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12/27/2005 - Tuesday
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
"PCTV-74's 'Monsterpiece Theatre' runs 1960 classic 'Santa Claus'"
Plain Talker: "Extreme Fuel Efficiency: Paperwork gaffe tables ordinance"
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church: Multimedia presentation on new organ is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - and Governor's salary: "This job so great they do it for free; Corzine the latest to forgo salary"
Electoral Districts - Editorial, Ledger: "Draw the line on political mapmaking"
............ The print edition has a map of the 7th Congressional District [Mike Ferguson, R]. That little
............ shoe-shaped peninsula completely surrounded by the 'red' district and excluded from it? Plainfield.
Pay-to-Play - Gannett, 2 of 8 parts: "Curbs inch forward; State allows stronger local laws to stand"
Schools Construction Corp.: "Embarrassed by publicity, grants new lease to 'Calamari King'"
State Slogan: "New Jersey Sifts the Ways to Put Its Best Motto Forward"UMDNJ: "Letter from prosecutor details UMDNJ bid to foil probe"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - Dems - Boston Globe: "Dems to woo voters on wages; Frozen minimum pay seen as spur"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Boston Globe: "UMass student made up US surveillance story about Mao's 'Little Red Book'"
Bush:
.......... - Blog, Washington Post: Howard Kurtz: "Bush personally presses Post, Times editors not to print some stories"
.......... - OpEd, Boston Globe: James Carroll: "Staying the course"
.......... - Analysis, AP: "Bush Hoping to Win More Battles in 2006"
.......... - Analysis, Miami Herald: "Despite White House claims about war powers, Congress may well settle the issue"
.......... - OpEd, Truthout: Marjorie Cohn: "Big Brother Bush Is Listening"
.......... - OpEd, Chicago Tribune: Steve Chapman: "Beyond the imperial presidency"
.................... - If asked to register, there is a hassle-free version here
Citizenship: "Debate builds on citizenship for babies of illegals"
............ At issue: the 14th Amendent to the Constitution, adopted in 1868. The language in Section 1?
............ "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
............ are citizens of the United States."
Iraq - Analysis, Asia Times: Pepe Escobar: "Iraq: The ultimate quagmire"
.......... - The Casualties, NY Times: "A Veteran's Iraq Message Upsets Army Recruiters"
Voting Machines - NY Times: "Citing problems, California demands software repairs for voting machines"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Black Politicians - WNYC: Brian Lehrer: "Sharpe James, Meet Barack Obama"
............ The show airs at 10 am this morning [93.9 FM], and is then archived on the website.
............ Here is the blurb from WNYC's website: 'For decades, black politicians like Newark’s
............ Sharpe James came out of the civil rights movement and embraced big-government
............ solutions to social ills. But members of the new generation of African-American leaders
............ have more varied biographies and political views.'
Immigration: Asylum Seekers: "Courts Criticize Judges' Handling of Asylum Cases"
Ghana Welcomes, if Awkwardly: "Ghana's Uneasy Embrace of Slavery's Diaspora"
Kwanzaa: "Kwanzaa grows as U.S. tradition"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "With Coastline in Ruins, Cajuns Face Prospect of Uprooted Towns"
Mississippi - Rebuilding: "On Gulf Coast, Cleanup Differs Town to Town"
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