Friday, May 11, 2007

Saint Vincent College
Where Hypocrisy Is Our Middle Name
Capitol Hill has nothing on tiny St. Vincent College, where Bush gave the commencement address Friday. Bush was welcomed warmly, with cheers and applause filling the school gymnasium. School officials said there had never been as large a participation rate in a graduation ceremony.......more

This College Is Proud Of Its Roman Catholic, Benedictine Heritage. School President Jim Towey Served As Legal Counsel To Mother Teresa for 12 years. Welcomed Warmly With Cheers And Applause? I Don't Get It. What Am I Missing Here.

Faux Whore John Gibson Wants Michael Moore To Suffer!

If documaker Michael Moore didn't already have a marketing campaign lined up for the imminent Cannes bow of his latest work, "SiCKO," the Bush administration and its allies have handed him one on a silver platter.

CBS fires Gen. Batiste over VoteVets ad

Iraq veteran Gen. John Batiste “has been asked to leave his position as a consultant to CBS News” over a new VoteVets ad criticizing the Iraq war. He was interviewed tonight by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann.

Motherhood Manifesto
Free DVD From MoveOn.org

Watch the edgy, factual, and at times funny film that shows where the U.S. really stands on family-friendly policies, offers personal stories of families across the nation, and shares solutions.....here
WMNF Tropical Heatwave

VideoVets: Peter Granato

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Killing On The Installment Plan
The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday night to pay for military operations in Iraq on an installment plan, defying Bush's threat of a second straight veto in a fierce test of wills over the unpopular war.....more
At This Rate We Will Never Get Out Of Iraq. I Don't Think The Dems Are Getting Our Message
Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles
Could Be Tried In New Jersey
A grand jury is meeting in Newark to decide whether to indict Posada on charges of financing a terrorist operation. FBI agents visited Havana last year in connection with the probe, following up on a 1998 trip to the island.....more

‘’The prosecution never charged him for being what he is _ a terrorist,'’ The Communist Party Granma
He Says He Is Going To Spill The Beans If Tried, I Can't Wait To Hear What He Has To Say
Steal From The Poor, Give To The Rich
Not In Riviera Beach, Florida
Two national advocacy groups dropped lawsuits Thursday against this downtrodden city aimed at stopping one of the nation's largest eminent domain projects after the city said it would not force residents from their homes. The move comes one year after Florida enacted a law that prohibits the use of eminent domain for private development. It Was This Guys Idea, Mayor Michael Brown, But he was ousted from office in March, and a new city council and mayor pledged to abide by state law......more
Bush Administration Goes After Michael Moore
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to Cuba for a segment in his upcoming health-care documentary "Sicko,".......more
End The Embargo On The Cuban People
The Dissolving GOP
Wind's Going To Blow It Away
I can't psychoanalyze those guys. I think the GOP was dissolving. Now it's drying up and the wind's going to blow it away. I just don't think we have the depth of knowledge, intellect, and experience necessary for a viable political party any more.....Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO LAPD MACARTHUR PARK CLASH MAY 1ST

Sean Hannity Bashes MoveOn.org, Firedoglake, Democrats

VideoVets: John Bruhns

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Conservative Assault On America's Families
The “you are on your own”
Notion of government and freedom has meant that American families must live with stagnant wages at a time of high profits and productivity without a way to get ahead no matter how hard they try. It has meant health insecurity for workers and their families as fewer and fewer jobs provide health care coverage. It has meant that workers face their older years without the means they counted on to retire, as corporations have slashed traditional pension plans. And it has meant that half of Americans don’t have the fundamental right to take a day off from work when they are sick without losing a job or a paycheck......more
Art Car Parade
Houston's Don't Miss Event
I Guess There Were Protesters At Roves Event
Something Jeremy Wallace Of The Herald Tribune Failed To Mention
Though their specific concerns varied, the protesters stood together along southbound U.S. 41 in Punta Gorda Saturday in response to one event: Karl Rove's appearance at the Charlotte County Republicans' Lincoln Day Dinner Gala, held that evening at Benedetto's Restaurant in Punta Gorda........more
Here Is What Mr. Wallace Had To Say.......click here

Conservatism Has Failed
Conservatism Is Dead
Watching the Republican debate last week really highlighted the fact that conservatism is dead. Not so much in the sense that no one believes in it anymore (those 20 percenters are still hangin’ on), but that it has been discredited to the point that very few are willing to give it another chance......more

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

One In Eight Iraqi Child Dead
Before Reaching Their Fifth Birthday
The chance that an Iraqi child will live beyond age five has plummetted faster than anywhere else in the world since 1990, said a report released Tuesday, which placed the country last in its child survival rankings.....more

State of the World’s Mothers Report
Italy's Neo-Fascist National Alliance Party
Giving Italians Free Urine Test
Milan authorities are handing out free urine testing kits to parents of teenagers so they can find out if their children are using illegal drugs. In a part of the northern Italian city controlled by the right-wing National Alliance party, almost 4,000 families will receive a coupon which they can exchange for a kit to test for some of the most widely used drugs including cannabis and cocaine......more
Lets All Pee Pee In The Cup
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart
Support Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles
South Florida’s three Cuban-American members of congress today are denouncing the Justice Department’s cooperation with the government of Cuba on collecting evidence in the Luis Posada Carriles case.......more