Presidential candidate Howard Dean gave a talk at Harvard last night. He asked an interesting question. Next year, how will we feel when China invades Taiwan because they think they have weapons of mass destruction? Has the new Bush Doctrine, pre-emptive wars, unleashed a philosophy of world power that we may not be so comfortable with?
While I would never dream of pissing on the beauty that is Mariah a friend once had the pleasure of interviewing her in a jacuzzi. Due to her inability to answer any of his questions without asking the director to cut while she had a glass of water bought to her/had her make up touched up/had her boobs pushed further apart the interview took fricken ages. So he pissed in the jacuzzi. The end.
Why? Because I think that fundamentalism is the real enemy of progress, and that includes both fundamentalist take-no-prisoners conservatives as well as fundamentalist America-is-a-sink-of-corruption lefties [~] both at home and abroad. I'm tired of Christian fundamentalists, who apparently think America should be ruled via some lunatic interpretation of the book of Leviticus, and I'm tired of Islamic fundamentalists, who think it's a sin for women to drive cars. Likewise, I'm tired of tax-cut fundamentalists who want to ruin the American economy via deficits as far the eye can see, and I'm tired of anti-globalization fundamentalists who think McDonald's is the root of all evil.
is about regime change and weapons of mass destruction. Because if it was just about WMDs then I would then I'd have to worry the "coppers" may plant WMDs in someone's coat pocket while they are being frisked.
declared after the bombing commenced in Iraq that within 48 hours the coalition would take over television broadcasts? Tonight they are reporting that Iraqi tv building has been hit. Guess it was decided they couldn't take over.
about American Empire take a look at the stage set for official announcements concerning the war. A glistening modern map of the entire globe with no demarked countries of any kind. A blank slate upon which the military industrial cabal can spin the news of the day.
is a meditation of sorts I wrote on fascism, ecology, the first gulf war, and American politics. It was published in the Spring 1991 edition of Ones & Zeroes.
(At some point I'll begin re-publishing much of this Ones & Zeroes content. I was given permission to reprint this stuff a couple of years ago but have never had the chance.
Given the current war in Iraq I thought it prudent to dig out the piece and see if it had anything to offer. My perpsectives have grown quite a bit in the intervening years. I'm going to spend the next few hours/days editing, linking, and formatting the piece.
After that if I find it of value I may set out to write part two.
We'll see. In the mean time check it out and comment on any additional resources or links which may be applicable to it.
Humpback whales, the asexual reproduction of mushrooms and House Majority Leader Dick Armey.
These are dangerous topics that children, or adults for that matter, should not be learning about.
This statement sounds ridiculous, but that is effectively the message being sent by the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which mandates filters being placed on internet-linked computers at public schools and libraries to protect children from indecent material.
I know. But watching hundreds of tanks rolling over the border into Raq while also watching a dozen Iraqis string barbed wire hundreds of miles away, well, it's just pathetic.
I don't agree with all of Jason's points but once again he shows himself to have a clearer mind than 99.9% of the folks out there in the blogosphere.
Several years ago I was in NYC at our store in the village and Steve walked up. I got so excited because at that time Blue's Clues was such an important piece of the media landscape in our home. It was all I could do not to run up to the guy and fawn all over him and ask for his autograph. Needless to say when I got home after my trip K was beside herself with excitement and immediately wanted me to introduce her to Steve. She was only 3 or 4 at the time so she didn't understand completely that he wasn't just outside the door waiting to meet her.
is on CNN making a speech. He gets to a part about something which happened between Iraq and the United States in 1988. CNN cuts away.
I don't know whether this was an intentional cut away because the culture minister is about to say something that is embarrassing to the United States or if it was just time for the anchor Aaron Brown to get more face time. Either way it was a very stupid move on CNN's part. If prinicipals involved in a war are giving live speeches to the world I would think a news organization would have an obligation to carry it.
In any event what was the culture minister talking about?
Considering that these countries have done everything possible for several years to stop Saddam Hussein from being tried by the international war crimes courts I have to wonder why it is that Bush even went to the security council in the first place, or rather, how come he did not make this very clear. It seems as if he could have forced the international war crime court issue and gotten lots of play or even an entrance to a widely supported war if he had done so.
who was this country's
representative to the International Conference on Military Trials in August
1945 and the chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, told his
colleagues then that "we must make clear to the Germans that the wrong for
which their fallen leaders are on trial is not that they lost the war, but
that they started it. And we must not allow ourselves to be drawn into a
trial of the causes of the war, for our position is that no grievances or
policies will justify resort to aggressive war. It is utterly renounced and
condemned as an instrument of policy."
So if I am crippled, living on section 8 and public support, and I need assistance to wipe my ass I have a low quality of live and therefore my life is worth about a nickel.
If on the other hand I am young, in good shape, am gainfully employed, and a person in good standing in my local evangelical church I have a very high quality of life so my life is worth about 7.8 million dollars.
That sounds about right.
to the radio voraciously for months. Now that the war is here I have been listening to jazz and do not want to hear the news. Am I in denial? Or am I just tired? Or perhaps I just don't care anymore?
ARKANSAS SCHOOL PERSECUTES GAY STUDENT
Ok, this is one of those blood-boiling stories. The ACLU reports that a
junior high school in Jacksonville, Arkansas is persecuting a 14-year-
old kid because he's gay. According to the ACLU, among the youth's
punishments for being a homo? "School officials preached their
religious views on homosexuality and forced him to read aloud from the
Bible in clear violation of the establishment clause of the First
Amendment. This was done as punishment after McLaughlin, who is himself
a Christian, disagreed with a teacher for calling him 'abnormal' and
'unnatural.'"
This kid needs to sue their bigoted asses off. In the meantime, you can
help by contacting the superintendent and school board on behalf of this
young man. Be sure to keep your emails angry yet polite. You can be
sure that the bigots will be contacting the school in droves - let's let
their venom speak for itself.
