Media miss: mainstream thinking
Something seems a little out of whack between the mainstream media and the American people. Take the arguments of the past few days over former President Jimmy Carter’s remarks about the Bush administration
Archive for May, 2007
links for 2007-05-21
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Personal Democracy Forum conference, PDF UnConference
Blogger solves Oklahoma’s Inhofe problem
Proof that blogs can play a vital, uplifting role in our society:
Oklahoma blog Phototune, after hearing how Republican presidential candidate John McCain is missing so many votes in the Senate, comes up with an idea for our own embarrassing Republican legislator, Jim Inhofe.
PhotoTune: Should Jim Inhofe Run for President?
Harvard Law ‘82 disses classmate Gonzales
The wide-ranging calls for the Attorney General to resign have recently been joined by a rumble about getting him disbarred. But now, in perhaps the unkindest cut (short of losing Bush’s support, which doesn’t seem to be possible), Gonzo’s Harvard Law School graduating class (’82) has purchased a full page ad in the Washington Post taking him to task… Read the rest
Pope Poops on Native Americans
He proved again how clueless and heartless he is during his visit to Brazil, where he said (referring to the native peoples of the Americas, particularly Latin America where the Catholic Portuguese and Spanish conquistadors invaded):
Christ is the Saviour for whom they were silently longing.
and
[...] the proclamation of Jesus and of his Gospel did not at any
links for 2007-05-15
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gas prices under bush, relative to 9/11 and Iraq war
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discussion
Jerry Falwell: The death of a hatemonger
Died today. Can I say “good riddance” without annulling my oath of nonviolence? I can’t think of too many people I never met who caused more pain and suffering for those I did than Jerry Falwell. It would be nice to think that there is less evil in the world with his passing, but unfortunately, he found a way to… Read the rest
Survey says: Oklahomans are pro-choice
On Wednesday, The Tulsa World published the results of a survey (of 752 likely voters conducted April 27-30) on the attitudes of Oklahomans on abortion.
Surprising to me, 75% of respondents said that the statement “It is a medical decision involving the woman and her doctor” most closely reflected their feelings on the issue. Only 17% thought that “It… Read the rest
