Nevada May Earn Early Presidential Caucus Role in 2008
The Gazette notes Nevada could gain the party’s second 2008 presidential test after Iowa. Democrats may shift New Hampshire to the third contest. Nevada labor, Sen. Harry Reid, and demographic diversity bolster the push, with focus on immigration and nuclear issues. Iowans stress duty to scrutinize candidates and engage voters.
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Fiat Currency, Oil, and the Dollar's Global Role
Clark Rieke argues that after the 1971 collapse of the gold standard the dollar became a fiat currency and oil trade dominance kept devaluing dollars. He suggests the euro could emerge as a second world currency, pricing oil in euros to discipline U S monetary policy and reduce dollar dependence. Cedar Rapids.
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Baumhoemer Nursery Rezoning Plans Face Objections
In Cedar Rapids clash over a rezoning proposal from R2 to R4 for the Baumhoemer Nursery site on the northwest side. Tudor Rose envisions a gated three story building with 60 condos, 60 two and three bedroom units, 1500 square foot minimums, underground parking, a pool, putting green, and a catch and release pond, replacing the current Baumhoerner home.
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Rezoning debate and smoke free ordinance call to action
Community notes urge restoring period architecture and oppose high density in a northwest quadrant area with traffic concerns near Hoover School. Readers are asked to attend City Hall meetings and contact Chuck Swore. A second letter calls for Cedar Rapids to pass smoke free ordinances by repealing state preemption and pressuring legislators, naming Speaker Christopher Rants.
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U.N. delusion and the myth of world peace in the Middle East
The piece ridicules global faith in the United Nations to solve Middle East crises. It condemns UN failures from Somalia to East Timor and condemns UNCHR as protective of torturers. It notes political pressure for a cease-fire and UN peacekeepers, while questioning the U.N.'s neutrality and effectiveness.
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