Tomorrow is May Day and a national boycott is planned. Here are articles I recommend: Why I Will Boycott on May 1by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández ~ AlterNet. ~ April 28, 2006. I will stand with my immigrant sisters and brothers because I value their contribution to America, and because their work makes my privilege …
Alec and I don’t have health insurance. We work on contract and also are self-employed. He had open heart surgery in 2002. I have epilepsy (adult onset starting in 1998 and I was just recently diagnosed with diabetes and high cholesterol. So we are private pay on everything – doctors, medicine, hospital stays etc. During …
With me mentioning the new songs of war and politics by Neil Young and by Pink with The Indigo Girls I want to share this one too. My friend Steve Scalchlin wrote in his online diary, Living in the Bonusround: “Musical Insurgency” (dated December 18-20, 2004). In an entry called The World of The Song …
Here is a great new song for our times “Dear Mr. President” by Pink ~ sung live with the Indigo Girls on Pink’s new album, I’m Not Dead. See the online video of the song in concert here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eDJ3cuXKV4&eurl= and read the lyrics here:http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pink/dearmrpresident.html
In the past Neil Young supported Mr. Bush. He is now against the war, speaking out and will be releasing a new album Living With War next week . NEIL YOUNG – Living With War http://livingwithwar.blogspot.com Interview with him on youtube streaming video online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7utryGZ25dg and an article:http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=205780
This letter came to me through a PFLAG email list I am on. The man who wrote it is Jeff Whitty, the author of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play “Avenue Q.” He wants this to go around the globe and back so by all means post it on your websites and email it to everyone …
There is a quote by actor-comedian George Lopez in the April 24th, 2006 article Stars don’t come out for this fight about USA immigration reform: “I agree with them (Hispanic advocates) in saying we should get involved,” Lopez told The Associated Press. “I think the thing that frightens Hollywood right now is it’s such a …