Stuff I Read Today 11/6/06

109 reasons to dump the 109th Congress

America's slide to totalitarianism - If the last-minute polling trends showing a powerful Republican comeback carry through the Nov. 7 elections, the end of America as we have known it for more than two centuries will be at hand.

Bush will say anything - Have Americans lost the ability to differentiate between spin and reality?

GOP resorts to voter suppression tactics by impersonating Dems - Anything to stay in power...New York Times is covering this as well.

The Disjointed States of America - You can't understand this country's politics using red and blue; the USA's voting patterns make more sense when the country's Wal-Marts, ecological habits, income and population size are spread across the same map.

Some US companies, insurers consider sending employees abroad for surgery - Hey, I have an idea! Let's OUTSOURCE MEDICAL CARE!

Homeland Security now data mining all international travelers - I vonder how long it vill be before ve vill need permission from DHS to leave ze country...

Army recruiters accused of misleading students to enlist - "Nobody is going over to Iraq anymore?" one student asks a recruiter. "No, we're bringing people back," he replies. "We're not at war. War ended a long time ago," another recruiter says.

Yet more evidence that America is winning its War On Drugs