Ecoterrorism, not

The Writing Corner by Beth Wellington | Jul. 31, 2008 (Opinion)

[DISCLOSURE: This piece is from the private blog of a NewsTrust staff member] But Blue Ridge Earth First! activists as eco-terrorists? Five folks who blockaded Dominion Resources for a couple of hours on June 30 after that company had succeeded in convincing the State to let it build a new coal fired electric plant, which will serve to accelerate the blowing of of mountains? Another five who held signs and banners and disbanded upon request and still got ... Full Story »

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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

Documenting the slippery slope between freedom of speech and "terrorist activities" under the current administration, Wellington uses a specific protest action to show how new laws and definitions could further erode civil liberties. As a California Democratic political activist, I have to say Jane Harmon is widely regarded as an idiot. Even by fellow California representative Nancy Pelosi, who passed her over for chair of the House committee on which Harmon was the ranking Democrat, appears to share this low opinion. The lHarmon aw Beth quotes here sort of shows why.

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