Tomorrow is Virginia’s first Presidential Primary election in quite a while. I am not sure how skewed the results will be because Virginia is a very Republican state, and because the Democratic Primary is open to all registered voters, but it is an oppotunity to send a message to the system. I fully expect John […]
Regime change within the United States is probably the most important undertaking we’ll have in the coming year (2004). The national news media is inadequately covering the race for the office of President, but they are not mentioning the equally important need to replace our corrupt, inept, and right-wing congress (both houses) with progressive, open-minded, […]
The capture of Saddam Hussein is a victory for the Iraqi people and a victory for American Corporate Adventurism, but it is not a victory for the American people. Mr. Bush will try to pretend that it is a victory in the alleged “War on Terrorism” and that American’s will be safer somehow, but that […]
My cousin Kyle sent me this awesome Presidential Confession which is floating around the email chain letter style lists at his university, and I just had to publish it. It is an mock confession from our mock president, but it really makes you think about what Shrub the lessor has done for our country. Think […]
Wow, Diane Rehm has Carol Mosely Braun on her radio show today and she (Ambassador Braun) sounds awesome. She actually has a plan for healing the damages done by the Reagan, Bush, and Bush administrations. That puts her several steps ahead of Howard Dean and Wesley Clark, at least in my opinion. I like Dean, […]
Well I have just contributed to MoveOn.org and volunteered. I have no idea how my skills or help can be used by MoveOn to bring about change, but I am willing to try almost anything. The federal government is no longer my government; it does not represent me, it fights wars I do no support, […]
If you live in Virginia, here is a state government run website that will tell you what your ballot will look like so you have time to research your choices before going to the polls: Polling_Place_Lookup Please vote smart – know your choices, check the voting records of any candidates with experience in office. Project […]
A federal judge has ruled that the FTC overstepped it’s authority by creating a national “do-not-call” list. The chief arguments of the lawyers arguing the case on behalf of the marketing associations are insanely ludicrous. This has absolutely nothing to do with the first amendment, and everything to do with control over the phone line […]
According to Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States the following quote can be attributed to Gustavus Myers’ History of the Great American Fortunes: The whole institution of Law saw nothing out of the way in these conditions, and very significantly so, because, to repeat over and over again, Law did not represent […]
Personal: Today is my mother’s birthday, and I was able to call her but unable to talk a lot because I have a very sore throat. I am extraordinarily fortunate to have a mother with whom I am very close. She is someone I can talk to, someone I love, someone I respect enormously. She […]