Pulaski County Special School District
Don Henderson, Superintendent: [email protected]
Jeff Shaneyfelt, Board President: [email protected]
Pam Roberts: [email protected]
Carol Burgett: [email protected]
Don Baker: [email protected]
Pat O'Brien: [email protected]
Gwen Williams: [email protected]
You can read the ACLU's detailed description of the issue here.
is married to religious wacko who abducted her. Dammit. Didn't I say this would be the end result of this. The little fuck abducts a 15 year old because gawd says to make her his wife.
"My but what big teeth you have Grandma!"
"The better to eat you with sweetheart!"
My daughter, who is 8, heard some of Bush's speech followed by commentary from the pundits. Neither one of us were paying much attention. I purposely avoided listening to it but it was on the radio where we were eating. She turns to me and asks, "Daddy, why would President Bush give Saddam Hussein an old tomato?"
To the Editor:
"Senate G.O.P. Holds Firm as Vote on Abortion Nears" (news article, March 13) notes that as part of the debate over so-called partial-birth abortion, the Senate voted on a nonbinding resolution reaffirming that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land and that it should not be overturned. The resolution was endorsed in a 52-to-46 vote.
Not discussed was one of the most interesting nuances of the larger abortion debate going on in Congress. If only the women in the Senate had voted, the resolution would have passed 13 to 1. Ninety-three percent of the women in the Senate voted to uphold the law of the land, including the support of four Republicans.
The message from this debate is simple: when women hold office, overwhelmingly choice is protected. This is a message that pro-choice voters should keep in mind as we gear up for the next election.
MAT YOUNG
Washington, March 13, 2003
"There was a machine designed for shredding plastic. Men were dropped into it and we were again made to watch. Sometimes they went in head first and died quickly. Sometimes they went in feet first and died screaming. It was horrible. I saw 30 people die like this. Their remains would be placed in plastic bags and we were told they would be used as fish food . . . on one occasion, I saw Qusay [President Saddam HusseinÕs youngest son] personally supervise these murders."
Saturday was the 33rd anniversary of the tragic death of the twenty-year-old It was a silent and desperate protest against the Soviet occupation of
Prague student, Jan Palach. On the 19th January 1969, Jan Palach died in a
Prague hospital from burns sustained when he had set himself alight on
Wenceslas Square three days earlier.
Czechoslovakia, that had begun five months before, and against the
Czechoslovak
authorities' acceptance of the occupation. "In history there are times when
action has to be taken," Jan Palach said from his deathbed. He hoped that
his
death would stir Czechs into refusing to accept the grim reality of what the
communists cynically called "normalisation", but tragically normalisation
was
to stay for another twenty years. His sacrifice has remained etched in
memory
both in the Czech Republic and abroad, and to mark the anniversary a small
service of remembrance was held in Jan Palach's home town of Vsetaty, a few
kilometres north-east of Prague.
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In February it was revealed that Jenna Jameson will soon become a public figure on behalf of Pony. Jenna Jameson is one of the stars of the Vivid adult entertainment juggernaut. In the next few days she will begin appearing on a line of condoms with the Vivid name. She also recently signed a new deal with Vivid in which will have more control over her career by producing in addition to her on screen performances. By making these moves into mainstream media Jenna seems on her way to becoming the primary figure behind mainstreaming porn. In April her reality television show Jenna Jameson's Stripper Ball will premiere on the Playboy Channel. By working with media properties such as Vanity Fair, Dennis Rodman, and Inside Edition her public profile and subsequent ability to sell products will be enhanced.
Notice the spunk on the girl's leg. |
What an amazingly dishonest headline. If Bush decides to take his ball and go home that is not the same thing as the United Nation failing. Bush will be gone long before the UN.
The suit, brought by several members of Congress and a few "active-duty" members of our armed forces, sought an order from the courts preventing the White House and Pentagon from starting a war with Iraq. The plaintiffs argued that Congress never legitimately gave the President the authority to conduct a war and, alternatively, that the Executive and Legislative branches are inappropriately in cahoots with each other that authority, requiring the Judicial branch to set things right.
We, the undersigned, hereby request that French Stewart immediately change his name to 'Freedom' Stewart.
As we pack up our gear, I cross the street in front of the small Iranian apartment building where we were staying, to shoot some video, a wide shot of the truck and bus. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a man come out of a small convenience store, carrying a beautiful black rooster. He gently places it below the curb on the busy street. With a box cutter he cuts off its head. The lump of its body pulsates like a heart for a few moments as little puddle of crimson spreads across the pebbled asphalt. The rooster
This guy is going on the speed dial for the immediate future.
no really, you haven't, till you've watched a child dance around the room singing the theme song to Sponge Bob Square Pants.
According to the Phoenix New Times, the state of Arizona has been allowing a "feudal" colony of fundamentalist Mormons to force underage girls into illegal polygamous marriages for decades.
Aside from being an excellent title for a blog this is a good catch. When I heard this morning on NPR that Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped by a polygamist "preacher" I immediately realized she has probably been raped by this man and his wife. I suspect this case is going to open up several polygamist communities to outside scrutiny. Poor girl.
I don't normally reprint articles in whole. But I see this as very important and I have no idea where it came from so I'll print it here until I can find a proper citation for it.
March 14, 2003
Matthew Bailey-Dick, 30, from Waterloo ON, was denied entry into the USA early on March 7, 2003, after U.S. immigration officials at Port Huron MI found literature from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in the trunk of
his rental car. The immigration officers claimed that the CPT newsletters,
printed in Chicago IL, were "anti-American." They also raised concerns
about a sticker on Bailey-Dick's guitar case that read, "Question authority."
Bailey-Dick is currently studying at Associated Mennonite Biblical
Seminaries in Goshen, IN. He had been in Waterloo, ON, speaking at the
church he had pastored for the previous two years--Waterloo Kitchener
United
Mennonite Church--about his participation in the recent CPT delegation
to
Iraq.
Bailey-Dick was carrying a J-1 student visa, valid until the end of
August
2003. U.S. immigration officers confiscated the visa, insisting that he needed a new type of visa document. They then finger-printed and
photographed him. Later that day, an immigration supervisor told
Bailey-Dick
that his student visa was valid, but that he was still denied entry into
the
USA. The supervisor said that Bailey-Dick needed to go to Detroit for an interview with an even higher-echelon U.S. immigration official.
