November 29, 2007 Give Mike Gravel a Chance
Mike Gravel has been banned from the Democratic debates because he speaks
his mind. Gravel is a former Democratic United States Senator from
Alaska, having served
for two terms, from 1969 to 1981.
He is primarily known for his efforts in ending the draft following the
Vietnam War and for having put the Pentagon Papers into the public record
in 1971. Gravel has stated that he is an advocate for 'a national, universal
single-payer not-for-profit health care system' in the United States which
would utilize vouchers and enable citizens to choose their own doctor.
He has proposed to index veteran health care entitlements to take full account
of increases in the costs of care and medicine. He supports a drug policy
that legalizes and regulates all drugs, treating drug abuse as a medical
issue, rather than a criminal matter. Gravel favors a
guest worker program, supports the FairTax proposal that calls for eliminating
the IRS and the income tax and replacing it with a progressive national
sales tax of 23 percent on newly manufactured items and services. (The tax
is progressive because all taxes on spending up to the poverty level are
refunded to every household.) Senator Gravel has advocated that carbon energy
should be taxed to provide the funding for a global effort to bring together
the world's scientific and engineering communities to develop energy alternatives
to significantly reduce the world’s energy dependence on carbon.
He is avowedly pro-choice on the issue of abortion and women's reproductive
rights. He supports constitutional amendments towards
direct democracy and is currently a candidate for the 2008 Democratic nomination
for President of the United States.
November 28, 2007 Voices of Uncertainty
A tribute to the heroes of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers, who continue to soldier on in the face of almost unimaginable
financial confusion.
November 27, 2007 Body of War
Body of War is an intimate and transformational feature documentary about
the true face of war today. Meet Tomas Young, 25 years old, paralyzed from
a bullet to his spine — wounded after serving in Iraq for less than
a week. Body of War is his coming home story as he evolves into a new person,
dealing with his disability and finding his own unique and passionate voice
against the war. The film is produced and directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen
Spiro; Karen Bernstein is co-producer; and Bernadine Colish serves as editor.
The film features two original songs by Eddie Vedder. Body of War is a nakedly
honest portrayal of what it’s like inside the body, heart and soul
of this extraordinary and heroic young man.
November 26, 2007 Fred Thompson vs Fair
and Balanced
The Republican Party "Law and Order" candidate has a revelation
regarding FOX skewing the news. "For
you [FOX] to highlight nothing but the negatives in terms of the polls
and
then put on
your own
guys who
have
been
predicting
for
four
months,
really, that I couldn't do it, kind of skew things a little bit. There's
a lot of other opinions out there."
November 21, 2007 North American Piggy
Year after year Adbusters has tried
unsuccessfully to buy airtime from major American networks to get this public
service message
out.
November 20, 2007 Tree man 'who grew roots' may be cured
The 35-year-old Indonesian man is apparently
on his way to being cured,
thanks to the help of an American doctor who recognized his condition as
an uncommon manifestation of the common Human Papilloma Virus. His treatment
regimen is simply a daily dose of vitamin A.
November 19, 2007 Videologblog: Writers Strike
From the Colbert Report writers. "Very successful entertainment executive,
who is also quite young for his position, on why scribes'
strike is asinine.
Not tooting own horn or anything but he is very connected-- squash, Iger--
has inside dope. And 'hung' not an exaggeration. Rare example of humility
in biz. Also makes squash-playing very challenging. If he can't change this
description later, you'll never work in this town again, Youtube."
November 16, 2007 FOX News Porn
There's enough smut on FOX News to make an entire
porn site. All the footage you see in the video aired on the FOX News
Channel. Satire and parody aside, this is right-wing cultural war hypocrisy
in action. How is FOX allowed to call this "news?"
November 14 2007 Negotiation is Not an Option
TPMtv
Remember John Bolton? The neocon installed at the State Department to keep
Colin Powell under control and then later given a recess appointment to
be US Ambassador. I could give you a list of particulars but suffice it
to say that Bolton was a key factor in basically all the Bush White House's
most disastrous decisions and he's still got the Iran war coming up. Now
he's back on the airwaves with a new book and the ear of a certain Republican
presidential candidate who's running on his record as mayor of New York.
November 13, 2007 A Lesson to be Learned
From Jellyfish
The
jelly fish came to this lake in Palau through a tunnel connected to
the sea. The tunnel closed thousands of years ago causing the
jellyfish to evolve to be poisoneless in an environment
where there's no predator and photosynthesis driven because there is nothing
to feed
on
in this
lake.
November
12, 2007 A Veterans Day
Parade Without a Constitution
Jason Lemieux Testifies at the Long Beach City Council
The L.A. chapter of Iraq Veterans Against
the War was recently denied permission
to march in the Long Beach Veterans Day Parade on the grounds that they
do not "represent the spirit of the parade." On November 7 members
of IVAW, Veterans For Peace and Military Families Speak Out (whose local
contingents were also denied permission to march) spoke before a meeting
of the Long Beach City Council and asked the Council to overturn the Parade
Committee's decision to ban them from the march. The Council denied their
request.
November 8, 2007 Hank Thompson 1925 - 2007
Hank Thompson, a pioneering honky-tonk singer and songwriter died Tuesday
of lung cancer. He was 82 .Here's
Thompson in the early '60s on The Jimmy Dean Show kickin'
it live with Wildwood
Flower and Just to Ease the Pain.
November 7, 2007 Impeach Cheney, Install Jeb Bush
Rachel Maddow
Keith Olbermann discusses the way the Democrats
handled Dennis Kucinich's impeachment resolution. Rachel Maddow weighs
in on the political strategy
or lack
of on both sides.
November 6, 2007 A Criminal Conspiracy to Cover the Ass of George W. Bush Keith Olbermann
"The presidency of George W. Bush has now devolved into a criminal
conspiracy to cover the ass of George W. Bush… "All
of it is now, after one revelation last week, transparently clear for what
it is ... the refocusing of our entire nation towards keeping this mock
president ... and all the others from potential prosecution for having approved
or ordered the illegal torture of prisoners being held in the name of our
country."
November
2, 2007 Bush
Plays Culture War Card at Heritage Club
" When it comes to funding, some in Washington should spend more time responding
to the warnings of terrorists like Osama bin Laden and the requests of our commanders
on the ground and less time responding to MoveOn.org bloggers and Code Pink protesters."
November 1, 2007 Drew Carey Defends Medical Marijuana
One of the most outrageous consequences of the war on drugs is the federal
crackdown on medical marijuana, which is used by patients to help treat
the effects of cancer, glaucoma, HIV-AIDS, chronic pain and nausea, and
other severe symptoms associated with serious illnesses. Medical marijuana
prescribed by a physician is legal in 12 states, yet federal agents are
raiding state-approved dispensaries and preventing patients from having
safe access to this drug. “I think it’s clear by now that the federal government needs
to reclassify marijuana. People who need it should be able to get it – safely
and easily,” says The Price Is Right and Power of 10 host Drew Carey
in a new Reason.tv video examining medical marijuana and the war on drugs.
