Saturday, May 12, 2007
Junior Can't Even Speak At A Small College....
....without protests.
It seems the administration knows that Junior isn't welcome anywhere, but with the military, where no on dare speak their minds, or at small out-of-the-way colleges.
Guess they can scratch small colleges from their list.
How the mighty have fallen.........
Bush Delivers Commencement Address While Students Protest War
May 11, 2007 4:23 p.m. EST
Linda Young - AHN Staff Writer
Latrobe, PA (AHN) - When a small Roman Catholic liberal arts college invited Pres. George W. Bush to give the spring commencement address it probably didn't anticipate that one of its students would choose not to finish a thesis to avoid graduating when Bush was the commencement speaker.
But that student wasn't the only one to join anti-war protests while Bush spoke at St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, Pa., on Friday.
Bush was warmly greeted inside the school gymnasium, but philosophy major Ronny Menzie, who chose to defer completing her theses, was outside on the road protesting with other students.
And students weren't alone in protesting Bush as the commencement speaker.
Some 30 current and former faculty of the tiny college signed an open letter criticizing Bush for his handling of the war, environment, poor and sick. They complained that linking Bush to the college tarnished its reputation.
But supporters said having Bush deliver the commencement address was an honor.
Bush advised graduates to serve their communities and help make the nation a better place to live saying that volunteering was important because: "You learn to take the initiative, instead of waiting for a government to step in."
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GOP, Hoping Gonzales Mess Will Just Go Away
Well, I sure wouldn't count on it. Think that Summer will change things, do ya? Think that Americans will lose interest?
Think again.
It's not just about fired US attorneys anymore
Congress is asking pointed questions about the role of partisanship in prosecutions, hirings at Justice Department.
By Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON - Pundits for weeks have been predicting his resignation is imminent, and lawmakers from both parties have called on him to quit. But so far Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has defied critics – and shows no signs of packing his bags.
The clamor over the firings of eight US attorneys may yet force Mr. Gonzales out. Members of Congress will have another chance to publicly press for his ouster at his scheduled appearance Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee.
But even if Gonzales leaves, uproar about management at the Department of Justice is unlikely to subside. A steady stream of revelations – from allegations about partisan hiring in the Civil Rights Division to possible White House involvement in the US attorney dismissals – has seen to that.
"Congress now is sufficiently concerned that, even were he to resign, I don't think it would change things very much," says Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia.
In one sense, Gonzales's continued survival is a lesson in political power. It has been weeks since experts began to expound about how he couldn't possibly last more than a few days in office. Influential senators, including some Republicans, have made it clear that Gonzales's continued presence will affect their attitude toward Justice Department initiatives.
Yet he continues in office, with President Bush's apparent unwavering backing. Mr. Bush may well genuinely believe that his attorney general is a good man who is being smeared. After all, charges of politicization at the Justice Department are nothing new in Washington.
"In every administration there are [such] allegations very consistently," said Benjamin Wittes, a governance expert and guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, at a recent seminar here on the subject.
But other calculations may be at work as well. As long as Gonzales stays in office, he remains a focus for criticism that might otherwise be directed elsewhere. There is evidence that White House political adviser Karl Rove and former White House counsel Harriet Miers had input into the list of attorneys to be fired, for example.
Also, if Gonzales left, he would have to be replaced – meaning the administration might face a long confirmation battle in the Democrat-controlled Senate for his successor.
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Think again.
It's not just about fired US attorneys anymore
Congress is asking pointed questions about the role of partisanship in prosecutions, hirings at Justice Department.
By Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON - Pundits for weeks have been predicting his resignation is imminent, and lawmakers from both parties have called on him to quit. But so far Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has defied critics – and shows no signs of packing his bags.
The clamor over the firings of eight US attorneys may yet force Mr. Gonzales out. Members of Congress will have another chance to publicly press for his ouster at his scheduled appearance Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee.
But even if Gonzales leaves, uproar about management at the Department of Justice is unlikely to subside. A steady stream of revelations – from allegations about partisan hiring in the Civil Rights Division to possible White House involvement in the US attorney dismissals – has seen to that.
