This Year Anti-Incumbency Movement Succeeds or Fails by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org June 24, 2010 For some years a number of groups have mounted an anti-incumbency campaign aimed at ridding Congress of the huge majority that keep getting reelected despite miserable performance.  This year’s midterm elections provide the ultimate test for all the anti-incumbency sentiment that has bubbled [...]

Anti-Iran Bill in House Makes Claims With No Basis in Fact by Jeremy R. Hammond

by Jeremy R. Hammond Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Foreign Policy Journal 24 June, 2010 Representative Jim Costa (CA) sponsored a bill introduced into the U.S. Congress on Tuesday “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the one-year anniversary of the Government of Iran’s fraudulent manipulation of Iranian elections, the Government of Iran’s continued [...]

Naked Insecurity by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page June, 24, 2010 If you are planning to fly over the 4th of July holiday, be aware of your rights at airport security checkpoints. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has mandated that passengers can opt out of going through a whole body scanning machine in favor of a [...]

Dennis Kucinich Introduces Right to Know Legislation (anti-GMO)

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1107427 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Jun 24, 2010 photo by Dandelion Salad Bills Create Regulatory Framework for Genetically Engineered Organisms Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a long-time advocate of family farmers and organic foods, today introduced H.R. 5577, The Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act, as well as supporting legislation that will provide [...]

Fascism Enters Through “Terror” Door by Glen Ford

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1107277 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Glen Ford Black Agenda Radio 24 June 2010 The question is not whether fascists have held power in the United States, but why they have not yet been able to rule as fascists. The question may soon become moot, as the U.S. Supreme Court acts to further “dismantle legal barriers to actual [...]