Archive for June, 2008
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Friday, June 27th, 2008OKGreens4Obama Email discussion list
This discussion list is for members and friends of the Greeen Party of Oklahoma, who are supporting Obama for President, but who are also proud to be Greens and are fighting for Ballot Access reform in Oklahoma so that all political parties can be on the ballot.
Civil discussions of the Obama campaign […]
Today’s Stunning Good news and Bad news
Friday, June 27th, 2008CNN: Stunned silence followed nuke plant implosion
YONGBYON, North Korea (CNN) — North Korea blew up part of its Yongbyon nuclear plant Friday, in full view of CNN and a handful of international broadcasters invited to witness this dramatic and symbolic event.
U.S. State Department official Sung Kim also attended, and called the move “a very […]
Wonders never cease - I agree with Scalia on a SCOTUS decision
Thursday, June 26th, 2008CNN: High court strikes down gun ban (thanks to Sinister for alerting me to this story)
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a sweeping ban on handguns in the nation’s capital violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
The justices struck down the ban in a 5-4 decision, with Justice Antonin Scalia […]
More thoughts on why I’m supporting Obama in ‘08
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008I do want to elaborate on one thing from my previous blog post.
I don’t think I made it clear, but I do not have a “faith” litmus test in picking candidates. There are many people of different faiths than mine own, or not of faith, who I would love to see in office some day.
However, […]
Dr. Dobson convinced me to vote for Obama
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Dobson accuses Obama of ‘distorting’ Bible”
(CNN) — One of the country’s leading evangelical leaders is accusing Sen. Barack Obama of deliberately distorting the Bible and taking a “fruitcake interpretation” of the U.S. Constitution.
In comments to be aired on his radio show Tuesday, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson criticizes the presumptive Democratic presidential […]
Thoughts on the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Friday, June 20th, 2008I have been torn about the Olympics controvery for some time and haven’t said much here because of my contradicting concerns.
Generally, I believe that the concept of the Olympics has merit. The original Olympics was an actual time of truce in which all of the wars stopped for the games. Today, the wars continue on […]
J.C. Watts to start Black news channel?
Monday, June 16th, 2008MSNBC/AP: Ex-Rep. J.C. Watts starting black news channel — Comcast will begin rollout in key markets for black audiences
Given Watts’ right-wing politics, I think this will go over with a dull thud.
A response to right-wing paranoia about Canada’s hate crime laws
Saturday, June 14th, 2008No blog of significance: One of the Reasons Homosexuals Agitate for “Marriage”
I’ve said for the longest time that one of the biggest reasons that homosexuals agitate for homosexual “marriage” is that it gives them a platform from which they can orchestrate efforts to shut down any criticism–to limit, in other words, the free speech of […]
CTR interviews a client of mine, Jose Crespo
Friday, June 13th, 2008CourageToResist.org: PFC Jose Crespa questioning Iraq deployment
This morning Jose was given orders to fly out to Iraq and he declined to go. He is back at his post on increased restrictions but no charges have been filed yet.
On the road again
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008I’m traveling with a friend (a delightful woman I met online, who seems like a long-lost sister) right now. She and I are in one vehicle (accompanied by 2 cats and a hedgehog), and her parents are in another car, as the whole family is moving from Illinois to Oregon. (I’m only going with them […]
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