"Congress now is sufficiently concerned that, even were he to resign, I don't think it would change things very much," says Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia.
In one sense, Gonzales's continued survival is a lesson in political power. It has been weeks since experts began to expound about how he couldn't possibly last more than a few days in office. Influential senators, including some Republicans, have made it clear that Gonzales's continued presence will affect their attitude toward Justice Department initiatives.
Yet he continues in office, with President Bush's apparent unwavering backing. Mr. Bush may well genuinely believe that his attorney general is a good man who is being smeared. After all, charges of politicization at the Justice Department are nothing new in Washington.
"In every administration there are [such] allegations very consistently," said Benjamin Wittes, a governance expert and guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, at a recent seminar here on the subject.
But other calculations may be at work as well. As long as Gonzales stays in office, he remains a focus for criticism that might otherwise be directed elsewhere. There is evidence that White House political adviser Karl Rove and former White House counsel Harriet Miers had input into the list of attorneys to be fired, for example.
Also, if Gonzales left, he would have to be replaced – meaning the administration might face a long confirmation battle in the Democrat-controlled Senate for his successor.
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Another Specious U.S. Attorney Firing?
O.K., wait a minute.
After awhile, one might get suspisious that some of these Bush appointees might be plants, to help sink the investigation. Isn't that a favorite Rove tactic?
Perhaps paranoia is contagious, but we are just saying.....
Ex-U.S. attorney questions own firing
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
Fri May 11, 7:53 PM ET
A former West Virginia federal prosecutor said Friday the White House fired him in 2005 in the middle of a corruption and vote-buying investigation but never told him why.
Karl K. "Kasey" Warner said he has "concerns" and sees parallels between himself and eight other ousted U.S. attorneys. Congress and an internal Justice Department agency are investigating whether those firings were politically motivated.
The Justice Department rejected any suggestion of politics in Warner's dismissal.
"The notion that the termination was political is absolutely false," spokesman Dean Boyd said. "We encourage Mr. Warner to provide the department with a written privacy waiver and we will be happy to provide you with the reason for his removal."
Warner would not elaborate on what concerned him about his August 2005 firing but rejected the idea that he was fired over his performance.
"The facts speak for themselves. Look into how I ran my office. See how I managed the office," Warner said. "If they want to look at the cases I had and the corruption cases we have now, people can come to their own conclusions about why I was let go."
Warner said he refused to resign when asked by the Justice Department, responding that he took his direction from President Bush.
"Next thing I know, I get a letter from the president's counsel, Harriet Miers, saying I'd been fired, no reason given," Warner recounted in a telephone interview.
A state legislative audit later revealed e-mails in which Warner had offered to secretly contribute to a 2004 county political campaign.
"Let me try to steer some contributions your way (gently) and perhaps use a family member with a different last name to make my contribution," Warner wrote in one July 2003 e-mail, according to the audit.
Warner said he never followed through on the offer and discounted that as a reason behind his departure.
Warner was nominated by Bush in 2001 to serve as the top federal prosecutor in southern West Virginia. The heavily Democratic district is the center of the state's coal industry. Bush carried the state in both 2000 and 2004.
Almost immediately Warner made public corruption and vote-buying cases a priority, sometimes to the ire of Democrats who accused him of targeting them for political purposes. Warner's brother Kris was the Republican state party chairman, and his brother Monty ran for governor.
Some former U.S. attorneys such as New Mexico's David Iglesias said Republican politicians pressured them to rush public corruption investigations in election years. Warner would not comment on whether he received any such pressure and would not say who was being investigated when he was fired.
"Speaking generally," he said, "in my mind, if you want a good justice system, you don't remove U.S. attorneys to thwart ongoing criminal investigations."
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has denied that politics influenced hiring and firing decisions. And though Gonzales has apologized for mishandling the controversy, he has rejected calls from lawmakers to step down.
The Justice Department has also said it never tried to influence an investigation for political reasons. An internal probe is under way.
