Month April 2006

Immigration 101 for beginners and non-Texans

Molly Ivins Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists. This time around, they have started claiming that Mexicans can’t assimilate. A sillier idea I’ve never heard. Why don’t they come to Texas and meet up with Lars Gonzales,…

Intellectual property run amok

From Mother Jones (excerpts) Intellectual Property Run Amok IN 1982, Motion Picture Association of America head Jack Valenti told Congress that “the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the…

Costa Mesa rally

The Costa Mesa demo was between 1,000-2,500, quite a bit larger than was expected. The police in this city with an ‘honorary’ Minuteman mayor were well-behaved for a change. This no doubt was due to the large media presence. Pushing…

Operation Two Birds

The Bush Administration today announced a major new initiative, “Operation Two Birds”, to “win the war and and solve the immigration question.” Under this new plan, the Pentagon would become directly responsible for border security. Undocumented workers will no longer…

More on HeadZup

From John Shay, of HeadZup, “the first video comic strip for cell phones and iPods,” following up on yesterday’s post. I think your readers will be very interested in the whole idea of “store and forward entertainment”…. which is basically…