from Ataraxia

Medicaid cuts

2010-12-13T17:32:00.002-05:00

It's way past time for universal health care, like the civilized countries have.

Medicaid cuts: teeth pulled, transplant called off - Yahoo! News

Republicans Vote Against Equal Pay for Women–Unanimously

2010-11-18T17:45:00.001-05:00

Republicans Vote Against Equal Pay for Women–Unanimously AlterNet

I hope all female voters remember this in 2012!

Something Terrible is Happening! Will Ferrell & friends

2009-09-22T13:03:00.001-05:00

Something terrible should happen:

MoveOn.org Political Action: Video: Something Terrible is Happening! Will Ferrell & friends

Lack of Insurance Causes 45,000 Deaths Every Year |

2009-09-21T14:43:00.001-05:00

Harvard Study: Lack of Insurance Causes 45,000 Deaths Every Year PEEK AlterNet

Isn't this a good enough argument for a public option and against "death panels"? Compring insurance to gambling the insurance company is the "house" which never leses.

MoveOn.org Political Action: MoveOn & R.E.M. Video: We Can't Afford to Wait

2009-09-08T17:06:00.001-05:00

Insurance and big-pharma own congress. And we can't afford to wait......

MoveOn.org Political Action: MoveOn & R.E.M. Video: We Can't Afford to Wait

2009-07-20T18:11:00.002-05:00

A letter sent to UPS:

July 20, 2009
Mr. Mike Eskew
CEO
United Parcel Service
55 Glenlake Pkwy. NE
Atlanta, GA 30328

Dear Sir,
I am writing to complain about your company’s service and policies.
A package was to be delivered to my home on Thursday July 16th. When I arrived there was a UPS notice on the door informing me that a signature was required and that I could sign the back and leave the notice on the door. This I did.
On Friday the 17th I returned to find no package, just another slip saying the same thing. I called UPS to ask what the problem was. I was told that the package required a signature in person. As you can see from the first two notice copies, included below, they did not request an in person signature. I was told there was no Saturday delivery and I could either have it delivered to an alternate address or have it help at your office at 90 Locust Street in Hartford, CT. I asked to have the package held (your computer account of my delivery record confirmes this) and that I would pick it up after work around 5:30 pm on the 20th.
After work I drove to UPS and found that my package was left on the truck and I couldn’t pick it up. I was told I could come back after 8:00 pm and pick it up (a drive from eastern CT), have it sent to an alternate address, schedule a time when I was there to sign, or stop by again after work on the 21st. I asked if I could sign there and have it delivered the next day…No. I chose the last option.
Your hours do not allow a working person to have a package delivered. I have no neighbor that could accept it as they also work.
During my visit to your Hartford office I was told that UPS does have Saturday delivery but it didn’t apply to my shipment, which was ground.
This is not how a company retains customers. Here’s what would have been done if I ran the Hartford office.
1. After knowing that I was given two incorrect notices, the package should have been delivered on Saturday as I it were air and not ground.
2. Allow the package to be signed for at the office for delivery the next day.
3. After I drove to the office to find my package still on some truck, an employee should have been dispatched to deliver the package to my home to as soon as the truck returned.
As your rules didn’t allow for these options, here is what I will do for Brown.
1. I will discourage anyone I can from using UPS, giving them a copy of this letter.
2. A copy of this letter will be posted on my blog and other public forums.
3. A copy of this letter is being sent to the company I purchased from explaining that I cannot purchase from them again.
4. When I am making a purchase, if the shipping method is UPS, a copy of this letter will be included in the message explaining why I will not purchase from them. I can buy the same product from another vendor that uses FedEx or U.S.P.S.

Sincerely,
Richard G. Xxxxxxx (A very unhappy and unwilling customer)

Obama's Election Has Caused a Patriotic Spirit to Sweep America

2009-01-19T16:10:00.003-05:00

Tomorrow, after President Barack Obama's innauguration, I will fly the American flag along side my world flag, for the first time in 8 years.

Robert Creamer: A Surprise for the Right: Obama's Election Has Caused a Patriotic Spirit to Sweep America

Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

2008-12-19T16:43:00.001-05:00

OHH NOO, terrorist mice!!!!

BBC NEWS Americas Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters

2008-12-07T14:24:00.001-05:00

We finally get rid of cigarette makers advertising to children with caartoon characters and what do we get? Advertising war to children with video games. Disgusting. And our tax dollars are paying for it!!

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters PEEK AlterNet

Florida Journalism?

2008-10-28T18:50:00.003-05:00

News anchor on Biden interview: 'I'm a journalist' - CNN.com

Barbara West: You may recognize this famous quote. "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." That's from Karl Marx. How is Sen. Obama not being a Marxist if he's intending to spread the wealth around?

What a ridiculous question.

