WikiLeaks. If you are at all informed, you’ve probably heard of the site. Maybe you have no idea what they do, or you do, and you just aren’t interested. Well, if you believe like me that the First Amendment was first for a reason, you should be interested. Credo Action is circulating a petition to save the site from what is tantamount to official oppression. See below the text of the email they are asking me to send to you, my dear reader. Continue reading
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Mike Huckabee lauds ousting of Iowa justices over gay marriage, courts evangelicals
22 NovMike Huckabee lauds ousting of Iowa justices over gay marriage, courts evangelicals.
Mike Huckabee is one scary guy. And this isn’t a recent revelation for me. Allow me to direct you to my past commentary on his 2008 Presidential run. Pay particular attention to An Alternative Future History. Change a few minor details, and this is still a very real scenario. The people in question (Palin, Huckabee) really do seem to believe that a Christian theocracy is the only thing that would “save this nation” from itself.
So you hate Islam, and all Muslims are terrorists?
11 SepMaybe you would benefit from these words from our President. Or maybe you think he’s secretly Muslim too.
John Stossel: Repeal private business section of Civil Rights Act
22 MayAction alert: Tell Fox to fire John Stossel
This nation cannot abide the foolish belief that it is OK for private businesses to discriminate in how they provide public accomodations.
Please join me in telling Fox that John Stossel’s attitude is NOT acceptable. It is not acceptable for providers of public accomodations to discriminate for any reason.
Watch Stossel’s comments here.
The ‘Religious Right’ has a new crazy lady
12 MayAnother example is a new anti-Muslim screed making the rounds on the Internet, criticizing what it calls efforts to “islamicize our schools.”
The author of the piece is Pamela Geller, a blogger and commentator popular in the far-right media (including the cable news networks). Think Ann Coulter, but with even less restraint or shame. Seriously.
TFN Insider
Wow. I’ve read the piece in question, and it is beyond insane. Continue reading
Remember when I suggested you send a video to TPC?
11 MayWell, they posted the final result while I was busy with the ICU. Anyway, if you go here (YouTube) or here (TPC site) or here (@ZenShadow‘s blog) you can see that result. If you watch long enough, you might see a familiar face or two.
A Tale of Two Joes
4 May
US senator: No US citizenship rights for terrorists – Yahoo! News.
And I thought Joe McCarthy was bad. McCarthy just wanted to arrest and imprison Communists. Lieberman proposes stripping American citizens of all civil rights if said citizen “is found to be involved with a foreign terrorist organization as designated by the Department of State.” Continue reading
An Aging Trans Woman 