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Entries for March, 2005

Open letter to Dr. Dre about his Posters Polluting My City

I’m a huge fan of Dre’s work and the work of some of the people Dre has helped get started in the music industry, BUT I’m NOT a fan of the Dre Day posters that end up pasted all over my neighborhood when Dre comes to town. If Dre wants to use posters as a [...]

Jeb Bush’s Base Turns Against Him (Ugly)

Or do they? Yahoo! News – Poll: Evangelicals Oppose Gov’t on Schiavo: “More than two-thirds of people who describe themselves as evangelicals and conservatives disapprove of the intervention by Congress and President Bush (news – web sites) in the case of the Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the center of a national debate.” To [...]

Hindrocket Misrepresents Washington Post Story in an Attempt to Debunk Schiavo Memo

Notice Hindrocket’s comment that the notorious Schiavo memo was sent to all 55 Republican senators: Power Line: March 2005 Archives: “And who would send an anonymous missive to all 55 Republican Senators, commenting on political tactics and strategies? That seems very odd. Who would send a memo to Senators like Lincoln Chaffee, Arlen Specter and [...]

President Bush Gives up on Terri Schiavo

It looks like the political grandstanding is starting to wind down at the presidential level: Yahoo! News – Schiavo’s Parents Suffer More Setbacks: “Meanwhile, President Bush suggested that he and Congress had done their best to help the parents prolong Schiavo’s life, and the White House said it had no further legal options. ‘I believe [...]

Yahoo! News – Rumsfeld Questions Venezuela on Rifles

Apparently, it’s only okay to have a well-regulated militia if you’re the United States of America. And it’s especially troubling for countries with large supplies of oil to be able to defend themselves. Yahoo! News – Rumsfeld Questions Venezuela on Rifles: “‘I can’t understand why Venezuela needs 100,000 AK-47s. I personally hope it doesn’t happen. [...]

Coalition Calls Upon Bush to Save Schiavo’s Life by Using Police Powers

It looks like the Bush brothers have politicized themselved into a corner on this one. While they planned to to look like heros to the religious right by “doing all the could do” to help save Terri Schiavo’s life, the right-wing is now putting the responsiblity (and thus imminent blame) squarely on Brothers Bush. Coalition [...]

Iraq Checkpoint Killings Unchecked

Here are some ad figures to ponder: Iraq Checkpoint Killings Unchecked: “Since the beginning of the invasion in March 2003, the U.S. military has killed more than a dozen journalists in Iraq � more than the Iraqi resistance has. There have also been scores of civilians killed � including women, children and families � at [...]

Who’s talking to catholicparents.org’s Colleen?

I have to ask: “Who has asked Colleen’s ‘we’ to call the White House?” God? The same God that ordered George W. Bush to bomb a country that hadn’t attacked us? The same God that told George W. Bush that we need to drill in a national wildlife refuge? The same God that kept George [...]

Do you live near a coal burning power plant?

Mercury is HEAVY, thus settles immedately downwind of coal plants. Does this make the Bush administration’s industry-backed plan to use ‘Cap-And-Trade’ ignorant or evil? Today show report on controversial mercury rule … [Media Matters for America]: “The Boston Globe also noted that the rules have been criticized for allowing ‘hot spots,’ or high regional levels [...]

Really small government – In your Bedroom

Sarah Hassell makes a great point in her letter to the editor today: Letters from readers: “Really small government Can someone please explain to me how gay marriage in any way threatens the institution as a whole? Or how banning gay marriage is in accordance with the right to ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of [...]

  
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