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Whoa doggies!
Gas prices in Death Valley this week. Source. Thanks to Jim Baldauf / The Rag Blog Some thought the above picture, posted earlier today (April 1, 2008), was an April Fools joke. Well, if it is, the joke’s on all … Continue reading
Howard Zinn on Election Madness
Howard Zinn Elections matter, when backed by the power of the peopleBy Howard Zinn [This article first appeared in the March, 2008, issue of The Progressive. Must say, Zinn’s perspective is worth paying attention to. We do go a bit … Continue reading
Uncle Al Wants You : Gore To Recruit 10 Million Green Crusaders
Al Gore at the UN climate change conference in Bali in 2007. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty imagesMassive volunteer force and tv campaign aimed at CongressBy Susan Goldenberg /The Guardian / April 1, 2008 Washington — Al Gore yesterday launched a drive … Continue reading
The Real Issue Is Whether We Are a Nation of Laws
No One is LeadingBy Mark A. Goldman / ICH / March 31, 2008 The American people have no one leading the charge for the restoration of the Constitution and the rule of law. My point is not that few Americans … Continue reading
If You Think the Current Squabbling Is Bad
Knives and Pistols Drawn: Lively Fight at Texas Democratic County Convention San Antonio, Texas, May 28, 1892 – The Democratic County Convention today, for the purpose of selecting delegates to the State, Congressional, Senatorial, and Judicial Conventions, was one of … Continue reading
Hot Shots and Classic Takes
Billboard sighting in Berkeley. Photo by MediaDissent.Source.
Getting the Attention of the Bandit Class
If It’s Not Dead on Arrival, Someone Should Shoot It Quick: Paulson’s Fixit Plan for Wall StreetBy MIKE WHITNEY It is being billed as a “massive shakeup of US financial market regulation”, but don’t be deceived. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s … Continue reading
Get ’em While They Last
The New Yorker Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
Physician, Heal Thyself
Former Surgeon General: Mainstream Medicine Has Endorsed Medical MarijuanaBy Dr. Jocelyn Elders / AlterNet / March 26, 2008 A historic document from the 124,000-member American College of Physicians certifies the medical value of marijuana. One of America’s largest and most … Continue reading
Art : New York Salutes its Garbage
SHHHH! No trash talking… How, exactly, would the Big Apple rot if nobody picked up the trash? Within a couple of weeks the city would be carpeted with trash — more than 120,000 tons of it, according to Robin Nagle, … Continue reading
Federal Continuity Directive 1: Beyond Duct Tape
Lifted shamelessly from Bad Attitudes. Freedom Through Fear [snip] But today’s topic in the post-election prolonging of Bush ideology is the attempt to reinforce and extend the primacy of the “global war on terror“ (GWOT in Bush-speak) as the federal … Continue reading
Texas Conventions : A Real Challenge
Ecstatic Obama delegate at Dallas Convention. Photo by Dallas Morning News. Several Rag bloggers and members of MDS/Austin attended the Travis County Democratic conventions in Austin on March 29, 2008. Most were delegates for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Between … Continue reading
