Archive for June, 2007

Hate crimes and the Matthew Shepard Act

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

I don’t do many action alerts, but this one is imperative. We need sexual orientation added to the Federal hate crimes laws, but fundamentalists who don’t believe in equality - like our forefathers SAID - are hitting our Senators and saying to not support the act. They can look at the haunting images [...]

If that’s what Cheney wants…

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

…then I hope that Democrats will follow through with their threat!  Since Cheney has decided that he is not part of the Executive Branch of our government, Democratic Representative Rahm Emanuel plans to introduce an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill that cuts the funding for the office of the Vice [...]

New widgets

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

First off, while perusing Greg Palast’s site, I saw a new (to me, at least) and I saw a great new technology.  It’s widgets that basically include his headlines and a link to his latest book for sale.  It’s on the right hand side of this page - I added it almost as soon as [...]

Had it with Cheney

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

I’m in the middle of a class, but saw something that I’m steamed about.  Cheney is talking out of both sides of his ass yet again.
Remember when Cheney held his super secret Energy Commission meetings, and he refused to have them open to the public?  Cheney claimed that his office had executive privilege, just like [...]

Ask and ye shall receive!

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Okay, to go along with my last post, it turns out that by law, the replacement for Sen. Thomas of Wyoming has to be a Republican.  But there are now arguments against this, saying that the law is unconstitutional.  There could be some steam to this after all!

Next steps

Monday, June 11th, 2007

I’m working nights these days, so haven’t had a chance to catch up on what’s going on.  But the headline “Senate Republicans block vote on Gonzales” caught my eye as I went to lunch.  What a crock of crap!  We have an Attorney General who’s hands are FILTHY from the whole prosecutor firings, and the [...]

The immigration debate

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

People have asked me what I think about the immigration debate, and the whole guest worker program that Bush is coming up with.  It’s dividing everyone - just listen to “babe” (per Rush Limbaugh) Stephanie Miller.  Her show is the BEST, and helps get me going in the morning.  But lately Stephanie and her two [...]

Reasons to NOT vote Republican in 2008

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

What a load of horse crap! *sigh*
I read the transcript of the Republican debate of last night. The question of the night - at least for me - was if the candidates would pardon Scooter Libby for the crime he was convicted of earlier that day. The response from the majority of [...]

What’s good for the goose…

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Bush just put out a statement condeming Iran - yes Iran, not Iraq - for holding US citizens.  Quoting Bush, “Several of our fellow American citizens — including Haleh Esfandiari, Parnaz Azima, Kian Tajbakhsh, and Ali Shakeri — are being held against their will by the Iranian regime. I strongly condemn their detention at [...]

Another single-finger wave to the US citizen

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

If there ever was a case of hypocrisy, this is one of them.  The EPA has a science panel for issues on asbestos, and they have come up with a new member to join the panel.  A scientist, you ask?  Oh hells no.  Instead, they want to appoint Dennis C. Paustenbach, a lawyer who is [...]