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From TruthOut.org: As the military develops increasingly sophisticated approaches to roping in America’s youth, a renewed counter-recruitment movement is fighting back with its own fresh strategies.
Posted by Liberadio(!) on July 24, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
Do we really want to write discrimination into the constitution? Constitutional Amendments should be about granting rights, not restricting them. Vote No on 1.
ABA President Michael S. Greco: “We will be close to a constitutional crisis if this issue, the president’s use of signing statements, is left unchecked.”
What a Corker!
Tennessean (editorial) endorses Corker in Republican Primary
“Bush Blocked Justice Department Investigation”, by Murray Waas (National Journal)
This is freaking huge. For some reason, though, it barely made headlines. C’mon, George. What could you possibly have to hide? Is it the fact that you don’t want 250 million Americans wondering why you want to know what they could possibly have to hide?
Health & Human Services Secretary Sure took care of himself! When Michael Leavitt was named Health and Human Services Secretary he didn’t know that he was supposed to look out for our health and human services, not his own!
“Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition, has become the first political casualty of the Jack Abramoff lobbying and money scandals with his loss yesterday in Georgia’s lieutenant governor’s race to a previously unknown state senator.”
Bush Loses First Round in Wiretap Suit
Next Week: Larry Woods
Posted by Liberadio(!) on July 20, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
“Corker? I Don’t Even Think She Votes!”
— Brittney Gilbert, NashvilleisTalking.com
Posted by Liberadio(!) on July 19, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
President Bush is this close to a veto - his first one ever! Here’s a fun list. Let’s call it “Some bills President Bush didn’t veto”:
Bill Cutting Vital Programs like Student Loans. President Bush will veto stem cell legislation, but he did not veto a plan making American students pay the price for his Administration’s out-of-control spending.
Big Oil Giveaway. President Bush will veto stem cell legislation, but he did not veto a give-away to oil and gas companies of $6 billion, and to coal companies of $9 billion.
Terri Schiavo Bill. President Bush will veto stem cell legislation, but he did not veto a bill pandering to the right wing.
Drug Company Giveaway. President Bush will veto stem cell legislation, but he did not veto a give-away to drug companies that, unbeknownst to Americans at the time, will cost over $1.2 trillion. [Washington Post, 2/9/05]
Tax Cuts for Privileged Few. President Bush will veto stem cell legislation, but he did not veto tax cuts passed in 2001 – and again in 2002 and 2003 — that gave away our tax receipts to billionaires and contributed to a revenue shortfall of $1.8 trillion between 2003 and 2006 compared with the 2001 forecast.
Posted by Liberadio(!) on July 18, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
From Amie, Nashville’s Drinking Liberally Goddess:
Howdy, Liberal Drinkers! Come join us this evening, 6pm at the Flying Saucer, for another round of Drinking Liberally!
Hey, do you know what your President did for you while at the G8 Summit? Did he:
a) talk with his mouth full
b) curse next to a live mike
c) grope the German Chancellor with one of those ‘hey baby’ “massages” all the ladies know and love, or
d) all of the aboveDING! We have a winner! Remember when we were really super duper concerned about what went on in the Lincoln Bedroom? Sigh. Those were the days…See you Thursday! -amie
And you know what else he’s up to? He personally blocked a Justice Department investigation, decided that after 5 years in office he’d finally address the NAACP, and is poised to finally! veto a bill.
Posted by Liberadio(!) on July 16, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
Monday, July 17, 7 to 9am
WRVU-FM, 91.1
Listen to Liberadio(!) and liberate your radio from the right!
Our guest on Monday morning is Greg Palast, best-selling author and award winning investigative journalist who broke the story of how Jeb Bush purged thousands of Black Florida citizens from voter rolls before the 2000 election. His reports can be found in the U.K.’s Observer and BC’s Newsnight as well as in Harper’s Magazine and at GregPalast.com. He has won a record six “Project Censored” awards for reporting the news American media doesn’t want you to hear and Noam Chomsky says “He upsets all the right people.” His latest NY Times bestseller is “Armed Madhouse: Who’s Afraid of Osama Wolf?, China Floats, Bush Sinks, The Scheme to Steal ‘08,No Child’s Behind Left, and Other Dispatches from the Front Lines of Class Combat in a Dying Regime.”
