Melissa 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
The RNC should withdraw support for Sen. Allen
17 AugFrom MoveOn.Org:
At a campaign stop Virginia senator George Allen singled out the only non-white member of the audience–S.R. Sidarth, a young Indian-American volunteering for his opponent–and called him a “macaque” (a racial slur meaning ‘monkey’). He went on to say, “welcome to America,” when in fact, Mr. Sidarth was born and raised in Virginia.
Bigotry has no place in our democracy. The Republican National Committee should withdraw support from Sen. Allen for his behavior.
Republicans have used racism to try to win over voters for decades, but this kind of pandering has absolutely no place in our politics. That’s why we’re standing with Color of Change to ask the Republican National Committee to withdraw support from Sen. Allen. We need to send a strong message that America won’t tolerate bigotry.
Can you sign the petition and add your voice?
NSA warrantless wiretapping ruled uncostitutional
17 AugU.S. Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Wiretapping Unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
“Plaintiffs have prevailed, and the public interest is clear, in this matter. It is the upholding of our Constitution,” Taylor wrote in her 43-page opinion.
