Otto at The Otto Show on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Activism, Feature Article
A recent opinion piece in the St Paul Pioneer Press making a case for gay marriage deserves some reaction. Here it is.
1. The article describes opposition to gay marriage as a “slippery slope” toward state-sponsored discrimination. As a life-long resident of Minnesota, I for one cannot recall a time when gay marriage was ever a [...]
Don Quixote at BookWorm Room on Feb 18 2008 | Filed under: Activism, Feature Article, Socialism
I’ve been watching the silliness that is Berkeley and heard one of the Code Pink gals talking about the “right” to housing, the “right” to health care, etc. I think her point was that we shouldn’t be spending money defending our country when we could be spending it providing services to people.
This whole [...]
Jodi at Webloggin on Feb 07 2008 | Filed under: Activism
The funeral of at least one of the Lane Bryant victims will be picketed by the flock who belongs to the Westboro Baptist Church of Kansas:
CHICAGO (WBBM) — The fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets at funerals of American soldiers is planning to demonstrate at the funerals of two of the victims of [...]
MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes on Jan 31 2008 | Filed under: Activism, Election 2008, Feature Article
Via Kathryn Jean Lopez, via Neo-Neocon, an item that begs to be parodied, but cannot be…since parody demands an assessment of the level of absurdity in the real thing, followed by a nudging-up by a couple notches. Said notches being simply unavailable.
This comes from NOW’s N.Y. chapter and just has to [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jan 29 2008 | Filed under: Abortion Debate, Activism, Feature Article
The Ninth Circuit, which is the laughing stock of the federal judiciary because it is overruled so often, did something bizarre yesterday: it issued a Constitutionally correct decision. Not only that, the decision meant that a citizens’ group will be able to engage in free speech that is contrary to the type of speech the [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Dec 20 2007 | Filed under: Activism, Election 2008
I have heard these stories since Paul started gaining momentum and I think they are most likely a bunch of BS. I realize that Paul has indicated he has no problems taking money from white supremacist organizations and I agree with him in that regard. He cannot control who decides to donate to his campaign [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Dec 17 2007 | Filed under: Activism, Anti-Religion, Education Watch
I blogged very briefly on Friday about the lawsuit against Dr. James Corbett, who, along with his school district, is being accused of using his AP history classroom to indoctrinate his students in anti-Christian attitudes. I’ve discovered two things since then. First, the LA Times article from which I quoted was disingenuous in [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Nov 28 2007 | Filed under: Activism
I’ve been thinking lately about self-perpetuation. Although I can’t remember the source of their outrage, Mr. Bookworm told me that Greenpeace is outraged by something. Hearing that, the thought popped into my mind that, well, if they’re not outraged about something, they may as well disband.
I read somewhere, and I can’t remember where, that some [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Activism, Congress
Earmarks are ugly. Even described in assiduously neutral government language they sound like nasty end runs around review and fairness:
Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Nov 13 2007 | Filed under: Activism
I loathe cigarette smoke. I hate the way it permeates my clothes, hair and even my skin. I’m in agony when I’m trapped in a room with smokers. And because a room is a closed space and the smoke has nowhere to go, I’m okay with smoking bans inside buildings that are open to the [...]
