Yeah, but we never disrespected the Koran
Friday, May 20th, 2005Read. Read it all, every awful detail of it.
“Even as the young Afghan man was dying before them, his American jailers continued to torment him???”
Archive for the ‘Big Picture’ Category
”The higher animals have no religion.”
Thursday, May 12th, 2005OK, you few readers, and especially you straight eduBlogger friends and
acquaintances, show Mark Twain how higher beasts act:
TAKE ACTION: Right Wing tries to ruin Gay Games
The American
Family Association is going after Kraft Foods for sponsoring the Gay
Games. On their site they ask people to write to Kraft to object to
sponsorship of the Gay Games,.
Well, you right wing pigs???two can play that game???.
TAKE ACTION: Take 45 seconds and CLICK HERE TO THANK KRAFT FOR STANDING UP TO HATE AND BIGOTRY of the American Family Association.
THEN, CLICK HERE and open an email with links to Kraft for your friend. ???.Tell EVERYONE to thank Kraft for not caving to these right wing freaks.
CLICK HERE TO JUMP TO KRAFT ACTION UPDATES
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One stop subscribing
Tuesday, May 10th, 2005OK, I’m a day late on kudos to The Huffington Post. But given the rate of posting around here, better late than never. I may stop job hunting, DSL scrounging, and NWP blog building
long enough to again write regularly. Then again, it’s not like a lot
of somebody elses aren’t saying it all, more often and better.
LOL! Just go read HP’s Marty Kaplan:
So it turns out that the College Board is rewarding students for
demonstrating exactly the kind of skill that’ll equip them to become
Republican politicians, cable news anchors, and their enablers.
demonstrating exactly the kind of skill that’ll equip them to become
Republican politicians, cable news anchors, and their enablers.
Sharp analysis, good writing, cynical rage
Friday, April 22nd, 2005What more to ask for in a blog? Billmon outshines all the rest. From today’s rumination on the entertainment industry’s ‘corporate suits’ paying off the Christian-mentalists:
As an aficionado of organized crime, I
have to admire the way the Rovians design their scams to do double or
even triple duty. And this is a classic example: By threatening a
morals crackdown in the media’s red light district, the gang not only
extorts political cash and fawning coverage from the corporate news
pimps, it also earns brownie points with the Bible fedayeen at the same
time.
have to admire the way the Rovians design their scams to do double or
even triple duty. And this is a classic example: By threatening a
morals crackdown in the media’s red light district, the gang not only
extorts political cash and fawning coverage from the corporate news
pimps, it also earns brownie points with the Bible fedayeen at the same
time.
The pope is dead. Long live Quakers.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005Uh - I want to see the unionized teachers’ version of this - quick!
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005Clayton Wilcox, the superintendent of
schools, is the host for this online discussion, or blog. He will
respond frequently to your comments and questions
schools, is the host for this online discussion, or blog. He will
respond frequently to your comments and questions
In the clearing stands ???
Thursday, January 27th, 2005This seventeen year old senior, Benjamin, sauntered into the library
office yesterday, said “Hey!” in his beginning level Mandarin, and
flopped on the couch. One of his teachers mentioned last week that
Bennie, against his parents’ wishes, was joining the Marines. Benjamin
and I had words. In English.
Benjamin reminds me of my brother, Tom. They’re both sweet, strong,
naive. Three of us brothers got drafted during Vietnam. Tommie
was the only one who did Army time in combat. He has diabetes from exposure to Agent Orange.
This is all so monstrously wrong. Go read Frank Rich on Dubya’s latest
“missing in action” celebration. Do it before you read another essay
about the assault on of Social Security. Maybe there is no assault.
Maybe it’s just a way to distract us from the fucking war.
Follow that up with this Fred Reed rant in the American Conservative:
“The nearly perfect separation between
the military and the rest of the country, or at least the influential
in the country, is wonderful for the war effort. It prevents concern.
How many people with a college degree even know a soldier? Yes, some,
and I will get e-mail from them, but they are a minority. How many
Americans have been on a military base? Or, to be truly absurd, how
many men in combat arms went to, say, Harvard? Ah, but they have other
priorities.”
the military and the rest of the country, or at least the influential
in the country, is wonderful for the war effort. It prevents concern.
How many people with a college degree even know a soldier? Yes, some,
and I will get e-mail from them, but they are a minority. How many
Americans have been on a military base? Or, to be truly absurd, how
many men in combat arms went to, say, Harvard? Ah, but they have other
priorities.”
Finally, send some money to Barbara Boxer, who has the guts to name the lies.
Jan. 16 - Freedom of religion day
Sunday, January 16th, 2005Nice
history lesson over at the
First Amendment Center
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and guided to enactment
by James Madison, the Virginia Statute broke with the precedents of
history to disestablish the established church, prohibit government
funding of religion, and ensure that all people ìshall be free to
profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of
religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or
affect their civil capacities.î
by James Madison, the Virginia Statute broke with the precedents of
history to disestablish the established church, prohibit government
funding of religion, and ensure that all people ìshall be free to
profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of
religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or
affect their civil capacities.î
Never doubt the value of fiction
Saturday, January 8th, 2005By common consent, 2004 was the year that Jon Stewart’s fake news
became more reliable for many viewers than real news. As 2005 begins,
we must confront the prospect that a fictional TV action hero is more
engaged with the war on terror than those in Washington who actually
have his job.
became more reliable for many viewers than real news. As 2005 begins,
we must confront the prospect that a fictional TV action hero is more
engaged with the war on terror than those in Washington who actually
have his job.
Shameless sellout
Friday, January 7th, 2005Via Atrios, this unsurprising description of Bush admin misuse of public funds: Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law. Let the sycophant Armstrong know how pitiful it is to witness a journalist accepting payment to serve as a pandering parrot. We “must hold [journalists] accountable to their failures.” Armstrong email contact.