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Keep on, Al Gore

Keep on, Al Gore

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 him thank you and that he should keep fighting here: http://www.democrats.org/keepfighting I wanted to take a minute to tell you thank you, and to keep fighting….

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Happy 6-6-6

Happy 6-6-6

Although the date has no cosmic significance, it’s still resonant to those obsessed with strange biblical interpretation. Therefore, a banishment of weirdness is probably called for. Happy 6-6-6 Day! May it be full of love, light and laughter. (Thanks to Mary for the link)

Rant on the So-called Marriage Amendment

Rant on the So-called Marriage Amendment

Tell Congress you oppose the “marriage” amendment to our Constitution. I did…. How dare you try to amend our Constitution to discriminate against any American citizen? How dare you appeal to hate? How dare you use God for this! This is so low, so hypocritical. You won’t dabate Iraq, but you WILL debate this? Is this what you have left to say about “compassionate conservatism”? You’ve let pseudo-christian dominionists (otherwise known as supremacists) gain too much power in our process…

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Media Vocabulary Guidelines Needed

Media Vocabulary Guidelines Needed

When you see it, protest. I wrote to Brad Kalbfeld (Deputy Director, Managing Editor, a member of the AP senior management team) to recommend vocabulary guidelines: “I am writing to you to request that you draw up some vocabulary guidelines for the Associated Press. As an objective reporting service, you surely cannot have missed the fact that vocabulary choices resonate. In the political climate of the United States at this time, I think it is important that you consider very…

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Woman as “Pre-pregnant” Incubators

Woman as “Pre-pregnant” Incubators

We can’t give you that cancer-fighting chemotherapy. It would endanger the pre-fetus. You’ll just have to die and make room for more efficient femfactory production units. The pre-pregnant. The pre-pregnant? Well, if all women of reproductive age should consider themselves pre-pregnant, then I guess there will have to be a resurrection of real sex education and easily available birth control. Prenatal services and care for women will take top priority, and corporations will immediately address exposure to environmental toxins in…

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