A letter from a listener 

I believe that we are currently in the midst of the most corrupt (Valerie
Plame), secretive (the "Denver Three"), and inept (Iraq) presidential
administration of the last 100 years.  We have an administration that
consistently lies to the public (Downing Street "Memo"), attempts to stifle
the media (Newsweek), and calls anyone who disagrees with them a traitor
(e.g., Democrats).  At a time when our foreign policy is failing miserably
and we need to come together as a nation, the administration uses partisan
rhetoric to divide the nation even further (Karl Rove).

I understand that ...   more »

 Lea Jones | Lea Jones Music

My God is bigger
Bigger than yours
Drop dead ringer
For Chuck Heston ‘bout 1964, no
Yours don’t amount to much
Next to Chuck

That’s me on the high road
I’m in the Rotunda
Using my religion
Trying to keep my base in line
But I don’t know where we’re going
But I know his mind
Culture of life

I thought that I heard him calling
I heard him call my name
Why don’t you think you hear him, too? Too.

Well you can follow me
You can follow me

Terry Shiavo
Sure she ...   more »

Courtney Mabeus | Center for Responsive Politics

After several failed attempts, Congress is once again considering asbestos litigation reform that would put an end to years of expensive lawsuits. But deep divisions among powerful industry groups that doomed the legislation in the past are threatening the bill again this time. Asbestos is a cancer-causing fiber that was once used widely in brake linings, insulation, electrical casings and a number of other building materials. Some 730,000 asbestos lawsuits are now pending in U.S. courts, and as many as 75,000 new cases are filed each year. More than 8,000 companies have defended ...   more »

Jason Salzman | Rocky Mountain News 

Finally, we know who's the biggest mouth-I mean throat-in journalism. The “Washington Post” reported last month that former FBI official W. Mark Felt was the legendary  “Deep Throat” source whose leaks to reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward  during the Watergate era eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Immediately after Deep Throat's identity was made public, a liberal friend of mine complained: “If only the media were as good today as it was during Watergate.”

Journalism continues to take hits from across the political spectrum these days. Conservatives say news ...   more »

Bruce Gagnon
www.space4peace.org

The Bush administration is expected to soon announce a new national space policy that will give the Pentagon the green light to move toward deployment of offensive weapons in space.

The new directive could allow deployment of lasers, attack vehicles that descend on targets from on high; killer satellites which would disrupt or destroy other nation's satellites; and tungsten rods that would attain a speed of over 7,000 mph and be able to penetrate underground targets.

In the Air Force Space Command's “Strategic Master Plan, FY06 and Beyond,” the military said, “Our vision calls for prompt global strike space systems with the capability to apply force from or through space against terrestrial targets. International treaties and laws do not prohibit the use or presence of conventional weapons in space.”

But there was once such a treaty. It limited research, development, testing...   more »

There have been a number of these, But, this one is especially fun and courtesy of ASU86 over at the Washington Post blog.

What Republicans MUST believe...

It is very tough to be a Republican in 2005, because somehow, (through all the distortion) you have to believe concurrently that:

1. Jesus loves you, but shares your deep hatred of homosexuals, liberals, Muslims, Bill and Hillary Clinton.

2. The United States should get out of the United Nations, but our highest national priority is enforcing U. N. resolutions against Iraq. (No WMD’s)?

3. "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers ...   more »