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Sunday, July 22, 2007
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Political Wire: "'In highlighting the historic nature of" Sen. Hillary Clinton's candidacy, 'her campaign must strike a delicate balance: appealing to women's pride, while at the same time extending her candidacy beyond sex,' reports the New York Times."
"2008 pres"
8:53:32 AM 
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Jim Spencer speaks out on the proposed anti-abortion constitutional amendment for the fall ballot in Colorado. He writes:
If a fertilized egg is a person, isn't every woman whose uterine wall fails to implant one guilty of involuntary manslaughter? If a fertilized egg is a person, wouldn't every fertility clinic that discarded a frozen embryo be guilty of murder? If a fertilized egg is a person, shouldn't every pregnant woman be entitled to an extra tax deduction? The scientific and legal ramifications of a constitutional amendment that abortion opponents want to put on Colorado's November 2008 ballot are absurd and catastrophic. The amendment would change accepted medical definitions of when life begins. It could make some forms of contraception tantamount to homicide."
Backers of the amendment must still get 76,000 signatures of registered voters to place the measure on the ballot. Even if they succeed, passage is a long shot. The egg-as-person amendment may be aimed at getting the far right wing base of the Republican party to the polls in a presidential election. But the fact that anyone would propose such a bizarre idea shows how empowered extremists feel by a Supreme Court stacked by George W. Bush with justices who have shown a propensity to take away women's rights. The snares of the egg-as-person definition would not only strip women of just about all their personal reproductive rights, it could conceivably put them and their doctors in prison.
"denver n2007"
8:33:26 AM
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Juan Cole is pointing to a, "A clever montage of Bush administration falsehoods and denials regarding the Iraq War, via YouTube."
"2008 pres"
8:22:38 AM
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Say hello to Join the Journey, Bill Clinton's weblog about the work the Clinton Foundation is doing in Africa. Here's the post from July 19th. Here's the RSS feed. Mr. Clinton writes:
After the 14-hour plane ride from the Dominican Republic, it feels good to be on the ground again. I'm also delighted to be back in South Africa. It's been nine years since I was the first U.S. president ever to travel to this wonderful country. On that first visit, Hillary and I laid a brick at a women's center in Johannesburg, marking the beginning of my personal commitment to help rebuild a new South Africa. Since then, I've tried to return as often as I can. Almost a decade later, my Foundation carries on this commitment through its work here and throughout the continent, and I'm eager to see firsthand the progress we're helping to achieve.
Johannesburg is one of the cities partnering with my Clinton Climate Initiative to perform energy-saving renovations to their buildings. These simple, cost-effective measures, which we are working on in 16 cities around the world, will have a tremendous impact on lowering carbon emissions from urban areas while actually saving money for the buildings' owners and creating jobs.
Based on all the scientific evidence, it's impossible to deny that our planet is warming. Africa stands to suffer the most from global climate change, so it's only right that we partner with cities like Johannesburg to help them do their part to stop these alarming trends. By implementing eco-friendly policies and deploying green technologies, African countries have a remarkable opportunity to emerge as leaders in the fight against global warming.
"2008 pres"
8:17:37 AM
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On Saturday Democrats in Colorado voted to move their presidential caucuse up to February 5th, according to The Denver Post. From the article, "In an effort to lure presidential contenders to Colorado, state Democratic leaders voted Saturday to hold their 2008 caucuses Feb. 5 - more than a month earlier than the traditional third Tuesday in March. "For us, it's about having a Western voice, which is the centerpiece of everything we're doing - including wanting the national convention out here," said state party chairwoman Pat Waak after executive committee meetings in Pueblo. "We're trying to get Western issues in front of Democratic candidates." Plans to create a Western primary with other states in the region fell through, and so state Democrats shifted their focus to the "early window" in February. A new state law allows political parties to make the switch in presidential election years."
"2008 pres"
7:56:06 AM
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