Worried About Wisconsin

The possible side effects of Russ Feingold's defeat

Family Values?

Conservatives like to claim they have a monopoly on "Family Values". Now never mind that those values are those from a 1950's sitcom.

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Lest We Forget

My thoughts on the 15th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing.

Maryland PR Firm Runs For Congress

The Supreme ruled in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the government may not place limits on the political speech of corporations. In that spirit, Murray Hill Inc., a Silver Spring, Md., PR firm, is planning to run for Congress.

Pair Caught With Crack and Marijuana at High School Basketball Game

Two men face charges after being caught with crack, marijuana and cash at a W. Pa. high school basketball game.

Speaker Urges Stop The Cycle Of Violence

. . . People need to love and support each other and stop the cycle of violence, the Rev.

Cereberus Capital: Literally Blood-Sucking the Poor to Make Their Billions

How one company made $1.8 billion by paying peanuts to human plasma donors, and then manipulated the market by restricting supply to the desperately ill.

U.S. Evangelicals Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push

Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about "curing" homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived here in Uganda's capital to give a series of talks.

Taboos Silence Opponents of Uganda Anti-Gay Bill

Didn't the Nazi's start with laws like this? . . . but now lawmakers are considering legislation that would go further. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 would jail consenting adults who engage in gay sex. It would give life sentences to people in same-sex marriages.

Historic Win for Constitutional Rights! Injunction granted against US Government on ACORN's behalf - witholding of funds found unconstitutional

December 11, 2009. New York, NY - Today, U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon granted a preliminary injunction against the United States for unconstitutionally withholding funds from ACORN.

Poor Disproportionally Hit By Economic Crisis

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people classified as living in extreme poverty has risen since the year 2000 by more than a third to 17.1 million.

15 Signs There is Still Hope for America

This is a response to the Newsvine-seeded article 'Fifteen Signs That American Society is Coming Apart at the Seams,' which takes a hard look at some of the negative things happening right now in the good old U.S.A.

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ACORN Starts To Feel Funding Freeze

Federal funding has been temporarily stopped for the community group ACORN and its affiliates, and some people worry that worthwhile programs could be affected if the cuts become permanent. Perhaps this was the real goal of Beck, etc.

Browser turns any PC into server

The 3rd-party browser Opera unveiled Opera Unite. A browser that will allow any PC to act as a small-scale web server.

Merger Talks More Than Money

A group of small communities in Northwestern PA discussed the possibility of combining school districts,

What The Grassroots Looks Like.

9-12ers, Teabaggers, Birthers, Town Hall Mobs, it seems to me that the American Right is trying to capture some of the energy of the grassroots activists that helped to defeat them and their party over the last few years.

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What Beck, Dobbs And Limbaugh Are Really Afraid Of

I'm thinking of leaving a web forum I've been on for 14 years and have been scouting Daily Koz and Democratic Underground as possible new homes. I found this piece: Can you smell the fear? Switch on cable news or tune in to talk radio and it comes wafting in.

Anti-Abortion Operation Rescue Near Closing

According to this article the Anti-Abortion group Operation Rescue is running short of funds and may soon need to shut down. One can only wonder if the shooting of Kansas Doctor George Tiller has also been a factor.

Why Are African-Americans So Frequently the Subject of Glenn Beck's Ridicule?

fter a full-on assault, for more than a year now, Glenn Beck has finally gotten the goods on the community organizing group ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.)

Videos Put ACORN Under Pressure (And ACORN Fights Back)

From this piece it sounds like the GOP is up to it's same old dirty tricks. If only they'd put the same energy into coming up with new ideas. Of course, that would mean they'd have to stop creating "outgroups" like the folks ACORN works on behalf of.

Science, Religion Debated as Evangelical Takes Top NIH Post

Can we all get along? Maybe not when it comes to science and religion. Just ask scientist Francis Collins, installed last month as head of the National Institutes of Health.

Prosecuting Israel for War Crimes

Were Israel's action in Gaza War Crimes? The Palestinian Authority has petitioned the International Criminal Court for member status to have the ICC investigate.

It's Time to Throw Out the Throwaway Economy

What sold throwaways was their convenience. For example, rather than washing cloth towels or napkins, consumers welcomed disposable paper versions.

Mob Rules.

A group of men on horseback are seen carrying a rope, the next morning, a black man is found hanging from a tree. Somewhere in Germany, a group of men in brown shirts are seen breaking shop windows and taking people away.

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Taking The Air out Of McNair

Saturday, July 5th, I arrived from my job at the airport and logged into my Facebook. I was greeted with the news that former NFL star Quarterback Steve McNair had been found murdered in his Tennessee condo.

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