Personal thoughts on Social Justice, Environment, Linux and Buddhism
Here's the NYTimes story about the Union Carbide Corporation's Bhopal India chemical plant disaster from the day after the accident on 12/3/1984. Accident? Here is a very instructive bit of history on how we do out-sourcing and some of the consequences.
We have this thing called “freedom” in the United States. One group says, “This is the one, true, American way of doing things.” while another group says, “Get the hell out of my
Where do these men get off thinking they can control what women do with their bodies? Controlling what access women have to taking care of their bodies and their reproductive systems? Read the rest of this entry »
El Jefe spoke at the recent (2006) State of the Union address about a number of things that are out-right lies or just more George BS to let the pepul know he is on their side. Like we can really believe what comes out of his mouth?!? Let's look at some of the jingoistic un-truths spewing from Dubya's pie-hole, shall we…
Uncle Dick Cheney really made his mark recently.
There’s an article in the Arizona Daily Star about a bill being presented by another one of our fine state congressional representatives that would provide additional male control over women.
The Daily Star article reports that State House Representative (Phoenix Republican, Stephen Tully) is proposing with HB 2707 that females 18 and under must have parent permission before they can get a drug prescription filled. An thinly veiled attempt to limit teen girls' access to birth control pill prescription.
Apparently, South Dakota is hoping to put itself at the top of the list of places that women for choice (and their allies) will least want to visit anytime soon. Abortion foes are making their big pelvic push into the warm, moist nether regions of South Dakotan freedom of choice.
Big bucks from the Religious Right and anti-abortion/anti-Roe-v-Wade proponents are pouring into South Dakota, home of the incest and rape victims without voice or rights! Yes, under proposed legislation, women who are rape victims won't be allowed access to abortion and the rapist will have the same visitation rights as a father of a non-rape child. How many women would want to live with that?
Let’s put things into perspective, shall we? The Republicans went after Bill Clinton because of his use of a cigar and not wanting to ‘fess up about his sexual shenanigans with an intern staffer. Clinton was impeached and he didn’t cause physical harm to anyone! He just wasn’t very smart about keeping his thing to himself.
The Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld regime has continuously lied to the American people and all of our overseas friends. They have caused the deaths of untold number of civilians and military personnel, billions of U.S. dollars wasted on the war machine that supports the senseless killing in Iraq and Afghanistan. All to keep lining their own pockets and those of their corporate friends (Halliburton, Bechtel, U.S. oil companies) and the Saudi Royalty with the proceeds of the war machine.
Here's a link to a YouTube video from Jim Carey and his support of 1991 Nobel Prize winner, democratically elected leader of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi. This came out very early on in the recent (September 2007) unrest/protests which finally brought world focus on the situation in Burma (Myanmar).
Republican Presidential hopeful, Arizona Senator John McCain has some pretty awful ideas about what is acceptable language to use in front of the press. The article from San Francisco Gate (SF Chronicle) is from the 2000 Presidential election era and has resurfaced during the 2008 election era. McCain's use of the extremely bigoted and distasteful racial epithet, gook, to describe his captors during his Vietnam war imprisonment, is completely unacceptable.
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Here’s an awesome and inspiring video featuring many Obama supporters. I have voted in quite a number of presidential elections over the years, but have never truly felt as strongly about Sen. Obama’s campaign! I do feel hope for America when I hear him speak about his vision for America. I do feel that yes, we can change the direction this country has taken, yes, we can change how American citizens feel hopeless with the enormity of the tasks put in front of us. Yes, I have hope that this country can turn around and once again become a shining example for the rest of the world.
I have hope that Americans are listening to Sen. Obama and he will be nominated for the Democratic candidate, a candidate who will be a strong, positive voice that Americans will turn away from the Republican negativity and same old tired words. I hope you have a chance to listen, really listen to what Barack Obama is saying, listen with your mind open and your heart ready to accept the fact that, Yes, we can create change and be a creative and positive force for good. Yes, we can!
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