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Women and Money PSA

Women and Money PSA

This is the second in the VirusHead Saturday postings of Laurie Anderson’s Public (Personal) Service Announcements. It’s about the response of a “bunny” at the Playboy Club, where protesters (including Anderson) were calling attention to the economic exploitation of women and the treatment of women as animals. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnS8Y4Qazhs[/youtube] So if you want to talk about women and money…. hmmmm.

Halliburton and KBR in the News

Halliburton and KBR in the News

Halliburton and KBR have broken up – and breaking up is hard to do. But no sad faces, y’hear? Everything’s A-OK for the billionaire war and oil profit set. They are diggin’ the new headquarters in Dubai – way better than Houston. Texas is so over. Everything’s bigger in the United Arab Emirates. Halliburton’s second quarter profits more than doubled. Halliburton Co.’s profit more than doubled in the second quarter, getting a $933-million lift from the separation of former subsidiary…

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On the Gospel of War

On the Gospel of War

I stumbled across a great post at live. laugh. love. As a person trying to do things to make this world a better place, it makes me very angry to read the glorification of violence and death in violence as something done out of love and endorsed by God. Loving your neighbor as yourself does not include trying to kill them in the first place. In a global sense, aren’t we all neighbors? Aren’t we all brothers and sisters? Seems…

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National Anthem PSA

National Anthem PSA

A new VirusHead tradition begins here. Now. Every Saturday I will post another of Laurie Anderson’s public service announcements. She actually calls them personal service announcements. Just a few little tidbits for you to ruminate upon. (Please make more, Laurie.) The first PSA that I’ve chosen is called “National Anthem.” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cE6Pg2q3lI[/youtube] The words are great though..just a lot of questions, written during a fire…. things like: Hey, do you see anything over there? I don’t know, there’s a lot of…

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Boston Legal Tackles Guantanamo

Boston Legal Tackles Guantanamo

To my chagrin, I have never seen an episode of Boston Legal. If only it aired an hour (or two) earlier. It looks like a show to which I could easily have become addicted. Here’s ten minutes on Guantanamo. What’s not to love? Never mind the cast (wow. the cast.) – this is a succinct overview of the views of the left and the right. Based on the real situation, naming names too. Democrats would love it except that they…

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Executive Order Overrides War Dissent?

Executive Order Overrides War Dissent?

One interpretation of the Executive Order “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq” is that is actually provides the President with the authority to confiscate the assets of whoever opposes the US-led war. A presidential Executive Order issued on July 17th, repeals with the stroke of a pen the right to dissent and to oppose the Pentagon’s military agenda in Iraq. … In substance, under this executive order, opposing the war becomes an illegal act. The…

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