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Tom Hayden : Same Social Expectations Amid a Very Different War
‘The similarities between the movements for RFK and Barack Obama (the fervor and the interracial character) have been often noted. If anything, the Obama constituency is larger because of the mobilization of so many more young people’By Tom Hayden / … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, Iraq War, Obama, Peace Movement, Robert Kennedy, SDS, Sixties, Social Change, Tom Hayden, Vietnam
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Jerry Wexler: Invented Rhythm & Blues, Boosted Austin Artists Like Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm
Jerry Wexler with Willie Nelon in the late 1970s.Aretha Franklin producer, Atlantic Records co-chief and music business pioneer dies at age 91By Ashley Kahn / August 15, 2008 See ‘Wexler worked with Austin musicians like Willie Nelson…’ below. Jerry Wexler, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Deaths, Entertainers, Jerry Wexler, Music, Music Producers, Musicians, People, Rhythm and Blues, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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Houston : Few Cops Disciplined for Taser Abuse
Houston cop with Taser drawn. Photo by Dylan / Houston Independent Media.No wrongdoing found in 1,700 incidents where HPD officers intentionally fired a TaserBy Roma Khanna / August 17, 2008 The Houston Police Department has found no wrongdoing in some … Continue reading
Charges Likely Against Blackwater Guards in Shooting of Iraqi Citizens
An Iraqi policeman inspects a car that was destroyed when Blackwater security guards opened fire in Baghdad, killing 17 civilians. Photo by Khalid Mohammed / AP.‘An Iraqi government investigation concluded that the security contractors fired without provocation’By Del Quentin Wilber … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackwater, Criminal Justice, Defense Contractors, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Justice Department
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Swingin’ on Sunday – the East West Jazz Alliance
East West Jazz Alliance – In A Hurry / I Do Hope Musicians: John Hansen, Phil Sparks, Daisuke Kurata, Atsushi Ikeda, Yasuhiro Kohama, Jay Thomas. Recorded: 2006 in Seattle, WA. [I’m quite sure this is Tula’s on 2nd Street in … Continue reading
Texas Ethics Commission : Proposal to Regulate Blogs
‘Regulating Texas blogs would be regulation with out representation. Regulation that doesn’t protect the rights of citizens is not good government’ By Vince Liebowitz / August 15, 2008 The statement below is issued in response to a document that has … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Blogosphere, Internet, Political Blogging, Texas, Texas Blogs, Texas Ethics Commission, Texas Legislature
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Big, Bland John : Republican Senator from Texas Can Be Beaten
The Hon. John Cornyn of Texas. Illustration courtest of the Texas Observer.How a dull exterior masks one of the most conservative records in the U.S. SenateBy Dave Mann Democratic strategists in Texas have been telling anyone who will listen for … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Corn Dog, John Cornyn, Rick Noriega, Texas, U.S. Senate
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Austin : Cyclist Lance Armstrong Now Champion Water Guzzler
Lance Armstrong’s Austin home, with a swimming pool and an acre of gardens, used 330,000 gallons of water in July. Photo by Jay Janner / Austin American-Statesman.‘In July, Mr. Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven times, used a … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Environment, Lance Armstrong, Sports, Texas, Water Conservation
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We Should All Follow Our Hearts and Minds
The old future’s gone: Progressive strategy amid cascading crisesby Robert Jensen / August 15, 2008 “The old future’s gone,” John Gorka sings. “We can’t get to there from here.”1 That insight from Gorka,2 one of my favorite singer/songwriters chronicling the … Continue reading
Bill Moyers and Prof. Andrew J. Bacevich on The Limits of Power
Andrew J. Bacevich, retired Army colonel and Boston University professor, is interviewed by Bill Moyers.Former Army colonel Bacevich urges us ‘to take a step back and connect the dots between U.S. foreign policy, consumerism, politics, and militarism’August 15, 2008 See … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Consumerism, Foreign Policy, History, Military Industrial Complex, Philosophy, U.S. Military, Video
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BOOKS : Bob Dylan’s Poetic Pause in Hollywood on the Way to Folk Music Fame
‘T dare not ask your sculpturer’s name/with glance back hooked, time’s hinges halt.’ BOB DYLAN From a text in “Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric: The Lost Manuscript,” accompanying a photo of Marlene Dietrich at Gary Cooper’s funeral in 1961. Photo by Barry Feinstein … Continue reading