Must Reads
2006-07-13
“Upholding American Values at Guantanamo”, by William M. Arkin (washingtonpost.com)
Arkin notes that the war in Iraq is unwinnable. Just as important, he notes that compassion is not weakness.
2006-07-12
“It’s the Conservatism, Stupid”, by Paul Waldman (TomPaine.com)
It seems that Rove has an entire ideology using his “Don’t defend; attack!” mantra. Despite the painful failures of conservatism in the modern era, conservatives love nothing better than to attack liberals. Fortunately, we can both defend and attack.
2006-07-10
“Washington Babylon,” by Judy Bachrach (Vanity Fair)
Everything you ever wanted to know about Duke Cunningham but were lied to about when you asked.
2006-07-03
“Last Stand”, by Seymour Hersch (The New Yorker)
We were already wearing Bad Idea Jeans™ when we invaded Iraq. Now that there’s a hole in the knee, should we buy a second pair under the Iran label?
Posted by Mary Mancini on July 11, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
It finally dawned on me why certain people oppose gay marriage and/or civil unions. They’re afraid of the sex. They imagine (or can’t imagine) the sex between two people of the same gender and it frightens them.
But gay marriage isn’t about sex, it’s about love.
And we all know, from our past life experiences, that you can’t help who you fall in love with.
Posted by Mary Mancini on July 10, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
Paul Waldman wants to know what is it about Midland, TX that “produces rapist-murderers?” He writes:
Let’s cast our minds back to 2002, when the country learned of John Walker Lindh, a young man who left home in California after converting to Islam to live in Afghanistan with the Taliban. When he was captured by American forces after September 11, conservatives knew what had led him astray: the fact that he grew up in supposedly permissive Marin county, north of San Francisco….Shelby Steele of the Hoover Institution intoned in the Wall Street Journal that Lindh “was prepared for this seduction not just by the wispy relativism of Marin County, but also by a much broader post-’60s cultural liberalism (more than political liberalism) that gave his every step toward treason a feel of authenticity and authority.”
What does this have to do with Midland? Well, Waldman continues by applying that same logic to Steven Green, the ex-soldier accused of raping and murdering an Iraqi girl and her family, who happens to hail from Midland, TX.
Just what is it about Midland that produces rapist-murderers? Is it the stifling regimentation of a conservative town that twists young men’s minds into psychopathy? Is it the you’re-on-you’re-own brand of conservatism that makes people think they can rape and murder teenage girls without consequence? Is it the “traditional values” conservatism that devalues women’s lives that turns boys into rapist-murderers?
Both Waldman and Liberadio “eagerly await the analysis from conservative pundits on the effects a youth in Midland had on Steven Green”.
Posted by Mary Mancini on July 5, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
For those of us who take our symbols of liberty to heart, what happened at the World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church in Memphis yesterday is a travesty.
Look Mister Pastor Apostle Alton R. Williams, we don’t hang a crown of thorns-wearing founding father from a cross so please don’t disfigure our Lady Liberty.
Seriously. Back off.
And for John Hancock’s sake, will someone please see if the Statue of Liberty is trademarked?
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CSPAN begins a new series tomorrow night: The Capitol. Pop the corn, Honey, we’re staying in!
“…you’ve never seen anything like this before on TV.” - Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star
“…works in wondrous ways that only C-SPAN can achieve.” - MediaBistro.com
Beginning tomorrow night, join C-SPAN for our three-part special series, The Capitol. We’ll take you inside the U.S. Capitol for the most extensive view of the Capitol ever recorded for television. Explore the history, art, and architecture of this national icon as we reveal its public and private spaces. We’ll tour the building and hear personal stories about the Capitol from members of Congress, historians, journalists, and curators.
Highlights:
Thursday — An American Icon: Capitol dome, rotunda, and crypt
Friday — The U.S. House: House chamber, Statuary Hall, House Speaker’s hideaway office
Saturday — The U.S. Senate: Majority Leader’s offices, old and current Senate chambers, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Old Senate Baths
The Capitol begins tomorrow, July 6, and airs each night, 8 pm ET, through Saturday, July 8, on C-SPAN.
I hope this doesn’t give Al Qaeda any ideas.
