Remind Me Again….
The following comment was posted on the DailyKos blog in response to a post about the Terri Schaivo case. I found it to be an excellent summary of circus-like attitude that has developed around this whole situation.
Read moreAuthor: B. John
Repubs Lose Moral High Ground
During these past few days I have been following the Terri Schiavo case with interest. I was simply dumbfounded by the President making a big show of rushing back to Washington from his vacation in order to sign Congress? bill to overturn the sanctity of marriage (more on that in a minute).
Read moreHomeland Security Hires Actress
In his State of the Union address, President Bush said, “Taxpayer dollars must be spent wisely, or not at all.” But while the White House has consistently underfunded vital national security requirements ? like funds for port security and money for firefighters and cops ? it turns out there’s plenty of money for Tinseltown.
Read moreThe Secrecy Continues
New evidence points to the White House’s paranoid penchant for secrecy. In the most recent example, an Internet company last year took the FBI to court after the agency ? hiding behind the Patriot Act ? demanded private information about Internet subscribers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero ruled in September that the law violated the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches.
Read moreIgnoring Florida Voters
Last November, the voters of Florida went to the polls and by an overwhelming majority passed a constitutional amendment raising the state minimum wage by $1, to $6.15 an hour, and indexing it to inflation. Now a cadre of anti-democratic right-wingers in the Florida legislature is working furiously to undermine the voters’ intent.
Read moreSocial Security and The Race Card AGAIN?
When Bush’s Social Security road show pulled into Kentucky Thursday, the president suggested that opposition to his privatization plan was based on the notion that some minorities can’t be trusted with their own money.
Read moreRalph Reed And James Dobson Helping Gambling Interests
Without a doubt, Tom Delay is most likely one of the most corrupt politicians to ever walk the halls of the Capital. I?d been wondering why the Republicans had been going out of their way to protect him, but now the light is dawning.
Read moreAP Reports Children Held Abu Ghraib
Children held by the U.S. Army at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison included one boy who appeared to be only about 8 years old, the former commander of the prison told investigators, according to a transcript.
Read moreFull Frontal
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend’s birthday party.
Read moreThe Last Picture Show
The spirit of the novel is captured perfectly; that of the desperation and claustrophobia of small town life, where generation after generation undergo the same rites of passage, living out the same lives of frustration and unrealised dreams.
Read moreMadagascar
Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs.
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