I think I'm a Marxist. If it were "From each according to their ability and to each according to their need" then shouldn't the Wall Street executives and bankers pushing toxic loans be earning minimum wage (their need) when their ability is negative? But that I could negotiate a golden parachute that allows me to take millions away if I'm so bad that my company needs to fire me with cause?

When historically the wealthy are paying less in taxes than ever before, I agree with Senator Biden. Are your serious? Wealth has been distributed - to the top 1 percent.

2008 Health Care For America Survey

2008-03-26T17:59:00.001-05:00

Here is a survey on healthcare. If you haven't seen Sicko, see it.

2008 Health Care For America Survey

ENN: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head

2008-02-16T13:00:00.001-05:00

Here is a great piece on how econmics must take the environment into the equation if we want to survive.

The best quote: "The economy exists inside the ecosystem."

ENN: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head

Here is the 'Yes We Can' Video

2008-02-11T20:40:00.000-05:00

A definite contrast. I say "Yes We Can"

YouTube - Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

Ten thousand years

2008-02-11T20:38:00.000-05:00

I enjoyed the similar video about Obama "Yes We Can". Here is the McCain version. Depressing.

YouTube - john.he.is

Insanity - things I didn't know

2008-02-04T18:27:00.000-05:00

"The agreement guaranteed Mr. Belnick a payment of at least $10.6 million should he commit a felony and be fired before October 2003."

I need a felony clause in my next contract.

AlterNet: Bankers Gone Bonkers: Global Financiers Should Make Insanity Plea

Majora Carter | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

2008-02-02T23:55:00.000-05:00

I was inspired by Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention but I was backing Edwards because he wouldn't give corporations a seat at the decision table. I was hoping for an Edwards/Obama ticket with 8 years for Edwards and the next 8 with Obama. With Edwards out I'm for Obama.

Here is another inspiring speaker that should have a place in the country's decision making.

The video is 20 minutes long but well worth watching.

Majora Carter Gristmill: The environmental news blog Grist

GreenPrint :: Saving Money Today, Trees Tomorrow

2008-02-02T22:50:00.000-05:00

Here's a great way to save trees, paper, ink and money:

GreenPrint :: Saving Money Today, Trees Tomorrow

And the American way (of politics)

2008-01-29T14:19:00.000-05:00

Hilarous parody of the Bush State of the Union address with the democratic response.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush Parody: "The State of Our Union Is Not Something I'm Worried About" [VIDEO]

Truth?

2008-01-29T13:40:00.000-05:00

My last post was "justice". Here's one on truth. This is what happens when you have a president that doesn't believe in evolution.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Top Climate Expert: Bush White House Edits Testimony of Government Scientists

Justice???

2008-01-29T13:31:00.000-05:00

Is this what justice in America has come to? Protestors in jail while the criminals walk free.

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Pioneering Blackwater Protesters Given Secret Trial and Criminal Conviction

War on Greed: DO SOMETHING!!

2008-01-20T13:35:00.000-05:00

Fight in the spirit of Martin Luther King. Watch this video - look at what's going on and DO SOMETHING!!

War on Greed: Fight for the Dream

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

2008-01-10T10:03:00.000-05:00

A must see:

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Shop locally!!!

2008-01-10T09:56:00.000-05:00

It's a downward spiral. Low paying jobs make people need to shop at Walmart which creates more low paying jobs.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: New Film Slams Wal-Mart: "Going Big Box vs. Going Local" [VIDEO]: "This new film by Amy Wolf, a Movement Vision Lab Film Fellow in 2007, follows one woman on a shopping quest — as we learn about the consequences at every turn. Please forward it to your family and friends and keep these lessons in mind as you're stocking up on stuff!This new film by Amy Wolf, a Movement Vision Lab Film Fellow in 2007, follows one woman on a shopping quest — as we learn about the consequences at every turn. Please forward it to your family and friends and keep these lessons in mind as you're stocking up on stuff!"

Election 2008: "The Simpsons": Ralph Wiggum Launches '08 Presidential Run [VIDEO]

2008-01-08T14:21:00.000-05:00

Ralph would be a huge improvement over bush.

AlterNet: Blogs: Election 2008: "The Simpsons": Ralph Wiggum Launches '08 Presidential Run [VIDEO]

YouTube - How It All Ends

2008-01-05T18:42:00.000-05:00

See previous post. This is a follow up with the devils advocate:

YouTube - How It All Ends

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See : TreeHugger

2008-01-05T17:46:00.000-05:00

This may be the most important Video you'll ever see!!!! Think life or death for you, your family, your children and grandchildren, humanity.

Please watch this video!!!! Can you refute it? Can you gamble on it? I have put this "pass on" post under more tags than any other post. PLEASE, pass it on to everyone you can.

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See : TreeHugger

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?

