The Great Conspiracy
The Great Conspiracy – The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw Cool. (thanks J)
Lobstergram
Oh oh oh – LobsterGram Oh, the succulent littleneck clam, the heavenly creamy clam chowder, the magnificent live twin lobsters! I get homesick this time of year, and for some reason I’m not flashing to my cherished Vermont Grade A medium amber maple syrup (in a can, not a plastic jug) so much as I am the steamers and lobsters. Shouldn’t I be thinking of these things in July? Guess we’ll have to head over to the Atlanta Fish Market…
Before It’s Too Late in Iraq
I like many of the ideas in Wesley Clark’s op-ed piece on Iraq from the August 26th Washington Post. I somehow missed it before – but it sounds like it could have been published today. Before It’s Too Late in Iraq, Washington Post
Anti-Christian Destruction
Congrats to Atlanta’s own John Suggs for this timely article in Mother Jones on the so-called “Christian Reconstruction” movement and its influence in Washington. I’ve been following this disturbing movement for some time. “This is a faith in which religion is not an influence on politics; it is politics.” “In this worldview, the mandate for Christians is not just to live right or to help their neighbors: They are called upon to take over or eliminate the institutions of secular…
Song – Jerry Falwell’s God
Roy Zimmerman – Funny Songs About Ignorance, War and Greed … 12 Free Songs of Christmas – Day 1 Roy Zimmerman is being compared to Tom Lehrer – but he seems like a neo-Arlo to me. The first download, available today, is Jerry Falwell’s God. (Check out Chickenhawk too) Thanks Roy! Needed that.
Bloody Strategy for Victory
Bush’s Bloody Strategy for Victory (Mathew Rothschild) 1) Pick up the tempo and quantity of the air bombing of civilians 2) Increase use of the “Salvadore Option” (kidnapping and death squads) Even former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has decried these human rights abuses. “People are doing the same as Saddam’s time and worse,†he told the London Observer. “We are hearing about secret police, secret bunkers where people are being interrogated. A lot of Iraqis are being tortured or killed…