Moore fights back

Go Michael!!!

Moore blasts Bush over film-trip probe - Yahoo! News

Treasury Department goes after Michael Moore for "Sicko" Cuba travel

Restricting an American's travel to Cuba under the guise of a trade embargo is unconstitutional and a big bunch of bull-droppings. Cuban dissidents in Florida send money home with no problem. Michael, tell them to suck an egg and take it to the Supreme Court.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Treasury Department goes after Michael Moore for "Sicko" Cuba travel

For the Pagans among us

Margot Adler

"Lessons from the Pagan and Earth Religions in a World of Religious Violence."

In contemporary Pagan and earth-based religions, the "sacred" is seen as all around us. It is not above us or out of reach; it is not something only accessed by death. It resides in the world, in the living and the doing of life, in the body, and in the earth. Contemporary Pagans believe there is an ecstatic connection among all beings that can be felt in our daily lives and accessed more deeply through joyous ritual, song, and dance. Our modern world is plagued by false dichotomies: splits of mind and body, technology and nature, men and women, dark and light, play and seriousness, joy and reverence. Yet there are at least a million contemporary Pagans worldwide who are taking a different path. Many are women who have discovered the ancient goddesses and have revived an ancient spirituality - looking back to a time, whether fact or metaphor, where women were valued as equal partners and where human beings were seen as an important part, but only a part, of the cosmic dance. There are more contemporary Pagans in the U.S. today than Quakers or U.S. based Bahais. There are as many in the U.S. as there are Unitarian Universalists. In a world increasingly defined by religious wars, the earth religions do not proselytize; they are not based on scriptures or the words of prophets but rather on seasonal ceremonies: on what people "do", not what they "believe." These traditions have gifts to give us. They allow us to change our perceptions of "reality" and give us a pathway to navigate through these dark times."


Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Old Town Hall, 20 Main Street, Andover, MA

Judge Tosses Out Charges Against Posada Carriles

Interesting. This terrorist attacked Cuba and our government lets him walk.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Judge Tosses Out Charges Against Posada Carriles:

"Richard Blair: On the same day that the DOJ busted an alleged terror ring in New Jersey, a convicted terrorist walked free in Texas."

Adios, World Bank

The poor won't miss you.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Adios, World Bank:

"Nadia Martinez: The World Bank continues in its downward spiraling crisis of legitimacy, at least in Latin America. "

A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

I didn't know about this. I would think things would have changed by now. I hope a free will save us.

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

The Police "Were Relentless. They Were Merciless."

The example is coming from the top. Bush gets away with it and the rest of the country follows along.

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: L.A. Immigration Protest: The Police "Were Relentless. They Were Merciless."

Suing the pants off dry cleaner - World - theage.com.au

If I were in charge I would be immediately disbarred.

Suing the pants off dry cleaner - World - theage.com.au

"Beware - the class war"

"At the very same time lawmakers lie about who is actually filing lawsuits and claim they want to stop 'lawsuit abuse,' they are actually granting corporations special privileges to file even more lawsuits. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) quietly established special courts where foreign companies can sue U.S. federal and state governments for compensation when their laws protecting health, labor or environmental standards cut into corporate profits. One company, for instance, sought nearly $1 billion from California (more than 1 percent of the state's entire budget) as compensation for a state law that prohibited the use of an environmentally hazardous gasoline additive. In all, Big Business has used these special tribunals to force American taxpayers to hand over $1.8 billion."

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: SF CHRON: When the Class War Goes Local:

Bush is pro-hate

Apparently, Bush is for hate, as long as you hate the right people.

Medill Reports: House votes to strengthen hate crimes penalties, Bush threatens veto

Attempted Abortion Clinic Bombing, and Hate Speech From The Right

The people doing this call themselves Christians. This is contrary to any teaching that I know of in the bible. I mean the new testament. Although I was raised Catholic I didn't listen that closely. I was busy watching to see if a nun was going to get me. This was back in the 50's and the church was scary, in latin. I do think I got the gist of it though. You are supposed to do good. You are not supposed to do wrong. Killing was at the top of the 10 wrongs even in the crazy old testament.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Attempted Abortion Clinic Bombing, and Hate Speech From The Right

The rise and fall of America's political right

This is well written and I agree.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The rise and fall of America's political right

A while back I wrote a blog on TPM asking Democratic Progressives to compromise to get the funding bill for Iraq with a time line passed. They compromised. Now that Bush has vetoed the bill, unwilling to reason, I want no more compromise. If the time lines are taken out of the bill, progressives should vote against it. Send back the same bill. It's time to take control and de-fund the war.

Neo-cons, corporations and religion must be driven out of politics and science!

White House Seeks Lying Czar

"New office would coordinate distortions about Iraq, Afghanistan."

Humor: White House Seeks Lying Czar - Newsweek The Borowitz Report - MSNBC.com

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney behind forged Niger documents, says former CIA officer

Interesting. Have to wait to see the evidence.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney behind forged Niger documents, says former CIA officer

Rove must Go

What an arrogant #%*^#&!!

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: 'MC' Rove tells Crow to step off

Bush is selling out the country

AlterNet: EnviroHealth: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water

Moyers on Media's War Pt 1

This is part 1 of a very important documentary on media losing its objectiveness. I will post part 2 as soon as I can get it.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Moyers on Media's War Pt 1 [VIDEO]

Flubya the Video

This is good. This is the man who's running our country.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Flubya [VIDEO]

"Just when you were bored by Bush-isms."

Big Pharma hustles healthcare, Working America strikes back

There is power in numbers. Besides taking back the government we need go stop the greed at the top that is hurting everyone from the middle class on down.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Big Pharma hustles healthcare, Working America strikes back

Bush '03 v. Bush '07

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush '03 v. Bush '07 [VIDEO]