Weary is a good word.  Say it slow and breathily; it's very onomatopoeic.  It is how the election has left me.  Sad, discouraged, worn-out, but mostly just weary ( Read more... )

Coming from Minnesota, I never in my life thought I'd be caught saying "Go Packers!" but this is too damned weird ( Read more... )

Bill Berkowitz, WorkingForChange, 10.14.04
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=17874

Trashing democracy
Voters Outreach of America, an outfit largely funded by the GOP, is accused of trashing registration forms of hundreds of Democrats in Nevada

These days, schemes to suppress the vote are coming down the pike at a NASCAR-like ( Read more... )

 
American Deaths

since war began 19 March 2003                     1,064

since "mission accomplished" 1 May 2003             925 (87%)

since capture of Saddam Hussein 13 Dec 2003         604 (57%)

since handover 29 June 2004                         206 (19%)

American Wounded                                       7,412

Coalition Deaths ( Read more... )

Put Away Your Hankies...a message from Michael Moore ( Read more... )

Arlington, Virginia; The Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association, the world's largest organization of anthropologists, the people who study culture, releases the following statement in response to President Bush's call for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage as a threat to civilization ( Read more... )

The following letter has been making the rounds, erroneously attributed to Bette Midler. Apparently it comes from the blog of someone named Steph. Whoever wrote it, it's a lovely letter ( Read more... )