When he arrived at the Detroit border crossing on March 8, Bailey-Dick
was
questioned for an hour by FBI agent Tom Morisi and immigration officer
John
Owen about the work of Christian Peacemaker Teams and the CPT delegation
to
Iraq. They then informed him that his student visa would be reissued.
At the end of the questioning, Owen cautioned Bailey-Dick, "Don't bring
any
of that literature across the border any more. It's one thing for an
American citizen to distribute such literature. It's quite a different
thing
for a foreign national to come into the USA and promote such ideas."
Frustrated by France's refusal to support a war with Iraq, U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite proposes bringing the remains of American veterans buried in France back to the United States.
If the country that U.S. troops helped liberate during World War II won't support American military plans, then Brown-Waite proposes bringing the remains of those troops home for the families that request it.
"France has consistently turned its back on the United States," said Brown-Waite, R- Brooksville. "They forget if it weren't for America, they would be speaking German today."
More than 74,000 U.S. servicemen and women from World War I and World War II are buried in American cemeteries in France and Belgium, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
If I had someone buried over there, I don't as all my family in WWII came home afterwards, I would be royally offended by this suggestion. As it is, I am royally offended by this suggestion.
Across the street today they are holding auditions for a music video. Apparently they want groups of thugged out young black kids and their booty mamas. Only problem is most of these fellows and young ladies are simply too soft looking to be real. They all look like they just walked in from K-Mart where they bought the latest in thug wear. Next up is the bikers. They are all descending on the street with their huge loud hogs looking like a ZZ Top convention.
I half expect the transvestite prostitutes on the corner to break in a song and dance number followed by a soft shoe/hip hop jam a'la Michael Jackson's Thriller in the middle of the street.
This year's game, which will be followed by a contest featuring players from Tri-State Industries taking on several members of the local media, is special in that Nathan Waggoner is the honorary coach. Waggoner, an Open Door alumnus, is battling cancer.
A dear friend and his family have a new coach in the family. Go Grae!
It would be extremely unfortunate timing to announce his capture before Iraq is invaded. That could even be embarrassing for the administration. After all much of current support for the invasion hinges on OBL being free and still able to get WMD from Iraq.
Rep. Arlon Lindner, already facing severe criticism over his statements about gays and lesbians and the Nazi Holocaust, was accused of racism on the House floor Monday after saying his bill to strip gays and lesbians of state human rights protections would save America from becoming "another African continent."
And then of course there is Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, another moron of freedom, who feels French fries are baaaaaaaaadd!
Mission STS-78 of the US space shuttle Columbia is seen lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 20, 1996. Between April 1981 and January 1998, the space shuttle completed a total of 89 launches with only one failure - a 98% success rate.
- Guiness World Records 2000 Millennium Edition
After more than a million years of computation by more than 4 million computers worldwide, the SETI@home screensaver that crunches data in search of intelligent signals from space has produced a list of candidate radio sources that deserve a second look.
And would someone please ask me, like George Bush and his friends, WHY THE FUCK I'D LIKE TO KILL ALL MY FRIENDS IN MY SIDEWAYS WORLD? That's the last thing I want to do. I'm a mom. I want my friends to have fun and eat and grow up and make more kids. I'm not really wanting to nuke them into non-existence.
begin managing safersex through this interface. Then I will rebuild john the maiden on 1021. In the next few days this id will begin drawing lots of traffic in the Salon community server.
The Bush press conference to me was like a mini-Alamo for American journalism, a final announcement that the press no longer performs anything akin to a real function. Particularly revolting was the spectacle of the cream of the national press corps submitting politely to the indignity of obviously pre-approved questions, with Bush not even bothering to conceal that the affair was scripted.
A man was admitted to the emergency department at 1 am in obvious distress. He was agitated, his skin cold and clammy, suggestive of blood loss.
Doctors were shocked to find a markedly swollen penis as the cause which required immediate surgery to remove a large blood clot. The question — how did it happen?
He was reluctant to explain but finally admitted he had been masturbating vigorously when he heard a sudden snap followed by intense pain and swelling.
The diagnosis? A fractured penis, the 67th case to be reported in world literature.
The White House asked if President Bush could address the European Parliament, Baroness Williams revealed on BBC One's This Week show on Thursday. But, she said, Euro-MPs were told there was a condition attached to him making the speech: a standing ovation should be guaranteed. The speech has never taken place.
"right" vspace="15" alt="meet_farquaad.jpg">Some of you may die, but it's a price I'm willing to pay.
An employee at the top-secret Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has been arrested following revelations in The Observer last weekend about an American 'dirty tricks' surveillance operation to win votes at the United Nations in favour of a tough new resolution on Iraq.
Obviously this woman should be drawn and quartered and her bloody remains shipped to Iraq. How dare her make the United States look like bullies and fools. This is downright anti-American and I won't stand for it! Don't these idiots know GOD IS ON OUR SIDE!!!
It's unfortunately like babysitting someone else's horribly spoiled brat. I cannot discipline and direct them as I see fit and I can only wait until they leave my care. They cannot leave soon enough, before they break something else of value. Put away anything precious and any sharp objects as best as you can in the mean time.
Lithopaedions are calcified fetuses. The earliest recorded dated back to 1582 when a 28-year old fetus was found in French woman.
In 1995, the Lancet medical journal reported that a 92-year-old woman had a lithopaedion inside her body. In 1999, the Madigan Military Hospital in Washington D.C. said a 67-year-old woman had been found to have carried a calcified fetus for 39 years.
Three years ago a 76-year-old woman was found to have carried a 20-gram (0.7 ounce) and 12-centimeter-long lithopaedion for 49 years.
In an interesting example of false information being passed around as truth Google has 19 results which all claim that there are a total of four recorded lithopaedions in history. From what I see there are five. There are five recorded lithopaedions in history.
