Short takes 05/24/08

Honoring Our Veterans On Memorial Day
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/memorial_day.html

A great Republican President's words stand in stark contrast to the modern day GOP
http://patriot.net/~bmcgin/capitalismanddemocracy.html

Stop Price Gouging by Big Oil
http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5146

Kevin Phillips suggests that the days of the U.S. as a leading economic power may soon be over
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603461.html

U.S. trade gap reduced by import slowdown not export boom
http://americaneconomicalert.org/view_art.asp?Prod_ID=2993

Unemployment Compensation Extension Passes Senate, 75 to 22
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/pm125

Hamilton Jordan: Architect of Carter Presidency dead at 63
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052002286.html?hpid=topnews

Baucus, administration debate trade enforcement
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/05/24/news/state/46-tradeenforcment.txt

Nukes are the most climate friendly industrial-scale form of energy
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-06/ff_heresies_08nuclear

Big Tent to Get Bigger If Democrats Want to Expand House Majority

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/big-tent-to-get-bigger-if-democrats-want-to-increase-house-majority-2008-05-22.html

Jim Webb's Time To Fight
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080520/cm_thenation/7322265

Executive Pay Watch Database
http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm

Conservative Democrats in a strong position to win open Alabama seats
http://blog.al.com/live/2008/05/gop_election_setbacks_could_sp.html

Votes of working-class Democrats uncertain
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/05/20/news/local/23-obama_s.txt

Webb would be bold choice for VP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052002346.html

Young Voters Favor Activist Role by Government
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/progressive_generation.html

Main Street Squeeze
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3690/main_street_squeeze/

The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Child-Bearing
http://www.marriagedebate.com/pdf/ec_div.pdf

Turn Around America Video Contest - grassroots Americans submit their ideas to the AFL-CIO
http://www.turnaroundvideocontest.com/steve_video.php

SAVE Act gets another hearing, sort of
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/immigration/entries/2008/05/22/save_act_gets_another_hearing.html

McCain defends 'Enron Loophole'
http://atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3951/32/

Unlike Bush-McCain, Obama Gets The Farm Bill Right
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080522/cm_thenation/1322762

How Sam Nunn Fit A Democratic Southern Strategy
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/05/22/how_nunn_could_fit_into_a_sout.html

Musgrove Leads Wicker in Mississippi U.S. Senate Race
http://www.musgroveforsenate.net/news/new_poll_shows_musgrove_leadin.html

Florida Today: Our New G.I. Bill
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080524/OPINION/805240313/1004&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL

New pro-life country song hits the airwaves (hat tip - Democrats for Life http://www.democratsforlife.org/)

http://www.myspace.com/bluefieldband

Economic Snapshot for May 2008
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/econ_snapshot.html

Al Shanker's Tough Liberalism - Interesting article about a labor leader who challenged political correctness on the Left
http://www.forward.com/articles/13438/

Jim Webb on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/05/21/jim_webb_on_the_coolness_of_wo.html

Support for school vouchers is growing
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/article510630.ece