Day December 15, 2004

Putting the safety of troops first

US Soldiers show off Hillbilly Armor. From the film “Gunner Palace” here’s a film clip showing what US soldiers think of their Hillbilly Armored Humvees. QuickTime movie clip. Link via Political Animal Thrill to the soldier explaining how the “armor”…

L.A. Protest vigil this Saturday

Protest Vigil to Bring the Troops Home!This Saturday Dec. 18, 7 pmHollywood & Highland Upcoming: Counter-inaugural rally and march.Jan. 20, 6 pm Westwood Federal BuildingPart of protests in D.C. S.F, and Seattle Global Day of Coordinated ActionsLos Angles March and RallySat.…

Update: Jan. 20 D.C. Counter-Inaugural protest

Line the Inaugural Route on January 20Be there by 9:00 am! The Bush administration is planning to privatize Pennsylvania Avenue so that Corporate America and the ultra-right can line the route of march.  To succeed they must push antiwar demonstrators…

Novel approach to fighting crime

Evict everyone including the blameless then bulldoze the buildings. That’s the plan for an apartment building in a high crime area.. No matter that some tenants are single moms with no gang involvement and no place to go. Toss ’em out,…

We don’t need to count no stinking votes

Counting San Diego’s disputed votes shows write-in candidate would have beaten the incumbent mayor, already sworn in. The trend continues! Courts saying –  no need to count all those bothersome votes. Candidates like Kerry say the same thing! Heck, let’s…