I'm willing to bet there is someone who studies lithopaedions. This person could no doubt tell stories of stone babies in literature, mythology, medical lore. But I don't know anything except there are five on the net. Who studies lithopaedions?
oral contraceptive users are more likely to have more sexual partners than non-pill users.
I know an enormous number of married women who use the pill and only have their husbands as partners. I'd like to see studies which support this claim.
who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
-Susan B. Anthony
[Maria asks Colin Powell] Even though there's not much of a problem with racism and religious tolerance in my school, there's definitely one when it comes to homophobia. Do you think racism, religious discrimination and discrimination against homosexuals should be treated equally?
I think any form of discrimination has to be looked at. As you know, the military has the policy, "Don't ask, don't tell," so that somebody who is openly homosexual does not serve. I'm an advocate of that policy, I helped put that policy in place and I'm accused, therefore, of supporting homophobia.
But I think it's a different matter with respect to the military because you're essentially told who you're going to live with, who you're going to sleep next to, and it's a different set of circumstances in a military environment.
Out of a military environment, in a school, I think any act that suggests someone should be discriminated against or in some way stigmatized because of their racial background, ethnic background or sexual preference is not appropriate.
Here in the State Department, sexual preference makes no difference; we have gay ambassadors and employees throughout the Department. I don't know who they are and it's none of my business, as long as they do their jobs.
And that doesn't apply to gay folks because they might be sleeping next to someone? Has this guy left his brain at the security council? Calling all delegates, has anyone mistakenly picked up the Secretary of States brain? Please bring it to the front desk and no questions will be asked.
who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
-Susan B. Anthony
oral contraceptive users are more likely to have more sexual partners than non-pill users.
I know an enormous number of married women who use the pill and only have their husbands as partners. I'd like to see studies which support this claim.
It's unfortunately like babysitting someone else's horribly spoiled brat. I cannot discipline and direct them as I see fit and I can only wait until they leave my care. They cannot leave soon enough, before they break something else of value. Put away anything precious and any sharp objects as best as you can in the mean time.
Lithopaedions are calcified fetuses. The earliest recorded dated back to 1582 when a 28-year old fetus was found in French woman.
In 1995, the Lancet medical journal reported that a 92-year-old woman had a lithopaedion inside her body. In 1999, the Madigan Military Hospital in Washington D.C. said a 67-year-old woman had been found to have carried a calcified fetus for 39 years.
Three years ago a 76-year-old woman was found to have carried a 20-gram (0.7 ounce) and 12-centimeter-long lithopaedion for 49 years.
In an interesting example of false information being passed around as truth Google has 19 results which all claim that there are a total of four recorded lithopaedions in history. From what I see there are five. There are five recorded lithopaedions in history.
I'm willing to bet there is someone who studies lithopaedions. This person could no doubt tell stories of stone babies in literature, mythology, medical lore. But I don't know anything except there are five on the net. Who studies lithopaedions?
[Maria asks Colin Powell] Even though there's not much of a problem with racism and religious tolerance in my school, there's definitely one when it comes to homophobia. Do you think racism, religious discrimination and discrimination against homosexuals should be treated equally?
I think any form of discrimination has to be looked at. As you know, the military has the policy, "Don't ask, don't tell," so that somebody who is openly homosexual does not serve. I'm an advocate of that policy, I helped put that policy in place and I'm accused, therefore, of supporting homophobia.
But I think it's a different matter with respect to the military because you're essentially told who you're going to live with, who you're going to sleep next to, and it's a different set of circumstances in a military environment.
Out of a military environment, in a school, I think any act that suggests someone should be discriminated against or in some way stigmatized because of their racial background, ethnic background or sexual preference is not appropriate.
Here in the State Department, sexual preference makes no difference; we have gay ambassadors and employees throughout the Department. I don't know who they are and it's none of my business, as long as they do their jobs.
And that doesn't apply to gay folks because they might be sleeping next to someone? Has this guy left his brain at the security council? Calling all delegates, has anyone mistakenly picked up the Secretary of States brain? Please bring it to the front desk and no questions will be asked.
i said, ok, say that the reason that gas prices are way up right now is because Iraq is a much more powerful nation than they appear. say that just like they control oil prices in california, they control the tea prices in china, and they are hugely responsible for the activities surrounding the attacks of 9/11 just like the saudis.
i could hear him writing because he talked while he wrote.
... just like the saudis. ok good, now what? oh wait. we cant say anything about the saudis.
why not? i asked.
he said, i dont know, but theres a big note pinned to my jacket that says, dont talk about the saudis. i keep forgetting.
so i said, just say that iraq is bad and america is good and even though saddam said on 60 minutes that he wanted to talk live on tv that he's really a liar and his nose is gonna grow and all he's trying to do is stall so that we accidently shoot ourselves as we're accumulating troops in the persian gulf. and he's stalling so he can make new bombs to blow us all to hell.
there was a pause and he asked me for another word for hell.
and i said hell is exactly the place that the enemies of america want us to be blown to. the polls say that if you ran for re-election right now you'd lose, which makes sense cuz you lost the first time, and i wouldnt vote for a man who allowed himself to get talked out of saying hell when he meant hell.
the president seemed sad. he said, you wouldnt vote for me?
i said, a real president would say "blow us all to shit." hell is a more reasonable alternative, and anyway if you say hell people will start believing the seriousness of this fucked up shit.
A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the Child Online Protection Act restricted free speech by barring Web page operators from posting information inappropriate for minors unless they limited the site to adults. The ruling upheld an injunction blocking the government from enforcing the law.
Yea! I could see this one coming a mile away.
UPDATE I just received my copy of the decision. I have posted it here.
K may have the opportunity to interview some member(s) of Linkin Park. Granted she is only 8 years old but it is a good opportunity for her to grow and learn. The problem is she is too shy to move forward on this. I hope she does but I don't want to push her. She loves the music so. It would be a pity if she passes this up.
Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
A Houston Planned Parenthood clinic sustained its first violent attack in nearly five years today, only days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling that had shut down aggressive anti-abortion demonstrations at clinics.
Frank Lafayette Bird Jr., 61, of the 2300 block of Callie Street, was arrested after driving a delivery van into the front entrance of the clinic on Fannin.
