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Jon Stewart Bitchslaps CNN's 'Crossfire' Show
In what could well be the strangest and most refreshing media moment of the election season, "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart turned up on a live broadcast of CNN's "Crossfire" Friday and accused the mainstream media — and his hosts in particular — of being soft and failing to do their duty as journalists to keep politicians and the political process honest....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 9:51pm PDT
Guerriero attacks Bush and Cheney for "feigning outrage" over discussion of Mary Cheney
CNN reports that the head of the gay political group Log Cabin Republicans has come out angrily against the Bush-Cheney campaign for "feigning outrage" over Sen. John Kerry's comments in Wednesday night's presidential debate regarding Mary Cheney's homosexuality while asking that President Bush "stop attacking gay families on the campaign trail." Patrick Guerriero, interviewed on CNN's American Morning Friday, acknowledged that Kerry was "not wise" to bring up Ma...
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 9:40pm PDT
Iraq Mutiny?
Reports are emerging about a potential U.S. forces mutiny in Iraq via multiple sources....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 6:13pm PDT
Command from Above: Book Review
"Are there justified reasons for US bashing? Never has a US administration taken as little pains to veil its true interests as the administration of George W. Bush..A messianic-aggressive rhetoric spread which is the real reason for the estrangement between Europe and the US.."...
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 9:30am PDT
Sinclair Broadcasting: Hold Your Ground, Says Frontiers of Freedom
"These liberal Democrats are afraid of the truth," said Kerri Houston, Vice President of Policy for Frontiers. "If they actually had combat boots, they would be shaking in them for fear that the American people will learn the real story of what John Kerry said upon returning from his short tour of duty in Vietnam, and how it was used to by the Vietcong to torture our POWs."...
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 12:46am PDT
Showdown with Sinclair. Friday, October 15, High Noon
STOPSinclair.org will deliver
tens of thousands of citizen signatures to Sinclair's Hunt Valley, Maryland
corporate headquarters....
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 11:51pm PDT
Bush was AWOL (again)from the National...debate
Now it's official, Boy George was AWOL at last night's national TV debate between himself and Mass. senator John Kerry. On all major questions put to him, the White House intellectual bantamweight "ducked" most of them, instead went into prepared rants on irrelevant topics......
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 8:08pm PDT
Tactical Escalation
At the RNC, I noticed two conflicting trends, one hopeful and one disturbing.
At two separate events, fire was used as a tactic at the RNC protests. In both instances, organizers claimed that the people who had set the fires were undercover police and provocateurs. There was one trend, initiated by an unknown source to escalate confrontations, there was another to decry such escalation....
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 5:06pm PDT
Boycott Bush
People should send in their examples of boycott activism. Here is my example:...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 4:13pm PDT
Are We Safer Than We Were Before 9/11?
"Bush and his administration may continue to claim that we are safer as a result of his policies but evidence shows that the invasion and occupation of Iraq has only increased the number of terrorists.."...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 12:20pm PDT
Should workers and Activists Vote for Kerry?
What we do on polling day is not the issue. What we do the rest of the year is....
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 11:08am PDT
Bush-Democracy: Problems with Afghanistan Elections
"Washable ink enabled the friends of US democracy in Afghanistan to manipulate the election results according to their pleasure.. The Afghans fulfilled their election duty without having a serious choice.. Afghan democracy is approaching US conditions.."...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 10:56am PDT
Building Bridges Radio: Molly Ivins on Bush & So. Africa Union Federation Sec'y Vavi
Buiding Bridges presents this 29 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 5:45am PDT
UFCW Unveils Public Iraq Body Count Display
Today, the 1.4 million member United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) unveils a massive display in the heart of the nation's capital marking the daily body count of Americans killed and wounded in Iraq. These are the sons and daughters of working America who are making the sacrifice at the call of their government. The UFCW -- a voice for working America -- will never forget the sacrifice of our service men and women, their courage and commitment, and the grief of their ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 1:13am PDT
Kerry: Discrimination Against Gays Must End
I believe that because we are the United States of America, we're a country with a great, unbelievable Constitution, with rights that we afford people, that you can't discriminate in the workplace. You can't discriminate in the rights that you afford people."
However, he said that he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman and that the issue should be left to the states....
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 1:06am PDT
10/16: National Feral Cat Day
Activists around the country are busy organizing activities to mark National Feral Cat Day on Saturday, Oct. 16. From spay/neuter clinics, to information tables to fundraising galas, dozens of events nationwide will raise awareness about Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), the only method scientifically demonstrated to control feral cat overpopulation....
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 12:35am PDT
National Organizations Release Legal Guide On Students' Sexual Orientation
A consortium of national organizations, under the leadership of the National School Boards Association (NSBA), has issued a resource document to help school leaders address legal issues surrounding students' sexual orientation and gender identity....
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 12:33am PDT
Banning Gay Marriage 'Would Help Polygamists'
Same-sex couples got some unexpected support Tuesday from a group that fights polygamy....
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 12:30am PDT
AI USA Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Hearing Oral Arguments in Roper v Simmons
Today Dr. William F. Schulz, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, released the following statement as the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Roper v. Simmons, a case that will decide if executing juvenile offenders is constitutional:...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 12:27am PDT
Medical Marijuana Documentary- Free Online
Mofilms & Americans For Safe Access are proud to
announce the world premiere movie release of
"Regarding Medical Marijuana v.2"...
Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2004 11:27pm PDT