Warner's statements came on the heels of those by former western Missouri U.S. Attorney Todd Graves, who said he was forced out in March 2006. Graves said he fell out of favor with the Justice Department after refusing to cooperate with the filing of a Missouri voter fraud lawsuit a year before the 2006 election.
Congress is holding hearings on the eight other firings, and former Justice Department White House liaison Monica Goodling is shaping up to be a main witness. A federal judge approved an immunity deal for her Friday, allowing her to testify without fear of prosecution.
Warner's statements echo those by former Maryland U.S. Attorney Thomas M. DiBiagio, who in March said he believed he was fired for investigating corruption in a Republican governor's administration.
The Justice Department said DiBiagio was fired for writing e-mails calling for "front-page" corruption indictments before Election Day.
Warner said that, if asked, he would cooperate with any investigation. But he said he has made peace with his termination and is not trying to become part of the Capitol Hill story line. That's why the former Army officer said he has not approached investigators.
"Sometimes soldiers catch a bullet. If you're truly out there doing your job, if you're truly a leader, sometimes you catch a bullet," he said. "It might not be fair, it might not be right, it might be sad, but that's part of what you do. I caught a bullet. It's not something you cry about or complain about."
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Associated Press writers Lara Jakes Jordan in Washington and Lawrence Messina in Charleston, W.Va., contributed to this report.
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. I.U. has no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of this article nor is I.U endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
The Nazis, Fascists and Communists were political parties before they became enemies of liberty and mass murderers.
After awhile, one might get suspisious that some of these Bush appointees might be plants, to help sink the investigation. Isn't that a favorite Rove tactic?
Perhaps paranoia is contagious, but we are just saying.....
Ex-U.S. attorney questions own firing
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
Fri May 11, 7:53 PM ET
A former West Virginia federal prosecutor said Friday the White House fired him in 2005 in the middle of a corruption and vote-buying investigation but never told him why.
Karl K. "Kasey" Warner said he has "concerns" and sees parallels between himself and eight other ousted U.S. attorneys. Congress and an internal Justice Department agency are investigating whether those firings were politically motivated.
The Justice Department rejected any suggestion of politics in Warner's dismissal.
"The notion that the termination was political is absolutely false," spokesman Dean Boyd said. "We encourage Mr. Warner to provide the department with a written privacy waiver and we will be happy to provide you with the reason for his removal."
Warner would not elaborate on what concerned him about his August 2005 firing but rejected the idea that he was fired over his performance.
"The facts speak for themselves. Look into how I ran my office. See how I managed the office," Warner said. "If they want to look at the cases I had and the corruption cases we have now, people can come to their own conclusions about why I was let go."
Warner said he refused to resign when asked by the Justice Department, responding that he took his direction from President Bush.
"Next thing I know, I get a letter from the president's counsel, Harriet Miers, saying I'd been fired, no reason given," Warner recounted in a telephone interview.
A state legislative audit later revealed e-mails in which Warner had offered to secretly contribute to a 2004 county political campaign.
"Let me try to steer some contributions your way (gently) and perhaps use a family member with a different last name to make my contribution," Warner wrote in one July 2003 e-mail, according to the audit.
Warner said he never followed through on the offer and discounted that as a reason behind his departure.
Warner was nominated by Bush in 2001 to serve as the top federal prosecutor in southern West Virginia. The heavily Democratic district is the center of the state's coal industry. Bush carried the state in both 2000 and 2004.
Almost immediately Warner made public corruption and vote-buying cases a priority, sometimes to the ire of Democrats who accused him of targeting them for political purposes. Warner's brother Kris was the Republican state party chairman, and his brother Monty ran for governor.
Some former U.S. attorneys such as New Mexico's David Iglesias said Republican politicians pressured them to rush public corruption investigations in election years. Warner would not comment on whether he received any such pressure and would not say who was being investigated when he was fired.
"Speaking generally," he said, "in my mind, if you want a good justice system, you don't remove U.S. attorneys to thwart ongoing criminal investigations."
