The Ehrlich Report is a monthly column of political commentary. This month we look at the manipulation of the news media.

Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Kathy Kelly, gave a talk at the UMBC campus, on Nov. 20, 2006. She mocked the ex-Secretary of State, James Baker, for saying he wasn’t going to “wring his hands” about past mistakes in Iraq. Baker heads up the so-called “Iraq Study Group.” Kelly roared: “We will wring our hands! One of the ways to stop this next war is to tell the truth about this war. And, it’s not going to be such a pleasant mirror to look into.”

The Baltimore IMC has been subject to a sustained, but futile comment spam attack.

The Democratic Party, read “The War Lite” Party, is basking in the glow of victory today. It has regained control of the House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate for the first time in 12-years. The two issues that it won on-The Iraqi War and the whacky persona of President George W. Bush-had little or nothing to do with the Democratic Party. Those two matters were actually sourced by activists in the Anti-Iraqi War Movement!

The 2006 election Democratic victory was fueled by a rejection of the war in Iraq and Republican corruption. It offers citizens an opportunity to bolster this breeze of change.

This country and in fact the world is desperate for some checks and balances of this runaway Bush Administration. Voting is the best first step.

The Nov. 7, 2006 elections are gearing up to bring the Democrats into control of the U.S. House of Representatives and possibly the Senate, as voters look to embrace change.

Baltimore Indymedia's and campbaltimore artist collective's collaboration, the "Indypendent Reader" is now available online. This "Indypendent" (Issue 2, Fall 2006) focuses on the prison system and the experience of prisoners and their families in Baltimore and Maryland.

CONTENTS:
* Eddie Conway: Political Prisoner. By R.B. Jones
* Women in Prison. By Natalie Sokoloff
* Children of Prisoners. By Howard Ehrlich
* From Death Row: John Booth-el and Vernon Evans
* Community Organizing in Caracas. By Cira Pascual-Marquina
* 2006 Public Housing Resident's Summit. By David Sloan
* Timeline on Maryland's Prison System: 1804-2005

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