate.gov

Republicans:
Senator_Frist@frist.senate.gov, kit_bond@bond.senate.gov, jim_bunning@bunning.senate.gov, senator@cochran.senate.gov, senator_domenici@domenici.senate.gov, mailbox@gregg.senate.gov, chuck_hagel@hagel.senate.gov, vermont@jeffords.senate.gov, senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov, john_mccain@mccain.senate.gov, senator@mcconnell.senate.gov, senator@shelby.senate.gov, olympia@snowe.senate.gov, mailbox@sununu.senate.gov, senator_talent@talent.senate.gov, senator_voinovich@voinovich.senate.gov, senator@warner.senate.gov

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Lyndon LaRouche

Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (born September 8, 1922) is an American political activist and founder of several political organizations in the United States and elsewhere. ,,,,

Although LaRouche has no formal qualifications, he has written extensively on economic, scientific, political, and cultural topics. Critics regard him as a conspiracy theorist, attention-seeker and political extremist, while Chip Berlet, Dennis King, and others have described him as a fascist, a cult leader, and an anti-Semite. He has also been labelled an "unrepentant Marxist-Leninist" by high-ranking U.S. intelligence officials, . He denies all of these characterizations. His followers regard him as a brilliant individual who has been unfairly persecuted for political reasons; former U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential aspirant Eugene McCarthy called LaRouche "a man who has brought Plato and Schiller back into politics -- and was sent to jail for it."
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Monday, January 09, 2006

Computer chips get under skin of enthusiasts

By Jamie McGeever
Fri Jan 6, 9:41 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forgetting computer passwords is an everyday source of frustration, but a solution may literally be at hand -- in the form of computer chip implants.

With a wave of his hand, Amal Graafstra, a 29-year-old entrepreneur based in Vancouver, Canada, opens his front door. With another, he logs onto his computer.

Tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) computer chips inserted into Graafstra's hands make it all possible.

'I just don't want to be without access to the things that I need to get access to. In the worst case scenario, if I'm in the alley naked, I want to still be able to get in (my house),' Graafstra said in an interview in New York, where he is promoting the technology. 'RFID is for me.'

The computer chips, which cost about $2, interact with a device installed in computers and other electronics. The chips are activated when they come within 3 inches of a so-called reader, which scans the data on the chips. The "reader" devices are available for as little as $50.

Information about where to buy the chips and readers is available online at the 'tagged' forum, (http://tagged.kaos.gen.nz/) where enthusiasts of the technology chat and share information.

Graafstra said at least 20 of his tech-savvy pals have RFID implants.

'I can't feel it at all. It doesn't impede me. It doesn't hurt at all. I almost can't tell it's there,' agreed Jennifer Tomblin, a 23-year-old marketing student and Graafstra's girlfriend.
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