As someone who tries to be fair, even when the other party isn't, I can only say that I hope Jerry Falwell's god shows his immortal soul more mercy than Falwell ever showed to to his fellow man.

But in as far as the earthly realm goes, I can only think, "Good riddance to bad rubbish."

[Note: Links to the The Carpet Bagger Report detailing Falwell ( Read more... )

I know that there are a few people on my FList who are interested in the subject matter, so this is me giving the heads up.

PBS's FRONTLINE and The American Experience have teamed up to co-produce a four-hour, two-part documentary on The Mormons.

Check your local PBS station for the schedule ( Read more... )

I remember when NOW with Bill Moyers was a staple on PBS.

And now, it's b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ck! And Moyers once again proves why he's the God of Journalism on earth.

I missed the Friday broadcast of NOW, so I had to catch it on repeats on the Rhode Island PBS affiliate last night.

Of course, my blood pressure went right through the roof.

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Via Crooks and Liars:

For those of you who haven't been paying attention...or for those of you who have but needed a nice little primer to help you keep track of what's what, Mother Jones has put up a well-researched and well-sourced primer called Iraq 101While not a lot of the information in there is news to me, I tend to get the political ( Read more... )

I have finally read the transcript of His Lordship's Speech to the Nation. I know I should've watched it, but I was busy being amused by a discussion about dirty words.

I definitely got the better end of the deal, from all accounts.

I also read the fact sheet on the 'new way forward' in Iraq (If I had a vote, I'd vote, "Go back in time and not ( Read more... )

*blinks*

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I actually don't have strong feelings about the change one way or the other, which puts me in the quiet non-majority. My one big problem is that it looks just a leeeeeetle too much like the Vox update interfaceDear 6Apart: This makes me unhappy and suspicious. At least on LJ we can do our own HTML, ( Read more... )

"Politics is the Art of Controlling Your Environment"That is one of the key things I learned in these years, and I learned it the hard way. Anybody who thinks that "it doesn't matter who's President" has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid War on the other side of the World - or been beaten and gassed by Police for ( Read more... )