With Your Fierce Tears: Rage, Rage Against The Dying Of The Light
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
America’s Taliban And the Ground Zero Mosque
Religious tyranny, the violation of individuals rights and freedoms, and the oppression of minorities, are the same regardless of the name of the god worshipped, the lexicon of religious terminology employed, the language spoken, the clothes worn, or the scriptures followed. It is unacceptable in any guise and must be resisted.
GOP Senate Candidate Ridicules Marijuana Pain Study
Just one day after sending out a news release making pot jokes about a Washington State University study on marijuana’s effect on pain, Republican Dino Rossi’s U.S. Senate campaign is claiming he “intended no disrespect to medical marijuana research.”
Pakistan: Cholera Reported As 17 Million Affected By Floods
Today, the UN confirmed the first case of cholera in flood-devastated Pakistan. The UN refugee agency has identified at least one case of the water borne disease in Mingora, the main town in the Swat Valley. Cholera is an acute intestinal infection which causes watery diarrhea that can quickly lead to severe dehydration and rapid […]
The Treacherous 14th Amendment Con Game
This is nothing more than a cruel and irresponsible political game. It will serve only to further divide the citizens of this country and ramp up racial and ethnic tensions by providing bigots and xenophobes with a false sense of legitimacy. It is a desperate ploy for political capital by a morally bankrupt group of politicians who lack even a most basic plan for leading this country into the future.
