Wage Peace-American Friends Society
Here is an incredable video about the war by the American Friends Society. Three minutes that will have you choked up.
Read moreSociety
A general category for things related to our society and how we interact with one another.
Alito's America A Scary Place
I might as well get a post about Bush’s Supreme Court Nominee out of the way. In bowing to the religious fanatics on the right, he’s pretty much sealed the fate of our Constitutional rights to be left alone by the government.
Read moreWeather Man, The
A Chicago weather man (Cage), separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Read moreWhat Democrats Stand For
What do Democrats stand for? It seems a common refrain, or assumption, that Democrats do not have an overall theme or narrative, and I will certainly agree that the party as a whole does a rather bad job of articulating the message. But it lodged in my brain, and after a half hour of thought I realized that I, at least, know what I stand for. And it’s not complicated.
Read moreSulu is Gay
It seem George Takei, Sulu, the Helmsman on Star Trek, has decided its now safe to come out.
Read moreScreaming Profits for Big Oil
While you and I are cringing with every stop at a filling station, the big oil companies are raking in the big bucks.
Read moreWishful Thinking
A great idea from a good friend of mine.
Read moreV.P. Fights Against Outlawing Torture
The Bush administration wasn’t happy when the Senate overwhelmingly voted to limit and define U.S. interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects. Vice President Cheney is now attempting to exempt the Central Intelligence Agency from this measure.
Read moreInteresting Tidbit on Washington Scandals
I think that perhaps the White House is finally starting to realize that ship is about to hit the span. The Providence Journal is reporting that White House Chief of Staff, Andy Card, has cancelled his planned attendance at a political fund raiser this weekend.
Read moreSupreme Court Litmus Test and Hipocracy
President Bush called attention to Harriet Miers’s religion in order to “patch a growing fissure” amongst conservatives over his Supreme Court nominee. “People are interested to know why I picked Harriet Miers,” he said. “Part of Harriet Miers’s life is her religion.” President Bush shouldn’t exploit Harriet Miers’s faith to rally support for her nomination.
Read moreCheney Gets Richer Thanks to Haliburton
In 2003, Vice President Cheney asserted, “Since I left Halliburton to become George Bush’s vice president, I’ve severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interest. I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven’t had, now, for over three years.” That wasn’t true in 2003, and it’s not true now.
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