Yearly Archives: 2007

Thai officials hope Hello Kitty can shame errant cops BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring “Hello Kitty,” the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, … Continue reading →

Bush Isn’t Spying on al Qaeda … He’s Spying on YouBy Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted August 4, 2007. The extraordinary secrecy surrounding the spying operations revealed in Alberto Gonzales’ Senate testimony is not aimed at al-Qaeda, but at the … Continue reading →

An Immoral PhilosophyBy Paul KrugmanThe New York Times, Posted August 1, 2007. What kind of philosophy says that it’s O.K. to subsidize insurance companies, but not to provide health care to children? When a child is enrolled in the State … Continue reading →

Under an I-35 Bridge with Saint Benezet: Safe Passage for Willie NelsonBy GREG MOSES, August 6, 2007 Friday evening around sundown I found Saint Benezet passing through Austin. He was standing on Lady Bird Lake checking out the I-35 bridge, … Continue reading →

Someday, I want someone to explain to me how electing a brain-dead president resulted in the entire federal government becoming incompetent mental midgets. US loses track of weapons in IraqBy David Morgan in WashingtonAugust 06, 2007 02:53pm THE Pentagon cannot … Continue reading →

Sicko Spurs Audiences Into ActionBy Josh Tyler: 2007-07-01 17:15:27 Long time readers of this site no doubt know that I live in Texas. As everyone knows there’s no more conservative state in the Union than here. And I don’t just … Continue reading →

A Week in the Death of IraqBy Dr. Mohammed 08/05/07 “Washington Post” — — -When will I die? That’s the question circling in my head when I awake on Wednesday. I’m sweating, as usual. My muscles ache from another long … Continue reading →

The Other Warby Cindy SheehanAugust 05, 2007, CommonDreams.org I was sitting behind the stage at Union Square the other day when a young woman with a cameraman in tow approached me and asked me if she could ask me a … Continue reading →

Guillotining Gazaby Noam ChomskyAugust 04, 2007, Information Clearing House 07/30/07 — The death of a nation is a rare and somber event. But the vision of a unified, independent Palestine threatens to be another casualty of a Hamas-Fatah civil war, … Continue reading →

Milquetoast manager misjudges Michael Moore militants. We’ve been trying to see “Sicko” for some time. Tried to see it at the Alamo when it first came out, but it was sold out an hour ahead of show time. Tried again … Continue reading →

Congress gives Bush administration more eavesdropping leeway WASHINGTON (CNN) — The House late Saturday night approved the Republican version of a measure amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by a vote of 227-183, with most Republicans and conservative Democrats supporting … Continue reading →

Learning from Reyam: In Freedom’s NameBy MONICA BENDERMAN Reyam is fourteen years old. Her name means “white gazelles”. She’s a beautiful girl who loves to draw and chat with her friends. She’s bright, and works hard on her lessons. It’s … Continue reading →