2008-01-04T09:41:00.001-05:00

Here is a post that goes along with my belief in ataraxia (Epicurus...the contentment of having enough).

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?: "The growth in greedy consumerism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of English-speaking nations."

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?

2008-01-04T09:41:00.000-05:00

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?: "The growth in greedy consumerism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of English-speaking nations."

Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007

2008-01-02T14:13:00.000-05:00

For an attempt to balance my previous post I offer this. Little signs of hope only. 2007 was still a very negative year with greed and ignorance running rampant.

AlterNet: Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007

20 Annoying Things About 2007

2008-01-02T13:48:00.000-05:00

Great list Mr. Pizzo. I can't find a thing to disagree with.

AlterNet: 20 Annoying Things About 2007

We put a man on the moon...we can do this.

2007-12-01T10:12:00.000-05:00

The 35 mpg fleet standard can and should be done as a first step. Adding trucks and SUVs is important as that is what people are driving.

I don't like the idea of ethanol being made from corn or other food sources at a time when there is hunger in the world. I don't like the continuation of aid to the oil companies that are raking in billions.

Dems reach deal on fuel efficiency - Capitol Hill- msnbc.com

"Pregnant Woman's Tasering Probed"

2007-11-29T17:59:00.000-05:00

From the article:

Redden, according to Etter, had come to the police station to ask police to take custody of her child. When officer Michael Wilmer asked why, the woman reportedly would only say that "she's tired of playing games" with the baby's father. "At this point, they had a little more discussion that went nowhere," Etter said, recounting the incident. "She says, 'I'm leaving.'" Etter, who repeatedly emphasized to ABC News that Wilmer had no idea the Valreca was pregnant, said that the officer then explained that she could not leave without further explanation. He took hold of the child with one arm, Etter said, and pushed the woman down with the other. When a second officer arrived, Wilmer handed over the 1-year-old and attempted to handcuff Valreca. She began to resist, Etter said, at which point he "employed what is called a 'drive stun'" on the back of her neck.

This tells me "don't go into a police station".

It's time to ban tasers. The U.N. has described tasering as torture. I read an account of what it is like to be tasered by someone who was tasered and it's an experience I wouldn't want to go through. I saw a man tasered for refusing to sign a ticket and tried to point to a spee limit sign. Two taser deaths in Canada and four in the U.S. in a week. A Polish man tasered mainly because he didn't understand English.

Cops are afraid, and rightly so in this messed up society. But a taser being given as a non-lethal weapon causes them to resort to tasering when there is no reason.

ABC News: Pregnant Woman Tasered in Police Station, FBI Investigates

"The Sky is Falling"

2007-11-29T15:02:00.000-05:00

Maybe this will put pollution into perspective.

Ecospot Grand Prize Winner Announced: And the Winner Is... (TreeHugger)

Dodd Singlehandedly Stops Bush's Domestic Spying Bill

2007-10-19T11:04:00.000-05:00

I would like to personally thank my senator from Connecticut, Chris Dodd, for his action against immunity for the communications companies that cooperated with the Bush administration illegally, without a warrant or FISA court approval. We don't know what these companies did!! Our legislators should know what they are giving immunity to before they give it. Finally, someone with the guts to stand up for us. Now if the rest of the Democratic majority could develop a spine.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Dodd Singlehandedly Stops Bush's Domestic Spying Bill: "This is leadership."

Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

2007-09-28T13:52:00.000-05:00

The shoe is on the other foot. Let's see what happens with the party that brought us "swiftboat".

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans' Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds

2007-09-27T15:45:00.000-05:00

How do I get a copy of my PNR?

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans' Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds

Bill Clinton Rips Right Wing's "Feigned Outrage" Over MoveOn Ad

2007-09-27T15:27:00.000-05:00

I was outraged when congress voted to condemn MoveOn's ad. Condemning freedom of speach!

Here's some truth.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bill Clinton Rips Right Wing's "Feigned Outrage" Over MoveOn Ad [VIDEO

The Science Behind Personality

2007-09-18T15:17:00.000-05:00

I've always wondered about this.

AlterNet: Health and Wellness: The Science Behind Personality: "Why do some of us worry endlessly about our lives, while others sail through without a care?"

The Real Rudy: The Disastrous Command Center Choice and 9/11 [VIDEO]

2007-09-07T08:51:00.000-05:00

Pass it on.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: The Real Rudy: The Disastrous Command Center Choice and 9/11 [VIDEO]:"We need your help. We don't have ad budgets, so like all our videos, we are counting on you to spread these to your email list, to your local paper, to blogs, to websites. We are fortunate that today we have the new technology and ability to reach millions, but it only happens when you send the video with notes to as many people as possible.

Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq

2007-09-06T10:13:00.000-05:00

Write your congressperson!

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq: "The Democrats are reacting to this charade by conceding the battle before it begins, with Michigan's Carl Levin offering to remove a deadline from the amendment he and Jack Reed, D-R.I., co-sponsored (the deadline was already riddled with loopholes) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offering to 'compromise' with Senate Republicans by dropping his already watered-down demand for a spring 'withdrawal.'"

CIA Told Bush There Were No WMD In Iraq In 2002

2007-09-06T09:24:00.000-05:00

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: CIA Told Bush There Were No WMD In Iraq In 2002

On Poverty, Maybe We're All Wrong - washingtonpost.com

2007-08-29T16:13:00.000-05:00

Tis a very good artical on poverty.

Steven Pearlstein - On Poverty, Maybe We're All Wrong - washingtonpost.com

Attorney General Bruce Fein - Yahoo! News

2007-08-29T15:56:00.000-05:00

This sounds like a conservative I could trust. There aren't many of them.

Attorney General Bruce Fein - Yahoo! News

Black balloons: making CO2 real | The Alliance for Climate Protection

2007-08-28T15:40:00.000-05:00

A great 45 second public service ad that everyone should see (and act on) and pass on.

Black balloons: making CO2 real The Alliance for Climate Protection

The War on Iraq's Women

2007-08-26T13:35:00.000-05:00

This is the cost of war. Those that promote war are responsible.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The War on Iraq's Women: "For at least two women in every 12 who seek emergency delivery assistance here, either the mother or her child dies."

Will Durst on Bush Adminstration: "Irony Deprived, Depraved, Erectile Dysfunctional..." [VIDEO]

2007-08-26T11:31:00.000-05:00

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Will Durst on Bush Adminstration: "Irony Deprived, Depraved, Erectile Dysfunctional..." [VIDEO]: "This video is an incredibly accurate, hilarious and fast paced summation of the Bush administration that certainly supports the New York Time's claims. Check it out. "

Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us

2007-08-26T11:26:00.000-05:00

Our economy is based on military spending, billions of dollars flushed down the military/industrial toilet. That money could provide needed social services and the push to clean energy.

I have been ranting and writing and marching my adult life and things just keep getting worse. Maybe it's already too late.

AlterNet: ForeignPolicy: Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us: " in the words of Thomas Merton, 'It is the sane ones, the well-adapted ones, who can without qualms and without nausea aim the missiles and press the buttons that will initiate the great festival of destruction that they, the sane ones, have prepared.'"

Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure

2007-08-14T17:46:00.000-05:00

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure: "Cenk Uygur: Rove didn't just break the Republican Party. Rove also leaves behind a broken president, a broken army, a slew of broken laws and a broke country. "

DrugReporter: Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

2007-08-14T15:55:00.000-05:00

The truth about the new study on pot implying pot increases pshychosis. If you read the whole study, it shows that pot doesn't.

Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

Religious Right Hate Group Attacks Victims of Minnesota Bridge Collapse

2007-08-08T15:07:00.000-05:00

This is why I find that all religion is dangerous and extreme religion is extremely dangerous. When you have a reason that you can't prove scientifically, you probably don't have a reason.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Religious Right Hate Group Attacks Victims of Minnesota Bridge Collapse

Bush: "Zombies Are a Danger to Your Children"

2007-08-08T14:54:00.000-05:00

This is absolutely hysterical. It had me ROLFing over and over. You have3 to see this piece (which isn't REAL!).

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush: "Zombies Are a Danger to Your Children" [VIDEO]

The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander

2007-08-06T07:12:00.000-05:00

AlterNet: The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander [VIDEO]: "The Seinfeld star plays a part-Karl Rove, part-Lord Voldemort character who plots to keep the Democrats road blocked in Congress in this hilarious short video. "

Fear and Loathing in Middle America

2007-07-30T11:42:00.000-05:00

I never could understand why the poor in America consistently vote against their interests. It only happens in America.

AlterNet: Fear and Loathing in Middle America

Gonzales commits Perjury

2007-07-26T17:32:00.000-05:00

Ok wimpy Democrats. You have Gonzales on perjury. Use it and don't wimp out. We need someone who will stand up. The worse it gets, the more inclined we are to pick and even more progressive voice.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Democrats Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Gonzales

Heaven help us from Bush's new powers

2007-07-26T17:13:00.000-05:00

Impeachment should be hot. The knowledge that Bush on his own word take all my assets and ruin me and all future generations of my family until infinity is REALLY SCAREY!!!!!!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Impeachment Is So Hot Right Now [VIDEO]

In Venezuela, Speak No Ill of Hugo - TIME

2007-07-25T18:26:00.000-05:00

I likes Chavez up until this. I thought he was trying to create a fair contrry where everyone shared the wealth. But if there can be no dessent, I think Chavez has gone to the dark side.

In Venezuela, Speak No Ill of Hugo - TIME

Health Care vs. the Profit Principle

2007-07-24T15:42:00.000-05:00

Well written article on health care.

AlterNet: Health & Wellness: Health Care vs. the Profit Principle

Tom DeLay On Abortion

2007-07-24T14:44:00.000-05:00

Don't listen to DeLay about moral matters, but do see that this is a mug shot (that tells you something about man's morals). If you listen at all, listen to what he is saying. Abortion causes illegal immigration. Would you want your family doing what illegal immigrants have to do? These people are here because they want to feed their families. And no Latino has blown up recently killing innocent people. The government is using border security for the divide and conquer racial game.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Tom DeLay Wants to Put Fetuses to Work

Cheney: I Told Leahy To ‘F*ck Himself’ Because He Was ‘Close To Kissing Me’

2007-07-24T14:40:00.000-05:00

No one wants to kiss Cheney! Cheney isn't a nice man.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney: I Told Leahy To ‘F*ck Himself’ Because He Was ‘Close To Kissing Me’

Finally - some good news for the day.

2007-07-21T11:32:00.000-05:00

Family values belong in the family not in politics. My values are my own and I don't want anyone else's forced on me. Religion can't do it because it has no force other than a vague threat of hell. Government can try to do it with laws but that disenfranchises a huge number of the people. I believe having my own values is a constitutional right.

Family-Values Politics Loses Its Value - To the Contrary (usnews.com)

Millions of (Uninsured) Children Left Behind

2007-07-21T10:42:00.000-05:00

These money grabbing conservatives are heartless.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Millions of (Uninsured) Children Left Behind: "'Compassionate conservatism', indeed. "

12,000 Companies Stuffed Into a Caribbean Mystery Spot

2007-07-21T10:33:00.000-05:00

A quirk of physics; The black hole where our money goes.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: 12,000 Companies Stuffed Into a Caribbean Mystery Spot

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Iraq Round-Up!

2007-07-21T10:28:00.000-05:00

Good coverage that keeps you current on events in Iraq long before they are "news".

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Iraq Round-Up!

FEMA Administrator Forced to Appear Before Congress

2007-07-21T10:10:00.000-05:00

Having people live in poison trailers sounds like you want to kill them. Katrina effected the poor and minorities most. They didn't have them means to get out of the city and have been forced to live in poor conditions whether they accept a poison trailer or not. Hould we be looking at this as a class/race war?

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: FEMA Administrator Forced to Appear Before Congress

No End In Sight

2007-07-21T09:23:00.000-05:00

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: No End In Sight [VIDEO]: "The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003), as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts."

Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy

2007-07-21T08:43:00.000-05:00

Where are the leaders when you need them? This piece makes a good point about spineless Democrats.

Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy

An Iraq War Vet Sounds Off On Racism, Violence in the Ranks

2007-07-21T08:23:00.000-05:00

I didn't know how many were being poisoned by depleted uranium or some of the other facts in this excellent video. This must be stopped.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: An Iraq War Vet Sounds Off On Racism, Violence in the Ranks

The Horror of Living In Iraq

2007-07-21T08:10:00.000-05:00

This is what is happening in Iraq.

AlterNet: War on Iraq: After Reporting in Iraq, America Feels Like a Bizarre Disneyland

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Olbermann to Bush: "Go there and fight your war...yourself" [VIDEO]

2007-07-20T08:04:00.000-05:00

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Olbermann to Bush: "Go there and fight your war...yourself" [VIDEO]: On Countdown, Keith Olbermann delivers a powerful special comment about the leaked Bush Administration letter that blames Senator Hillary Clinton and all war dissenters for President Bush’s own failures in Iraq.

Global 'elders' launch new alliance

2007-07-18T16:44:00.000-05:00

These men and women have proven themselves and will make a good source for advice. I hope someone listens to the peacemakers, the elder states person.

Global 'elders' launch new alliance csmonitor.com

Iowa Farmers Look to Trap Carbon in Soil

2007-07-16T17:28:00.000-05:00

This was a good read for me. I post so much negative stuff that it's good to have some positive happenings to share.

NPR : Iowa Farmers Look to Trap Carbon in Soil

Ice Blocks Used to Chill Buildings

2007-07-16T17:15:00.000-05:00

What a great, and more natural, idea!!!!

Discovery Channel :: News - Technology :: Ice Blocks Used to Chill Buildings

Will Ferrell as George W. Bush on "Global Warmings"

2007-07-16T14:10:00.000-05:00

Funny but true.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Will Ferrell as George W. Bush on "Global Warmings" [VIDEO]

White House Cover Up of Pat Tillman's Death Continues

2007-07-16T13:57:00.000-05:00

Exactly what does executive privilege cover, besides dirt?

