I Need To Wake Up Music Video
20 AugMelissa Etheridge – I Need To Wake Up Music Video*
This is a very powerful presentation. You just thought hearing the song on ITunes would get your attention. Now go see Melissa perform it in her music video.
Fascism in the United States…
20 AugIt is time for us to cease fearing it, and to use the word that best defines the Theocratic movement (Religious Right and their cohorts). The enemy is Fascism, or as some scholars are now calling it: Clerical fascism. It is time we all stood together, no matter our religious beliefs, or none at all, and called this evil by its true name. Godwin’s Law does not apply.
Want to make the world bend to your will regardless of anyone else?
19 AugYou who would control the world, I suspect you are reading this right now. You know who you are. Perhaps you should read this.
To sue, or not to sue
19 AugI just want to say that frivolous lawsuits hurt far more people than the few individuals directly involved. They damage the system as much as they do the victims thereof. On the other hand, some people, like Benemar “Ben” Benatta, should absolutely sue for redress of grievances. I wonder, can a Canadian resident sue the US government for ill treatment by that government?
ETA: Link above has died. You can read the Wikipedia entry, such as it is, here, and a still available article from the San Diego Union-Tribune here.
First they came for the Muslims . . .
19 AugMuslim man spends five years in jail for not being a terrorist
Excerpt:
. . . The veiled accusations and vehement denials would continue for nearly five years — despite official findings in 2001 that he had no terrorist links and in 2003 that authorities had violated his rights by colluding to keep him in custody. . . .
Take this as an object lesson. This government can and will “disappear” people for no valid reason. Next time it could be you or me. Niemöller
An Aging Trans Woman 