Insane immigration policies, a new $70 billion tax cut for the rich, and increasing ineptitude in Iraq all indicate that this administration has lost its marbles. I hate to raise such an ugly possibility, but have you considered lunacy as an explanation? Craziness would make a certain amount of sense. Click here to read the …
‘People think there must be some magical tactic, beyond the traditional ones — protests, demonstrations, vigils, civil disobedience — but there is no magical panacea, only persistence.’ Click here to read the whole article in Alternet on May 17, 2006.First published in the May/June 2006 issue of Tikkun.
Gay Adby OUtsidethenine4evaBeautiful clip of a gay teen boy doing ‘the unthinkable’… ThisNorwegian public service announcement for gay teens, translated says “You don’t need to be so tough.”Click here. Homophobia Is Gayby FrerardLivesThis video is why homophobia should be stopped, before more innocents are hurt.Click here.
Today is Mother’s Day and I nice phone call from Noel.Thanks Noel! 🙂 ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * I can’t write any mushy poetry about my mom. I never felt I was able to live up to her expectations ~ from memorizing the multiplication tables (isn’t …
This latest review of our sleep-deprivation had little new to offer. Women are stressed, over-worked, simultaneously caring for children and elderly parents, and yes, hormonally challenged. But the article failed to mention the trio of elephants trumpeting in the living room: George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld. A Mothers’ Day Gift of Sleepby Susan …
by Henry A. Giroux; Pennsylvania State University Instead of providing a decent education to poor young people, American society offers them the growing potential of being incarcerated, buttressed by the fact that the U.S. is one of the few countries in the world that sentences minors to death and spends “three times more on each …
Tell Americans what to do? Dare to suggest that they’re doing something wrong, or that their behaviors are dangerous and destructive and irresponsible? Are you insane? This is America! We’re flawless! by Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist ~ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 quote: Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas ~ It would revolutionize America. …
Thanks to John Amato’s Crooks and Liars for reminding me of Jackson Browne’s song “Lives in the Balance” first released in 1986. (It was written about Ronald Reagan the USA involvemet in El Salvador. For bacground, see this on the PBS film Enemies of War with the story, a timeline, talkback, resources and more.) Lives …