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The Vidiot's weekly blog: What pissed me off this week? 3/14/2005 (updated every Monday at some point during the day) ...'cause I'm angry and my friends are sick of listening to me... Track your congresscritters here!
Free stuff can be found here Mirror (in case geocities is wacky or, in case of trouble in New York, check it for messages): http://129.79.148.33/vidiotcontact/ Wow. I can't get over Bush's appointment of Bolton as UN ambassador. (Guess who's idea it was.) And I'm not the only one. (A sampling: Bush Gives the UN the Finger, The Neocon's Wet Dream, and of course, the Rude Pundit has an opinion.) Not for nothing, but at time when the US has been acting like ruler of the planet, appointing someone who doesn't believe in what the UN stands for as an ambassador to the UN really sends a message that the rest of the world probably won't like. It's a message that says "Hey, we don't care what you think. International law is optional. OUR Nation State is sovereign. Your sovereignty, however, is up for debate." Now, I'm not all that crazy about the UN either. It certainly has its problems. That being said though, it's the only game in town. Since its inception, the US has used it as a battering ram. At least when Russia was the USSR, at least then there was some sort of a balance to US hegemony. Now, there's nobody standing in our way and woe is the country that tries. The problem with the UN as I see it is thus: It was set up in a bilateral world, which is bad enough. Now the world is unilateral, with the US at the helm. On top of that, the last four administrations in particular have acted like the US will always be the hegemon by either controlling the UN or ignoring it altogether. Now, way back when, in the Federalist Papers, Hamilton said something to the effect that the strong obey rules that don't benefit them because they know that eventually they won't be strong anymore and will need those rules to protect them. Unfortunately, the US isn't acting like that. The US is acting like an out-of-control cowboy, drunk on what he thinks is an endless supply of power. Appointing someone like Bolton to the UN is not only like appointing Scalia to head the Supreme Court, it's a big giant "fuck you" to the the notion of the rule of international law. The Bush administration is a menace to global society. Period.
Economic Blog of the Week: Bull Not Bull Informative Site of the Week: How to file a FOIA Request. Mac Virus of the Year (since there are so few of them): W97M.Thus.A Weird Sex Advice Site of the Week: 10 Things Every Girl Should Know About Boys and Their Privates Story Update: The Lefkow family murder 'seems' to have been solved. But it still strikes me as mighty convenient. Story Update: A theory for why Hariri was killed: To Make Way For Large US Air Base In Lebanon Evil Asses of the Week: Congress They'd rather cut food aid instead of going against the all-powerful farming lobby.
And the second outrage of the week: The passing of the bankruptcy bill, A.K.A. Screw the little people. (At least my Senators didn't vote yes.) This bill is such an overt handout to the credit card companies. Hey you! In the red states! Is THIS really what you wanted, 'cause it's what I expected! (Act against this bill NOW while we still CAN!) I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! THESE IDIOTS DON'T REPRESENT "WE, THE PEOPLE"! THEY ONLY REPRESENT WHOMEVER IS SHOVING MONEY UP THEIR BUTTS!!!!!! ARRRRHHHGHGGGGGGGGGGHGHGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! TAR!!!!!! FEATHERS!!!!!! {breath} Ok. I'm back. No more delay... How much longer can DeLay stay in power?
I guess it depends. If he gets to investigate himself, like Rumsfeld did, he'll get off scott free.
(Here's a Kos diary on the DeLay seetcheeyation.) War Prep: Iran OH, yeah. We're SO going to bomb Iran.
Remember, that's why we went after Iraq.
And if the petroeuro thing isn't enough, there's this:
Besides, our Navy is prepped and ready.
Who's your daddy? I can't be sure, but Bush administration wanting to cut cotton subsidies
may not necessarily have anything to do with decreasing the deficit as much as it does with the WTO saying those subsides are illegal
And even though the Bushies tend to disregard international law, rules made by the WTO -- rules that are basically made by the US Treasury -- must be obeyed if the the Bushies want to keep up their greedy ways. Money rules. I KNEW it! It was propaganda.