Bird, a well-known Houston abortion protester who served a one-year federal prison term for attacking a doctor outside another Houston clinic in December 1994, told a deputy constable the crash was deliberate, to "stop the killing."
And here's an excerpt from this moron's court case:
On December 13, 1994, appellant Frank Bird (Bird), while protesting outside the America's Women Clinic in Houston, Texas, threw a bottle at a car driven by Dr. Theodore Herring (Herring), an abortion provider, as he attempted to enter the clinic premises. As Bird threw the bottle, he yelled, "Herring, I'm going to get you. I'm going to kill you." Although Dr. Herring was not physically injured, the bottle shattered the windshield of his car. Employees of the clinic subsequently called the police, who arrived at the scene and arrested Bird.
Have you ever had someone accidently convince you they are guilty? In spite of that I am going to refrain from making a judgement until I have more information. But today's conversations have not made me feel more confident. More soon. Here's the previous post.
Have you ever had someone accidently convince you they are guilty? In spite of that I am going to refrain from making a judgement until I have more information. But today's conversations have not made me feel more confident. More soon. Here's the previous post.
K may have the opportunity to interview some member(s) of Linkin Park. Granted she is only 8 years old but it is a good opportunity for her to grow and learn. The problem is she is too shy to move forward on this. I hope she does but I don't want to push her. She loves the music so. It would be a pity if she passes this up.
Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
A Houston Planned Parenthood clinic sustained its first violent attack in nearly five years today, only days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling that had shut down aggressive anti-abortion demonstrations at clinics.
Frank Lafayette Bird Jr., 61, of the 2300 block of Callie Street, was arrested after driving a delivery van into the front entrance of the clinic on Fannin.
Bird, a well-known Houston abortion protester who served a one-year federal prison term for attacking a doctor outside another Houston clinic in December 1994, told a deputy constable the crash was deliberate, to "stop the killing."
And here's an excerpt from this moron's court case:
On December 13, 1994, appellant Frank Bird (Bird), while protesting outside the America's Women Clinic in Houston, Texas, threw a bottle at a car driven by Dr. Theodore Herring (Herring), an abortion provider, as he attempted to enter the clinic premises. As Bird threw the bottle, he yelled, "Herring, I'm going to get you. I'm going to kill you." Although Dr. Herring was not physically injured, the bottle shattered the windshield of his car. Employees of the clinic subsequently called the police, who arrived at the scene and arrested Bird.
A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the Child Online Protection Act restricted free speech by barring Web page operators from posting information inappropriate for minors unless they limited the site to adults. The ruling upheld an injunction blocking the government from enforcing the law.
Yea! I could see this one coming a mile away.
UPDATE I just received my copy of the decision. I have posted it here.
i said, ok, say that the reason that gas prices are way up right now is because Iraq is a much more powerful nation than they appear. say that just like they control oil prices in california, they control the tea prices in china, and they are hugely responsible for the activities surrounding the attacks of 9/11 just like the saudis.
i could hear him writing because he talked while he wrote.
... just like the saudis. ok good, now what? oh wait. we cant say anything about the saudis.
why not? i asked.
he said, i dont know, but theres a big note pinned to my jacket that says, dont talk about the saudis. i keep forgetting.
so i said, just say that iraq is bad and america is good and even though saddam said on 60 minutes that he wanted to talk live on tv that he's really a liar and his nose is gonna grow and all he's trying to do is stall so that we accidently shoot ourselves as we're accumulating troops in the persian gulf. and he's stalling so he can make new bombs to blow us all to hell.
there was a pause and he asked me for another word for hell.
and i said hell is exactly the place that the enemies of america want us to be blown to. the polls say that if you ran for re-election right now you'd lose, which makes sense cuz you lost the first time, and i wouldnt vote for a man who allowed himself to get talked out of saying hell when he meant hell.
the president seemed sad. he said, you wouldnt vote for me?
i said, a real president would say "blow us all to shit." hell is a more reasonable alternative, and anyway if you say hell people will start believing the seriousness of this fucked up shit.
Yesterday I saw a guy overdose on heroin...that was not nice at all. He had been dragged out of the bar next to my work and was outside completely fucked up and unconscious, the paramedics were trying to resuscitate him by giving him oxygen, pumping on his chest, and yelling at him to open his eyes. A crowd of people milled around and just watched, as soon as he was put into the ambulance and the cops dispersed, everyone just walked away and carried on with their day. Human beings are so strange, it's just odd how we all rubber-neck as soon as we see a "broken" person, it interests people to see others in that state, they just stand around and watch as somebody nearly dies, then wonder off to do their groceries or whatever. This post is getting so long and random now...
They say that they love the American people but hate our government. They don't understand the US. Read the Constitution. Check out the first three words. It's our government. You can't like us and not like our government, and vice versa.
The problem with this is that it is not our government. The United States is in a state of Constitutional breach and until we have a legally elected President we will continue to be so.
This is why the above comments are so wrong. It does not say in the Constitution that the Supreme Court decides issues related to an election. The Constitution has a well described method for dealing with election snafus. These methods were ignored by the court and all involved. The end result is that we do no have a government. This is why it is so important to overturn this pseudo-potus from his pretend throne. I heard on NPR this morning interviews with Iraqi children who want us to liberate the country. I am all for liberating Iraq but by doing so we strengthen the hand of George Bush. The man should be tried for treason not empowered to wage war.
In normal times what Dave says would make sense in normal times. But we are not in normal times. We are in between normal times. The next properly elected President will have to manage the problems at home caused by this breach.
They say that they love the American people but hate our government. They don't understand the US. Read the Constitution. Check out the first three words. It's our government. You can't like us and not like our government, and vice versa.
The problem with this is that it is not our government. The United States is in a state of Constitutional breach and until we have a legally elected President we will continue to be so.
