Nov
07
Great List!
109 Reasons To Dump The 109th Congress
from The Progress Report Issue 11/07/2006, by Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin
We need a new Congress — here’s why:
1. Congress set a record for the fewest number of days worked — 218 between the House and Senate combined. [Link]
2. The Senate [...]
Oct
14
Stop New Pollution and Global Security Threats from Nuclear Waste
The US has a serious nuclear waste problem, and like the rest of the world, we have found no solution. Nonetheless, the White House is proposing a giant program to import and reprocess foreign spent fuel. In his current budget, the Bush Administration proposed the Global [...]
Sep
13
The Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration released its final verdict on Wednesday, September 13, 2006. Guilty.
11:00 AM, Press Conference, Camp Democracy (Constitution & 14)
12:00 Noon, Delivery of Verdict to the White House
Full text of the verdict in PDF.
An unprecedented Commission of Inquiry has found the President of the [...]
Jul
09
I guess they don’t count my own pledge. They didn’t have this widget for bloggers then.
I still haven’t seen the movie. Still working on the babysitting situation…
I’ve added it to my sidebar for a bit. It’s strange that the javascript will work in the sidebar but not in a post.
Jul
01
What’s a girl got to do to have her house marked with an X on the local territory map of the JWs?
For the second time this week, I received a home-delivered invitation to the District Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The first was delivered when we weren’t home. The second was delivered this morning by a [...]
Jun
19
Political comedy email making the rounds…
“Thank you for calling the White House switchboard. Our new voice activated system will help direct you to the proper office.”
“If you are calling to complain about the mishandling of the war in Iraq, press one.”
“If you are calling to complain about the abuse of prisoners and the White House’s [...]
Jun
07
I just sent a message to Al Gore, who’s been attacked in his efforts to raise awareness on the issue of global warming. So far, right-wing talkers have compared him to Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propagandist, and one even likened Gore’s pursuit of solutions to global warming to Adolf Hitler’s pursuit of genocide.
Tell [...]