any ideas? i am fresh out

i know that i have been remiss in posting. i have been taking a step back because of a variety of reasons- not the least being i hate summer but, as summer winds down- i guess i should get back into the fray. i don’t know what all of the answers are to [...]

Why do Gays and Lesbians vote and hetero’s don’t?

Its a valid question after reading today’s LAT article entitled: Gay and Lesbian voting power. The answer seems simple enough; “We have far more at stake than the average voter, and we’re therefore far more engaged in the political process.”-says Tom Roth, President of Community Marketing.
But I challenge that response. The Hetero voters have much [...]

SoS Debra Bowen needs our support fellow Californians..

I try not to write regional pieces, but this one needs to be addressed and we have several writers and readers that live in CA. Democracy for America, aka DFA has sent out an email asking voters to support the decisions made last week by our Secretary of State. Debra Bowen made a huge decision [...]

Are YOU Feeling The Culture Of Fear?

We all know that beauty and brains usually are not synonymous. Some people are fortunate to have it all I suppose…but there are those that don’t have that entire package going on for them. Yet that moniker may be transcended with beauty of mind and spirit…and I feel that perhaps embodies my subject for today…Mr. [...]

the power of an idea

i watched v for vendetta again. folks pooh pooh the movie as a conspiracy theory and propaganda against the neo con regime but to me- it is overtly symbolic. v, himself, said that you can’t kill an idea. what stuck with me too- they can pick us off one by one- but they can’t [...]

pangs of conscience

after a full 5 days of the inlaws, i am pooped. they are truly lovely people but i am worn out. we went ramming around shopping and to surry races and movies and the spiedie fest and balloon rally here. the entire time i couldn’t help but think about all of the [...]

WTF..sign Feingolds Censure amendment..

 

The site to do that is here. I know it ain’t squat, I am not daft my dear reader. But it makes me feel like I did more than blog and bitch about it.
I am anticipating the next round of protests and marches..I am SO there..I haven’t been to one in a couple of months [...]

Rove-a-mort and the GOP Stonewalling

For you Harry Potter fans..a good video from Campaign for America’s Future.
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Here’s To Mr. Audacity

 Ill: Micah Wright/Progaganda Remix, With Permission
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We have to give this to Mr. Bush ~ no law, & no tired meme, will he allow to stand in the way of his quest for all-encompassing executive power. In today’s news, courtesy of The Hill, we learn that Bush used his Saturday radio address to try press forward [...]

Journalist Returns From Iraq…Finds Disneyland

Dahr Jamail writes for Tomdispatch.com. He was in Iraq in January 2004 traveling through villages and cities south of Baghdad while investigating the performance of the Bechtel Corporation in honoring their contractual obligations to restore the water supply in the region. He found in a village outside of Najaf, where both women [...]