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The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare | Wall Street Journal

With a projected $1.8 trillion deficit for 2009, several trillions more in deficits projected over the next decade, and with both Medicare and Social Security entitlement spending about to ratchet up several notches over the next 15 years as Baby Boomers become eligible for both, we are rapidly running out of other people's money. These deficits are simply not sustainable. They are either going to result in unprecedented new taxes and inflation, or they will bankrupt us.

Promote Signs of the Times - Spread the Word!

No music, no explosions, no violence - just one huge mass of people standing together and shouting in one thundering voice: ENOUGH!

Continental Congress 2009 | November 9 - 22, 2009 | The Next Step for a Free People

This grass roots CC2009 event is NOT a Constitutional Convention, which we are wholeheartedly against as such a Convention would only serve to limit our unalienable rights. They are easily confused, especially because it's been 225 years since "We The People" have had to convene a Continental Congress.

Robert Gates: Overhaul the Pentagon | Wired

From his earliest days as secretary of defense, Robert Gates kept a little countdown clock in his briefcase. It ticked off the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until January 20, 2009, when President George W. Bush would leave office and Gates could retire to his secluded home in the Pacific Northwest, 43 years after entering public life. He'd be punting some tough issues to the next guy. But that wasn't his problem.

History of the National Security State | The Real News Network

Receive your complimentary copy of The History of the National Security State - a documentary film by Gore Vidal.

Obama Supports Extending Some of Patriot Act | ABC News

The Justice Department has indicated that the Obama administration is in support of renewing a pair of controversial sections of the USA Patriot Act that expire later this year. The provisions that will expire in December include Section 206, that allows "roving" wiretaps so FBI agents can tap multiple phones or computers (with court authorization) that a specific person (target) may use.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Welcome to the secret hideaway of a long-forgotten goat, the flowers of a peanut plant nosing their way into the dirt, the lost art of turkey sex: In Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (HarperCollins Publishers, May 2007), our family documented our year of procuring as much of our food as possible from neighboring farms and our own backyard.

Slow Food Asheville

Food is part of our cultural identity, from rare animal breeds to heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables... from handcrafted wine and beer to farmhouse cheeses and other artisanal products.

Slow Food Charlotte Online - Supporting food that is Good, Clean & Fair.

To provide the Charlotte region a place to connect, reclaiming food sources and palatial growth. Supporting food that is Good, Clean & Fair.

Slow Food Portland Oregon

Slow Food seeks to reconnect people with the food they eat and the cultures, community, and production behind it. At the heart (and belly) of our activities, we believe that every individual has a right to Good, Clean, and Fair food in their daily life.

Slow Food USA