Category Archives: News & Politics

Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

American Free Press

**I haven’t had a chance to fully read this, but one of my libertian customers recommended the Rolling Stone article and that site.
Pharmacist Who Refused to Fill Birth Control Prescription Loses Lawsuit

Current Mood: satisfied

An Inconvenient Woman
**Just think how much better women would’ve been treated and thought of in both christian and muslim faiths if her role would’ve been acknowlegde. But no, cultural prejudices on gender had to persist and enslave have the human race based on sex alone. If you look at where women stand today internationally, we haven’t come as far as we would like to believe. We are just better off then women in other countries and we just don’t want to see what they are going through. But if we did, we would have to acknowledge that we really haven’t come that far and we could easily go back.

Surgeon optimistic, cautious on Barbaro
**There is hope! I have my fingers crossed for him. I couldn’t fully understand why they would have to put him down when other animals (dogs…etc) have gone on with only 3 legs. Until Harold sent me this ” the possibility of infection from the surgery and laminitis, a potentially fatal disease sometimes brought on by uneven weight balance.” =(

Women vets refuse ‘victim’ label
**I had planned to comment on this awhile ago. I believe these women should be held to as proof that they can serve as fully as men. They have suffered the conquences of war and have endured, for better or worse, just like the men. Women have been suffering the conquences of war since man learned how to inflict pain onto one another. The difference is serving is that they have been given the choice on how to suffer war, whether hiding in a corner or being allowed to take their fate in their own hands.

Religious liberals gain new visibility
***About damn time!!!

Bernardini Wins Preakness, Barbaro Out
*** Harold recorded and waited for me to come home so we could watch it together. He even avoided going to EPSN and avoided the sports news on CNN. It was a heart breaking to see what happened Barbaro. When you saw his leg……I just cried. Unfortunately it took out our enjoyment of the race. =( Even if we weren’t pulling for him, we hate to see that happen to an animal. I just hope he pulls through.

I have liked John McCain for his straight talk and common sense approach of moderation. But seeing him court the religious right has not been encouraging. I know that realistically it may be something he has to do in these day and age of extremism, but it is still very dissappointing. And then speaking at Jerry Falwell’s school?…..yuck

Here is an article that pointed out a few things about what he said there, so maybe he is still staying his own man.

Jon Meacham on McCain

“McCain’s call was for America to act like America: to argue about freedom, but to respect one another, to understand that we are all-even those with whom we completely disagree-made in the image and likeness of God and are thus entitled to equal dignity. The difference between a theocracy and a democratic republic like ours is that religion shapes the life of nation without controlling it. And we are no theocracy. “Let us argue with each other then,” McCain said. “By all means, let us argue. Our differences are not petty, they often involve cherished beliefs, and represent our best judgment about what is right for our country and humanity. Let us defend those beliefs. Let’s do so sincerely and strenuously. It is our right and duty to do so. And let’s not be too dismayed with the tenor and passion of our arguments, even when they wound us. We have fought among ourselves before in our history, over big things and small, with worse vitriol and bitterness than we experience today. … But let us remember, we are not enemies. We are compatriots defending ourselves from a real enemy. We have nothing to fear from each other. … It should remain an argument among friends; each of us struggling to hear our conscience, and heed its demands; each of us, despite our differences, united in our great cause, and respectful of the goodness in each other. I have not always heeded this injunction myself, and I regret it very much.” (Confession is always good for the soul, and usually good for politicians. My old editor and friend Charlie Peters likes to say that people are much more likely to heed a sermon from someone who admits their own sins, and McCain was smart to acknowledge his own weaknesses.)

One phrase from the speech stands out: an argument among friends. That is not a bad way of thinking about the country, a way of thinking that has ancient roots. The commandment to love one’s neighbor as oneself is found in Leviticus, and reading McCain’s remarks reminded me of a passage from John Adams-a passage that is, in the words of St. Augustine, ever old, ever new. “I hate polemical politics and polemical divinity,” Adams once said. “My religion is founded on the love of God and my neighbor; on the hope of pardon for my offenses; upon contrition; upon the duty as well as the necessity of [enduring] with patience the inevitable evils of life; in the duty of doing no wrong, but all the good I can, to the creation of which I am but an infinitesimal part.””

You got to love this : Hecklers interrupt Rumsfeld speech

I loved it when the protester said “this is America”, referring to his right to free speech when Rumsfeld waved off security.