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Support needed to impeach George Bush
I urge citizens who are troubled by the unprecedented efforts by the White House to unbalance the traditional balance of power between the legislative and executive branches o... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jun 28, 2006 at 11:35 am by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Prisoner abuse in Iraq
Despite the world-wide revulsion of the abuse of detainees in Iraq, the Pentagon chooses to turn a deaf ear to the universal condemnation of such abuses.
More recently it h... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jun 26, 2006 at 11:04 am by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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What's the deal with Frist and gay marriage?
Here: Web Link
He is quoted as saying:
“Forty-five states across the country, both red and blue... |
Giraffe |
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on Jun 25, 2006 at 3:46 pm by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Have you changed your habits because of global warming?
This post was created in conjunction with the new Palo Alto Online news poll.
Have you changed your habits due to the threat of global warming? If so, how? If not, w... |
Lisa Van Dusen |
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on Jun 24, 2006 at 9:40 pm by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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On Impeachment and Improving Relations between Individuals, the Community, and their Government
The opinions given below are entirely my own and do not reflect an official Palo Alto Human Relations Commission position.
As a newly appointed member of the HRC, I have w... |
Donald R. Mendoza |
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on Jun 22, 2006 at 3:01 pm by A concerned citizen, a resident of Stanford |
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A unique volunteer opportunity reading to preschool children in Redwood City
The Redwood City Public Library is looking for volunteers to read to preschool children once a week as part of itsTraveling Storytime program. Volunteers learn how to perform... |
JoAnne Wetzel |
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on Jun 20, 2006 at 4:23 pm by JoAnne Wetzel, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Multifaith Voices for Peace And Justice Joins National Religious Campaign Against Torture
This afternoon (June 5th) the Los Angeles Times reported that the Pentagon's new field manual on detainee handling will not include the Geneva Convention language banning "deg... |
Craig Wiesner |
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on Jun 14, 2006 at 1:58 pm by Jean E. Barker, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Is Al Gore's Movie Funny ???
Actually, yes !
An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's movie about the impact of climate change on this planet -- as well as about how this topic keeps reappearing in his perso... |
Debbie Mytels |
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on Jun 5, 2006 at 5:04 pm by Dee Bogren, a resident of another community |
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Opposition to preschool initiative
Prop 82, the preschool initiative has, according to the polls, seen a decline in support. I am glad to see this. This may seem like a surprising position coming from a forme... |
Heidi Stein |
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on Jun 5, 2006 at 2:15 pm by j q public, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Protest Borders censorship
I was shocked to learn of Borders bookstores' decision not to carry the April/May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it includes some of the Danish cartoons of the pr... |
David Voelker |
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on Jun 4, 2006 at 5:31 pm by R. Donan, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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DRIVE TO WASHINGTON D.C. FREE
Would you like to visit D.C. this month? Drive a fabulous car, Honda Element, and you could stay in DC for FREE!
We are looking for a person/s to drive this car from Mountai... |
Cristina |
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on Jun 4, 2006 at 3:14 pm by Cristina, a resident of another community |
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Write In Candidate for San Mateo County Coroner
Message from STACIE Nevares, Write-In
A Constituent for Coroner
My name is Stacie Nevares and I am running for the position of San Mateo County Coroner. As a native of ... |
Stacie Nevares |
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on Jun 2, 2006 at 10:23 pm by Stacie Nevares, a resident of another community |
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Welcome to Town Square!
This is the place to discuss regional, state, national and international issues. We'd like to keep the other categories exclusively local, so please keep the dialogue on non-l... |
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on May 30, 2006 at 10:10 am by Bill Johnson, publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Cold hands, warm hearts
Near San Francisco Bay, at the easternmost part of East Palo Alto, is a tiny shanty town -- eight crude abodes spread around a marsh co-habited mainly by Great Blue herons. Ab... |
Editor |
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on Dec 31, 1969 at 4:00 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Much ado about homework
The mere mention of homework conjures up stress in Palo Alto, but Addison Elementary School is trying to take the anxiety down a notch.
Addison is in the midst of reviewing... |
Editor |
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on Dec 31, 1969 at 4:00 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |