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Yearly Archives: 2008
Singin’ on Sunday – Nation Beat
Nation Beat A Vida Tava Tao Bao Which nation, and which beat? What makes this group special is that it offers no simple answers. They are rhythm gatherers, harvesting the fruit of 500 years of cultural crossbreeding, which is why … Continue reading
Texans by the Thousands Rally to Protest California’s Prop. 8
Photo by Laura Skelding / Austin American-Statesman.A rally against Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriages in California, drew more than 2,000 to Austin City Hall Plaza on Saturday. Protests were held in Dallas and Houston and across the U.S. Thousands … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Dallas, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Houston, Proposition 8, Social Action, Social Protest, Texas
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Gay Rights Activist Aravosis: ‘Utah Is a Hate State’
Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.Church Action Prompts Tourist Boycott of Utah By Brock Vergakis / November 15, 2008 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott … Continue reading
MEDIA / The Minnesota Recount and the Manufactured ‘Debacle’
Recount (Heaven help us) Florida style. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Democratic challenger Al Franken. Photo from wdcpix.com, Wikimedia Commons. The news media’s tendency to compare any recount to the “butterfly ballots and hanging chads” made famous during Florida’s 2000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Mainstream Media, Media, Media Review, New York Times
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POETRY / Larry Piltz : The Messiah is always coming
Cartoon: Jesus-ufo-nesara / mattstone.blogs.com. The Messiah is always comingwith a wink and a constant drummingwith a fife and annoying hummingto a world that believes He’ll be slummingyes the Messiah is always coming The Messiah is always arrivingwith His seatbelt fastened … Continue reading
‘Sessing the Automakers Bailout
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Zwarich: Eradicating Racism Means Eradicating Poverty and Deprivation
People at Mom’s Place, a homeless shelter in Detroit.Photo: Ankur Dholakia / The Detroit News.A Post Racial America?Are we anywhere NEAR there yet?By Zwarich / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2008 A very good article from a young Black … Continue reading
The TSA and Airport Security: A Dismal Failure
The Things He CarriedBy Jeffrey Goldberg / November 2008 Airport security in America is a sham—“security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner … Continue reading
Israel: Murdering Palestinians Through Starvation
The Red Cross says the diets of those living in the impoverished Gaza Strip are deteriorating. Photo: AFP/Getty/Mahmud Hams.Chronic malnutrition in Gaza blamed on IsraelBy Donald Macintyre / November 15, 2008 The Israeli blockade of Gaza has led to a … Continue reading
GOP : Whoops! There Goes the Firewall…
Click image to enlarge. Firewall status: Six GOP senators have lost their places on the wall, falling off just like a bunch of Humpty Dumpties. Three more GOP seats teeter precariously.By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / November 14, … Continue reading
A New Model for Managing International Trade and Development , Part IV
Click here for all the posts in the series. In Development……only one road leads to Rome, Part 4By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2008 A Proposal for a New Trade and Development Paradigm The WTO GATT … Continue reading
