Truthout roundup 9/1

Conservative Ire Pushed McCain From Lieberman
http://www.truthout.org/article/conservative-ire-pushed-mccain-from-lieberman
Elizabeth Bumiller and Michael Cooper, The New York Times: "In the end, the choice of his running mate said more about Senator John McCain and his image of himself than it did about Sarah Palin, the little-known governor of Alaska whose selection has shaken up the presidential race."

Christopher Kuttruff Police Raids on Protesters Mark Start of RNC
http://www.truthout.org/article/police-raids-protesters-mark-start-rnc
Christopher Kuttruff, Truthout: "Days before the start of the Republican National Convention, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, the Minneapolis Police Department, and the FBI raided houses of protesters suspected of 'conspiring to riot.' While only a few individuals were eventually arrested, several dozen were detained, searched, and questioned."

Paul Krugman John, Don't Go
http://www.truthout.org/article/john-dont-go
Paul Krugman, The New York Times: "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good. Three years after Hurricane Katrina, another storm is heading for the Gulf Coast - and this has given Republicans a reason to cancel President Bush's scheduled appearance at their national convention. The party can thus avoid reminding voters that the last man they placed in the White House did such a heckuva job that he scored the highest disapproval ratings ever recorded."

McCain Running Mate Sarah Palin Misled GOP
http://www.truthout.org/article/mccain-running-mate-sarah-palin-misled-gop-supporters
Alex Spillius, The Telegraph UK: "The Governor of Alaska gave a misleading version of events over a controversial bridge project in her home state when she made her maiden speech as the presumptive nominee. Mrs. Palin told a cheering audience in Ohio that she had turned down an offer from the US Congress to build the so-called 'Bridge to Nowhere', which would have connected Gravina Island with Ketchikan International, an airport in Alaska's southeast serving just 200,000 passengers a year. Mr. McCain routinely cites the $100 million project as a symbol of wasteful central government spending."

Ann Wright US Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers' "Suicides"?
http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-keeping-secrets-about-female-soldiers-suicides
Ann Wright, Truthdig: "Since I posted on April 28 the article 'Is There an Army Cover Up of the Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers?,' the deaths of two more US Army women in Iraq and Afghanistan have been listed as suicides - the September 28, 2007, death of 30-year-old Spc. Ciara Durkin and the February 22, 2008, death of 25-year-old Spc. Keisha Morgan. Both 'suicides' are disputed by the families of the women."

FOCUS Bill Quigley: Waiting for a Bus in New Orleans
http://www.truthout.org/article/waiting-bus-new-orleans
Bill Quigley writes for Truthout from New Orleans: "It's 4 p.m. August 30, 2008. In the blazing midday sun, hot and thirsty children walk around bags of diapers and soft suitcases piled outside a locked community center in the Lower Ninth Ward. Military police in camouflage and local police in dark blue uniforms and sunglasses sit a few feet away in their cars. Moms and grandmas sit with the children and wait quietly. Everyone is waiting for a special city bus that will start them on their latest journey away from home."

FOCUS David Bacon: Did a Mississippi Raid Protect Rightwing Politicians?
http://www.truthout.org/article/did-a-mississippi-raid-protect-rightwing-politicians
David Bacon reports for Truthout from Laurel, Mississippi: "On August 25, immigration agents swooped down on Howard Industries, a Mississippi electrical equipment factory, taking 481 workers to a privately-run detention center in Jena, Louisiana. A hundred and six women were also arrested at the plant, and released wearing electronic monitoring devices on their ankles if they had children, or without them if they were pregnant. Eight workers were taken to Federal court in Hattiesburg, where they were charged with aggravated identity theft."