Month October 2004

MAPA President abandons Democrats, re-registers Green

The influential president of the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) – one of the oldest, and largest political organizations of its kind in the state and U.S. – said Wednesday he has lost patience with the Democratic Party and is…

Big surprise #1

Saddam didn’t have WMD’s Undercutting the Bush’s administration’s rationale for invading Iraq, the final report of the chief U.S. arms inspector concludes that Saddam Hussein did not vigorously pursue a program to develop weapons of mass destruction after international inspectors…

Big surprise #2

The US doesn’t want a Palestinian state Ariel Sharon’s chief aide caused a political storm yesterday by claiming that the real purpose of the Israeli prime minister’s “disengagement plan” was to freeze the peace process and prevent the establishment of…

Big surprise #3

Gasoline prices are soaring (again). Down the street from me, regular is  $2.35 a gallon. Oil tanker stocks like NAT and VLCCF have tripled in price this year while currently yielding 8-9%. The market is twitchy about oil prices, and…

Freeway Free Speech Day

From Freeway Blogger Okay Everybody, this is it.  The Big One. Come through for me on this and I’ll never, ever bother you again. On Wednesday, October 13th, people all over the country will be putting signs up on the freeways…