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Bat signal for the Internet
Remember the great SOPA/PIPA blackout on January 18? Remember how good it felt to join hundreds of thousands of other Internet users in protest and in defense of the Internet? Well, one of the original and biggest backers of that day of protest was Reddit, and they’ve come up with a great new idea — … Continue reading
Pastor Worley has plan to get rid of ‘lesbians and queers’
First it was Pastor Sean Harris in Fayetteville, NC. Now, not to be outdone, it’s Pastor Charles Worley of the Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, NC. At least Worley isn’t telling parishioners to beat the gay out of their kids. Nope, he wants to put all gays and lesbians in compounds behind electrified fences … Continue reading
Super rich, super PACs, super dirt
Less than a month ago I referred readers to a Frank Bruni op-ed piece over at The New York Times. Today I’m going to do it again. “Of Bile and Billionaires” assesses the strategies and proposed methods of big money in the 2012 presidential campaign. Starting with billionaire Joe Ricketts’ super PAC and its plan … Continue reading
Mitt Romney, man of principle
The perfect summation of Mitt Romney’s principles and character, from his own lips: “I stand by what I said, whatever it was.” _________ (Video added May 20, 2012)
Seriously, Newsweek?
Must be the silly season for magazine covers. First Time magazine sports a bare-breasted mom nursing her three-year-old, and now Newsweek has declared Obama “The First Gay President.” The race to the bottom has really heated up, hasn’t it? Decades-old highly respected news magazines venturing into the realm of shock and misrepresentation, all to generate … Continue reading
What a shame
Readers may remember back in November I posted a video from the Jimmy Kimmel show. It was a particularly funny Kimmel Kartoon, where the voices from a heated GOP debate were dubbed in over a Charlie Brown thanksgiving cartoon. It was widely circulated and widely enjoyed. But apparently not by everyone. Now it seems wherever … Continue reading
Federalism, states’ rights, and gay marriage
Gay marriage. It’s been in the news a lot lately. Who’s for it and who’s against. Politicians taking sides. Vice President Biden saying a few days ago that he’s “comfortable” with it and reporting that Pres. Obama’s view was “evolving.” North Carolina passing Amendment One banning gay marriage and any civil union other than a … Continue reading
New super PACS: Serious or satire?
It had to happen. Especially since Stephen Colbert demonstrated how easy it is. Super PACs are being organized to protest super PACs and all their “corporations are people” spending that’s taking over American elections. Whether or not the new super PACs are serious remains to be seen, but things certainly couldn’t get much worse … … Continue reading
Perpetual war, perpetual power
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria is one of the few remaining good things about this flailing, failing news network. He is intelligent, thoughtful, knowledgeable, and in every way professional. His commentary on this morning’s “GPS” was notable for its explanation of just how big our paranoid Department of Homeland Security has grown — even as the U.S. … Continue reading
Cybersecurity Act of 2012: A distinction without a difference
The cybersecurity issue won’t die. But then, who thought it would? The government is determined to save the country from the evils of the Internet by limiting our privacy on it — one way or another. The House passed CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Security and Protection Act, and Pres. Obama issued a statement opposing it. … Continue reading
CISPA: Will Obama stop SOPA 2.0?
Today I came across a bit of background on CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, on Congress.org. I really dropped the ball letting something so important get all the way through the U.S. House before I noticed it on my radar — said radar having been focused more on recent legislation threatening women’s … Continue reading
Politics and intelligent design in education
If you’re interested in the issue of evolution vs. creation (aka intelligent design) and its place in our schools, check out Amy Greene’s op-ed piece from yesterday’s New York Times: God and Man in Tennessee. It explains eloquently why a Christian in Tennessee is opposed to the teaching of creation in her schools. I hope … Continue reading
Women will remember in November
An appropriate message for today, tomorrow, and the rest of the year. Remember in November! *Video from the Planned Parenthood Political Action Fund
CISPA: Sacrificing our rights in order to protect them
As an American citizen, a woman, and a heavy user of the Internet, I feel I am under constant assault by my own government. There has been an ongoing stream of legislation and regulation in recent years with the sole purpose of giving the government more rights while whittling away at mine. The latest volley … Continue reading
Carlin on conservatives, abortion, and the war on women
I can’t say it any better than George Carlin did. He’d have had a thing or two to say about the war on women. In fact, he pretty much covered it with this monologue. This Saturday, April 28, join a march or rally near you and protest the ongoing war on women’s reproductive rights and … Continue reading
RIght to Lifers: You can’t make these things up
Yesterday the Huffington Post ran a story about Planned Parenthood clinics being targeted by suspected members of an anti-abortion group (Live Action) hoping to obtain (or create?) video showing illegal activities. Not to be missed was this declaration from National Right to Life President Carol Tobias, who is concerned about sex-selective abortion: “In 2010, more … Continue reading
Executive orders legal but …
The New York Times yesterday featured an article entitled “Shift on Executive Power Lets Obama Bypass Rivals.” It discusses at some length President Obama’s announced intention to employ executive orders to bypass his obstructionist Republican opponents in Congress. While there is ample precedent for doing so, it dances at the edge of constitutionality. Ours is … Continue reading
Oklahoma GOP kills personhood bill
(Updated April 21, 2012 at 6:21 pm MDT) The Republican caucus in the Oklahoma House of Representatives has voted to kill the proposed Personhood Act and not let it go to a vote on the House floor. The bill sailed through the Oklahoma Senate by a vote of 34-7 earlier this year and was widely … Continue reading
Shuttle symbolism
I didn’t post anything Tuesday as I watched reports of the space shuttle Discovery being flown to and landing in Washington, D.C. I was too deeply saddened. Partly because all those people on the East Coast were getting to see it while once again the center of the country was left out. But mostly because … Continue reading
Romney and Bain Capital — ugh!
I’ve known for some time that disliking Mitt Romney because of his social awkwardness, general cluelessness, and tying his dog on top of his car were not necessarily valid reasons for discounting his candidacy, although they certainly don’t help. Nor does his Etch-s-Sketch flip-flopping and general tendency to sidestep tough questions about important issues. I … Continue reading
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