THANK you russ feingold. i am proud to be a citizen of your state.

"U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat who as a member of ( Read more... )

faulty logic? i'm looking for opinions. i think this is a jump to conclusions, and honestly, i'm more afraid of 100 "small fries" than one big potato.

i need to go on more trips, so i don't get frustrated about our government. here's a gem, from the washington post ( Read more... )

we aren't going to be able to stop all the people that want to blow up the u.s, so maybe we should change the way we present ourselves globally so less people would WANT to blow us up.

we should probably stop needing so much oil, too.

all right. we'll leave the 'to do' list at two.

"The Group of Eight summit bowed to U.S. pressure Friday by approving a declaration on climate change that avoided taking any concrete steps to fight global warming, such as setting targets or timetables for reducing greenhouse gas emissions ( Read more... )

i've faded somewhat from my church in eau claire, but it's a united church of christ (UCC). and, over the fourth of july weekend, the leader of UCCs around the nation met in atlanta and decided to endorse gay marriage. this by no means forces any of the UCC congregations to wed gay couples, and it's not legal anyway, but the UCC has 1.3 million ( Read more... )

good job spain"The Spanish parliament voted yesterday to legalise gay marriage despite protests by Roman Catholic clergy and conservative groups ( Read more... )

a well put bit of word from civil commotion"We’re hearing a lot these days about the grave threat to religious freedom at the hands of the Court. But … how is religious freedom imperiled by the Ten Commandments decisions ( Read more... )

"TORONTO, June 28 - The House of Commons voted Tuesday night to extend marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples throughout Canada despite strong opposition from the Conservatives and a splintering of the governing Liberal Party caucus ( Read more... )

"Microsoft's new MSN China portal has banned the words 'democracy' and 'freedom' from its website in a move to keep from offending the political censors that have been put on free speech in [China]."

Read on. It gets worse.