Man Kills Another in Dispute Over War — Press Calls It a First Kentucky, August 6, 2006 at a flea market. Two firearms dealers, friends, standing outside a “snack shed.” The one who backs the war shot and killed the one who opposed the war. No charges as yet: he claimed self-defense. “I’m sorry this has happened,” Moore, a retired railroad worker, said. “But then what’s done can’t be undone.” Moore told the Lexington reporter he thinks Smith and his…
A pithy statement of the state of the disunion from Cup O’Joe: Have yourself a nice, steaming hot Cup O’ Joe! I believe in the long term that things will get better, but I believe that things will have to get pretty bad before the conditions for that sort of improvement will take place. And if there are any out there that still doubt the seriousness of this struggle, let me remind you of a few things: People who issue…
Here is a sweet little action. It has two faults: One, it is only visible as an action to people who frequent bookstores and actually look at books – that is, it only touches other readers. Or other Flickr viewers. The other problem is that I can’t help but feel sorry for the people who work at the bookstore. Still, this is pretty fun. Flickr: Ministry of Reshelving How to Serve the Ministry of Reshelving 1. Select a local bookstore…
This in from the democrats – finally. Cindy Sheehan and other military families, veterans, and concerned citizens have brought the issue of the lies that launched this war to Crawford, Texas, and to the corporate media. Cindy’s New Site With a Video Message, News, and Ways to Donate: http://www.meetwithcindy.org (Added in here from her site: Join Cindy in prayer for the troops at noon on Friday Cindy has invited President Bush to join her at noon on Friday to pray…
Cindy Sheehan’s husband filed for divorce and the documents are already in the public realm. I wonder what the back story is on that – doesn’t the timing seem a little odd? What, he couldn’t have waited a few weeks? Is he just a total jerk? Or perhaps he was convinced to make it a public matter – by who? with what carrot or stick? Isn’t it interesting that now her personal life will be up for the hyenas to…
Why He Should It would be an opportunity for him to make a gesture of compassion toward people that have suffered and sacrificed because of policies and decisions that have never been honestly or adequately explained to the American people. It would be an opportunity to establish a meaningful public forum on the topic of why we went to war. Perhaps it’s time to actually make the argument that we need those permanent bases, we need the resources and control,…