TheStar.com - ‘Sandwich’ generation feeling squeeze
–This is what happens when consevative policies are enacted. The middle class ends up having to do more with less. Just imagine if they had to pay for health as well. More social services are needed (lower education costs as well as better help for seniors).

Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 | Kerry gets nod in rival’s back yard
–At home and abroad, the people just do not like (un)president Bush.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Bombing is ‘hindering Bigley’s release’
–Here is an idea. Stop bombing the people and they might stop supporting the kidnappers.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Forgotten Bangladesh suffers the rains in silence
–Aid is needed all over the world. It is too bad we spent all that money on war.

UN agencies should increase staff in Darfur: Canadian human rights chief says
–More resources needed in Darfur.

China-Cdn-Embassy
–Some people are scalling the walls at our embasies. Maybe the door should be opened a little more and they could come in like everyone else. Surely there is a better way to deal with people who are asking for help.

CBC News: Smokers’ rights group takes to the web
–I do not think that I have seen something this silly in quite a while (excluding Bush’s speeches). Smokers have the right to smoke, so long as it does not harm anyone else. This is the same logic we use for everything in society.

A Personal Statement RE Z/ZNet (ZNet Blog)
–This is a statement by Noam Chomsky on the relavence of Z-Mag and Z-Net. This is the place that a lot of the original pieces posted on my blog on social issues comes from. It is a place that stores the interviews and hosts the real debates on social issues. Have a read of this note and then take a look round. If you like what you see then I would suggest that you donate. Even a little goes a long way when it comes to grassroots movements. Z-Net

Yahoo! News - NDP plan to outline how Ottawa can implement Kyoto climate change treaty
–The NDP are the people with the plan on Kyoto. It is good to see the NDP in the news and moving some of these ideas forward.

Yahoo! News - Producers say Alberta’s electrical deregulation paying dividends
–Private power is not getting any cheers even in Alberta. Mostly because prices have gone up.

Evaluating Bush’s Economic Performance: A Field Guide for the Perplexed
–Robert Freeman examines the economy of the US and the ideas that Bush follows. A good read.

The Effect of the War in Iraq on America’s Security
–Ted Kennedy stirs it up over US security.

rabble columns
–Keeping the homeless in the spotlight.

ntario drives away predatory U.S. health company
–Private health services should not be welcome in Canada. They should not be able to run. Profit is not the cure. (how about that for rhetoric)

rabble news
–NAFTA. Has it failed? Some indicators say yes.

FINANCE: Seize Golden Opportunity on Debt, Groups Urge IMF
–IMF is being urged to drop the debt of the poorest countries. This time the call is coming from the UK.

POLITICS-U.S.: Poll Finds A Nation Chastened by War
–The people do not want war, the economists do not want war, the world does not want war. Why, if this is democracy, is there war?

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Spain Church blasts gay marriage
–Don’t you just love the intolerance and hypocrisy of religious groups? Without it there would be less war, less hate, more cooperation, and peace.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | ‘The Israelis got the wrong man - he was just the bodyguard’
–A day in the life of the resistance in Palestine. I do not think that Israeli government really has a plan over this conflict. What are the steps being taken that will ensure peace?

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Rage finds an outlet in Sudan’s rebel camps
–Is the international community going to help stop the conflicts in Sudan? The place just keeps getting worse.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Jimmy Carter fears repeat of election fiasco in Florida
–Another article on Carter and the fears that the Florida election will not be fair and open.

CBC News: Oil prices breach $50 US a barrel
–Someone is getting rich off oil. New sources of energy are going to be needed soon.