freedom of speech is dead and the american gestapo who keep it that way

I know; what a long title. But at the end you’ll see why it’s so appropriate.
It’s been almost a month since I’ve had time to blog about anything, and probably won’t again any time soon due to some priorities I have to finish up. But this morning I watched the ACLU TV’s dissent again (as [...]

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will never forget

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i am aware…are you?

Imagine that your life, as you know it, disappears in the blink of an eye. War, violence or fear for your family’s safety force you to flee your home. After hours or even days of a torturous journey, you find shelter far away, in a squalid tent. You are dependent on handouts of food; possibly [...]

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police suppress sept15 press conference

How dare those three forget to get a permit for the folding press table! I’m just glad those fine, fine officers of the law were there to ensure free speech was squashed. C’mon people…who cares what their press conference was for…is this how we Americans treat each other? I think not…and [...]

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another dishonorable chicken-hawk

by Cindy Sheehan
I know just a little bit about Mr. William Kristol:
He is the son of one of the founders of the “neo-conservative” movement, Irving Kristol.
He is a commentator on Fox News.
He was Chief of Staff for one of the political “geniuses” of our time: VP Dan Quayle.
He is editor of another Rupert Murdoch war-propaganda [...]

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unsilence yourself

I denounce allegiance to the flag of the Corporate States of America, and to the megalomaniacs for which it stands, one nation under the Flying Spaghetti Monster, divided and plundered, with slavery and oppression for all.
 
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
the order: http://www.whitehouse.gov
original analysis: http://www.globalresearch.ca
re-analysis (shorthand version): http://www.beegs.com/?p=384
…and much more [...]

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rEvolution never comes with a warning

I was playing some catchup with the journal late last night while zoning out on the couch after 8 hours of traveling (I missed the first flight) returning from summer vacation #2, and something that Barbara Ehrenreich said jolted me out of my comatose state; and I have been thinking about [...]

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1in8 too.

One in eight Iraqis have been forced from their homes.
UNHCR and its partners estimate that out of a total population of 26 million, some 1.7 million Iraqis are displaced internally and up to 2 million have fled to nearby countries.
About 500,000 of them are of school age and most currently have limited or no access [...]

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where is darfur?

Darfur…if you haven’t heard of it by now…then you you either haven’t paid any attention to the minuscule air time it gets or you are one of those shining brass americans who think it’s not important.
for all those humans out there…here’s amnesty international’s new campaign to get more attention on darfur and get the people [...]

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the “i” word

 

 
.impeachment.
a useful word. a necessary word.
did you know that the constitution makes 6 different references to this word? but yet it has no mention of corporations, political parties, conventions, primaries, or caucuses. our founding fathers wanted us to know this word, impeachment, and how to use it.
.start using it. start spreading [...]

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