McCain Forgot Man Who Saved His Life | The Great Porn Misunderstanding | GOP Faces Cross-Country Losses

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How McCain Turned His Back on the Vietnamese Man Who Saved His Life By Norman Stockwell, AlterNet Forty-one years after McCain was shot down in Vietnam, the man who saved his life has died in obscurity. Read more »   Help AlterNet continue to expose the facts on Palin! As the 2008 election comes down to the wire, AlterNet is operating at full throttle. We are covering it all, from the sleaze to the inspiration, from voter suppression to the shocking nomination of Sarah Palin. In fact, we've probably organized more information on this woman than anywhere else on the web. And in the past two months, over 3 million people have come to AlterNet to read about the pratfalls and far-right ideas of McCain's VP choice. Now is the home stretch. But because of the global financial meltdown, our budget is quickly shrinking just as we need to be going all out. Will you help us finish the year with a bang? We could really use your support. Much Thanks, Don Hazen, Executive Editor     Republicans Face Huge Losses in the House and Senate Across the Country By Hans Johnson, In These Times With public dissatisfaction at record highs, Democrats are set for another round of pickups. Read more »   5 Reasons Why Wall Street's Bailout Won't Work By Danny Schechter, AlterNet Markets are volatile and trending down while banks are still not lending despite frequent projections of massive unemployment and stagflation. Read more »   A Class Analysis of Palin's Classy New Clothes By Sue Katz, Consenting Adult All this criticism is not sliding off Palin's silk-covered back. Read more »   The Great Porn Misunderstanding: Pornography Is Mostly About Fantasy, Not Reality By Michael Bader, AlterNet A response to Robert Jensen's recent AlterNet article, "Porn's Dirty, Dangerous Secret." Read more »   Why Straight People Need to Get into the Fight for Marriage Equality By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Pragmatism doesn't mean leaving your core principles at the door. Read more »   Facing Substantial Delays at the Polls, Voters Sue the State of Pennsylvania By Danielle Ivory, American News Project With the help of Voter Action and the NAACP, voters filed a complaint in a Philadelphia federal court. Read more »   Getting to the Bottom of the Deceptive, Secretive and Artificial Iraq-U.S. Negotiations By Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus Whatever the U.S.-Iraqi "agreement" ends up looking like, it is unlikely to have much of an effect on the occupation. Read more »   Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to Water Issues AlterNet See how Obama and McCain compare on eight water issues from privatization to pollution. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Sen. Ted Stevens Found Guilty on All Counts in Corruption Trial By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress The Senate's longest-serving Republican may end his career with jail time. Read more »   Military Probing Abuse of Power by Top Gitmo Brass By Steve Czajkowski, Jurist Legal News and Research Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann is being investigated for inappropriately seeking to influence the military commissions trials. Read more »   Extreme ID Charges Against Immigrant to Be Heard in Supreme Court By Lynn Tramonte, AmericasVoiceOnline Does this sound like the best way to solve our immigration problems? Read more »

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