Please listen to Jay Smooth’s October 2007 commentary on rapper TI’s arrest on federal gun charges right before he was scheduled to appear at the BET Hip Hop Awards where he had been nominated for nine awards. Click To Play Jay goes way beyond acknowledging that if T.I. was guilty of those charges (which he …
The issue of gay marriage is addressed by 15 year old Carrie Shores whose parents (Del Shores and Jason Dottley) are gay. Great job Carrie! Thanks for posting that. Background notes: I met Carrie’s dad Del when my friend Michael Sugar flew me to Los Angeles to see Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu in the …
This is truly amazing. Check it out! Staunch conservative Pat Buchanan had nothing but love for Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic national convention given before 85,000 people in Denver’s Mile High Stadium. Thanks to Liza Sabater on culturekitchen for sharing that one! And if you missed Obama’s speech – or want to …
Our Olympia City Council is seeking to repeal our Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance on Tuesday, September 9th! Please take action on this! Here is the press release that went out today: 09/05/08 PRESS RELEASE Supporters of Nuclear Free Zone rally for community show of support The Olympia City Council wants to repeal our Nuclear Free …
Hey, peeved hippie! Stop your hatin’ and learn to love the (McCain) bomb! Aww, just look at you. You seem a little upset. A mite peeved, even. Heck on a hot pancake, I’d even go so far as to say you were downright angry, given how I can see the ripples of general upsettedness and …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE www.democracynow.org September 1, 2008 Contact:Denis Moynihan 917-549-5000Mike Burke 646-552-5107, mike@democracynow.org ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ Goodman was …
It’s done. Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee for president. The emotional impact snuck up on me like a stealth bomb. Maybe because of all the drama with Hillary and Ted Kennedy. Probably because I never thought it would really happen. I came home during the delegate roll call vote and it hit me what …