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...Greens, which he joined in 1982, just two years after the party was founded. He was the first Green to take a government post, wearing sneakers to his swearing-in ceremony in 1985 as Environment Minister in the state of Hesse. His appointment as German Foreign Minister, the highest post held by a Green politician, lent Germany a distinctive presence on the international stage, one enhanced when the former anti-militarist turned humanitarian interventionist backed German troop participation in Kosovo and later questioned Donald Rumsfeld on the eve of the Iraq war. ("Excuse me, I am not convinced," he told...
...prepared are we for all that? Not very. To its credit, this Administration has struggled to get ahead of the curve. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson considered influenza among his highest priorities. In his last speech as Secretary, he called it his gravest concern. Under him, funding for influenza increased 1,000% despite opposition from House Republicans, who took the threat seriously only after last year's vaccine debacle, when almost half the nation's supply became unavailable because of contamination...
...name of Muhammad, imam of the mujahedin. Over the door to the main prayer hall, another banner paraphrases the Koran, exhorting God to deliver the faithful from the infidels--a not-so-subtle call to drive U.S. troops out of Iraq. Says Vice President Ghazi al-Yawer, the highest-ranked Sunni in the government: "An angry community that feels helpless and powerless--it's not hard to see how the terrorists and insurgents will exploit the situation...
...Presidential Election dramatically reversed the previous decline in students’ political participation. The percentage of 18 to 24-year-olds voting was the highest in over a decade. Motivated by opposition to the war and concerns over the economy, young people turned out in even greater numbers than seniors aged 65 and older. The 2004 elections showed the power that young people can have when engaged. The challenge in the coming months and years is to translate increased student voting into a continuing commitment to be involved in politics and government. Will the power of the youth vote...
Perhaps Jimmy put it best when I asked him about Operating Thetans, one of the highest levels in Scientology. OTs, as they’re called, have total memory recall, including of past lives, and do not suffer from irrational fears. They’ve reached the state called “clear...