from: William Hughes On Feb. 19, 2009, a press conference was held, in Annapolis, MD, dealing with the legislative effort in Maryland to re-regulate the electric industry. Since 1999, when the industry was deregulated by the General Assembly, rates for the consumers have gone “up over 85 percent,” according to the Baltimore Sun. Pushing for the reregulation legislation are State Senators E.J. Pipkin and Jim Rosapepe, along with Delegates Michael Smigiel, Herman Taylor, Jill Carter, Patrick L. McDonough, and others. The Bills are SB795 and HB1312, and are both entitled: “Maryland Electricity Reregulation and Energy Independence Act of 2009.” This video contains excerpts from the press conference. For background, see: http://reregelectricrates.com/ The full press conference will be posted on Google later tonight.

from: William Hughes On Feb. 17, 2009, a press conference was held in Washington, D.C., at the National Press Club. It featured Harlyn Geronimo, the great grandson of the legendary Apache warrior--Geronimo. Harlyn, along with 19 other blood descendants of the “defender of the Apache homeland,” have today filed a lawsuit against the federal government. They seek to have Geronimo’s body, now buried at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, returned to the ancient burial grounds of the Apaches. They are also pursuing a claim that in 1918, a group of Yale students, who belonged to a secret cult, “The Skull and Bones,” reportedly, invaded Geronimo’s grave at Fort Sill, and “stole his skull.” According to the press release for the event, one Prescott [Sheldon] Bush, the grandfather of ex-President George W. Bush, was part of the clique participating in the alleged theft of the skull. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark is representing the descendants of Geronimo in the lawsuit. The “Order of the Skull and Bones” and Yale U. are also named as defendants in the litigation. Geronimo died on Feb. 17, 1909, one hundred years ago. For background, check out: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/geronimo.htm and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRQb7zOeYWk and http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1990668846539090589

from: William Hughes On Feb. 17, 2009, a press conference was held in Washington, D.C., at the National Press Club. Descendants of Geronimo, the great Apache Warrior, have today filed a lawsuit against the federal government. They seek to have Geronimo’s body, now buried at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, returned to the ancient burial grounds of the Apaches. They are also pursuing a claim that in 1918, a group of Yale students, who belonged to a secret cult, “The Orderof the Skull and Bones,” reportedly, invaded Geronimo’s grave at Fort Sill, and “stole his skull.” According to the press release for the event, one Prescott [Sheldon] Bush, the grandfather of ex-President George W. Bush, was part of the clique participating in the alleged theft of the skull. The attorney for the Plaintiffs, Ramsey Clark, the former U.S. Attorney General, discussed that aspect of the case at the press conference. Check out: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1990668846539090589

A farming community in Gaza close to the Israeli border, now acres of rubble. Qassam missiles are fired from the fields here across the border. So when the Israelis came, everything was earmarked for destruction: houses, factories, mosques, even the cattle and the chickens killed. With the reopening of the schools, where much of its population shelters, there was no option for many but to return to ruined homes, some with Israeli land mines left inside. Now whole families live among the ruins... therealnews.com