Read School talk about gays, lesbians riles some parentsby Heather Woodward ~ June 8, 2007 ~ The Olympian I have Chris’ permission to share this letter. June 8, 2007 I’m still waiting for the day when a school can have a speaker who dares utter the word “gay” or “lesbian” without bringing down the wrath …
This is what I replied when asked for a reason when I unsubscribed from two Democratic Party email listservs: I am not pleased with the Democratic Party as they have been voting in for more war funds, more money than Bush asked for abstinence only programs, and generally not standing up for what used to …
A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting. Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders had considered, and then subsquently rejected, …
Thank you, Steve Schalchlin for posting this on your blogLiving in the Bonus Round! 9ALLENRIDE9 wrote: This is a play that i stared in that … This is a play that i stared in that won first place out of all the middle schools in California! All the best middle schools in California would have …
In a world of strife and tragedy, with new sorrows arriving not as single spies, but in battalions, what would you do to spread a message of peace, to offer a hope of healing to those who’ve braved the darkest days? Read A Piano Peace by Crashing Vor ~ at daily kos ~ June 01, …
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First, read Good Riddance Attention Whoreby CindySheehan ~ May 28, 2007 Then: Don’t Go Too Far Away, Cindy I have to admit that I was quite surprised when I read that Cindy Sheehan is leaving the peace movement. After reading her explanation for the move, I was less surprised, but still a bit disappointed. After …
Bill Moyers writes: “For all the words Maxine Hong Kingston has poured onto the page from her own life and mind, for the many years Maxine Hong Kingston has been coaxing words from others. In 1993 she put out a call to veterans to join her in workshops devoted to turning their experiences into poems, …