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President Obama didn’t want any advice from Congress on the decision to ask GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, according to Carl Levin (D), Michigan’s senior senator. “He didn’t ask us about it, he informed us,” Levin told reporters in a conference call Monday afternoon. “The president said he’d already decided.” Levin said he and three other lawmakers were informed of the decision in a phone call Obama made from the Oval Office. Obama told the members of Congress that Wagoner needed to resign so that the administration could show the public it was making an effort at a fresh...

Why A Naked Bike Ride? Every day we are bombarded with countless messages demanding our obedience to the corporate dictates of a consumption dependent society. Little regard is paid to the future of our planet and generations left with a legacy of waste and environmental contamination. How many countless times each day do our media masters spin the same message: Unless you buy this, you are not worthy. Unless you look like this you should be ashamed. By cruising naked down the spending frenzy capitals of the world, we are saying.NO! ...a fancy new car is not a mark of...

Apparently, health warnings alone are not preventing enough smokers from lighting up. Last week I heard an advertisement on the radio which constitutes a new strange direction in tobacco prevention. A group calling itself "Campus Invasion" sponsored the ad, which was cloaked in a promotional offer for a free laptop computer. However, instead of listing the health risks experienced by smokers and non-smokers alike, the ad sought to prevent tobacco consumption by focusing on child labor and the environment. This is a big switch. Anti-tobacco campaigns have taken many forms in recent years, from banning RJ Reynolds's Joe Camel...