I’M A CITIZEN FIRST
I’m not saying that we need to take oaths of poverty and give up all our possessions, but there are more important things than consumerism, namely citizenship
RNC Protestors Under Search & Seizure Raids
Raids by the County Sheriff have obtained warrants to invade protest hubs for the Repub. Ntl Convention, before the convention has even started.
question of the day
how much truth can we handle?
i used to rail against people who were happily in denial. you know the folks who are still rah, rah for america and who believe that we are a democracy spreading democracy around the world. i am beginning to think i should let them be. the truth [...]
Some interesting and unusual things about Sarah Palin, Trig Palin and Bristol Palin
This dude lays out lots of information, most substantiated too. He reports, you decide.
Watching National Security
The invasion of Iraq in early 2003 was sold to us as a matter of national security. It is now 2008 and the government of Irag is demanding that the U.S. set a timetable for withdrawal of our forces.
What a switch this “national security” development is for the candidates running for the presidency. There [...]
my fellow americans
as a ‘vagina american’ i found this to be very funny- and not just in my ‘love pita’
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oh my!
betmo’s question of the hour- do you think she’ll end up withdrawing?
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christianophobia
recently, the vatican warned of growing ‘christianophobia’ around the world and declared that it needed to fought with the same zealotry as anti-semitism, etc.
Seeking an American Dream of a better life.
The border wall forces potential crosser’s away from safer urban areas to cross deeper into the desert and in remote, dangerous places.
Code Pink in Denver
Their photostream on Flickr can be seen here. Some great pictures of the code pink folks and other protestors during the Dem Nat Con.
not to rain on anyone’s convention
gore vidal lays america out in lavender- past, present and future-
This was the week!
The mornings after the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week, I was often struck speechless. The DNC was so very big, bold and beautiful along the way.
Court bars meat company from testing for Mad Cow.
Supporting the USDA in it’s decision, the federal court ruled today that Greenstone Farms can not test on its own cattle for Mad Cow, aka Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Is Bush behind Chinese oil deal and Russian isolation?
Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential election candidates.
McCain Chooses VP
Palin made a name for herself in Alaska politics by serving as mayor of Wasilla City for six years.
Wasilla City:
Population 5469
