Always Remember

The Labor Unions brought you the "Weekend" and the "8 hour work day" and the "40 hour work week." Read Charles Dickens and you will know about a world where the Labor Union did not exist. That world is the one that the Republican and many Democrats want us to go back to.

The fight in New York is the fight for all of us who work for a living.

Witty as Usual

Backdroppin' to Victory!: "Backdroppin' to Victory!"

Terrorism v. Insurgency

"During his presentation about the importance of distinguishing between terrorism and insurgency, Murtha was directly admonishing the White House. But what he said could also serve as a reality check for news media. All too often – without attribution to any source – reporters have asserted that the U.S. military actions in Iraq are part of a “war on terror.” And journalists have routinely failed to include any perspectives that challenge the view, avidly promoted by the Bush administration, that the fighters doing battle with American forces in Iraq are, by definition, terrorists.

In a typical news report from Baghdad airing on “All Things Considered” early this month, NPR correspondent Anne Garrels presented the U.S. government line as the only one worth mentioning. During the December 2 broadcast, she described recent American offensives and then told listeners: “The military says its actions have resulted in numerous terrorists killed or detained, as well as the discovery of a large number of weapons caches.”

The Bush administration is glad to define a “terrorist” as anyone who uses violence against occupation troops. And many U.S. news outlets parrot the claim. But that is flagrant manipulation of language."

The Bogus Blurring of Terrorism and Insurgency in Iraq

R.I.P Richard

Nobel Literature Laureat Speaks the Truth

This is a speech by Harold Pinter, a writer, who has just received the Nobel Prize for Literature. This is his speech, a/k/a lecture, when he accepted his prize. It is about 46 minutes long. Get yourself a beer or a hot chocolate, make yourself comfortable, and hear the speech. It is worth while. He speaks the truth.

Pinter's Lecture-High Bandwith Video

Pinter's Lecture in text format

Quotable

"Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.
– Marquis de Sade"

Wait A Minute... No One Heard the Word Bomb...

Eye witnesses to the shooting on the plane last week, never heard the word Bomb... Could it be that it is all a HUGE mistake by the air marshals who are supposed to protect us all? Read the story!

"In other words: Comply and submit, or die. If you happen to be the innocent victim of the mistaken application of federal “protocols,” you'll be used as an object lesson, while your murderers (no other word fits) are extolled as brave defenders of the public.

The slaughter of Mr. Alpizar offers a perfect illustration of Paul Craig Roberts' warning that modern America is divided between those whom the law cannot restrain, and those it doesn't protect.

Oh, one other thing: In an age when the president and his cohorts claim the right to stage 'pre-emptive' invasions of foreign countries, should we really be surprised when innocent American citizens are 'pre-emptively' murdered by federal law enforcement officials?"

Comply and Submit -- Or Die

Wow... This is scary!

Seafood for sale in area stores is tainted by toxic mercury. Government and industry fail to protect consuners, even as Americans buy more fish than ever.

Chicago Tribune Investigation

You Are Just Asking For Trouble

... When you decide to run in an airport while holding a bag yelling out loud that you have a bomb. That is an established fact. Do not do--it and take your medication if you feel you cannot comply with this necessity.

"An agitated passenger who claimed to have a bomb in his backpack was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday after he bolted frantically from a jetliner that was boarding for takeoff, officials said. No bomb was found."

My Way News

Here Is A Game

Spot the Bodyguard...

Photos in the news

"World-travelling feline Emily the cat is held by escort George Chiladez as she waits for a connecting flight Thursday at Newark Liberty International airport in Newark, N.J. The cat, who disappeared from home in Appleton, Wisc. two months ago and wound up traveling across the Atlantic to France, boarded a Continental Airlines flight in France Thursday, headed for home in a $6,000 business class seat provided by Continental.
(AP photo by Mel Evans)
Posted December 1, 2005"

Photos in the news

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Greek millionaire Athina Onassis Roussel talks with her Brazilian fiance and rider Alvaro Affonso de Net Miranda are set to marry on Dec. 3. The marriage is to take place before 400 to 750 guests in a huge mansion in Sao Paulo's swank Morumbi district, under heavy guard and off limits to paparazzi and gawkers. Onassis, 20, is the granddaughter and only heir of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Brazil's equestrian champion Doda, 32, is the son of one of Brazil's top industrialists.


I don't know... you gotta question anyone's judgment when it comes to marrying or even hanging out with a geek who has VISA emblems all over his hat and shirt...

Top Ten List

"BREAKING!! Top Ten New President Bush Strategies For Victory in Iraq...

10. Make an even larger 'Mission Accomplished' sign

9. Encourage Iraqis to settle their feud like Dave and Oprah

8. Put that go-getter Michael Brown in charge

7. Launch slogan, 'It's not Iraq, it's Weraq'

6. Just do whatever he did when he captured Osama

5. A little more vacation time at the ranch to clear his head

4. Pack on a quick 30 pounds and trade places with Jeb

3. Wait, you mean it ain't going well?

2. Boost morale by doing his hilarious 'Locked Door' gag

1. Place Saddam back in power and tell him, 'It's your problem now, dude'

---Late Show with David Letterman"