Monthly Archives: October 2003
Disturbing News from the Demo Field
It’s been reported that a gay Howard Dean staffer got roughed up and gaybaited at a Gephardt event in Des Moines.
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Shame, Shame, Shame
My friend Hope links to an excellent article on why shaming is a harmful way to discipline. Should be required reading for anyone who has or deals with children.
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Wounded Peace Activist’s Life Support to be Turned Off
I don’t know how many have followed the story of22 year old Tom Hundall, British Student and peace activist who was shot by an Israeli soldier, but he’s been on life support and in a permanent vegetative state for six … Continue reading
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“Mission Un-complished”
I couldn’t help rolling my eyes when George W. Bush pulled his “Top Gun” act earlier this year. Now I’m close to rolling on the floor as he tries to backpedal from it. I didn’t think it was possible for … Continue reading
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Birthday Spanking
Twenty licks goes to Andy, of Encomium, who turns 20 today.
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The ADDled Mind, Part II
Have you seen this commercial about adult ADD? Granted, it’s sponsored in part by the maker of the newest ADD medicationon the market. However, from my perspective, teh commercial is an accurate portrayal of how my brain has worked most … Continue reading
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Blogging Causes Unemployment
At least it does in this case. A company can be within its rights and still be terribly wrong.
Crawling Back
I had to do it. I rejoined Netflix. I cancelled after starting my new job, because I was no longer spending one day a week at home with the kid. But I’ve missed my movie fix, so when they emailed … Continue reading
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Thanks, Pandora.
Found this over at Eat Your Vegetables. See what happens when we start allowing monuments to the “10 commandments” on public property? If the “10 commandments” monument is OK, why not Phelp’s monument?
Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights
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Patriotism? Or Just Conformity?
This, apparently, is what happens when one doesn’t stand for “God Bless America” – which, by the way, is not our national anthem – in Yankee Stadium. Still, the writer doesn’t seem all that unreasonable to me. He wasn’t disrupting … Continue reading
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Trick or Treat
Ya gotta love this. A deceased woman’s family says in her obituary: Memorial gifts may be made to any organization that seeks the removal of President George Bush from office.
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The Declaration
The Declaration of Independence from the NeoCon Empire on the Internet at the Left Coaster is a must read.
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The ADDled Mind, Part I
This is going to be a series of posts on something I’ve been meaning to write about on this blog for a while, but for one reason or another I haven’t. I guess one of the reasons is concern about … Continue reading
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Who is Connie Conning
David Corn has a great piece about the contradictions of Condoleezza.
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