Dean Baker on the effects of the housing market meltdown; Sridhar Pappu on
Obama's efforts to win the Latino vote; former Secretary's of State James
Baker and Warren Christopher discuss war powers; ACLU to challenge FISA;
Congress looks into internet privacy; and more ... Browse our continually
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t r u t h o u t | 07.10
Dean Baker | Housing Market Meltdown Cause Massive Losses
http://www.truthout.org/article/housing-market-meltdown-cause-massive-losses
Dean Baker, for the Center for Economic and Policy Research: "As Senators
McCain and Obama fine-tune their plans for Social Security in preparation
for
the 2008 presidential election, a new re****t from the Center for Economic
and
Policy Research (CEPR) shows that, due to the collapse of the housing
bubble,
the vast majority of Americans have ac***ulated little or no wealth. This
means that they will be almost completely reliant on Social Security and
Medicare to sup****t them in their retirement years."
Sridhar Pappu | Obama and the Latino Vote
http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-and-latino-vote
Sridhar Pappu, of The Wa****ngton Independent: "By the time she finished
clapping, Roselia Rameriez had made up her mind. Ramirez, who had traveled
to
Wa****ngton from Big Spring, Tex., to attend the national convention of
LULAC--the League of United Latin American Citizens--entered the
Wa****ngton
Hilton Tuesday afternoon still undecided about who she would sup****t for
president. Though a lifelong Democrat, who had only gone over to the other
side once, to vote for Ronald Reagan, she had been unsure through the
spring.
But after hearing the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, Sen.
Barack
Obama, give an impassioned speech that stirred the subterranean interiors
of
the Hilton's International Ballroom, Ramirez related to him in a new way.
Once
she had heard his thoughts on how to help Latino children, and of his own
experience as a community organizer in Chicago, everything suddenly seemed
clear. 'Now I will vote for Obama,' Ramirez said."
Baker and Christopher | Put War Powers Back Where They Belong
http://www.truthout.org/article/put-war-powers-back-where-they-belong
James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher, for The New York Times: "The
most
agonizing decision we make as a nation is whether to go to war. Our
Constitution ambiguously divides war powers between the president (who is
the
commander in chief) and Congress (which has the power of the purse and the
power to declare war). The founders hoped that the executive and
legislative
branches would work together, but in practice the two branches don't
always
consult. And even when they do, they often dispute their respective
powers."
ACLU Will Challenge FISA Bill in Court
http://www.truthout.org/article/aclu-will-challenge-fisa-bill-court
Nick Juliano, of Raw Story: "As the Senate voted to endorse a
Bush-administration backed plan to expand its surveillance authority and
grant
retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications companies that
facilitated
warrantless wiretapping, the American Civil Liberties Union unveiled plans
to
challenge the new law in court. 'This fight is not over. We intend to
challenge this bill as soon as President Bush signs it into law,' said
Jameel
Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project."
Congress Studies How People Track Your Online Use
http://www.truthout.org/article/congress-grills-online-execs-privacy
Joelle Tessler, of The Associated Press: "Executives from major Internet
players - Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. - are due for a
grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the
company
likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called
NebuAd Inc. NebuAd has drawn fierce criticism from privacy advocates in
recent
weeks for working with Internet service providers to track the online
behavior
of their customers and then serve up targeted banner ads based on that
behavior. According to Ari Schwartz, vice president of the Center for
Democracy & Technology, a civil liberties group, NebuAd's business model
raises many of the same concerns as an earlier generation of 'adware'
companies."
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