Archive for January, 2006

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Filed under: FrontPage | Media — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2006 @ 8:31:35 PM

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Activist Cindy Sheehan Arrested at Capitol

Filed under: Bush Administration | FrontPage | Marin County | Opposition — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2006 @ 8:25:25 PM

“Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in
Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before
President Bush’s State of the … [Keep reading >>]

Coretta Scott King

Filed under: FrontPage | Heroes | Organizing | Passings | Race — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2006 @ 7:35:13 AM

Coretta Scott King, Marching On
1927 — 2006

Following the Announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize

Cesar Chavez, Coretta Scott King, Dorothy Day
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Remembering Coretta

Filed under: Critical Voices | FrontPage | Heroes — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2006 @ 7:34:23 AM

Ernie Suggs of the Atlanta Journal Constitution (Reg. Required) offers this summary of King’s life: “She was a real activist. She had one of the most keen, aggressive social political … [Keep reading >>]

Powell, Tenet, others told Bush he was breaking the law

Filed under: Bush Administration | FrontPage — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2006 @ 7:25:40 AM

Sources? Sources, please.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet and others begged Bush to reconsider his executive order giving the NSA authority to wiretap … [Keep reading >>]

State of the Union – From Those Who Actually Live There

Filed under: Bush Administration | FrontPage | Opposition — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2006 @ 7:08:50 AM

If you havent’ met your tithing quota this month here are two campaigns worth a look.

ActNow.org: Campaign for America’s Priorities

ACLU: Yours is Not Ours … [Keep reading >>]

Global Warming v Hot (Fetid) Air

Filed under: Environment | FrontPage | Science & Technology — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2006 @ 6:57:58 AM

The word “controversial” used to mean something. Now it is a self-promotional lable – like “bearded women!” or “three-eyed cat!” meant to draw attention to the dishonest product. … [Keep reading >>]

After Abramoff: Time to Release the Documents

Filed under: Corruption | Critical Voices | FrontPage — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2006 @ 6:31:22 AM

The Denver Post is calling for an immediate release of all documents that might clarify the relationship between the white house and Abramoff: “The Abramoff saga has exposed the depth … [Keep reading >>]

Evangelical Debaters

Filed under: FrontPage | Religion | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2006 @ 10:26:39 PM

Read this.

“Why evangelicals are mastering the art of college debate.”

Cut, Thrust and Christ – Newsweek Society – MSNBC.com … [Keep reading >>]

Filibuster: Praise and Damnation

Filed under: Democrats | FrontPage | Opposition — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2006 @ 10:17:42 PM

So, 25 Senators voted to keep talking — and lost. Was that good or bad? Was 25 pitiful or impressive? Measured against what, would be a first … [Keep reading >>]

Greater Good Magazine: Launch Party

Filed under: Events — by admin 01/30/2006 @ 5:30:33 PM

Presented by: The Graduate School of Journalism Editing Workshop and the UC Berkeley Center for the Development of Peace and Well-Being

Writing for the Greater Good: A Launch Party for Greater … [Keep reading >>]

Anti-Alito Filibuster Defeated

Filed under: Bush Administration | FrontPage | Law — by admin 01/30/2006 @ 3:15:13 PM

So it goes. Those who voted against cloture should be thanked and then it should be said: more organizing was in order. You have known at least as … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies. From these proceed debt and taxes. And armies, debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few...No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

James Madison, 1795



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