Archive for August, 2008

Towards a Smoke Free America

Posted by Patrick Semmens in August 5th 2008

Congress recently took another step towards total prohibition of tobacco by ordering FDA regulation of tobacco (against the wishes of the current FDA head). Both McCain and Obama support the measure. In fact it has been one of McCain’s pet issues for over a decade.
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Back in Time: Post 9-11, 2001

Posted by Patrick Semmens in August 1st 2008

Two time machine moments I came across in Glenn Greenwald’s column today…
1) American Enterprise Institute blames Iraq for 9-11 (on September 13, 2001) in the pages of the Wall Street Journal:
Whether Osama bin Laden was involved in Tuesday’s terrorist assault remains to be seen. Yet if that proves to be so, it is extremely unlikely [...]

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