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POPSBush Administration ordered to quit stalling on polar bear listing "The federal court has thrown this incredible animal a lifeline," said Andrew Wetzler, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Endangered Species Project. "The Endangered Species Act requires the decision to be based solely on science, and the science is absolutely unambiguous that the polar bear deserves protection." The Bush Administration may choose to ignore this deadline, just as they have so many others. Still, the honorable Judge Wilken’s decision is a welcome victory in the fight to save the Arctic polar bear.
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POPSActivism Update: TV News Blackout on Pentagon Pundits
Lie, stonewall and bury--the first thing the Pentagon does when caught doing the nasty things they do to us. "The media organizations most implicated in facilitating the Pentagon's propaganda program have been far less responsive. The networks and cable outlets refused a request to address the issue on PBS; as the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff stated (4/24/08), "We invited Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and NBC to participate, but they declined our offer or did not respond." The cable and broadcast networks have yet to respond to FAIR's request that they change their practices to ensure that their audience will never again get official talking points passed off as independent analysis. Only NPR (NPR.org, 4/28/08) has publicly stated that they have new policies in place to ensure more careful vetting of analysts. Fox has continued to feature the commentary of retired Gen. Robert H. Scales (Special Report With Brit Hume, 4/21/08, 4/23/08), whom the New York Times documented to be a par
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POPSMilitary Makes Mincemeat of Church-State Separation--Oh, JEEBUS! Military Makes Mincemeat of Church-State Separation This is nothing new to Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and a former Air Force judge advocate general who also served in the Rea-gan administration. Weinstein says that he has collected nearly 8,000 complaints, mostly from Christian members of the military tired of being force-fed a narrow brand of evangelical fundamentalism. Weinstein, who co-wrote the book With God on Our Side: One Man’s War Against an Evangelical Coup in America’s Military, has documented how the ranks of our military have been infiltrated by members of the Officers’ Christian Fellowship and other similar organizations. On its Web site, the OCF makes no secret of its mission, which is to ”raise up a godly military” by enlisting ”ambassadors for Christ in uniform.” Weinstein says OCF recruitment is easy in a strict command-subordinate military where the implied message is: If you don’t pray the right way, your career might
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POPSPANGEA DAY--A WORLDWIDE FESTIVAL OF FILM FOR HUMANITY SEE THE SITE AT PROPEACE FOR MORE: Pangea Day will be available on Current TV, the pioneer of citizen-empowered media, or you can watch the live video stream on the Pangea Day website. Please go there right now, have a look at the trailer, search by zip code for a public screening near you, and browse the promotional videos of choirs from different countries singing each other's national anthems. A French choir sings ours, and it's a hoot! Another trailer I really like is on YouTube.
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