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: White House Cover Up of Pat Tillman's Death Continues: "Kathy Kattenburg: The Bush Administration cites 'executive privilege' yet again, this time to justify keeping the official records on Tillman's death from the public. Kathy Kattenburg: The Bush Administration cites 'executive privilege' yet again, this time to justify keeping the official records on Tillman's death from the public. "

Bush on Saddam: "That Mother F**cker Tried to Take Out My Dad"

2007-07-16T13:54:00.000-05:00

I agree, it's a daddy thing.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Bush on Saddam: "That Mother F**cker Tried to Take Out My Dad"

When is a church not a church?

2007-07-10T13:48:00.000-05:00

When it's not a catholic church.

OK, this really gets my goat. I'm a recovered catholic. I attend a Unitarian Universalist meeting house (not a church) when I attend anything. I consider myself pagan and Druid (the educated at that time). Christianity pushers are snake oil salesman. Give me your money and I promise you everything. Be happy with your poverty and you will get your rewards later. Are you sure? Have faith. Have faith in an organization that killed anyone who didn't have faith. That destroyed knowledge because it didn't match their teachings. Infallible pope? Sun revolving around the Earth and no apology to Galileo until he was dead a few hundred years. Virgin birth?...Yeah sure. Try pulling that today. Papal infallibility? Have you read what some of these demented despots have done? Killing millions of midwifes and herbalists as witches. I'll stick with the "old time religions", anything that predated the old testament. Yes, pagans were ignorant, not stupid. They explained things with the best explanations they had. When science came along they used it to update. Tracking the distant heavens while christians were still claiming the sun revolved around the Earth.

So, do I accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior? No, Jesus Christ is just something I yell when I hit my thumb with a hammer.

What a bunch of bullshit!!!

Pope Says Other Churches Not True, Document Also Asserts Orthodox Are "Wounded" - CBS News

"Sicko" Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight

2007-07-10T09:43:00.000-05:00

If you watched the video of Michael Moore's interview on CNN (4 posts below) you know that CNN contends the facts were "fudged" in SiCKO. Here are the facts and Moore didn't fudge a singe one. Mainstream news is scandal mongering. They are paid by pharmaceutical and insurance companies.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: "Sicko" Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight

Bush's First Video Blog: "I Torture People"

2007-07-10T08:26:00.000-05:00

There's a lot of truth in this parody.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush's First Video Blog: "I Torture People" [VIDEO]: "An uncanny George W. Bush impersonator provides a look into the mind of the worst president in history."

Bush Blocks the Testimony of Former Rove Aide

2007-07-10T07:40:00.000-05:00

Here's another headline: "Attorney General Alberto Gonzales knew about legal and procedural violations by FBI agents in the months before he told senators that no such abuses had occurred, The Washington Post reported today."

And Bush's former political director, Sara Taylor, wants to testify.

Something is being hidden and it isn't something good.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Bush Blocks the Testimony of Former Rove Aide

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Nobody Ever Marched to Impeach Bill Clinton

2007-07-10T07:33:00.000-05:00

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Nobody Ever Marched to Impeach Bill Clinton: "The fact is, during the 105th Congress's impeachment of Bill Clinton, Clinton's public APPROVAL rating was a positive 73%. Conversely, as the current 110th Congress takes NO action to impeach George W. Bush, Bush's public APPROVAL ratings range between 28 and 36%. "

Michael Moore Rips Wolf Blitzer on CNN: "Why Don't You Tell the American People the Truth"

2007-07-10T07:23:00.000-05:00

I like a man who speaks his mind. Mainstream news has become entertainment. Horror shows to keep you afraid.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Michael Moore Rips Wolf Blitzer on CNN: "Why Don't You Tell the American People the Truth" [VIDEO]: "Michael Moore slams Blitzer and CNN for their lies about universal health care and his film 'Sicko.' "

Bush invokes executive privilege on aides' testimony; impeachment polling continues

2007-07-09T10:07:00.000-05:00

The numbers for impeachment are growing.

Bush invokes executive privilege on aides' testimony; impeachment polling continues - On Politics - USATODAY.com: "Meanwhile, as On Deadline noted Friday, a new American Research Group poll shows 45% of those surveyed favor the beginning of impeachment proceedings against Bush, while 46% are against. Asked about Vice President Cheney: 54% favor impeachment, 40% oppose."

Live Earth

2007-07-07T09:56:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone is watching the "Live Earth" concert on MSNBC or on TV when it's on. Take a pledge or two. This is something that governments won't help on unless we demand it. This is something that government can't do alone, we have to ALL work together. Save the Earth for our children and all future generations, not to mention yourself, it's happening now.

American Research Group Polls

2007-07-07T09:43:00.000-05:00

Poll numbers on approval ratings, presidencial preference and Bush/Cheney impeachment,

American Research Group:
"Question:
Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney?