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has denied that politics influenced hiring and firing decisions. And though Gonzales has apologized for mishandling the controversy, he has rejected calls from lawmakers to step down.
The Justice Department has also said it never tried to influence an investigation for political reasons. An internal probe is under way.
Warner's statements came on the heels of those by former western Missouri U.S. Attorney Todd Graves, who said he was forced out in March 2006. Graves said he fell out of favor with the Justice Department after refusing to cooperate with the filing of a Missouri voter fraud lawsuit a year before the 2006 election.
Congress is holding hearings on the eight other firings, and former Justice Department White House liaison Monica Goodling is shaping up to be a main witness. A federal judge approved an immunity deal for her Friday, allowing her to testify without fear of prosecution.
Warner's statements echo those by former Maryland U.S. Attorney Thomas M. DiBiagio, who in March said he believed he was fired for investigating corruption in a Republican governor's administration.
The Justice Department said DiBiagio was fired for writing e-mails calling for "front-page" corruption indictments before Election Day.
Warner said that, if asked, he would cooperate with any investigation. But he said he has made peace with his termination and is not trying to become part of the Capitol Hill story line. That's why the former Army officer said he has not approached investigators.
"Sometimes soldiers catch a bullet. If you're truly out there doing your job, if you're truly a leader, sometimes you catch a bullet," he said. "It might not be fair, it might not be right, it might be sad, but that's part of what you do. I caught a bullet. It's not something you cry about or complain about."
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Associated Press writers Lara Jakes Jordan in Washington and Lawrence Messina in Charleston, W.Va., contributed to this report.
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. I.U. has no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of this article nor is I.U endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
The Nazis, Fascists and Communists were political parties before they became enemies of liberty and mass murderers.
Feds Rescue Coulter from Voter Fraud Allegations.
Hey, we thought that the Feds were all about voter fraud investigations these days?
What happened to all that concern at the DOJ?
FBI agent steps into Coulter voting case:
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter has been cleared of allegations that she falsified her Palm Beach County voter's registration and voted illegally — this, after a high-level FBI agent made unsolicited phone calls to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to vouch for Coulter.
The caller wasn't just any G-man. According to PBSO documents, he was Supervisory Special Agent Jim Fitzgerald, of the FBI Academy's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Va. — the closest reality gets to the serial-killer catchers on CBS' Criminal Minds.
Cheney warns Iran, assures allies on Gulf visit
Could we please keep the Prince of Slitherin" home until he and Junior, hopefully, leave office?
After that, he is welcome to go abroad. Hehehehehe.
Cheney warns Iran, assures allies on Gulf visit Politics News Reuters.com:
ABOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Friday the heightened U.S. military presence in the Gulf demonstrated Washington's resolve in a standoff with Iran over Tehran's nuclear plans.
'With two carrier strike groups in the Gulf, we're sending clear messages to friends and adversaries alike,' said Cheney on a visit to the John C. Stennis aircraft carrier off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a close U.S. ally.
'We'll stand with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and dominating the region,' he said, speaking from a cavernous hangar bay. Stennis officials said 3,500 to 4,000 of the 5,000 personnel aboard were on hand. (Like they really had a choice?)
I Can’t Hack This Brand of Revolution
We don't get it either.
I Can’t Hack This Brand of Revolution - CommonDreams.org - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community:
Those were the days, my friend. The days when songs with “revolution” in the lyrics weren’t yet used to market cars and running shoes.
We thought we could change the world, rearrange the world.
In some ways, we did.
The U.S. media actually brought down a president for 18 minutes of missing tape while today, missing White House emails are lumped in with Alec Baldwin’s voice mails.
Millions of us took to the streets and demanded an end to segregation, to war, to nuclear bomb testing. And end them we did.
I Can’t Hack This Brand of Revolution - CommonDreams.org - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community:
Those were the days, my friend. The days when songs with “revolution” in the lyrics weren’t yet used to market cars and running shoes.
We thought we could change the world, rearrange the world.
