Rock for Freedom Weekend – concerts to benefit West Memphis 3
On the weekend of March 7 – 9, several fundraising concerts will be taking place to assist the West Memphis 3 in their appeal. Two are within reasonable driving distance …
Women's reproductive rights severely limited in Oklahoma
There are a number of bills introduced in this year's Oklahoma legislature that seek to curtail sex ed info, access to safe abortions through various means, and generally butting into …
Charles Barkley, former Republican, on Obama, conservatives and "fake Christians"
Although I didn't really know what sport he's famous for playing (until reading the news items linked in this post), Charles Barkley is famous, so the media pay attention when …
Democrats good day
Well, let's hope this kind of activity in DC becomes a trend: The House Democrats actually showed some spine and stood up for the Constitution today, and blew off the …
Keith Olbernann labels Bush the fascist he is
Hmmm, maybe the revolution will be televised after all. If so, it'll be on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC's single redeeming news/talk program. In fact, it may have already happened, …
Congresspedia introduces new wiki portals for tracking 2008 congressional races and superdelegates
Congresspedia, the invaluable resource maintained by Sourcewatch, has recently introduced two new wiki portals that provide information for voters. One, Wiki the Vote, covers the 2008 Congressional elections and the …
Senate passes Amnesty for Telecos
At this point, my outrage meter is so long gone, I have a hard time mustering the energy to protest the most egregious violations of law and justice, since they …
Our Thermopylae
Continuing the theme of music videos set to speeches, here's a soaring rendition of Al Gore's testimony before Congress, in which he challenges politicians to “walk through the fire” of …