You can criticize Israel all day and night, since Israel allows for dissent, but it's a different story at the Palestinian Authority. Corruption is rampant in the PA with Arafat having pocketed over a billion dollars of aid money meant for the Palestinian people. The PA gets $125 million a month in aid, but only a third of it gets to the Palestinian people. Arafat was elected 8 years ago to a five-year term.

Yet many indy readers think the Jewish State of Israel should be dismantled and replaced with a secular democracy like the PA.

Let's look at this example of the kind of rule we could expect if Israel's critics get their way.

~But Makes Some Valuable Recommendations~Interview with David Potorti, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris

"President George W. Bush is taking powerful anti-depressant drugs to control his erratic behavior, depression and paranoia."

This week on Sprouts... Just six companies own and control most of what we see and hear on television and radio. How does consolidation of media outlets impact our lives? To what extent are media moguls setting the agenda at the FCC? How can ordinary citizens act to reclaim their systems of communication? This week, Sprouts looks at localism and media. 29:14 / 26.8 megabytes

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Launched Wednesday, United Cerebral Palsy's online campaign,www.DontBlockMyVote.org, allows activists to send a free letter to their Congressmen calling for full funding of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which guarantees equal access to polling places and voting machines for millions of Americans with disabilities. With the last Presidential election hinging on a little over 500 votes, the potential disenfranchisement of 26 million voters with disabilities is an important and significant cause, and the lack of full funding for HAVA could greatly swing a potentially close election. UCP is also in partnership with Rock the Vote, calling on people to register for this year’s elections