In some ways, we did.
The U.S. media actually brought down a president for 18 minutes of missing tape while today, missing White House emails are lumped in with Alec Baldwin’s voice mails.
Millions of us took to the streets and demanded an end to segregation, to war, to nuclear bomb testing. And end them we did.
Iraq War Is All About Controlling The Oil
No shit, Sherlock.
I could never quite figure out why everyone believed that the Iraq war was about cheap oil, as was the assertion, for awhile.
There are oil men in the White House. Why would anyone believe that any oil man wants cheap oil.?
Does anyone think that the credit card companies want dirt cheap interest rates?
Iraq War Is All About Controlling The Oil - CommonDreams.org - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community:
AFTER WORLD WAR II, the president’s national security council propounded a policy that would shape the world’s geopolitical future: “Oil operations are, for all practical purposes, instruments of our foreign policy.”
More than a half-century later, that policy has not changed.
With the invasion of Iraq already secretly being planned, freshly selected President George W. Bush listed “energy security” as his first action priority.
I could never quite figure out why everyone believed that the Iraq war was about cheap oil, as was the assertion, for awhile.
There are oil men in the White House. Why would anyone believe that any oil man wants cheap oil.?
Does anyone think that the credit card companies want dirt cheap interest rates?
Iraq War Is All About Controlling The Oil - CommonDreams.org - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community:
AFTER WORLD WAR II, the president’s national security council propounded a policy that would shape the world’s geopolitical future: “Oil operations are, for all practical purposes, instruments of our foreign policy.”
More than a half-century later, that policy has not changed.
With the invasion of Iraq already secretly being planned, freshly selected President George W. Bush listed “energy security” as his first action priority.
House Democrats Raise New Criticism of Gonzales
It seemed to me that House Rethugs have decided to let Gonzo slide on the outrageous abuse of power that is the U.S. Attrorney firings scandal.
That would be a huge mistake.
House Democrats Raise New Criticism of Gonzales:
Washington - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales endured new criticism on Capitol Hill today as House Democrats questioned his leadership of the Department of Justice and his personal candor.
Mr. Gonzales, appearing before the House Judiciary Committee, was questioned again about the dismissals of United States attorneys - amid a new assertion that, in effect, nine of them let go, rather than eight as previously reported - and about his awareness of what is going on in his huge department.
The session was in some ways reminiscent of Mr. Gonzales's appearance last month before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Democrats and Republicans alike expressed exasperation with him, although he was bolstered today by some supportive words from Republicans.
Criminalizing Speech
When bad government takes away our freedoms, it is not only our right, but our duty to civilly resist and disobey.
Stephen Lendman: Criminalizing Speech:
In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason. But losing that most precious of all rights means losing our freedom that 18th century French philosopher Voltaire spoke in defense of saying 'I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.' Using it to express dissent is what noted historian Howard Zinn calls 'the highest form of patriotism' exercising our constitutional right to freedom of speech, the press, to assemble, to protest publicly, and associate as we choose for any reason within the law.
Stephen Lendman: Criminalizing Speech:
In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason. But losing that most precious of all rights means losing our freedom that 18th century French philosopher Voltaire spoke in defense of saying 'I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.' Using it to express dissent is what noted historian Howard Zinn calls 'the highest form of patriotism' exercising our constitutional right to freedom of speech, the press, to assemble, to protest publicly, and associate as we choose for any reason within the law.
Democracy-Theft Goes Global
Junior is exporting his brand of "Democracy" all over the place. It is convenient, I'll say that. Just let the machines vote for you. Have the votes counted by Saudi Arabian software
Wake up world! Time to take your countries back from those damnable Democracy stealing machines!
The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Election Issues:
From Ohio and California to Scotland and France, the disputes surrounding electronic voting machines have gone truly global.
E-voting machines have already been extensively studied and condemned by a wide range of expert committees, commissions and colleges, including the General Accountability Office, the Carter-Baker Commission, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, Stanford University and others. Rigging of a recount in Cleveland has resulted in two felony convictions. The failures of e-voting machines have been the subject of numerous documentary films, including the aptly titled HBO special 'Hacking Democracy.'