7/5/07 Favor Oppose Undecided

All Adults 54% 40% 6%
Voters 50% 44% 6%

Disappeared: Five Years in Guantanamo

2007-07-07T09:06:00.000-05:00

This is what happens in a lawless country.

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Disappeared: Five Years in Guantanamo

Fred Thompson Was a Mole for Nixon During Watergate

2007-07-06T10:28:00.000-05:00

Something you should know.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Fred Thompson Was a Mole for Nixon During Watergate

It's Bush's Birthday, This Year He'll Take Cash

2007-07-06T10:19:00.000-05:00

What a political beg letter. What nerve.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: It's Bush's Birthday, This Year He'll Take Cash

Wexler: Censure Bush Over Libby | Q: The Florida Politics Blog

2007-07-06T10:10:00.000-05:00

It's about time someone had the balls to do something!! America is going to haell in a handbasket while congress sit around on it's thumbs. Read posts on Obermann below. We need to somehow remove the filth from the administration and the do-nothings from congress.

Wexler: Censure Bush Over Libby Q: The Florida Politics Blog

How This White House Operates

2007-07-06T08:05:00.000-05:00

Isn't it obvious that Bush is the obstruction of justice? Good job Talking Points Memo in putting this video together.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: How This White House Operates [VIDEO]: "Sometimes you have to wonder if this White House just makes stuff up as it goes along or if everything they do is part of some grand design. And when I say grand I mean incredibly illegal and/or offensive to everything honest Americans stand for."

Union Heavy Embraces Green Energy as Crucial Vision for the Future

2007-07-06T07:46:00.000-05:00

Embrace the future and keep high paying manufacturing jobs here. We can't all work at Walmart or McDonalds.

AlterNet: Environment: Union Heavy Embraces Green Energy as Crucial Vision for the Future

Senator, You Used to Be a Pot Head -- Now You're Talking Like a Narc

2007-07-06T07:41:00.000-05:00

From this letter I surmise that Norm Coleman is a good legislator. But hypocrisy is not a good practise. Marijuana is labeled a benign drug by most civilized countries. Losing your financial aid and going to prison does not help our youth become good citizens.

AlterNet: Senator, You Used to Be a Pot Head -- Now You're Talking Like a Narc

No Joy This Fourth of July

2007-07-05T16:17:00.000-05:00

That's exactly how I felt on the 4th. Watching Keith Obermann's "Special Commentary" (also posted below) gave me hope.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: No Joy This Fourth of July: "How far we've fallen under "

Impeachment is Back On the Table, Even if Congress Doesn't Know It

2007-07-05T16:13:00.000-05:00

Although impeachment was taken off the table when the Democrats took over congress as a sign of non-particanship, that was before we knew what we know know.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Impeachment is Back On the Table, Even if Congress Doesn't Know It: "Larisa Alexandrova: The Vice President has engaged in criminal activity, that Alberto Gonzales has, that Karl Rove has, indeed, likely the entire administration might end up indicted when all is said and done. "

Late Halberstam's Final Verdict on Bush: "He's No Truman"

2007-07-05T16:08:00.000-05:00

Truman?, he's not even a Nixon!

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The Late Halberstam's Final Verdict on Bush: "He's No Truman"

Al Gore Lead the Impeachment Movement?

2007-07-05T16:04:00.000-05:00

If Vice President Gore decides not to run for president, he would be a credible voice for the growing impeachment movement. If he has any aspirations for the presidency, I would prefer that he let others lead in this noble cause.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Should Al Gore Lead the Impeachment Movement?

Olbermann: "Mr. Bush, You've ceased to be the President"

2007-07-04T09:13:00.000-05:00

It's the 4th of July and I woke up depressed. I remember being proud when I saw our flag go by, holding my hand over my heart, or while serving my country, saluting. I can no longer be a proud American because of the depths of depravity that this corrupt administration has taken us.

If you watch nothing else in the next month, you MUST watch this.

Reminiscent of Edward R. Murrow standing up to Joe McCarthy when McCarthy subverted America, Keith Obermann, showing the anger that I and many of you feel, stands up for the country and gives us a voice. May this be the turning point.

Bush and Cheney, RESIGN!!!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Olbermann: "Mr. Bush, You've ceased to be the President" [VIDEO]: "In an edition of his 'Special Comment', Keith Olbermann pleads with Bush and Cheney to do the noble thing and resign, since they're incapable of putting partisan politics aside. "

War on Iraq: A Soldier Speaks: Iraq Comes Home: Soldiers Share the Devastating Tales of War

2007-07-04T06:28:00.000-05:00

Powerful

AlterNet: War on Iraq: A Soldier Speaks: Iraq Comes Home: Soldiers Share the Devastating Tales of War: "Three veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan share the nightmare experiences that war has brought into their lives"

Joseph Wilson: "The President Himself is an Accessory to Obstruction of Justice" [VIDEO]

2007-07-04T06:24:00.000-05:00

This short interview of Joe Wilson on CNN goes right to the point.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Joseph Wilson: "The President Himself is an Accessory to Obstruction of Justice" [VIDEO]

Wilson says, "This administration is corrupt from the top to the bottom."

