because somebody has to say it
Image via Wikipedia Six months ago if anyone said there could be a civil war in America (again), I would have thought they were being right-wing ridiculous. (Remember the corporate-sponsored Tea Party nonsense?) Now I’m not so sure. In just a few months, the ultra right has begun to reap the harvest of hatred they [...]
So Norm Coleman finally conceded his loss in the Minnesota Senate election to Al Franken—-only 7 months too late for even a shred of dignity.
It took a unanimous vote of the Minnesota Supreme Court to finally make Coleman give it up. Talk about making a fool of yourself—at the expense of your former constituents. And, of course, making sure that no one in MN will ever vote for you for anything again…
StarBucks (otherwise known as AstronomicalBucks), it turns out, treats its workers like dirt.
Just like WalMart, StarBucks plays dirty tricks to (illegally) keep workers from unionizing. To find out more, watch this video:
It has been obvious for some time that Republicans suffer from (or enjoy) factophobia. They fear the facts. They hate science and distort, deny, or subvert it at every opportunity. They claim there is no global warming (or if there is, it’s caused by chipmunks, or something). Remember when Ronald Reagan asserted that “trees cause [...]
Want to know more about the importance of Earth Day? How it got started? What it has accomplished so far? Take a look at the following Earth Day video and find out. Related articles by Zemanta Happy Earth Day! (greenmonk.net) Eco Organizing Awards 2009 (stacksandstacks.com) Happy Earth Day 2009 (energyrefuge.com) What the heck to do [...]
Earth Day began in 1970 when 20 million people across America peacefully demonstrated to save the environment by ending pollution and the wanton destruction of species and ecosystems. Legislators got the message. Several pieces of landmark legislation to clean up toxic waste, alleviate air pollution, and clean up rivers and streams directly resulted from that Earth [...]
As the old song says, ”Propaganda strikes deep. Into your mind it will creep….” Oh, wait! That’s “paranoia”. But actually propaganda leads to paranoia—both for the people who are lied to and for the liars. You can see it any day on FOX TV or hear it on AM radio talk shows. Either the propagandists start to [...]
Congress is “this close” to passing a bill to restore the Clean Water Act to its pristine glory, cleaning up the mess made by the Bush administration. You see, to please the coal industry, the Bushites passed a rule that it was OK to blast the tops of mountains and dump the resulting millions of tons of coal waste into streams—-even to cover up and block streams entirely.
The result was literally coal black tap water for many residents of Appalachia. And even when it was not black, some of that water was toxic. Oh, and incidentally the destruction of over 1200 miles of streams in (formerly beautiful) Appalachia.
The rule-change was made so that it would be cheaper for coal companies to blow the tops off ancient, forested mountains in Appalachia (hundreds of mountains so far!) and bulldoze the leftover, dirt, stones, trees, and toxic waste into the valleys and streams below.
The problem with that is that it polluted the drinking water (coal black tapwater!) for millions of people downstream.
So if you are an “American” who is wishing and hoping that the President’s plan to restore the U.S. economy fails, what does that make you?
It makes you Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, or one of a host of right-wing propagandists and ill-wishers, including some prominent right-wing clergy, who have publicly stated that they are rooting from the President’s efforts to save the U.S. economy from meltdown and to alleviate the suffering of millions of Americans who are losing their jobs, homes, and health will fail.
Wanting millions of Americans to suffer and thousands of businesses to fail. Does that sound like patriotism to you?
Just in case you forgot what planet you are on, here is a reminder that Earth Day is coming up on April 22.
All the other planets have had a day each week for thousands of years
Moon Monday
Mars Tuesday
Mercury Wednesday
Jupiter Thursday
Venus Friday
Saturn Saturday
Sun Sunday
Somehow it took us till 1970 to remember to give Earth her own day, and that is just once a year. Well, all the weekdays were already taken.
So in case you have forgotten what the point is of Earth Day, how it started, and how it is still celebrated, watch this video:
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