Please view this video and listen to the song by James Blunt. I love James Blunt’s music (especially "You’re Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover") but I hadn’t heard "No Bravery." The song is even more powerful now in terms of Iraq than it was for Bosnia, where he was stationed when he wrote it. What I noticed most about the video montage is the sadness in everyone’s eyes, including those of American soldiers. Support our troops. End this illegal war….
P.R. 101 for Vice-Presidents: Handy Tips for good P.R. when you accidentally (woops!) shoot somebody in the face. Take at least 18 hours to try to figure out what the heck to say to the Press Don’t drink any more alcohol. Send off a check soonest for the quail hunting license you were supposed to have had. Don’t call the police. Have friends publically point out the virtues and wonderfulnesses of the shooter. Blame the bird. Blame the victim. What…
The United States has, until now, been a (if not "the") world leader in scientific research and the development of technologies. This has been the backbone of public policies that navigate reality, and it has brought us our highish standard of living and our economy of relative priviledge. But I think we’re on the way out of that role. When ideologies replace knowledge, it is always the people who pay. Certain fundamentalist groups, suspicious of all intellectuals, "eggheads," and independent…
Our gas bills for the last two months have caused something like heart palpitations for hubby and me – this on top of budget-busting interest rate increases. Gas Meter (originally uploaded by chipgrafx) So I went to look and see…. and here’s what I found. Governor Purdue, our guy – who got into office running on the Confederate Flag, staunch supporter of our Chief Deceiver in the White House. Governor Gas Guy The retail prices don’t even reflect the wholesale…
If Fox News Had Been Around Throughout History News Hounds – they watch Fox so you don’t have to. Source Watch – on Fox Media Matters – on Fox Fair.org – Fox: The Most Biased Name in News
I somehow made it all the way through the State of the Union address last night. Much as I disagree with the Bush administration, I even found him unusually appealing. I actually had the thought, “Well, maybe most of this administration’s ugliness is Cheney. Maybe Bush means some of what he is saying here.” I thought he really tried to appeal to our hopefulness at a very sour time – that showed some good leadership. But that’s about it. So…