Happy Two Hundred Thirty Third
This is what kicked it all off, how many of us have actually read the entire document?
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to [...]
what i did on my summer vacation
i never understood the meaning of vacation. we never really took them when i was growing up- we took trips to visit people once in awhile but that was family and whatnot. when family came to visit, we had picnics or went to a them park but my family never ‘vacationed.’ probably why i don’t [...]
US Veterans Urge Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
Three military veteran organizations are calling on the Obama Administration to release photographs that depict the abuse of detainees in U.S. custody. Veterans For Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Common Sense jointly composed a letter to President Obama that states that they believe that releasing the pictures is crucial to U.S. [...]
NASA is at a crossroads:
Former Astronaut Charles Bolden will probably be the new head of NASA. But a committee holds much of the fate of NASA in its own expert hands. This New York Times Augustine article is very useful for painting the big picture. The Committee held a public meeting on June 17. The “Agenda Released for U.S. [...]
The First Step Can Be The Hardest
Looking back over the big news from the past week I was bored. Another big wig poliician got caught dipping his wick in someone besides his significant other and I just didn’t care. He is like King David from the Old Testament after all.
Big stars ded both from dreaded disease and sudden heart failure and [...]
That A Life & Death Not Be Forgotten
Neda Agah-Soltan, 26 years old, killed by a bullet in the front of her neck while standing on a street in Tehran. Neda Agah-Soltan was unknown by the public prior to her death, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times she was:
Born in Tehran, they said, to a father who worked for the [...]
the world turns- and burns
i have been thinking a great deal about being an american in light of the struggles of folks around the world. i guess i never really thought that much about it before- i think probably most folks don’t. i look at myself as a new yorker- or a ‘northerner’- but not so much [...]
Juárez War Update: 10K Feds vs. Drug Cartels. Who’s ahead … and Why?
Gangland-style murders, now about seven per day just across the US border from El Paso, TX, continue unabated in Juárez, Mexico despite the presence of 7,500 soldiers and an additional 2,300 federal police officers. Simply stated, a total of 9,800 federal law enforcers have yet to slow the killings.
Here’s the update: June has already seen [...]
Fall from grace and glory
Federal District Judge Samuel B. Kent of Texas had to leave the bench, though not his salary behind. He will be unable to preside in court because he has been in jail since last Monday, according to Ashley Southall of The New York Times: “serving 33 months in prison for lying to a judicial panel [...]
Why Dont They Just Shut Up?
What do the Republicans want? They have been bitching since the election last year and can’t seem to be consistant on anything except finding fault with everything the new administration does. Now they are whining about our presidents lack of being vocal on the situation in Iran. Seems like no matter what Obama does or [...]
Health Care Reform: More Than Insurance
It seems, from what I have read, heard and seen in the media, that the health care reform initiative that President Obama would like to see implemented boils down to whether or not the government expands its role in providing health care insurance benefits to the entire populace, as opposed to just those who are [...]
living in the surreal world
‘some days are diamonds- some days are stones‘
yep. why i don’t read news every day- well, the stories suck and people suck and nobody is doing a whole lot to fix anything- and we all just kind of throw up our hands and look at each other. we have decent journos getting shitcanned for more [...]
Random Observations On Corporate Government
The US Government is a corporatocracy. It has become a government of the corporations, by the corporations and for the corporations.
Corporations are endowed with all the rights and none of the responsibilities of personhood.
The Supreme Court sanctioned corporate money donated to political campaigns as “free speech”.
Both major parties are thus primarily in the service of [...]
the more things change- the more they don’t
most of us started blogging during a time when we had no other way to fight against what we saw as the fascist takeover of our democratic republic. we signed petitions, emailed our ‘represenatatives’ in congress, and tore apart the falsehoods, lies and propaganda being perpetuated in the media. we were the truth line- tenuous [...]
Volunteer/Humanitarian Convicted of Littering while “trying to save lives”
Walt Staton labels water to be left for migrants.
Web-designer Walt Staton, 27, a volunteer with a Tucson AZ humanitarian aid group, routinely places sealed jugs of drinking water in the Arizona desert at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, in the paths undocumented migrants use as they to attempt to enter the US. For that, [...]
