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Oct 17
2010
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Ted Rall's Anti-American ManifestoPosted by Bruce Robinson in war , speaker , Sonoma State University , protest , politics , media , Ideas , government , environment , election , economy , Congress , author , activism |
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Representative democracy in America has become so distorted that most citizens have opted out and don’t even register to vote. Ted Rall’s suggested cure for the many ills that afflict the United State’s current political system is radically simple: Tear it all down and start over again.
Rall isn't much interested in the coming mid-term election, noting that only a small minority of Americans will have anything to do with it.
Ted Rall will speak about his book, The Anti-American Manifesto, at Sonoma State University on Monday night, Oct. 18 at 7 pm in the Student Union Building's Multipurpose Room.
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California has long since met its goal of recycling at least half of the state’s waste stream. So north coast Assemblyman Wes Chesbro thinks we should reset the goal to be even higher.
Achieving further reductions in overall waste generation will require working closely with manufacturers to adjust processes and materials so that their products are more readily recyclable.


The number of plants and animals listed as threatened or endangered is almost constantly growing. But only rarely does a species that was thought to be extinct make a come-back to join the endangered list. This is the story of just such a recovery, in the coastal hills of the North Bay.
It's now been a little more than 17 years since Connors made that first surprising discovery, but he clearly remembers the surprise and concern that accompanied that moment.