This is why the above comments are so wrong. It does not say in the Constitution that the Supreme Court decides issues related to an election. The Constitution has a well described method for dealing with election snafus. These methods were ignored by the court and all involved. The end result is that we do no have a government. This is why it is so important to overturn this pseudo-potus from his pretend throne. I heard on NPR this morning interviews with Iraqi children who want us to liberate the country. I am all for liberating Iraq but by doing so we strengthen the hand of George Bush. The man should be tried for treason not empowered to wage war.
In normal times what Dave says would make sense in normal times. But we are not in normal times. We are in between normal times. The next properly elected President will have to manage the problems at home caused by this breach.
Yesterday I saw a guy overdose on heroin...that was not nice at all. He had been dragged out of the bar next to my work and was outside completely fucked up and unconscious, the paramedics were trying to resuscitate him by giving him oxygen, pumping on his chest, and yelling at him to open his eyes. A crowd of people milled around and just watched, as soon as he was put into the ambulance and the cops dispersed, everyone just walked away and carried on with their day. Human beings are so strange, it's just odd how we all rubber-neck as soon as we see a "broken" person, it interests people to see others in that state, they just stand around and watch as somebody nearly dies, then wonder off to do their groceries or whatever. This post is getting so long and random now...
We're all hostage to the Bush administration's incompetence, whether we like it or not.
breaks down the stupid drug war and the losers who waste our time and money on it. How many years will it take before these morons wake up?
enters into clever agreement to police government building foyers with new improved anal probe! Read all about it!
My buddy Trevor has launched his new project. It looks to be nifty. I wonder though if it should have some kind of RSS capability so that customers could open channels directly from the service into their own blogs?
So I'm thinking the "official" ware against Iraq begins either this weekend coming up or at latest the following weekend. When do you think it will start?
to serve the body of Christ by working with the premiere marketing research company in America that is dedicated to assisting God's people to do the work of the kingdom?
Yes Yes Pick Me!!!!!
the war on terrorism is the war on drugs is the war on the world. empire is growing fast now, precious!
Ok what's the deal please? Everyone is mad at this site cause it's marketing? But I have virtually no clue about what is being sold here. The people hating on this site say more about the product than the site does. So they say it's Dr. Pepper milk? strange. Soda milk? huh... *shrug* who knows. It's not very commercial for a commercial. That I like. Ok Why are people mad again? I think I need to get caught up.
Finally, we could not leave out Mia of Kissable. Mia is always looking great on cam. Her outfits are put together very well, showcasing her keen fashion sense. Many of the new, young, up and coming cam girls go to Mia for fashion advice. We always see her blowing kisses at us with her glossy lips, frosty eyeshadow and glowing skin.
American heterosexuals dislike bisexuals more than they dislike gays and lesbians and most religious, ethnic or racial groups, according to a national opinion survey conducted by the University of California Davis.
Well at least we're not disliked more than the fat folks. ; P
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on CIPA. I am party to the case. If I recall correctly I was offered by the ACLU a seat today but I can't manage to make it to Washington. I wish I could be there. More on this later...
Finally, we could not leave out Mia of Kissable. Mia is always looking great on cam. Her outfits are put together very well, showcasing her keen fashion sense. Many of the new, young, up and coming cam girls go to Mia for fashion advice. We always see her blowing kisses at us with her glossy lips, frosty eyeshadow and glowing skin.
the war on terrorism is the war on drugs is the war on the world. empire is growing fast now, precious!
Ok what's the deal please? Everyone is mad at this site cause it's marketing? But I have virtually no clue about what is being sold here. The people hating on this site say more about the product than the site does. So they say it's Dr. Pepper milk? strange. Soda milk? huh... *shrug* who knows. It's not very commercial for a commercial. That I like. Ok Why are people mad again? I think I need to get caught up.
to serve the body of Christ by working with the premiere marketing research company in America that is dedicated to assisting God's people to do the work of the kingdom?
Yes Yes Pick Me!!!!!
My buddy Trevor has launched his new project. It looks to be nifty. I wonder though if it should have some kind of RSS capability so that customers could open channels directly from the service into their own blogs?
So I'm thinking the "official" ware against Iraq begins either this weekend coming up or at latest the following weekend. When do you think it will start?
enters into clever agreement to police government building foyers with new improved anal probe! Read all about it!
breaks down the stupid drug war and the losers who waste our time and money on it. How many years will it take before these morons wake up?
American heterosexuals dislike bisexuals more than they dislike gays and lesbians and most religious, ethnic or racial groups, according to a national opinion survey conducted by the University of California Davis.
Well at least we're not disliked more than the fat folks. ; P
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on CIPA. I am party to the case. If I recall correctly I was offered by the ACLU a seat today but I can't manage to make it to Washington. I wish I could be there. More on this later...
We're all hostage to the Bush administration's incompetence, whether we like it or not.
It depends on how our nation conducts its foreign policy. If we are arrogant they will resent us.
"I hope Bill understands the difference between a porn star and a hooker," said Ms. Jameson. "I assume he has done some research on the subject matter, because he requested some of my videos after we finished taping my appearance on his program last summer. I imagine he wanted them for professional reasons, of course."
Jenna Jameson on Bill O'Reilly.
Here's the back story.
"I hope Bill understands the difference between a porn star and a hooker," said Ms. Jameson. "I assume he has done some research on the subject matter, because he requested some of my videos after we finished taping my appearance on his program last summer. I imagine he wanted them for professional reasons, of course."
Jenna Jameson on Bill O'Reilly.
Here's the back story.
It depends on how our nation conducts its foreign policy. If we are arrogant they will resent us.
I'm not one complain about meat eaters. In fact I am one. Sure I have been a vegetarian, on more than one ocassion, and sure it is nice to do a change up in your menu sometimes, I mean you can only eat Frito-pie so many days in a row before some corn on the cob starts calling your name. But to be honest I have never been a fan of PETA because, well what they do seems so completely uninteresting to me. It's not that I don't agree with PETA's goals. I mean who can argue with less cruelty as an objective. But when push comes to shove the logical conclusion of PETA's position is that we all become vegetarian, you'll remember at this point that I am not a vegetarian currently, and that is simply not something I am willing to abide by. I love my roast beast! Yumm!
