Interesting to see it from another point of view: this one from the front page of the leading Russian paper (and website) Pravda. The USA’s National Debt Clock can’t keep up with Bush’s spending – Pravda.Ru Front page / World / Americas 30.03.2006 The USA’s national debt is increasing by $2.43 billion everyday. People expect the state debt to top the ten trillion dollar mark in the next few years. A special huge electronic display in New York which shows…
Happy Easter and Mystical Bunny with Eggs Day! Catchin’ up with a few friend-blogs for a semi-random roundup… Richard Shining Thunder has a new radio show in Cincinnati called High Spirits. Listen in at 1530AM WCKY, Cincinnati or online Sat 8-9 PM. I’ll personally vouch for him. He’s one of the good guys. Call in from 8-9 PM EST with spiritual questions and concerns – 877-345-3779. Grateful Bear posts on a Pentacostal scholar who argues for the idea of the…
Weekly Unconscious Mutterings Meme Week 167 Ambition :: Naked Meatloaf :: Hot Patootie Bless My Soul (Rocky Horror) Celebrity :: Fame Coach :: Rah rah Slacker :: Withdrawal in disgust (a passive resistance to capitalistic imperatives) Reflection :: Reflexivity Original :: Work Risk :: Assessment Saved :: Free June :: B*tch (June is the name of my father’s second wife)
Man protests Jehovah’s Witness teachings By Robert Mills, Lowell Sun, Lowell Massachusetts, April 13, 2006 WILMINGTON — Rick Fearon stood outside the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall just off Main Street last night knowing a daughter who will no longer speak to him would soon be inside. That daughter, as well as several other family members, stopped speaking to Fearon a few years ago when he left the church and began speaking out about problems he sees in the Jehovah’s Witness…
Here are some of the progressive actions that you can take today. Please consider each of these carefully, and take action if you agree. Oppose Attack on Iran Join Gold Star Families for Peace, CODE PINK, Progressive Democrats of America, Democrats.com, Traprock Peace Center, Global Exchange, Velvet Revolution, Democracy Rising, Truthout, OpEdNews, Backbone Campaign, Consumers For Peace, Campus Antiwar Network, and The Young Turks in signing a petition to Bush and Cheney opposing the launching of a war of aggression…
“What we are living with now is the consequences of successive policy failures. Some of the missteps include: the distortion of intelligence in the buildup to the war, McNamara-like micromanagement that kept our forces from having enough resources to do the job, the failure to retain and reconstitute the Iraqi military in time to help quell civil disorder, the initial denial that an insurgency was the heart of the opposition to occupation, alienation of allies who could have helped in…