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December 29, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Friday's Links
Activism
With Chief Justice William Rehnquist's health fading, and many other names being floated through the Senate, this will prove to be a very important time for appointing unbiased judges. Recently, Republicans have threatened to introduce legislature to remove the filibuster, thus not allowing the Democrats an effective means of countering the whims of the majority. Since the Republicans have a slim majority, they are trying to use every trick in the book to write off Democrats' concerns. We encourage you to go here and sign Common Cause's petition to keep the filibuster alive in the Senate.
News
Don't Get Mad - Get REALLY Mad! A recent event at the White House saw Rich Little doing a Reagan impersonation, which lead to a joke that slammed the lower class. The joke brought peals of laughter from those assembled, which leads us to the question of "Where is the outrage?" Mark Shields uses Enron as the example. From deliberate price-gouging to the glee that employees had over their own heinousness, Enron shows the worst in American business. Yet Enron remained the biggest contributer to Bush's elections, contributing $312,000. Read Shields's article, and allow yourself to get angry!
I Think We're Back In Kansas, Toto. Howard Dean is in Kansas, trying to show the red state that the Democrats haven't abandoned them. What's surprising, and upsetting, is that many state Democrats (few as they are) refused to comment on his trip. If Dean knows about it, he'd be well served to bring up this story while he's there. Kansas State Attorney General Phill Kline has asked for, and received permission to examine detailed history of the sex lives of 90 women in the state who received late-term abortions. This story really came in under the radar, and we find it disgusting. We'd urge you to write to Kansas lawmakers over this, but since only one is a Democrat, we don't think you'd have much luck.
Pope This! We'll be the first to say that the Pope should be commended for continuing in his role, even with his failing health. That being said, we're outraged and disgusted by his new book, even if we're not exactly surprised. In "Memory and Identity," his fifth book, the Pope calls homosexual marriage "a new ideology of evil," and compares abortion to the Holocaust. We've said it before, and we'll say it again: We have nothing against Christianity, but for a religion that teaches tolerance and understanding, many leaders seem to have forgotten that lesson.
And I Won't Back Down. As Tom Petty sings, there may be no easy way out, but Iran is literally sticking to their guns, or rather, bombs. Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said on Wednesday that Iran will not give up their nuclear program, and that's wrankled everyone. Although Bush pledged this week to work with the mullahs in Iran, he probably did more harm than good, calling them "moo-lahs." Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told reports that "The Europeans can't stop our uranium enrichment program," and he's probably right. What's that floating down the river? Could it be the intoxicating aroma of invasion?
It's About Time! Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) has written a letter to Bush, demanding a full inquiry into Gannongate. Durbin's letter is a part of the article. While we don't expect anything different from the White House to come of this (and maybe that's the saddest part), we're glad Democrats are speaking out. Keep firing!
Editorials
Thomas L. Friedman discusses why the dollar is falling, what Bush has said about it, and why "standing pat" is probably the worst thing we could do right now. We know economics can be a dry subject, but if you consider how much more your costs will go up as the dollar falls, it behooves you to check out this editorial.
You Liberals Are Clueless. Here's a nice little wake-up call. A person claiming to be slowly converting from the Dark Side lets us in on some of the motivations of right-wingers. It's kind of a scary look into the heart of darkness, actually. However, I'm sure at one time or another we've all wondered what motivates some of the right to do such blatantly evil and dishonest things? Well, here's a clue. It'd be too easy to simply assume that this is how all conservatives operate, but it'd also be naive to believe that there's not at least a significant amount of truth in this article. Just go read it.
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December 29, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Friday's Links
Activism
With Chief Justice William Rehnquist's health fading, and many other names being floated through the Senate, this will prove to be a very important time for appointing unbiased judges. Recently, Republicans have threatened to introduce legislature to remove the filibuster, thus not allowing the Democrats an effective means of countering the whims of the majority. Since the Republicans have a slim majority, they are trying to use every trick in the book to write off Democrats' concerns. We encourage you to go here and sign Common Cause's petition to keep the filibuster alive in the Senate.
News
Don't Get Mad - Get REALLY Mad! A recent event at the White House saw Rich Little doing a Reagan impersonation, which lead to a joke that slammed the lower class. The joke brought peals of laughter from those assembled, which leads us to the question of "Where is the outrage?" Mark Shields uses Enron as the example. From deliberate price-gouging to the glee that employees had over their own heinousness, Enron shows the worst in American business. Yet Enron remained the biggest contributer to Bush's elections, contributing $312,000. Read Shields's article, and allow yourself to get angry!
I Think We're Back In Kansas, Toto. Howard Dean is in Kansas, trying to show the red state that the Democrats haven't abandoned them. What's surprising, and upsetting, is that many state Democrats (few as they are) refused to comment on his trip. If Dean knows about it, he'd be well served to bring up this story while he's there. Kansas State Attorney General Phill Kline has asked for, and received permission to examine detailed history of the sex lives of 90 women in the state who received late-term abortions. This story really came in under the radar, and we find it disgusting. We'd urge you to write to Kansas lawmakers over this, but since only one is a Democrat, we don't think you'd have much luck.
