Obama's Election Has Caused a Patriotic Spirit to Sweep America

Tomorrow, after President Barack Obama's innauguration, I will fly the American flag along side my world flag, for the first time in 8 years.

Robert Creamer: A Surprise for the Right: Obama's Election Has Caused a Patriotic Spirit to Sweep America

Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

OHH NOO, terrorist mice!!!!

BBC NEWS Americas Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters

We finally get rid of cigarette makers advertising to children with caartoon characters and what do we get? Advertising war to children with video games. Disgusting. And our tax dollars are paying for it!!

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters PEEK AlterNet

Florida Journalism?

News anchor on Biden interview: 'I'm a journalist' - CNN.com

Barbara West: You may recognize this famous quote. "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." That's from Karl Marx. How is Sen. Obama not being a Marxist if he's intending to spread the wealth around?

What a ridiculous question.

I think I'm a Marxist. If it were "From each according to their ability and to each according to their need" then shouldn't the Wall Street executives and bankers pushing toxic loans be earning minimum wage (their need) when their ability is negative? But that I could negotiate a golden parachute that allows me to take millions away if I'm so bad that my company needs to fire me with cause?

When historically the wealthy are paying less in taxes than ever before, I agree with Senator Biden. Are your serious? Wealth has been distributed - to the top 1 percent.

2008 Health Care For America Survey

Here is a survey on healthcare. If you haven't seen Sicko, see it.

2008 Health Care For America Survey

ENN: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head

Here is a great piece on how econmics must take the environment into the equation if we want to survive.

The best quote: "The economy exists inside the ecosystem."

ENN: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head

Here is the 'Yes We Can' Video

A definite contrast. I say "Yes We Can"

YouTube - Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

Ten thousand years

I enjoyed the similar video about Obama "Yes We Can". Here is the McCain version. Depressing.

YouTube - john.he.is

Insanity - things I didn't know

"The agreement guaranteed Mr. Belnick a payment of at least $10.6 million should he commit a felony and be fired before October 2003."

I need a felony clause in my next contract.

AlterNet: Bankers Gone Bonkers: Global Financiers Should Make Insanity Plea

Majora Carter | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

I was inspired by Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention but I was backing Edwards because he wouldn't give corporations a seat at the decision table. I was hoping for an Edwards/Obama ticket with 8 years for Edwards and the next 8 with Obama. With Edwards out I'm for Obama.

Here is another inspiring speaker that should have a place in the country's decision making.

The video is 20 minutes long but well worth watching.

Majora Carter Gristmill: The environmental news blog Grist

GreenPrint :: Saving Money Today, Trees Tomorrow

Here's a great way to save trees, paper, ink and money:

GreenPrint :: Saving Money Today, Trees Tomorrow

And the American way (of politics)

Hilarous parody of the Bush State of the Union address with the democratic response.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush Parody: "The State of Our Union Is Not Something I'm Worried About" [VIDEO]

Truth?

My last post was "justice". Here's one on truth. This is what happens when you have a president that doesn't believe in evolution.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Top Climate Expert: Bush White House Edits Testimony of Government Scientists

Justice???

Is this what justice in America has come to? Protestors in jail while the criminals walk free.

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Pioneering Blackwater Protesters Given Secret Trial and Criminal Conviction

War on Greed: DO SOMETHING!!

Fight in the spirit of Martin Luther King. Watch this video - look at what's going on and DO SOMETHING!!

War on Greed: Fight for the Dream

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

A must see:

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard


What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Shop locally!!!

It's a downward spiral. Low paying jobs make people need to shop at Walmart which creates more low paying jobs.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: New Film Slams Wal-Mart: "Going Big Box vs. Going Local" [VIDEO]: "This new film by Amy Wolf, a Movement Vision Lab Film Fellow in 2007, follows one woman on a shopping quest — as we learn about the consequences at every turn. Please forward it to your family and friends and keep these lessons in mind as you're stocking up on stuff!This new film by Amy Wolf, a Movement Vision Lab Film Fellow in 2007, follows one woman on a shopping quest — as we learn about the consequences at every turn. Please forward it to your family and friends and keep these lessons in mind as you're stocking up on stuff!"