So I am inclined to give PETA the benefit of the doubt. Well I should say I was. You see I have a story which resulted in turning me against PETA. More on that in a moment.
Now contrary to some of Jane's readers I don't give a rats ass about being vindictive towards PETA. I'm not going to join in any International Eat An Animal for PETA campaign. There are about 3,789,908 things which come first in line for me when it comes to campaigns I'll spend time and or money and or energy on and throwing a fit about PETA is certainly not one of them. In my world view some fools should just be ignored. Since PETA is not about to take over the world, and incidently seems to genuinely have good intentions, they fall into the category of ignore at every opportunity. If I truly wanted to spread my resources and energy towards a group which tackles problems of animal cruelty I'd have to pick ASPCA.
So to the story then it happens that once I was in NYC at a dear friends. We were celebrating a birthday for his dad. His dad, it so happens, was a scientist at Dow. He related to me the following. Somewhere in Dow, at the behest of some experiment, there were several hundred monkeys which were being slowly poisoned in the search for a cure to some terrible disease.
It was a bad situation for the monkeys and the people involved. The saving grace of this was that the experiments would result in saving lives, both in monkeys and humans. Not many months before the experiment was to end PETA rescued the monkeys.
Now apparently, and this is where the story gets interesting to me, this experiment was going to be done whether these particular monkeys were rescued or not. When the enormous loss of this experiment took place plans were immediately made to do the several year experiment again in Japan. So PETA rescued some monkeys and more died.
I find this to be very troublesome. Surely the logical conclusion of an organizations actions should be thought out at least as far as what happens to the next set of monkeys?
I'm not one complain about meat eaters. In fact I am one. Sure I have been a vegetarian, on more than one ocassion, and sure it is nice to do a change up in your menu sometimes, I mean you can only eat Frito-pie so many days in a row before some corn on the cob starts calling your name. But to be honest I have never been a fan of PETA because, well what they do seems so completely uninteresting to me. It's not that I don't agree with PETA's goals. I mean who can argue with less cruelty as an objective. But when push comes to shove the logical conclusion of PETA's position is that we all become vegetarian, you'll remember at this point that I am not a vegetarian currently, and that is simply not something I am willing to abide by. I love my roast beast! Yumm!
So I am inclined to give PETA the benefit of the doubt. Well I should say I was. You see I have a story which resulted in turning me against PETA. More on that in a moment.
Now contrary to some of Jane's readers I don't give a rats ass about being vindictive towards PETA. I'm not going to join in any International Eat An Animal for PETA campaign. There are about 3,789,908 things which come first in line for me when it comes to campaigns I'll spend time and or money and or energy on and throwing a fit about PETA is certainly not one of them. In my world view some fools should just be ignored. Since PETA is not about to take over the world, and incidently seems to genuinely have good intentions, they fall into the category of ignore at every opportunity. If I truly wanted to spread my resources and energy towards a group which tackles problems of animal cruelty I'd have to pick ASPCA.
So to the story then it happens that once I was in NYC at a dear friends. We were celebrating a birthday for his dad. His dad, it so happens, was a scientist at Dow. He related to me the following. Somewhere in Dow, at the behest of some experiment, there were several hundred monkeys which were being slowly poisoned in the search for a cure to some terrible disease.
It was a bad situation for the monkeys and the people involved. The saving grace of this was that the experiments would result in saving lives, both in monkeys and humans. Not many months before the experiment was to end PETA rescued the monkeys.
Now apparently, and this is where the story gets interesting to me, this experiment was going to be done whether these particular monkeys were rescued or not. When the enormous loss of this experiment took place plans were immediately made to do the several year experiment again in Japan. So PETA rescued some monkeys and more died.
I find this to be very troublesome. Surely the logical conclusion of an organizations actions should be thought out at least as far as what happens to the next set of monkeys?
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
Very interesting take on the current state of US strategy in Iraq. I disagree completely but compelling nonetheless.
Yesterday I discovered the video for Sigur Rós' vidrar vel til loftárása. This is an astounding and effecting piece of work. It is essentially a love story between two school boys. Truly haunting.
decides the rhythm method is the way to curb population growth.
C says...The blurb here is inaccurate because it states that the Philippines will use the rhythm method. In fact the article claims that they plan to teach Natural Family Planning (NFP). My understanding is that NFP is more effective than the rhythm method because it uses aspects of the rhythm method in conjunction with sympto-thermal methods.
In interviews, Republican politicians and their aides said they agreed with the strategist, Frank Luntz, that it was important to pay attention to what his memorandum, written before the November elections, called "the environmental communications battle."
In his memorandum, Mr. Luntz urges that the term "climate change" be used instead of "global warming," because "while global warming has catastrophic communications attached to it, climate change sounds a more controllable and less emotional challenge."
Also, he wrote, "conservationist" conveys a "moderate, reasoned, common sense position" while "environmentalist" has the "connotation of extremism."
President Bush's speeches on the environment show that the terms "global warming" and "environmentalist" had largely disappeared by late last summer. The terms appeared in a number of President Bush's speeches in 2001, but now the White House fairly consistently uses "climate change" and "conservationist."
with Turkey denying United States troops, the United Nations surely not supporting a war in time for George Bush's war, Saddam destroying his weapons, popular opinion in the United States against a war it is looking more and more like the administration is going to implode.
I have been under the impression for several months that Bush was impaling himself on Iraq. It seems others are starting to say the same.
So even though I have supposedly been removed from being permitted to use my traffic stats app because of the sheer volume of visitors to this site it is still working. This past months stats show that approximately 215,148 individual users came by to check out what I do. I want to thank every one for stopping by. At this rate I'll have 2.6 million visitors this year. Pretty amazing considering I am just one guy with a computer and a bit of skills.
You mean as a separate issue from the lies and deceit perpetuated among the United States voting public?
decides the rhythm method is the way to curb population growth.
C says...The blurb here is inaccurate because it states that the Philippines will use the rhythm method. In fact the article claims that they plan to teach Natural Family Planning (NFP). My understanding is that NFP is more effective than the rhythm method because it uses aspects of the rhythm method in conjunction with sympto-thermal methods.
