Wednesday, June 20, 2007
from the Kennebec Journal
Rep. Pingree hears varied proposals for health-care solutions
HALLOWELL Fire that cut communications labeled arson
MONMOUTH Police defended after slim budget rejection
State's schools chief to parley
Wasser will lead newsrooms at KJ, Sentinel and in Portland
BRIEFS
Hockey still in picture for Harrington
Portland boxer to face legend's son
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from the Morning Sentinel
$1.3 MILLION FOR HEALTHREACH
Families Matter grows to meet special needs
Chellie Pingree listens to ideas on health care reform
FARMINGTON Rain alters plans for 4th of July
District regroups after budget failure
Vote on county budget hits snag
Burnham driver wins checkered flag at 2 tracks on same day
Maine boxer gets unique opportunity
All of today's:
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from the Morning Sentinel
It is my understanding that the Military Commissions Act does the following four things: (1) took away habeas corpus (I believe the legal right to challenge one's detention in the light of a court hearing that people have had since the 1200s); (2) lets the Bush administration interpret the Geneva Conventions, thus allowing the Bush administration to continue to allow for torture; (3) allows for the Bush administration to determine who is an American enemy combatant (even though this person(s) could be completely innocent), and to detain this person(s) indefinitely while refusing to allow this person(s) to get a lawyer; (4) allows for increased sweeping up of innocent legal immigrants in America and to detain them indefinitely.
It is my understanding that both Collins and Snowe have refused to support Sen. Dodd's legislation that would repeal what I think are some of the horrible aspects of this law.
Therefore, I think both Collins and Snowe should be soundly defeated in upcoming elections and that Bush and Cheney should be impeached.
Brian Noyes Pulling
Cornville
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Military Commissions Act (pro-torture)
Patriot Act
Bankruptcy Bill (her biggest contributor:MBNA)
All of Bush's tax cuts
To repeal the Estate Tax forever (only affects a small percentage of the population....the wealthiest)
Iraq occupation (Tom Allen did not right from the start)
To confirm Samuel Alito (he's actively doing away with a women's right to choose and at some point will be the deciding vote to banish Roe v. Wade. We need lots of democrats to be elected in 2008 to control this heinous US Supreme Court!)
This is just a sampling of her record. You can find more at my blog by clicking on "Susan Collins" in the right hand sidebar:
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I did not vote for Olympia Snowe in 2006. The last time I voted for her was in 2000, but paying attention to her votes over the years since then has made me realize she doesn't give a flying rat's arse about the people of Maine or of this country. She will never get my vote again. She's a party loyalist.....and so is Susan Collins. They both are disgusting.
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