Election 2008: "The Simpsons": Ralph Wiggum Launches '08 Presidential Run [VIDEO]

Ralph would be a huge improvement over bush.

AlterNet: Blogs: Election 2008: "The Simpsons": Ralph Wiggum Launches '08 Presidential Run [VIDEO]

YouTube - How It All Ends

See previous post. This is a follow up with the devils advocate:

YouTube - How It All Ends

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See : TreeHugger

This may be the most important Video you'll ever see!!!! Think life or death for you, your family, your children and grandchildren, humanity.

Please watch this video!!!! Can you refute it? Can you gamble on it? I have put this "pass on" post under more tags than any other post. PLEASE, pass it on to everyone you can.

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See : TreeHugger

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?

Here is a post that goes along with my belief in ataraxia (Epicurus...the contentment of having enough).

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?: "The growth in greedy consumerism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of English-speaking nations."

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?: "The growth in greedy consumerism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of English-speaking nations."

Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007

For an attempt to balance my previous post I offer this. Little signs of hope only. 2007 was still a very negative year with greed and ignorance running rampant.

AlterNet: Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007

20 Annoying Things About 2007

Great list Mr. Pizzo. I can't find a thing to disagree with.

AlterNet: 20 Annoying Things About 2007

We put a man on the moon...we can do this.

The 35 mpg fleet standard can and should be done as a first step. Adding trucks and SUVs is important as that is what people are driving.

I don't like the idea of ethanol being made from corn or other food sources at a time when there is hunger in the world. I don't like the continuation of aid to the oil companies that are raking in billions.

Dems reach deal on fuel efficiency - Capitol Hill- msnbc.com

"Pregnant Woman's Tasering Probed"

From the article:

Redden, according to Etter, had come to the police station to ask police to take custody of her child. When officer Michael Wilmer asked why, the woman reportedly would only say that "she's tired of playing games" with the baby's father. "At this point, they had a little more discussion that went nowhere," Etter said, recounting the incident. "She says, 'I'm leaving.'" Etter, who repeatedly emphasized to ABC News that Wilmer had no idea the Valreca was pregnant, said that the officer then explained that she could not leave without further explanation. He took hold of the child with one arm, Etter said, and pushed the woman down with the other. When a second officer arrived, Wilmer handed over the 1-year-old and attempted to handcuff Valreca. She began to resist, Etter said, at which point he "employed what is called a 'drive stun'" on the back of her neck.

This tells me "don't go into a police station".

It's time to ban tasers. The U.N. has described tasering as torture. I read an account of what it is like to be tasered by someone who was tasered and it's an experience I wouldn't want to go through. I saw a man tasered for refusing to sign a ticket and tried to point to a spee limit sign. Two taser deaths in Canada and four in the U.S. in a week. A Polish man tasered mainly because he didn't understand English.

Cops are afraid, and rightly so in this messed up society. But a taser being given as a non-lethal weapon causes them to resort to tasering when there is no reason.

ABC News: Pregnant Woman Tasered in Police Station, FBI Investigates

"The Sky is Falling"

Maybe this will put pollution into perspective.

Ecospot Grand Prize Winner Announced: And the Winner Is... (TreeHugger)

Dodd Singlehandedly Stops Bush's Domestic Spying Bill

I would like to personally thank my senator from Connecticut, Chris Dodd, for his action against immunity for the communications companies that cooperated with the Bush administration illegally, without a warrant or FISA court approval. We don't know what these companies did!! Our legislators should know what they are giving immunity to before they give it. Finally, someone with the guts to stand up for us. Now if the rest of the Democratic majority could develop a spine.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Dodd Singlehandedly Stops Bush's Domestic Spying Bill: "This is leadership."

Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

The shoe is on the other foot. Let's see what happens with the party that brought us "swiftboat".

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans' Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds

How do I get a copy of my PNR?