Supermarket Swindle!

2007-07-03T17:08:00.000-05:00

I don't shop at Walmart. Now large supermarkets in California are forcing there workers onto welfare and foodstamps and cutting benefits while their CEOs are making up to 11 million dollars. Anyone who can afford to shop elseware, should. Watch this video and look in the mirror. These people need to eat. They need healthcare.

PLEASE ,WATCH THIS VIDEO!!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Supermarket Swindle! [VIDEO]

Conservative Bloggers Blame Michael Moore for UK Terror Attempts

2007-07-03T16:27:00.000-05:00

Talk about sickos.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Conservative Bloggers Blame Michael Moore for UK Terror Attempts: "Would these be Doctors who work for the U.K. health care system so lavishly praised by Michael Moore? ...Perhaps they are not Jihadists at all but simply men driven insane by their employer? Maybe Michael Moore has spawned an entirely new breed of suicide bomber -- the alienated UK health care worker'' Steyn quotes from one e-mail, after noting 'I've been getting more than a few letters along these lines."

from Ataraxia

Medicaid cuts

Republicans Vote Against Equal Pay for Women–Unanimously

Something Terrible is Happening! Will Ferrell & friends

Lack of Insurance Causes 45,000 Deaths Every Year |

MoveOn.org Political Action: MoveOn & R.E.M. Video: We Can't Afford to Wait

Obama's Election Has Caused a Patriotic Spirit to Sweep America

Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters

Florida Journalism?

2008 Health Care For America Survey

ENN: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head

Here is the 'Yes We Can' Video

Ten thousand years

Insanity - things I didn't know

Majora Carter | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

GreenPrint :: Saving Money Today, Trees Tomorrow

And the American way (of politics)

Truth?

Justice???

War on Greed: DO SOMETHING!!

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

Shop locally!!!

Election 2008: "The Simpsons": Ralph Wiggum Launches '08 Presidential Run [VIDEO]

YouTube - How It All Ends

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See : TreeHugger

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?

Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007

20 Annoying Things About 2007

We put a man on the moon...we can do this.

"Pregnant Woman's Tasering Probed"

"The Sky is Falling"

Dodd Singlehandedly Stops Bush's Domestic Spying Bill

Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans' Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds

Bill Clinton Rips Right Wing's "Feigned Outrage" Over MoveOn Ad

The Science Behind Personality

The Real Rudy: The Disastrous Command Center Choice and 9/11 [VIDEO]

Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq

CIA Told Bush There Were No WMD In Iraq In 2002

On Poverty, Maybe We're All Wrong - washingtonpost.com

Attorney General Bruce Fein - Yahoo! News

Black balloons: making CO2 real | The Alliance for Climate Protection

The War on Iraq's Women

Will Durst on Bush Adminstration: "Irony Deprived, Depraved, Erectile Dysfunctional..." [VIDEO]

Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us

Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure

DrugReporter: Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

Religious Right Hate Group Attacks Victims of Minnesota Bridge Collapse

Bush: "Zombies Are a Danger to Your Children"

The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander

Fear and Loathing in Middle America

Gonzales commits Perjury

Heaven help us from Bush's new powers

In Venezuela, Speak No Ill of Hugo - TIME

Health Care vs. the Profit Principle

Tom DeLay On Abortion

Cheney: I Told Leahy To ‘F*ck Himself’ Because He Was ‘Close To Kissing Me’

Finally - some good news for the day.

Millions of (Uninsured) Children Left Behind

12,000 Companies Stuffed Into a Caribbean Mystery Spot

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Iraq Round-Up!

FEMA Administrator Forced to Appear Before Congress

No End In Sight

Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy

An Iraq War Vet Sounds Off On Racism, Violence in the Ranks

The Horror of Living In Iraq

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Olbermann to Bush: "Go there and fight your war...yourself" [VIDEO]

Global 'elders' launch new alliance

Iowa Farmers Look to Trap Carbon in Soil

Ice Blocks Used to Chill Buildings

Will Ferrell as George W. Bush on "Global Warmings"

White House Cover Up of Pat Tillman's Death Continues

Bush on Saddam: "That Mother F**cker Tried to Take Out My Dad"

When is a church not a church?

"Sicko" Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight

Bush's First Video Blog: "I Torture People"

Bush Blocks the Testimony of Former Rove Aide

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Nobody Ever Marched to Impeach Bill Clinton

ENN: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head