Month: June 2006
Groups mobilize against neo-Nazis
OLYMPIA – After three encounters with neo-Nazis in Olympia, local groups are planning what to do when the National Socialist Movement, a group trying to establish itself in Western Washington, comes to town for a rally July 3. Read the article: Groups mobilize against neo-Nazisby Venice Buhain ~ The Olympian ~ June 19, 2006 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* …
Happy Birthday Noel!
Noel turned 30 today. He is somewhere in California on a road trip vacation with his friend Patty. We called this morning and left a message on his phone, and Alec sang “Happy Birthday” for him. 🙂 Here is a photo collage I made years ago for my website, and a recent photograph. Happy birthday …
Sometimes It’s Enough To Say Thank You. ~ by two of my very favorite people:
Steve Schalchlin: I was talking about this to my friend, Michael Sugar, this morning as we drove over the hill to attend a church service here on Pride Sunday in Los Angeles. Michael is a very nice Jewish boy who invited me to go with him. It would be his first time attending a Christian …
A note from my husband Alec ~ his books are still available.
Dear friends, I want to remind you that my books are still available for purchase, but the only way to buy them is either directly from me or online at http://www.alecclayton.com/writings.html They are no longer available at bookstores. I know some of you meant to get copies but just haven’t got around to it yet …
Barbara Ehrenreich: How Banning Gay Marriage Will Destroy the Family
Someone has to say it: A constitutional amendment banning gay marriage will destroy the American family and all the sex-related “values” our brethren on the religious right hold so dear. And it will do so by creating an irresistible demand for a constitutional amendment banning heterosexual marriage. and Instead of bashing gays for their insidious …
More on Our Shame at Guantanamo Bay
Dispirited and desperate prisoners at Guantanamo Bay look to suicide as a way out of a hopeless situation, and not because they seek martyrdom, say three British Muslims once held there.” There is no hope in Guantanamo. The only thing that goes through your mind day after day is how to get justice or how …
Redford gives liberal group earful of advice
I don’t identify as a Democrat ~ I consider myself an independent and I am proud of that. There have been times that I wanted to vote for the person who I believe in the most (if I could find one) but I have been so afraid of the opponent ~ like Bush in this …