The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
October 1, 2007 -- Volume 13, Number 17
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Tim Shorrock p. 1
Hurricane recovery for the rich

EDITORIAL p. 2
Put GOP on defense

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Giving away Appalachia; Photo ops in New Orleans; Bush bust; Behind curtain of freedom; Corporate Americas; Price of trucker fatigue.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
War does not have to happen
DISPATCHES p. 5
Dems cave on trade deal?; Bush lets Mexican truckers in; Dems target more GOP senators ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Unregulated plunder
D. HANSEN & M. WALLINGA p. 6
Keep Monsanto out of our milk
ROBIN MITTENTHAL p. 6
My kingdom for a horseless carriage
GENE LYONS p. 7
Sanctimony of the closet
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Chavez words still relevant

GREG PALAST p. 8
New Orleans two years after: ‘Poor niggers out’
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 9
Requiem for Katrina: Back to square one
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
Congress eyes corporate payday
JOEL MALEBRANCHE p. 9
Running on empty: $3 a day for food stamps
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
A time to lead
MARGIE BURNS p. 10
Looking for ‘Sister Souljah’ moment

DAVID SIROTA p. 10
Windows into populism’s rise
ROB RICHIE p. 11
Stealing the 2008 vote
ALAN KESSELHEIM p. 11
When smoke gets in your life
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Ike knew war settles nothing
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
Bush knew Saddam had no WMDs
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 13
Dems hold all cards, why are they folding?
GLENN GREENWALD p. 13
Cheney aide: ‘We’re one bomb away’ from goal
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Invest in US instead of war
DEAN BAKER p. 14
Dirty toilet principle: Fed, housing bubble
MARK WEISBROT p. 14
Labor needs something to celebrate
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Premature whew!

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Compassionate child abuse

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
Extend S-CHIP, then make it unnecessary

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Free trade consensus crumbles

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Whose business is the business climate?

RALPH G. NEAS p. 16
New voting machines can save democracy
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 17
Benchmark in Iraq not met, thankfully
JOE CONASON p. 17
Fleischer’s misleading message
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
‘We got her’
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
GOP rocked by yet another gay scandal
CYNTHIA HALL CLEMENTS p. 18
Journeys of a former Republican
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Let’s try full accountability
TED RALL p. 19
Kill the poor! Phony poverty study fools journos
GLYNN WILSON p. 20
Justice off the tracks in Alabama

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Can rock’n’roll still help save the world?

JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
On the road with Jack
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
From Bayou to Baghdad: mission accomplished
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Where there’s smoke ...
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Dr. Kaul answers the nation’s questions
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The great stock plunge


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