Headlines!
Quickie links while I'm getting my blog groove back.
++ NYT op-ed: Christ Among the Partisans. This reminds me of the bumper sticker, "God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat!"
++ Washington's First and Last Lesson: Power Is Fleeting. Republicans seem to finally be realizing they won't be in power forever.
++ Yesterday's WaPo front page featured a sad story about kids in Mississippi, where enlisting in the military is one of the few ways out, called Call to Duty. Pretty much the same old story of how the military preys on the impoverised rural & urban populations.
++ From the NYT Magazine: Pro-Life Nation, a feature on anti-abortionism in other countries.
++ This has been linked everywhere (and mentioned on several news programs) already, but in case you've missed it, Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker has basically laid out the Bush admin's plan for war in Iran. Oh Jesus fuck.
++ A Canadian blogger on BrainShrub.com asks America, Is Your Entire Country on Crack?. Heh. Pretty much, yeah.
++ Condi Rice: protecting you from boobies! Heh. More from Pam's House Blend
++ How Brazil is fueling up on sugar cane. I have a casual acquantaince here on LJ from Brazil who tried to explain how this works, and it makes good sense to me.
++ Washington's First and Last Lesson: Power Is Fleeting. Heh.
++ Ruh roh, the Christian Coalition is in trouble!
In an era when conservative Christians enjoy access and influence throughout the federal government, the organization that fueled their rise has fallen on hard times.
The once-mighty Christian Coalition, founded 17 years ago by the Rev. Pat Robertson as the political fundraising and lobbying engine of the Christian right, is more than $2 million in debt, beset by creditors' lawsuits and struggling to hold on to some of its state chapters.
[...] At its peak a decade ago, the Christian Coalition deployed a dozen lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Today, it has a single Washington employee who works out of his home. Its phone number with a 202 area code is automatically forwarded to a small office in Charleston, S.C.
Let's all shed a tear for Pat Robertson. ::tries to look sincere:: ::fails miserably:: That's what you get, you meglomaniac freak!
++ NYT op-ed: Christ Among the Partisans. This reminds me of the bumper sticker, "God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat!"
++ Washington's First and Last Lesson: Power Is Fleeting. Republicans seem to finally be realizing they won't be in power forever.
++ Yesterday's WaPo front page featured a sad story about kids in Mississippi, where enlisting in the military is one of the few ways out, called Call to Duty. Pretty much the same old story of how the military preys on the impoverised rural & urban populations.
++ From the NYT Magazine: Pro-Life Nation, a feature on anti-abortionism in other countries.
++ This has been linked everywhere (and mentioned on several news programs) already, but in case you've missed it, Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker has basically laid out the Bush admin's plan for war in Iran. Oh Jesus fuck.
++ A Canadian blogger on BrainShrub.com asks America, Is Your Entire Country on Crack?. Heh. Pretty much, yeah.
++ Condi Rice: protecting you from boobies! Heh. More from Pam's House Blend
++ How Brazil is fueling up on sugar cane. I have a casual acquantaince here on LJ from Brazil who tried to explain how this works, and it makes good sense to me.
++ Washington's First and Last Lesson: Power Is Fleeting. Heh.
++ Ruh roh, the Christian Coalition is in trouble!
In an era when conservative Christians enjoy access and influence throughout the federal government, the organization that fueled their rise has fallen on hard times.
The once-mighty Christian Coalition, founded 17 years ago by the Rev. Pat Robertson as the political fundraising and lobbying engine of the Christian right, is more than $2 million in debt, beset by creditors' lawsuits and struggling to hold on to some of its state chapters.
[...] At its peak a decade ago, the Christian Coalition deployed a dozen lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Today, it has a single Washington employee who works out of his home. Its phone number with a 202 area code is automatically forwarded to a small office in Charleston, S.C.
Let's all shed a tear for Pat Robertson. ::tries to look sincere:: ::fails miserably:: That's what you get, you meglomaniac freak!