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 [...]
August 15, 2007
Categories: 08 Elections, Betmo's Posts, Corruption in Govt, Fear, International Politics, Judiciary, SCOTUS, action, culture, grass roots, politics, random thoughts . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 9 Comments
Bush did the same thing when he ran the state of Texas. He is set to ‘fast-track’ death row inmates, removing what has been due process for an inmate sentenced to death for a crime. As the IHT article points out:
The US Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales – Mr Bush’s top legal adviser during the spree [...]
August 14, 2007
Categories: Constitutional Crisis, Dustys Posts, Judiciary, culture, politics . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 2 Comments
White dove; olive branch
symbols of ideals unknown-
when will peace be real?
i guess i wonder why there are so many people on this planet willing to kill each other. it doesn’t make sense to me. isn’t it time we put aside the symbols and embraced the ideal?
tags: peace, haiku
August 14, 2007
Categories: Betmo's Posts, Daily Featured, Peace Movement, culture, random thoughts . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 17 Comments
The evil boy genius, Bush’s beloved Turdblossom, “the Architect” of the country’s dark descent into unwarranted militarism, accompanied by a calculated pull to the hard right in every facet of American life, manipulation, & flirtation with neo-con fascism, announced his resignation from public life today. Needs more time with the family.
(He has a family? News [...]
August 14, 2007
Categories: Corruption in Govt, Demon Princess\' Posts, Humor, Wingnuts on Parade, culture . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 4 Comments
The U.S. market meltdown of the past few days has made other world economies nervous-nervous enough to dump a ton of cash into ours. The EU & Japan joined our own Federal Reserve in the injections, & dwarfed ours.
The New York Times asked yesterday, “Should the Federal Reserve help bail out billionaire hedge [...]
August 12, 2007
Categories: Daily Featured, Demon Princess\' Posts, Federal Government, Shrinking Middle Class, culture, random thoughts . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 9 Comments
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. [...]
August 10, 2007
Categories: 08 Elections, Corruption in Govt, Daily Featured, Fear, Federal Government, International Politics, Iran, Iraq War, MSM, Presidential Candidates, Religion, Sumo's Posts, War on Terror, action, culture, politics . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 18 Comments
I know I’m weeping buckets for the guy that helped out a covert FBI operative…Valerie Plame. Apparently Robert Novak…86…is having a very difficult time in life…as a result of this. Well, get in line buster! It seems Bob has been cut off Bush’s “list of conservative columnists” that get invited to the [...]
August 8, 2007
Categories: Corruption in Govt, Fear, Federal Government, International Politics, MSM, Sumo's Posts, Wingnuts on Parade, culture, morals, politics . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 6 Comments
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 [...]
August 7, 2007
Categories: Betmo's Posts, Daily Featured, Environment, Its about the Oil stupid, action, culture, grass roots, morals . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 5 Comments
Remember, remember the 5th of November
Gun powder treason and plot
We can see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
I finally got a chance to watch “V is for Vendetta”, the comic book graphic novella made into film. Quite entertaining, wonderful word play and lot’s of things blowing up” real good”~ what more could you want? [...]
August 6, 2007
Categories: Daily Featured, Fear, SageFevers Posts, culture, politics, random thoughts . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 19 Comments
Chauncey Bailey was the editor of Oakland CA’s Oakland Post. He was shot to death while he walked to work in the morning sunlight. The masked gunman walked up to him and calmly put 3 bullets into Mr. Bailey then boarded a van that pulled up to collect him. Mr. Bailey was dead before the [...]
August 6, 2007
Categories: Dustys Posts, Fear, Federal Government, Racism, culture, morals, politics . . Author: Dusty . Comments: 8 Comments