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The Funniest Signs From Town Hall Protests (PICS)

Posted by on 17 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
The Funniest Signs From Town Hall Protests (PICS)
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
We scoured the Internet looking for funny protest signs (you know, the ones that don’t make you want to curl up in a ball and cry) from the town hall protests. But now we want to hear from you!
    None of these are as good as the 2005 classic “Get a Job, Morans,” but still funny. Most seem to be lefty infiltrators.    

Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers – PC World

Posted by on 17 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers – PC World
Source: www.pcworld.com
Old tech friends we used for years are now deceased or on life support. Remember shrieking modems, paper phone books, and the C:\ prompt?
    I especially like #29, although it hardly fits the definition of “technology, rather a victim of technology — and bad policy.    

t r u t h o u t | Afghanistan War Resister Sentenced

Posted by on 16 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
t r u t h o u t | Afghanistan War Resister Sentenced
Source: www.truthout.org
Sergeant Travis Bishop, with the US Army’s 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, pled not guilty at a special court martial on Thursday to two counts of missing movement, disobeying a lawful order and going absent without leave (AWOL). …
    My friend and colleague, Oklahoma lawyer James Branum, is Bishop’s attorney. Learn more about his work at girightslawyer.com.    

Health Debate Fails to Ignite Obama’s Web – NYTimes.com

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Health Debate Fails to Ignite Obama’s Web – NYTimes.com
Source: www.nytimes.com
The enthusiasm of the Obama campaign has not carried over to efforts to overhaul the health care system.
    Yeah, well, maybe if he hadn’t completely dissed and alienated the Left in the first six months, we’d be coming when he called now. Just a thought.    

Rick Perlstein — Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage – washingtonpost.co

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Rick Perlstein — Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage – washingtonpost.co
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
In Pennsylvania last week, a citizen, burly, crew-cut and trembling with rage, went nose to nose with his baffled senator: “One day God’s going to stand before you, and he’s going to judge you and the rest of your damned cronies up on the Hill. …
    “In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition” Perlstein, author of Nixonland, reviews the history of rightwing reactionary outrage.    

Who’s behind the attacks on a health care overhaul? – Yahoo! News

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Who’s behind the attacks on a health care overhaul? – Yahoo! News
Source: news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON Much of the money and strategy behind the so-called grassroots groups organizing opposition to the Democrats’ health care plans comes from conservative political consultants, professional organizers and millionaires, some of whom hold financial stakes in the outcome.
    At least one media outlet might finally be getting and reporting the big picture.    

Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military | CommonDreams.org

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military | CommonDreams.org
Source: www.commondreams.org
On May 1st at Fort Hood in central Texas, Specialist Victor Agosto wrote on a counseling statement, which is actually a punitive U.S. Army memo:
    An examination of methods of dissent practiced by troops faced with deployment in wars they find morally unsupportable.    

Support the GI Rights Hotline

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Support the GI Rights Hotline
Source: www.girightshotline.org
Because the G.I. Rights Hotline is a completely free service, it is largely dependent on donations from organizations and individual donors. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today…
    Please help the hotline if you can.     

DownWithTyranny!: Obama Agonistes

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
DownWithTyranny!: Obama Agonistes
Source: downwithtyranny.blogspot.com
I spent a long time on the phone today talking with an independent congressional candidate who’s no fan of Democrats or Republicans. He’s kind of a constitutionalist. We agreed on some things and disagreed on others. …
    This time without the provocative (and distracting) image. The article is worth reading, if you, like me, are pretty disgusted with Obama’s obsession with bipartisanship.    
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