Month November 2006

Arlington West – front page L.A. Times

Arlington West started in Santa Barbara by Veterans for Peace. Every Sunday, a cross was put on the beach for each U.S. military member dead in Iraq. The idea spread, now there are many of them, including in Los Angeles.…

What a Democratic Congress means

While it is still the “Twin Parties of Militarism”, having the Democrats in power will mean important differences. 1) The noxious assaults on freedom, like revoking habeas corpus, ignoring the Geneva Conventions, CIA torture prisons, and torture in general will…

The new Senate environmental committee chair is…

…Barbra Boxer (D-CA), who promises “major policy shifts” away from that of her predecessor, troglodyte James “Flat Earth” Inhofe. And in California, Attorney General-elect Jerry Brown (yes, he was governor once) pledges to work with Gov. Schwarzenegger on enforcing the…

Election 2006 thoughts

Le Monde, France The spirit of war subsides Last evening in America … the spirit of war subsided, with its procession of speculating Texas oilmen and maniacal fundamentalists. Times UK The unpopularity of President Bush, anger at the faltering war…