In the News May 22, 2010

Thomas Friedman (NY Times 5/19/10) Obama and the Oil Spill
Friedman eloquently explains how Obama could use this moment to finally get on board with development of non-oil industry – to get this country behind a policy which will help our economy and help the cause of peace in the world. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/opinion/19friedman.html?ref=opinion
Obama is working on doing just that. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/science/earth/22assess.html?src=mv

Maureen Doud (NY Times 5/19/10) All the Single Ladies
Doud asks the question of why women in general and Elena Kagen in particular are questioned about their sexuality when they remain single at the age of 50. I ask why is it relevant to her qualifications? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/opinion/19dowd.html?ref=opinion

Here is a very positive take on the fall Senatorial election (it is from the Huffington Post) http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100519/cm_huffpost/582521

Nicholas Kristoff (NY Times 5/20) Poverty and the Pill
Kristoff explains why many in Africa do not have any knowledge of birth control methods and how use of them will help prevent poverty and increase education for many.

Zev Chafets (NY Times 5/20) The Limbaugh Victory
Chafets describes how Rush Limbaugh is behind the Tea Party movement and how it is playing out in our current political landscape. It is an interesting take on the right and important to keep an eye on.

For a preview of the adds coming out about Toomey and Sestak, go to
http://www.pa2010.com/2010/05/pat-toomey-wall-st-warrior/ and
http://www.pa2010.com/2010/05/in-senate-race-the-liberal-labeling-begins/

There is a new law being proposed in Philly to make all Promoters (the people that put on shows) get a license for *every* show that they put on. Now, this may not be a big deal to a place like the Electric Factory or the TLA, which can (a) afford to purchase these and (b) afford people on their staff to get new licenses for every show (it is a time consuming process). However, for smaller promoters who put on local bands' shows at high schools, church basements, etc, will be forced out of the business. Philadelphia will completely stop growing as a music hub, crushing a lot of the inspiration and performance art that younger Philadelphians are building. A petition has been started to fight this, and is spreading throughout the industry (especially among youths and our artists, labels, clothing companies, and other similar brands). I know this doesn't have much to do with you, but I thought I'd let you know that kids are fighting for things they want, there's just a small amount of things we're willing to fight for.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/bill100267/

Ann Telaneas (Washington Post on line 5/21/10) lets us once again see how much in dollars this war is costing – 1,000 lives have been lost in Afghanistan as of this week. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/anntelnaes/?wpisr...