Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Freedom

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Sigh: We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. -- Edward R. Murrow

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Travel realities

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Could be: The price of gas is going up, funding for Amtrack was cut and airline security is becoming unbearable. Maybe the government just w...

More on those liquids

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I continue to be bothered by the liquids ban on flights because I think it's really about making us both afraid and docile. Then I read ...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Resilience - not safety

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Anna Deavere Smith Let's get this straight. Nobody is 100% safe. As I'm sitting here in my office at my computer, a helicopter coul...

The effect of 3 degrees C.

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The Guardian has just published another article on global warming in which they report on a new analysis of the effects of likely rises in ...

Peace

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Photo by Cynthia Burgess I want to share something here that I posted over on my other blog, Meditation Matters . It's a saying of the ...
Monday, August 14, 2006

The liquids ban

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I found this in an article called "Joe and Dick and that thirty three percent" : One quick aside about all this: if security offi...

About Republicans

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My friend, Charlotte Alexandre, sent me the following: Things you have to believe today to be a Republican Jesus loves you, and shares your ...

Shameless, vicious Republicans

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Nothing should surprise me with this bunch, I know, but I'm still incredulous at times with what they come out with. Here's an excer...

War costs

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Think about it: The cost of the war in Iraq, $400 billion, equals $8,510.64 for each of the 47 million Americans who do not have health insu...
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More on the timing

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As you remember from Friday, I seriously question the timing of the "terrorist bust" that led to a red alert and more intrusive se...
Sunday, August 13, 2006

Too sensible to be tried

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From a comment off of Smirking Chimp : If you do not spend your days becoming paralyzed with fear about secondhand smoke, guns, traffic or a...

Sunday good news blogging

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The news is about apartment buildings designed from an ecologically conscious perspective. The article I want to share with you is from the ...
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War documentary

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Frank Ford sent me an article called "'War Tapes' doc features soldier footage" that I want to share with you here. It ge...
Saturday, August 12, 2006

Remember anthrax?

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This is off of AMERICAblog : After September 11, we did get hit again. It was called Anthrax. And Bush still hasn't caught the killer. S...

Native American Prayer for Peace

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I found this on Opinionated Old Fart : The Ancestors have told us we are all connected in the Sacred Circle of Life. If this is so, the pain...

Words to heed

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Why don't we get this? There never was a good war or a bad peace. -- Benjamin Franklin
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Secrecy and this president

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I just read what is, for me, a disturbing article in the Washington Post about the president and journalists. It's entitled "Incre...
Friday, August 11, 2006

Good question

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I found this on AMERICAblog : If this is a Red Alert, why is Chimpy still on vacation?