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Short Takes: News From All Over: September 2, 2004

September 2, 2004

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Cabbies Against Bush
By Staff, Liteupbush.com
A group of New York City taxi drivers, Cabbies Against Bush (CAB) have vowed to 'Shine the Light' on Bush by keeping their headlights on during the days of the Republican National Convention. They have also offered Bill O'Reilly of Fox News a free ride to the airport if he makes good on his promise to filmmaker Michael Moore to join American soldiers in Iraq. CAB's free ride offer is open to any convention delegate who wishes to fight in Iraq. -- Harry Sheff
http://www.liteupbush.com/

Methinks They Doth Not Protest at All
By Amanda Griscom, Grist
George W. Bush has the worst environmental record in the history of the American presidency. So why are mainstream environmental groups keeping their distance from the RNC's pollution of New York? -- Brendan Themes
http://gristmagazine.com/muck/muck082604.asp

The Great OxyContin Scare
By Trevor Butterworth, Stats
What do Rush Limbaugh and ER medics have in common? They' re both guilty of possession of weapons of mass destruction according to the American press, who has sensationalized the medical use of OxyContin to such an irresponsible degree that doctors are quickly losing their ability to effectively treat pain. -- Brendan Themes
http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=news&ID=473

The GOP's Raw Deal
By Chris Bull, Gay.com
Though Dick Cheney has recently waved the flag of tolerance for Gay Americans, the GOP has just claimed another casualty in its war on civil rights. David Catania, an up-and-coming Washington, DC city councelman who was elected as a Republican, has left the party because of Bush's support of the Federal Marriage Amendment. -- Brendan Themes
http://gay.com/news/roundups/package.html?sernum=942

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