Random RecitalsSuch close observations of apes and birds and dolphins remind us that humanity is part of a great animal kingdom. All species within this kingdom differ from one another in significant ways, to be sure, but the kingdom does not seem to be organized on the superior/inferior hierarchy. Species are merely different from one another; they are not better than, nor more or less advanced than, each other. The core experience of all animal life is strikingly similar. Lively LinksLinks change randomly each time the cache is refreshed. |
Article by John on June 30th, 2008 at 8:52 am Image via Wikipedia Over at OpEd News in an article titled What’s the Matter in Madison?, the author makes the comparison of the Christian Right being to the Republicans what Progressives are to the Democrats: …essential to an election victory, easily rallied and a dependable source of funds, but not to be considered seriously in any policy decisions. As Evangelicals are mocked [...]
Article by missy on October 29th, 2007 at 11:42 am Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaking on CNN on Iran‘s nuclear program, yesterday: … [W]e are not talking about Iran having today a nuclear weapon. We are trying to make sure that the future intention of Iran is peaceful, and that’s really what we are talking about. Risk assessment of possible future intention by Iran, if they have the [...]
Article by John on September 3rd, 2007 at 8:53 am Politicians these days can’t get enough of fear mongering about Iran. We can’t let them develop nuclear weapons. They are interfering in Iraq. The soldiers in their military are terrorists. They want to annihilate Israel. Democrats and Republicans alike seem to think the right approach is to demonize and threaten the Iranians. Chris Hedges over at Truthdig imagines what will happen if we carry [...]
Article by John on June 12th, 2007 at 1:21 pm  Below the fold is info on the Seattle premier of the movie On June 14 with SPECIAL GUEST MICHAEL MOORE TO ATTEND. And here is a sample song called these days from the punk group Sicko (not connected with the movie).
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Article by John on May 8th, 2007 at 11:21 am Just received this email from Bill Richardson. His de-authorization is not the same as Hillary’s de-authorization as MyDD points out here. Congress has the power to end this war. They authorized the invasion of Iraq under the War Powers Act and they can now de-authorize it and bring the troops home. De-authorization can’t be vetoed. The President won’t listen to the American people, and he won’t listen to Congress — together we can show him that being stubborn isn’t a foreign policy. For several months, I have been calling for de-authorizing this war and leaving no residual troops because I believe that this is is the best approach to ending the violence. But many Americans don’t even know that de-authorization is an option. They know the proposals coming out of Washington don’t go far enough, but they don’t know a better way forward. That’s where you come in. I need your help to send the message to Congress that they need to execute their authority to end this war immediately. It is increasingly obvious to me that only an overwhelming public outcry will force our leaders to act. So let’s create that outcry. Click here to sign the petition calling on Congress to use its power to de-authorize the war and bring the troops home now. We need their help to end the violence in Iraq.
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Article by John on April 27th, 2007 at 11:52 am  Hope you all missed most of the debate like I did (way too scripted and boring). It wasn’t worth watching except for one person. And that person is Mike Gravel. Timothy V. Gatto over at OpEd News wrote:
The surprise and the best I’ve saved for last. Out of the blue comes Former Alaskan senator Mike Gravel, who besides adding a little comic relief with his expressions and his biting wit, brought a breath of fresh air to the debate. He came out swinging about George W,’s “fraudulent war”. He then said that some of the candidates including Joe Biden want to tell the Iraqi’s how to run their country. He said that “Biden had a certain arrogance”. The best part of the entire evening for me was this statement from Senator Gravel when asked about the three most important “enemies” of the United States: MR. GRAVEL: We have no important enemies. What we need to do is to begin to deal with the rest of the world as equals, and we don’t do that. We spend more as a nation on defense than all the rest of the world put together. Who are we afraid of? Who are you afraid of, Brian? I’m not. And Iraq has never been a threat to us. We invaded them. I mean, it is unbelievable. The military-industrial complex not only controls our government lock, stock and barrel but they control our culture.
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Article by John on April 7th, 2007 at 10:31 pm Putting the Iran Crisis in Context by Noam Chomsky Unsurprisingly, George W. Bush’s announcement of a “surge” in Iraq came despite the firm opposition to any such move of Americans and the even stronger opposition of the (thoroughly irrelevant) Iraqis. It was accompanied by ominous official leaks and statements — from Washington and Baghdad — about how Iranian intervention in Iraq was aimed at [...] | Local TV Connect with Facebook |
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