Archive for April, 2008
« Previous EntriesTulsa press remembers “The Tomato Man,” Darrell Merrell
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008This is an update to an earlier JMBzine post.
TulsaWorld.com: ‘Tomato Man’ Darrell Merrell dies at age 68
KJRH.com: “Tomato Man” Darrell Merrell passes away
Newson6.com: “Tomato Man” Remembered
It’s time for Bush and Congress to quit running up the government “credit card”
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008MSNBC/AP: One-year Treasury bill returns as deficit soars — Bush adminstration expands borrowing options after stimulus checks sent
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration, moving to cope with soaring budget deficits, says it is bringing back the one-year Treasury bill that it stopped issuing seven years ago when the budget was in surplus.
The administration said Wednesday it […]
Obama just lost my vote… I want to write in Reverend Jeremiah Wright
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008CNN: Obama ‘outraged’ by Wright’s remarks
(CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama said he is “outraged” by comments his former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, made Monday at the National Press Club and is “saddened by the spectacle.”
“I have been a member of Trinity Church since 1992. I have known Rev. Wright for almost 20 […]
Texas opposition to the border wall
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Newsweek/MSNBC: The fence is coming, and it’s causing Texas-size problems for the folks of one city in particular.
For five generations, the Benavidez family has lived on a seven-acre plot of serene farmland near the U.S.-Mexico border west of Brownsville, Texas. They’ve harvested cotton and squash and raised goats and pigs. They’ve helped sculpt the levee […]
It’s time to stop the military’s discrimination against atheists and other non-conformists
Saturday, April 26th, 2008CNN: Atheist soldier claims harassment
JUNCTION CITY, Kansas (AP) — Like hundreds of young men joining the Army in recent years, Jeremy Hall professes a desire to serve his country while it fights terrorism.
But the short and soft-spoken specialist is at the center of a legal controversy. He has filed a lawsuit alleging […]
In memory of the Tomato Man - Darrell Merrell
Friday, April 25th, 2008My friend, Darrell Merrell, “The Tomato Man,” passed away yesterday at about 4:30 p.m. I know he had suffered for a long time with cancer and it was his time to go, but it still is such a sad thing.
I feel such a debt to him. I loved and dabbled in gardening before I met […]
Support GI Resistance! Free Ryan Jackson!
Monday, April 21st, 2008This story from Courage to Resist is about a client of mine who is currently in pre-trial confinement as he is being prosecuted for following the higher law of conscience and refusing to participate anymore in the US military.
CourageToResist.org: Army imprisons outspoken war objector — PFC Ryan Jackson held in pre-trail confinement […]
Pictures from my time in Tijuana
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Trips to Tijuana
Why we desperately need to cultivate a Culture of Non-Violence in Oklahoma
Saturday, April 12th, 2008NewsOK.com: Torture tape spurs shock in Alva
ALVA — As a mentally challenged man screamed and pleaded for his torture to end, his attackers held him down, shot him repeatedly with paintball and BB guns, and branded him with searing coat hangers.
“Mommy, mommy,” the victim screamed, to no avail.
His torturers videotaped the episode, with one so […]
I’ve received strange anonymous mailings of anti-gay propaganda
Thursday, April 10th, 2008I have received two envelopes by regular US mail, which contain multiple copies of a poorly written, incoherent statement regarding the stance of the Bible on homosexuality. (I’m assuming this is a response to my ongoing coverage of the Sally Kern controversy) Both envelopes contained 3 copies of the same one-page flyer.
The envelopes did have […]