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Impeachment Movement Ignored by Mass Media
Over 1,000 pro-impeachment letters to editors of major newspapers were published between October 2005 - March 2006. Many places & groups have voted for impeachment in the first half of 2006; Arcata California 1.6.06, The City & County of San Francisco 2.28, the Sonoma County Democrat Central Committee (CA) 3.16, City Council of Sebastopol CA in May, the townships of Newfane, Brookfield, Dummerston, Marlboro, Rockingham, Battleboro & Putney in Vermont during March & April, & New Hampshire Democrats 6.9. The New Mexico State Democrat party convention rallied 3.18, the National Green Party made a call for it 6.3, Democrats in Maine made a call for it 6.4, Vermont's Democrat Party made a call in April, & Brookline Massachusetts made a call in late May. Op-ed writers at the St. Petersburg Times, Newsday, Yale Daily News, Barrons, Detroit Free Press, & the Boston Globe have called for impeachment. The San Francisco Bay Guardian 1.25, The Nation 1.30, & Harper's in March, published cover articles calling for impeachment. An Impeachment Resolution was introduced into the Illinois Legislature 4.24. As of 3.16, 32 US House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors to House Resolution 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush's impeachment.
Censored 2007-The Top 25 Censored Stories, Peter Phillips & Project Censored, 2006, pg. 346-7

Cursive - SAT
15 percent of teens who took tye SAT in 2006 used cursive on the handwritten essay. The average score for those who used cursive was higher than those who didn't.
Readers Digest, January 2007, pg. 18.

ER Wait
The average waiting time for the ER is 3 hours 42 minutes.
Readers Digest, January 2007, pg. 19.

Fat Watch
People who weigh themselves daily as part of a diet-and-fitness plan are 82% less likely to regain than those who don't.
Readers Digest, January 2007, pg. 35.

Republican Session
The 109th Congress drew to a close last week after meeting only 241 times in its two year session. This was not only fewer days than the notorious "do nothing" Congress of 1947-48, but was hit with scandals ranging from influence-peddling to sexual misconduct. Most workweeks began on Tuesdays and ended Thursdays.
The Week Magazine, December 22, 2006, Vol. 6, Iss. 290, Pg. 7.

109th Congress Bills
Of the 383 bills that were signed into law during the recently adjourned 109th Congress, more than one-quarter dealt with naming or renaming federal buildings, primarily post offices.
The Week Magazine, December 29, 2006, Vol. 6, Iss. 291/292, Pg. 18.

Senators in Combat
Of the 535 members of the House & Senate, only about 25 have come under fire in combat.-Newsweek
Week Magazine, January 19, 2007, Vol. 7, Iss. 293, pg. 16.

Buyouts
Nine of the 10 largest leveraged buyouts in history have taken place in the last 18 months. The only exception was Kohlberg Kravis Robert's & Co.'s takeover of RJR Nabisco in 1989.-Wall Street Journal.
Pg. 40

Corporate Oil Jerks
Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, profits have shot up for oil companies. In 2004, the major US oil companies posted a record or near record profit. In 2005 profits for the five largest oil companies increased to $113 billion (ExxonMobile reported the largest one-year operating profit of any corporation in US history). In February 2006, ConocoPhillips reported a doubling of its quarterly profits from the previous year, which itself had been a company record. Shell posted a record breaking $4.48 billion in fourth-quarter earnings.
Censored 2007-The Top 25 Censored Stories, Peter Phillips & Project Censored, 2006, pg. 94.

Avian Flu - The Profitable Hype
In 1918 Avian Flu claimed a death toll of 500,000. In 2006 (after plenty of overly hyped media coverage) the worldwide death toll was 126. Also, in 2005, a US company had developed a vaccine for Avian Flu, and its stock prices rose. Until 2001, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was chairman of the company board (Tamiflu's parent company, Gilead Sciences). His stock in 2001 was around $7 per share was now in 2006 slightly above $50, and the Pentagon announced it had stockpiled quantities of Tamiflu for members of the military.
Censored 2007-The Top 25 Censored Stories, Peter Phillips & Project Censored, 2006, pg. 227.

Granola Bars
Oats glued together with ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup, honey, and barley malt-all of which quickly raise blood sugar. So, grab low-sugar meal-replacement bars with no more than 5g net carbs and at least 15g protein, like Myoplex Carb Sense. (Men's Health Magazine)

Yogurt
Corn syrup is used to make yogurt supersweet, and others have "added" sugar, aka "unnecessary." opt for Dannon Light'n Fit Carb & Sugar Control Yogurt, which has 90 percent less sugar than regular yogurt. (Men's Health Magazine)