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans' Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds

Bill Clinton Rips Right Wing's "Feigned Outrage" Over MoveOn Ad

I was outraged when congress voted to condemn MoveOn's ad. Condemning freedom of speach!

Here's some truth.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bill Clinton Rips Right Wing's "Feigned Outrage" Over MoveOn Ad [VIDEO

The Science Behind Personality

I've always wondered about this.

AlterNet: Health and Wellness: The Science Behind Personality: "Why do some of us worry endlessly about our lives, while others sail through without a care?"

The Real Rudy: The Disastrous Command Center Choice and 9/11 [VIDEO]

Pass it on.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: The Real Rudy: The Disastrous Command Center Choice and 9/11 [VIDEO]:"We need your help. We don't have ad budgets, so like all our videos, we are counting on you to spread these to your email list, to your local paper, to blogs, to websites. We are fortunate that today we have the new technology and ability to reach millions, but it only happens when you send the video with notes to as many people as possible.

Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq

Write your congressperson!

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq: "The Democrats are reacting to this charade by conceding the battle before it begins, with Michigan's Carl Levin offering to remove a deadline from the amendment he and Jack Reed, D-R.I., co-sponsored (the deadline was already riddled with loopholes) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offering to 'compromise' with Senate Republicans by dropping his already watered-down demand for a spring 'withdrawal.'"

CIA Told Bush There Were No WMD In Iraq In 2002

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: CIA Told Bush There Were No WMD In Iraq In 2002

On Poverty, Maybe We're All Wrong - washingtonpost.com

Tis a very good artical on poverty.

Steven Pearlstein - On Poverty, Maybe We're All Wrong - washingtonpost.com

Attorney General Bruce Fein - Yahoo! News

This sounds like a conservative I could trust. There aren't many of them.

Attorney General Bruce Fein - Yahoo! News

Black balloons: making CO2 real | The Alliance for Climate Protection

A great 45 second public service ad that everyone should see (and act on) and pass on.

Black balloons: making CO2 real The Alliance for Climate Protection

The War on Iraq's Women

This is the cost of war. Those that promote war are responsible.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The War on Iraq's Women: "For at least two women in every 12 who seek emergency delivery assistance here, either the mother or her child dies."

Will Durst on Bush Adminstration: "Irony Deprived, Depraved, Erectile Dysfunctional..." [VIDEO]

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Will Durst on Bush Adminstration: "Irony Deprived, Depraved, Erectile Dysfunctional..." [VIDEO]: "This video is an incredibly accurate, hilarious and fast paced summation of the Bush administration that certainly supports the New York Time's claims. Check it out. "

Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us

Our economy is based on military spending, billions of dollars flushed down the military/industrial toilet. That money could provide needed social services and the push to clean energy.

I have been ranting and writing and marching my adult life and things just keep getting worse. Maybe it's already too late.

AlterNet: ForeignPolicy: Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us: " in the words of Thomas Merton, 'It is the sane ones, the well-adapted ones, who can without qualms and without nausea aim the missiles and press the buttons that will initiate the great festival of destruction that they, the sane ones, have prepared.'"

Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure: "Cenk Uygur: Rove didn't just break the Republican Party. Rove also leaves behind a broken president, a broken army, a slew of broken laws and a broke country. "

DrugReporter: Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

The truth about the new study on pot implying pot increases pshychosis. If you read the whole study, it shows that pot doesn't.

Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

Religious Right Hate Group Attacks Victims of Minnesota Bridge Collapse

This is why I find that all religion is dangerous and extreme religion is extremely dangerous. When you have a reason that you can't prove scientifically, you probably don't have a reason.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Religious Right Hate Group Attacks Victims of Minnesota Bridge Collapse

Bush: "Zombies Are a Danger to Your Children"

This is absolutely hysterical. It had me ROLFing over and over. You have3 to see this piece (which isn't REAL!).

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush: "Zombies Are a Danger to Your Children" [VIDEO]

The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander

AlterNet: The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander [VIDEO]: "The Seinfeld star plays a part-Karl Rove, part-Lord Voldemort character who plots to keep the Democrats road blocked in Congress in this hilarious short video. "