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`Command` Approach Damages Legislature Role in Building State-Needs/Based Laws, Major Rules

Oregon ALEC-Leader Whisnant Built 23-Year Air Force Career in World's Largest, Most Costly "Command-Driven" Background. Part 5 in a continuing series.

(SEASIDE, Ore.) - From long effort for "objectivity" in any report I do, I refrain from 'googleing' the background of the key persons involved --to make sure any odd information does not influence my own judgment of detailed impact on reported events.

I much prefer to focus on what they do in the situation/circumstances so reported, yet checking out the persons involved is the wisest way to avoid surprise...

Op Ed: ALEC Proven Corporate-Dominated: Two Other State-Oriented Groups Bar Private-Interest Membership Influence

NCSL Executive Committee "Legislators Only", Reflecting 50-State Reality; CSG Serving Since Great Depression, Affiliates Include Widespread Strengths.

(SEASIDE, Ore.) - Oregon's ALEC-leader Rep. C. Gene Whisnant tells us that "The ALEC mission is to advance the 'Jeffersonian principles' of free market, limited government, federalism (state rights), and individual liberties."

He doesn't in any way tell us why ALEC ----with corporate and private interest members paying up to $25,000 for "a seat at the table"...

Brigitte`s Paintings

Poetry and art come together...

(CLEVELAND ) - There are only a few people I have had the pleasure of meeting who could create images like those that accompany this poem.

We are pleased to bring a snapshot of these beautiful works from Brigitte O'Dowd, daughter of Salem-News.com writer Robert O'Dowd, who along with other members of our team, has worked tirelessly to educate Marines and Marine Veterans about the hazards they face from military base contamination which is a massive problem that potentially affects millions who served.

Get `er done!

This story has been told in greater detail by Rebecca Liss in her article titled “An Unlikely Hero” and published September 10, 2002. It was recently reprinted by MSN/Slate.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - The three words that make-up the title of today’s piece typify the attitude that caused more than one Commander-in-Chief to issue the order to “Send in the Marines”! Those words also define the attitude of a Marine who has been described as “Crazy Brave” for his actions at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.

Corporate Interests Imposed On State Law/Drafts With Veto Power `Worth King`s Ransom` to Whole Crowd of Corporate Powers

While Legislator Members Paid Little, Reaped Political Benefits - ALEC Participants from Oregon Legislature.

(SEASIDE, Ore.) - (Major portions of this three-part report are drawn directly from the original Special Investigation by the American Associates for Justice exposing ALEC first released in May 2010. See sidebar for full detail, link to original for download.)

For nearly forty years (since '73), by brazen manipulation, a large crowd of corporations have been imposing their private and very commercial interests on state laws set up for enactment by legislators from every one of our states.

Texans Sail 39-Foot Boat 8,000 miles to Remember American Sailors Killed by Israel

A memorial will be held at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday, Sept. 8 and will be streamed on the CNI website live.

(MEDITERRANEAN ) - A retired college professor who has sailed approximately 8,000 miles to the eastern Mediterranean has now arrived at his destination: the exact location where Israeli forces tried to sink a US Navy ship in 1967, killing or injuring over 200 American servicemen.

Larry Toenjes, 74 years old, is planning to hold a memorial service for those killed on board the ship, the USS Liberty. Israel shelled and torpedoed the ship, an electronics surveillance ship, in an attack that lasted as long as the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Corporate Personhood

Amending the U.S. Constitution via the first part of Article V is probably the most manageable means to eliminate corporate personhood.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On January 10, the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission invalidated the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

Life is not all Hard Edges

Update On My Leukemia Diagnosis.

(ENNIS, Mt.) - Many of our readers know me through my writing here at Salem-News.com about my plight, challenges and struggles with Agent Orange exposure. I unknowingly received extensive exposure during Christmas 1970 in Vietnam during a USO Tour.

I value the support I have received from many of our readers. I appreciate the comments— some favorable, some not. No matter what your personal opinion, continuing a dialog on this highly emotional and difficult political topic is moving in a positive direction.

Something`s Happening Here

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE (and it may be the last) TO STAND AS A TRUE PATRIOT IN DEFENSE OF YOUR COUNTRY.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - On October 6, 2011 the United States will see if its ordinary average citizens have what it takes to collectively rise up and put a halt to what is unarguably the strongest and most oppressive machine in history.

Was `911` Necessary?

"The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of the good people!" Napoleon (1769 - 1821)

(NEW DELHI) - Their business is war and oppression yet the US and NATO leaders and the mainstream media announced that democracy is back in Libya; the long feast can begin.

A nation of simple tribal communities that was colonized then robbed of its oil, is now back in the hands of the plunderers. The adventurers are gone; the party is over...