Update on Toxic Texas Town

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Monday January 28, 2008 · 9:28 AM PST

2008/01/28 · 09:28

Following up on my previous post about this, I did speak with lawyer Robert Weiss last week. He is defending about 100 of the plaintiffs in the Somerville, Texas dioxin case. Just that morning, the defense's own evaluators had found that the Somerville schools had such high dioxin levels that they needed to be shut down.

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Thursday January 17, 2008 · 1:21 PM PST

2008/01/17 · 13:21

A group in Somerville, Texas, RightsforAmerica (www.rightsforamerica.com) has put out an open letter to billionaire Warren Buffett chronicling the plight of its residents after the alleged burning of toxic railroad ties by Burlington North Santa Fe Railroad Company, a corporation in which Buffett is the largest shareholder. Somerville registers some of the highest dioxin levels ever recorded and its residents have suffered a host of horrific health problems as a result, including rare and agressive cancers and birth defects.

The letter, which was released on CSR Wire (www.csrwire.com/News/10732.html) is re-printed in full below.

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Wednesday November 28, 2007 · 8:08 AM PST

2007/11/28 · 08:08

Today, the Center for American Progress (CAP) released a Policy Paper titled "10 Steps to a Low-Carbon Economy" as part of their series "Progressive Growth; Transforming America’s Economy Through Clean Energy Innovation and Opportunity." They have also created a video to accompany the paper.

In an indication that trying to get any action out of the current administration is a lost cause, the paper is directed at the next administration and its policy makers.

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Friday January 19, 2007 · 10:52 PM PST

2007/01/19 · 22:52

Last night, 15 House members publicly spoke up and entered into the Congressional record that their vote on the war in 2002 was a mistake!

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Tuesday January 16, 2007 · 5:28 PM PST

2007/01/16 · 17:28

Last week I posted a Military Times poll showing the lack of military support for the war among active service in Iraq - http://www.militarycity.com/... Then today, Iraqi veterans and active service expecting to go to Iraq delivered an appeal for redress on the Capitol with more than 1000 signatures and another 1000 supporters that were afraid to disclose their names. Is this the start of the tipping point?

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Friday January 12, 2007 · 12:29 PM PST

2007/01/12 · 12:29

Someone may have already written about this, this poll was taken by the Military Times on December 29th among ACTIVE Servicemen and Servicewomen only.

http://www.militarycity.com/...

Check out the responses to questions 10 & 12, seems even the MILITARY isn't buying Bush's "central front on the war on terror" crap. Also interesting to look at the question on troop numbers given recent events. I wish they had asked about what they understand their mission in Iraq to be exactly.

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Monday December 11, 2006 · 10:10 AM PST

2006/12/11 · 10:10

While this is not breaking news, on Friday night I watched a documentary called 'Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety'. http://www.moneytalksthemovie.com It’s a must see.

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Tuesday December 05, 2006 · 8:30 AM PST

2006/12/05 · 08:30

The last priority of outgoing Chairman of the Committee of Environment and Public Works, Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma? Holding hearings on media alarmism on climate change. The first priority of incoming Chairwoman of the Committee of Environment and Public Works, Senator Barbara Boxer of California? Holding hearings on global warming. Now there's something to smile about today.

The Broken Promises of the Iraqi Elections

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Monday December 04, 2006 · 10:00 AM PST

2006/12/04 · 10:00

Whenever critics of the war in Iraq say that Iraq is worse off than before the war, the administration points to the elections. But what has been the results of the elections in Iraq? And what was promised to get the Iraqis to the polls? Have any of those promises been kept? I heard this interview this morning on Morning Edition and even Steve Inskeep had to stop and say wait a minute, I don't think a lot of people understand this.

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