Bob Morris on Apr 26, 2003, 12:02 am Sign of the times This banner appeared outside an Assyrian Church of the East in Los Angeles, just before the U.S. invaded Iraq. Just recently, several American flags were posted prominently outside, directly facing the street. What a sad commentary on these times when a little church needs to proclaim loudly their members are Americans [...] Bob Morris on Apr 26, 2003, 12:00 am Flat screen LCD monitor I held off as long as I could, waiting for prices to fall. And they have! I just bought a ViewSonic 17″ flat screen LCD monitor for $399 (with the rebate). That’s about what I spent several years ago for the 17″ tube monitor I replaced. This new monitor takes up [...] Bob Morris on Apr 25, 2003, 12:08 am Thank you, warrior women of Dixie, and welcome to the movement. This is extraordinary. A top country group speaks out against the Iraq invasion. The right wing hit squads move into action, whipping up a frenzy, trying to make them grovel. The usual stuff; “fans” burn records, radio stations refuse to play them. They even [...] Bob Morris on Apr 25, 2003, 12:05 am ProtestRecords.com “Protest-Records.com offers free MP3′s and stencils to share, not to sell. www.protest-records.com (as curated by Thurston Moore and Chris Habib) exists for musicians, poets and artists to express LOVE + LIBERTY in the face of greed, sexism, racism, hate-crime and war. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT” [...] Bob Morris on Apr 25, 2003, 12:02 am Clinton helped Blair plot Iraq invasion politics What, you thought Clinton was a peacenik? Not him, nor his wife, for that matter. “Tony Blair took repeated secret advice from the former American president Bill Clinton on how to unlock the diplomatic impasse between Europe and the US in the build-up to the war on Iraq, [...] Bob Morris on Apr 24, 2003, 6:12 pm How the mighty have fallen “Winnie faces jail term. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela could face up to 15 years in jail after a South African court convicts her of fraud.” Bob Morris on Apr 24, 2003, 5:57 pm Deep wisdom from one who knows “Madonna on American values.. I thought this had to be a joke from the Onion. Madonna is quoted as saying that “We as Americans are completely obsessed and wrapped up in a lot of the wrong values — looking good, having cash in the bank, being perceived as [...] Bob Morris on Apr 24, 2003, 12:17 am The latest on yet another right wing Congressional bigot “Santorum’s Stumble. Howard Kurtz weighs in: “At least Trent Lott had the good sense to apologize. Rick Santorum doesn’t seem to grasp why people are upset by his corrosive comments about gays.” Glenn Reynolds says “what really struck me about his remarks was their near-total incoherence.”… [...] Bob Morris on Apr 24, 2003, 12:11 am Israeli “bulldozer” Via MonkeyFist Bob Morris on Apr 24, 2003, 12:10 am Just when you think our government can’t get more despicable… Children held at Guantanamo Bay (13-15 years old) “Children younger than 16 are being held as “enemy combatants” in the American detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, the US military admitted yesterday, a practice human rights groups condemned as repugnant and illegal.” [...] | Independent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues |
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