Of course, the army denies that.
But the only place that printed the denial was the "respected" {ahem} World Net Daily. Just so you're aware... There has been quite the cluster of earthquakes in the Pacific North West.
Our 'media' sux. Hard at work informing us of the important stuff.
Oooops. Sorry. That was in the parallel universe I usually visit when I get fed up with this one. In this universe, Michael Jackson showing up in court wearing his pajamas was the lead. {sigh} All we get these days is propaganda.
Meanwhile, here's something about blogs I had always suspected: While the blogs on the left are mostly truly activist, the blogs on the right are mostly GOP funded.
What do they know that they aren't telling us...again? Boo!
And double boo!
Meat is evil. OK, that's it. I'm never eating beef again.
Or chicken for that matter.
(Say it like you mean it.) "Denny Crane" Boston Legal is a fairly decent show. This week, however, it was censored.
Well, I watched it. It was obvious what network they were referring to. But the thing that made me sit up was this one scene where James Spader was talking about free speech and he said "and some networks are even censoring their night time dramas." Mars, bitch! Weird News of the Week Teeny weeny boy.
DO NOT piss off your cat.
Perhaps, from the cat's point of view, it was a preemptive attack, and -- I might add -- fully justifiable under current US law.
What do we do about all of this crap? I have no idea. Part of me wants to start teach-ins at my local pub. Just go to the bar, rant and rave and inform the idiots who still think Dan Rather is telling them the truth. Another part of me wants to organize a voter observation program to insure that this moron isn't in the White House all the way to 2008. I sincerely believe that if we protected the voting rights of the underprivileged that any Democrat could SWEEP any election. And we'd have to start with the Florida Election for Governor THIS FALL (like these guys!.) I don't think Democrats are the answer. But they are at least a start. At the very least, point your CNN-loving friends to my links page. Just getting started in reading alternate news sites gets people thinking. I have one friend who was very happy-go-lucky, thinking ol' Greta was telling the whole truth until I opened up his eyes a bit. Now, he's all depressed. He'll get over it. You gotta' get depressed before you get angry and you gotta' get angry before you can accomplish anything. We're all in mourning. We have to move through the steps. But we gotta' hurry it up. Read. Inform. Spread the word. Even if it means your friends avoid you for awhile. If they really love you, they'll start to listen.
"POSSE COMITATUS ACT" (18 USC 1385): A Reconstruction Era criminal law proscribing use of Army (later, Air Force) to "execute the laws" except where expressly authorized by Constitution or Congress. Limit on use of military for civilian law enforcement also applies to Navy by regulation. Dec '81 additional laws were enacted (codified 10 USC 371-78) clarifying permissible military assistance to civilian law enforcement agencies--including the Coast Guard--especially in combating drug smuggling into the United States. Posse Comitatus clarifications emphasize supportive and technical assistance (e.g., use of facilities, vessels, aircraft, intelligence, tech aid, surveillance, etc.) while generally prohibiting direct participation of DoD personnel in law enforcement (e.g., search, seizure, and arrests). For example, Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETS) serve aboard Navy vessels and perform the actual boardings of interdicted suspect drug smuggling vessels and, if needed, arrest their crews). Positive results have been realized especially from Navy ship/aircraft involvement. (Tom Ridge has practically said he'd do away with this act.)
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Who am I?: I am a biker chick who lives in NYC. This blog is about current events and my left-leaning, ascerbic spin on those events. Nobody pays me anything to do this. Nobody tells me what to write. I will NEVER tout anything for anybody's money! EVER! These sites are good at culling stories from a multitude of media sites: buzzflash.com
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Dreams Blog These blogs will be covering the primaries and elections: Salon.com's
War Room media-bias exposed:
onlinejournal.com
whatreallyhappened.com
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