From the “I’m really not surprised” files
Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional committee today that top officials in the Bush administration repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerations. Dr. Carmona, who served as surgeon general from 2002 to 2006, said White House officials would not allow him to speak or issue [...]
...read moreBlog for Impeachment
Mark your calendars: July 14th. AliceDem at Booman Tribute has the details: On July 14, 1789 a mob of French patriots stormed the Bastille prison. It was proof that power no longer resided in the King. On July 14, 2007 a group of bloggers from all across America will be blogging for impeachment. We invite [...]
...read moreSeriously, what’s so bad about Planned Parenthood?
Kathryn Jean Lopez believes that Planned Parenthood steers pregnant teens towards abortion: Browse on over to their web magazine for minors, www.teenwire.com, and you’ll find, among the question-and-answer, a question from a teen who says she had an abortion “a little over a month ago,” is pregnant again, and wondering if a second abortion is [...]
...read moreGreed: As American as Vat-Fried Apple Pie and Hamburger Brain
It’s clear to see that this sense of eating everything that strikes our whim, shitting where we sleep, tearing through each hull without even cleaning off the old ones, tossing our bones in our drinking supply, chewing with our eyes closed—this sleephuntgathering, this distorted tapeworm-thirst baked brain dyslogic that informs so much of our so-called “progress,” this EXTRA 40% FOR HALFPRICE 25 HOURS A DAY SHIPPED FREE TO YOU!, this doing it in half the time, this devouring as much as possible and at the same time trying to expend as little care/energy/concern/cost as possible, this attempt to cheat a balance for a bigger horded stash….it is what is eating away at our human existence and our peace of mind.
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