This is really an awesome song. I’m not a Springsteen fan, but this song is amazing. It is on my activist playlist!
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Ghost of Tom Joad
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Noam Chomsky on Arizona Immigration Bill
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Noam Chomsky is, by far, my hero. No other person has inspired me intellectually as he has. I always love to hear his position on topics. Luckily, he has spoken out on the recent Arizona anti-immigration bill that passed here in my good old racist state. The audio is a little messed at first but it gets better. Enjoy.
How To Save The World From Comcast
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Sarah!
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Let’s poke fun at Sarah Palin today… oh wait, so many others have already. Let’s hear what they said instead. I can tell this is going to be a long post! Have fun:
In all fairness, let’s hear from Palin herself:
Presidential shithole
Friday, March 12th, 2010Lieberman Socks
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Tell President Obama and Congress not to let Joe Lieberman gut health care reform. We’re counting on them to fight for real reform. Call Congress at (202) 224-3121 and the White House at (202) 456-1111, then pass this video on.
Feng Zhenghu
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009This is a true hero.
A Chinese human rights activist has been camping out at Tokyo’s international airport since 4 November because Beijing has barred him from re-entering China.
Feng Zhenghu, a Shanghai-based activist, said in a phone conversation that he had been sleeping on a couch near the immigration checkpoint and surviving on food and water given to him by passing travellers.
His sister, Natsuki Suzuki, who lives in Japan and is married to a Japanese national, said today Feng arrived in Japan in April. Since then, he has tried unsuccessfully to return to China eight times.
Four times airlines prevented him from boarding, and four times – including his most recent attempt earlier this month – he got as far as Shanghai’s Pudong airport, but Chinese authorities refused him entry and sent him back to Tokyo, Suzuki said.
Fumio Ikeda, an immigration official, said Feng arrived from Shanghai on 4 November with a valid Chinese passport and a visa to enter Japan – but he has refused to leave Narita airport.
“I want to go back to China. I have no reason to stay in Japan,” Feng, 55, said by phone. He declined to say how long he would stay at the airport.
Ikeda said Japanese officials cannot force him to leave the airport.
Amnesty International has called Feng a prominent human rights defender in China. In 2001 he was sentenced to three years in prison for “illegal business activity”. Since his release in 2004 Feng has written critical pieces highlighting alleged malpractice by local governments and forced evictions, according to a 2009 report by the London-based rights group.
American Idle
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Stay off FOX
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009All year, FOX has worked 24/7 to block President Obama’s agenda—repeating lies about “death panels,” promoting Tea Party protests, and whipping up fake political scandals.1
Now, President Obama is fighting back. The White House communications director said FOX is a “wing of the Republican Party…let’s not pretend they’re a news network.”2 To draw attention to its biased coverage, President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.3
It’s about time Democrats stood up to FOX! Can you sign this petition asking Democrats to support President Obama’s stance by staying off FOX as long as he does? Clicking here will add your name:
http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/
The petition says: “Democrats should support President Obama’s effort to call out FOX. Please stay off FOX for as long as he does.”
Democrats often appear on FOX in hopes of reaching out to conservative viewers. But FOX cuts off their mic, distorts what they say, or runs biased headlines at the bottom of the screen.4 In the end, Democrats always lose on FOX.
FOX insists there’s a difference between its news shows and its right-wing opinion shows with Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, and others.
But in August, FOX’s so-called news shows “aired 22 clips of town hall meeting attendees opposed” to Obama’s health care plans and zero in support. CNN and MSNBC were more fair and balanced.5
In another “news” story, FOX passed off a GOP press release as its own research—typo and all.6
FOX executives now describe the channel as “the voice of opposition” to Obama’s agenda. FOX president Roger Ailes—a former adviser to Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush—said, “I see this as the Alamo.”7
But a Capitol Hill newspaper reports, “In the House and Senate, Democrats who pledged to follow the administration’s near-boycott of Fox were hard to find, although many expressed support for Obama’s stance.”8
Democrats will only find the courage to join Obama if they hear from enough concerned voters. Sign this petition to ask your representatives to stay off FOX. Clicking here to add your name:
http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/
Sources:
1. “Fox News viewers overwhelmingly misinformed about health care reform proposals,” Think Progress, August 19, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84884&id=17603-6066185-k_yo83x&t=6
“Fox News Signs On To Tea Party Agenda, Aggressively Promotes Anti-Obama Protests,” Think Progress, April 10, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84885&id=17603-6066185-k_yo83x&t=8
“Beck-led Fox News “czar” witch hunt moves to ridiculous smear of Anita Dunn,” Media Matters for America, October 16, 2009
http://mediamatters.org/research/200910160004
2. “White House: Fox News ‘a wing of the Republican Party’,” New York Daily News, October 12, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84886&id=17603-6066185-k_yo83x&t=9
3. “The Battle Between the White House and Fox News,” The New York Times, October 17, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84898&id=17603-6066185-k_yo83x&t=10
4. “Outfoxed: Fox News technique: cut their mic!” Brave New Films, May 11, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkFU4MtubU
“The Case Against FOX,” FOXAttacks.com
http://foxattacks.com/facts.php
5. “Fox News’ town hall coverage amplifies opponents of health care reform, ignores supporters,” Media Matters for America, September 8, 2009
http://mediamatters.org/print/research/200909080004
6. “Fox passes off GOP press release as its own research—typo and all,” Media Matters for America, February 10, 2009
http://mediamatters.org/research/200902100019
7. “‘Voice of the opposition’: Fox News openly advocates against Democratic Congress, White House,” Media Matters for America, September 11, 2009
http://mediamatters.org/reports/200909110016
8. “Congressional Democrats defend the White House’s snub of Fox News,” The Hill, October 14, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84899&id=17603-6066185-k_yo83x&t=11
F*** you corporate America
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010How much can somebody be pushed until they take action? I’m wondering that about myself right now. Everyday I am being nickel and dimed out of my money for the lamest of things. For instance:
Sorry, this stuff has been building up for a while. If it gets overly “venty”, just click on the next post or something.
This post could really span at least 20 pages, but I doubt anybody is reading this far… so I’ll move on. Sorry for the bitch-session.
It would be nice to see some of these companies get what’s coming to them!!
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