In interviews, Republican politicians and their aides said they agreed with the strategist, Frank Luntz, that it was important to pay attention to what his memorandum, written before the November elections, called "the environmental communications battle."
In his memorandum, Mr. Luntz urges that the term "climate change" be used instead of "global warming," because "while global warming has catastrophic communications attached to it, climate change sounds a more controllable and less emotional challenge."
Also, he wrote, "conservationist" conveys a "moderate, reasoned, common sense position" while "environmentalist" has the "connotation of extremism."
President Bush's speeches on the environment show that the terms "global warming" and "environmentalist" had largely disappeared by late last summer. The terms appeared in a number of President Bush's speeches in 2001, but now the White House fairly consistently uses "climate change" and "conservationist."
with Turkey denying United States troops, the United Nations surely not supporting a war in time for George Bush's war, Saddam destroying his weapons, popular opinion in the United States against a war it is looking more and more like the administration is going to implode.
I have been under the impression for several months that Bush was impaling himself on Iraq. It seems others are starting to say the same.
Yesterday I discovered the video for Sigur Rós' vidrar vel til loftárása. This is an astounding and effecting piece of work. It is essentially a love story between two school boys. Truly haunting.
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
Very interesting take on the current state of US strategy in Iraq. I disagree completely but compelling nonetheless.
"They don't want you to talk about it. I told them we have got this epidemic which is going to wipe out our nation if we don't take precautions," he said.
He once told an audience that they must tell their children to delay having sex as much as possible and when they do, they must use condoms.
"I could see I was offending my audience. They were looking at each other horrified."
Apparently Mandela was then advised not to talk about AIDS because it might endanger his election campaign.
Mandela also said that in his term he had little time to concentrate on the Aids issue because he had to prevent a civil war, which could have led to nationwide chaos.
But in the interview the former president accepts the criticism about his handling of the AIDS pandemic. "Its no use crying over split milk," he said.
You mean as a separate issue from the lies and deceit perpetuated among the United States voting public?
So even though I have supposedly been removed from being permitted to use my traffic stats app because of the sheer volume of visitors to this site it is still working. This past months stats show that approximately 215,148 individual users came by to check out what I do. I want to thank every one for stopping by. At this rate I'll have 2.6 million visitors this year. Pretty amazing considering I am just one guy with a computer and a bit of skills.
"THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT will spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag."
Yes John the courts are doing their darndest to prevent everyone in the country from swearing allegiance to the flag. Dude, wake up! You are supposed to be defending the Constitution.
complimentary web site to the PBS documentary featuring a virtual tour of a woman's hormone stream both with and without the pill.
The "celebrity" journals you are reading are part of The Anonymous Collective (hereafer referred to as "TAC") and are NOT MAINTAINED BY THE TRUE CELEBRITY. The author/maintainer of the journal is a participant in an a role playing game (often abbreviated to "rpg," it is the FICTIONAL portrayal of celebrities and other people through use of the journals and chat).
Under NO circumstances are these journals to be misconstrued and taken as reality as they are for entertainment purposes ONLY. The content, ideas and events held within the journals are not those of the real celebrity, and do not represent the actual ideas, events, thoughts, lifestyle and image of the celebrity portrayed. The journals are ficticious publications of a fan and must not be taken as a source of factual information or an accurate portrayal of the celebrity. We do not intend harm, misrepresentation, libel, malice and/or copyright infringement, and in no way are the journals meant to misinform other fans, roleplayers or readers of the true celebrity. We believe that this constitutes "fair use" under section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
complimentary web site to the PBS documentary featuring a virtual tour of a woman's hormone stream both with and without the pill.
Finally got to see my honey Heidi in Chicago and spend a little time with her while there.
"THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT will spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag."
Yes John the courts are doing their darndest to prevent everyone in the country from swearing allegiance to the flag. Dude, wake up! You are supposed to be defending the Constitution.
The "celebrity" journals you are reading are part of The Anonymous Collective (hereafer referred to as "TAC") and are NOT MAINTAINED BY THE TRUE CELEBRITY. The author/maintainer of the journal is a participant in an a role playing game (often abbreviated to "rpg," it is the FICTIONAL portrayal of celebrities and other people through use of the journals and chat).
Under NO circumstances are these journals to be misconstrued and taken as reality as they are for entertainment purposes ONLY. The content, ideas and events held within the journals are not those of the real celebrity, and do not represent the actual ideas, events, thoughts, lifestyle and image of the celebrity portrayed. The journals are ficticious publications of a fan and must not be taken as a source of factual information or an accurate portrayal of the celebrity. We do not intend harm, misrepresentation, libel, malice and/or copyright infringement, and in no way are the journals meant to misinform other fans, roleplayers or readers of the true celebrity. We believe that this constitutes "fair use" under section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
complimentary web site to the PBS documentary featuring a virtual tour of a woman's hormone stream both with and without the pill.
"THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT will spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag."
Yes John the courts are doing their darndest to prevent everyone in the country from swearing allegiance to the flag. Dude, wake up! You are supposed to be defending the Constitution.
The "celebrity" journals you are reading are part of The Anonymous Collective (hereafer referred to as "TAC") and are NOT MAINTAINED BY THE TRUE CELEBRITY. The author/maintainer of the journal is a participant in an a role playing game (often abbreviated to "rpg," it is the FICTIONAL portrayal of celebrities and other people through use of the journals and chat).
Under NO circumstances are these journals to be misconstrued and taken as reality as they are for entertainment purposes ONLY. The content, ideas and events held within the journals are not those of the real celebrity, and do not represent the actual ideas, events, thoughts, lifestyle and image of the celebrity portrayed. The journals are ficticious publications of a fan and must not be taken as a source of factual information or an accurate portrayal of the celebrity. We do not intend harm, misrepresentation, libel, malice and/or copyright infringement, and in no way are the journals meant to misinform other fans, roleplayers or readers of the true celebrity. We believe that this constitutes "fair use" under section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
Finally got to see my honey Heidi in Chicago and spend a little time with her while there.