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Thanks to Mitch Kess’ biting book, pulsating music, and shrewd lyrics, the show might have a future, a Producers for our time. Under J. Michaels’ giddy direction, the delightfully batty cast is led by a hilarious Erik Hogan as our benighted prez, with good turns by Carla Euphrates Kelly, John Stillwaggon, Paul Sadlik, and Amber Carson. Read the review…

The Deciders, a rock musical about about the three P’s—power, patriotism and propaganda—in our government’s decision to invade Iraq, is an absolute must-see. Read the review by Alyssa Simon…

Parts 1 and 2 of Saddamn The Musical was watching this case closely. It recently ended with a big disappointment for Valerie Plame and for anyone brave enough to place guilt on the highest levels of our government. Leopold tells you in this article: http://www.truthout.org/062309J?n
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Plame’s Lawsuit Against Cheney, Rove

Shout out to the good folks at EMI for bringing War Child to our attention. This is a cause that is close to the heart of The Deciders (that is The Deciders of our rock musical world). We plan to help spread the word. Check them out: http://www.warchild.org/index.html
and check out their benefit CD: “HEROES”

THE REAL AIG SCANDAL
Everybody is rushing to condemn AIG’s bonuses, but this simple scandal is obscuring the real disgrace at the insurance giant: Why are AIG’s counterparties getting paid back in full, to the tune of tens of billions of taxpayer dollars?
http://www.slate.com/id/2213942/

Yankees Sign Iraqi Hurler
Shoe-throwing Right-hander Impresses Scouts

In their latest bid to beef up their pitching rotation for the 2009 season, the New York Yankees today signed Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi to a three-year deal worth $32 million.
The right-handed al-Zeidi, 28, impressed the Yankee scouts with his performance in Baghdad yesterday when he threw both of [...]

Sailing to Ms. Liberty
 

Did you see “W” yet? Makes it easy to understand Colin Powell’s decision to support Obama. (Not to mention word that he will be advising Obama). Some other Deciders decided to take the plunge at the:

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The Benefit brought together a spirited variety of music, poetry and comedy.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 7:30pm           [...]

yes,”$100 billion at the discretion of Mr. Bush” was left out of the final printed version of the NYTimes article about the bailout “BUSH SIGNS BILL” but if you look online at the original article via TruthOut:
The final agreement called for the $700 billion to be disbursed in parts: $250 billion at first, to get [...]