Pope This! We'll be the first to say that the Pope should be commended for continuing in his role, even with his failing health. That being said, we're outraged and disgusted by his new book, even if we're not exactly surprised. In "Memory and Identity," his fifth book, the Pope calls homosexual marriage "a new ideology of evil," and compares abortion to the Holocaust. We've said it before, and we'll say it again: We have nothing against Christianity, but for a religion that teaches tolerance and understanding, many leaders seem to have forgotten that lesson.
And I Won't Back Down. As Tom Petty sings, there may be no easy way out, but Iran is literally sticking to their guns, or rather, bombs. Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said on Wednesday that Iran will not give up their nuclear program, and that's wrankled everyone. Although Bush pledged this week to work with the mullahs in Iran, he probably did more harm than good, calling them "moo-lahs." Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told reports that "The Europeans can't stop our uranium enrichment program," and he's probably right. What's that floating down the river? Could it be the intoxicating aroma of invasion?
It's About Time! Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) has written a letter to Bush, demanding a full inquiry into Gannongate. Durbin's letter is a part of the article. While we don't expect anything different from the White House to come of this (and maybe that's the saddest part), we're glad Democrats are speaking out. Keep firing!
Editorials
Thomas L. Friedman discusses why the dollar is falling, what Bush has said about it, and why "standing pat" is probably the worst thing we could do right now. We know economics can be a dry subject, but if you consider how much more your costs will go up as the dollar falls, it behooves you to check out this editorial.
You Liberals Are Clueless. Here's a nice little wake-up call. A person claiming to be slowly converting from the Dark Side lets us in on some of the motivations of right-wingers. It's kind of a scary look into the heart of darkness, actually. However, I'm sure at one time or another we've all wondered what motivates some of the right to do such blatantly evil and dishonest things? Well, here's a clue. It'd be too easy to simply assume that this is how all conservatives operate, but it'd also be naive to believe that there's not at least a significant amount of truth in this article. Just go read it.
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December 29, 2005
With Chief Justice William Rehnquist's health fading, and many other names being floated through the Senate, this will prove to be a very important time for appointing unbiased judges. Recently, Republicans have threatened to introduce legislature to remove the filibuster, thus not allowing the Democrats an effective means of countering the whims of the majority. Since the Republicans have a slim majority, they are trying to use every trick in the book to write off Democrats' concerns. We encourage you to go here and sign Common Cause's petition to keep the filibuster alive in the Senate.
News
Don't Get Mad - Get REALLY Mad! A recent event at the White House saw Rich Little doing a Reagan impersonation, which lead to a joke that slammed the lower class. The joke brought peals of laughter from those assembled, which leads us to the question of "Where is the outrage?" Mark Shields uses Enron as the example. From deliberate price-gouging to the glee that employees had over their own heinousness, Enron shows the worst in American business. Yet Enron remained the biggest contributer to Bush's elections, contributing $312,000. Read Shields's article, and allow yourself to get angry!
I Think We're Back In Kansas, Toto. Howard Dean is in Kansas, trying to show the red state that the Democrats haven't abandoned them. What's surprising, and upsetting, is that many state Democrats (few as they are) refused to comment on his trip. If Dean knows about it, he'd be well served to bring up this story while he's there. Kansas State Attorney General Phill Kline has asked for, and received permission to examine detailed history of the sex lives of 90 women in the state who received late-term abortions. This story really came in under the radar, and we find it disgusting. We'd urge you to write to Kansas lawmakers over this, but since only one is a Democrat, we don't think you'd have much luck.
Pope This! We'll be the first to say that the Pope should be commended for continuing in his role, even with his failing health. That being said, we're outraged and disgusted by his new book, even if we're not exactly surprised. In "Memory and Identity," his fifth book, the Pope calls homosexual marriage "a new ideology of evil," and compares abortion to the Holocaust. We've said it before, and we'll say it again: We have nothing against Christianity, but for a religion that teaches tolerance and understanding, many leaders seem to have forgotten that lesson.
And I Won't Back Down. As Tom Petty sings, there may be no easy way out, but Iran is literally sticking to their guns, or rather, bombs. Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said on Wednesday that Iran will not give up their nuclear program, and that's wrankled everyone. Although Bush pledged this week to work with the mullahs in Iran, he probably did more harm than good, calling them "moo-lahs." Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told reports that "The Europeans can't stop our uranium enrichment program," and he's probably right. What's that floating down the river? Could it be the intoxicating aroma of invasion?
It's About Time! Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) has written a letter to Bush, demanding a full inquiry into Gannongate. Durbin's letter is a part of the article. While we don't expect anything different from the White House to come of this (and maybe that's the saddest part), we're glad Democrats are speaking out. Keep firing!
Editorials
Thomas L. Friedman discusses why the dollar is falling, what Bush has said about it, and why "standing pat" is probably the worst thing we could do right now. We know economics can be a dry subject, but if you consider how much more your costs will go up as the dollar falls, it behooves you to check out this editorial.
You Liberals Are Clueless. Here's a nice little wake-up call. A person claiming to be slowly converting from the Dark Side lets us in on some of the motivations of right-wingers. It's kind of a scary look into the heart of darkness, actually. However, I'm sure at one time or another we've all wondered what motivates some of the right to do such blatantly evil and dishonest things? Well, here's a clue. It'd be too easy to simply assume that this is how all conservatives operate, but it'd also be naive to believe that there's not at least a significant amount of truth in this article. Just go read it.