Wake up world! Time to take your countries back from those damnable Democracy stealing machines!
The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Election Issues:
From Ohio and California to Scotland and France, the disputes surrounding electronic voting machines have gone truly global.
E-voting machines have already been extensively studied and condemned by a wide range of expert committees, commissions and colleges, including the General Accountability Office, the Carter-Baker Commission, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, Stanford University and others. Rigging of a recount in Cleveland has resulted in two felony convictions. The failures of e-voting machines have been the subject of numerous documentary films, including the aptly titled HBO special 'Hacking Democracy.'
Republicans fear defeat over Iraq
When the GOP is roundly defeated in November, 2008, it won't be just because of Iraq. Iraq is not all they have lied through their damn teeth about, or covered-up for BuCheney.
The country is a damnable mess. It wasn't like that when Bush stole the election in 2000.. The White House could not have wreaked this much destruction without the help of the GOP Congress. No American is likely to forget that, as things only get worse, over the next year or so.
Bush and Cheney, with the help of the GOP Congress, have done far more damage to this country that Osama and Al Qaeda could have dreamed of doing.
We are not going to forget that.
FT.com / In depth - Republicans fear defeat over Iraq:
Talking to Fox News, the conservative broadcaster, on his visit to Baghdad on Thursday, Dick Cheney said: “We didn’t get elected to worry just about the fate of the Republican party. Our mission is to do everything we can to prevail ... against one of the most evil opponents we’ve ever faced.”
Friday, May 11, 2007
The Hippies Were Right!
Yep.
I wondered when others would start to recognize this obvious fact.
Much of the good today; the major strides in everything from the environment to mental/physical health to alternative spiritual traditions, to which millions belong today or practice regularly, all this and more, were born in the amazing era, known to us as the 60s, and have only recently come of age.
The Hippies Were Right!Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time To Give The Ol’ Tie-Dyers Some Respect - CommonDreams.org - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community:
Go ahead, name your movement. Name something good and positive and pro-environment and eco-friendly that’s happening right now in the newly “greening” America and don’t say more guns in Texas or fewer reproductive choices for women or endless vile, unwinnable BushCo wars in the Middle East lasting until roughly 2075 because that would defeat the whole point of this perky little column and destroy its naive tone of happy rose-colored sardonic optimism. OK?
I’m talking about, say, energy-efficient light bulbs. I’m looking at organic foods going mainstream. I mean chemical-free cleaning products widely available at Target and I’m talking saving the whales and protecting the dolphins and I mean yoga studios flourishing in every small town, giant boxes of organic cereal at Costco and non-phthalates dildos at Good Vibes and the Toyota Prius becoming the nation’s oddest status symbol. You know, good things.
I wondered when others would start to recognize this obvious fact.
Much of the good today; the major strides in everything from the environment to mental/physical health to alternative spiritual traditions, to which millions belong today or practice regularly, all this and more, were born in the amazing era, known to us as the 60s, and have only recently come of age.
The Hippies Were Right!Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time To Give The Ol’ Tie-Dyers Some Respect - CommonDreams.org - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community:
Go ahead, name your movement. Name something good and positive and pro-environment and eco-friendly that’s happening right now in the newly “greening” America and don’t say more guns in Texas or fewer reproductive choices for women or endless vile, unwinnable BushCo wars in the Middle East lasting until roughly 2075 because that would defeat the whole point of this perky little column and destroy its naive tone of happy rose-colored sardonic optimism. OK?
I’m talking about, say, energy-efficient light bulbs. I’m looking at organic foods going mainstream. I mean chemical-free cleaning products widely available at Target and I’m talking saving the whales and protecting the dolphins and I mean yoga studios flourishing in every small town, giant boxes of organic cereal at Costco and non-phthalates dildos at Good Vibes and the Toyota Prius becoming the nation’s oddest status symbol. You know, good things.
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