Last Updated: Feb 27, 2006
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Issue no. 769
Editorial
Editorial: Civil war in Iraq: Made in the USA
Pages 2-3
Mardi Gras amid the corpses in New Orleans
Michigan State: Proposed budget is an empty gesture
Corporations – whining about taxes
Taking workers’ concessions, delivering them to shareholders
Criminal co-conspirators: Oil bosses and the politicians
Maryland state: Utilities – no limit to their greed!
Pages 4-5
Afghanistan: A state on emergency life support . . . and under occupation
Italy: “Rape is less severe . . . when the woman isn’t a virgin” – so say five male judges
Poland: A mother blinded by reactionary religion and the rule of money
United States: Oppose the attempt of a reactionary religious minority to outlaw abortion!
United States: Who could possibly object to a vaccine that would save lives?
Mexican coal mining disaster: Company halts rescue efforts with coal miners trapped inside
Pages 6-7
California prison riots: A result of deteriorating conditions – in prisons and outside
Page 8
Open attacks by former officials multiply against the Bush administration
Maryland state:
Utilities
– no limit to their greed!
Feb 27, 2006
Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) says electric rates will shoot up between 40% and 80% in July, when the legal cap on rate increases ends.
Constellation Energy, the parent company of BGE, is a major power company. It earns good profits and the price of its stock has been going up. Constellation bosses are making plenty of money.
Why will they try to boost our rates so high? Because there is no limit to their greed . . . only some small legal limits on how much they can satisfy their greed at our expense.