G. Inestine B. Roberts, 88 years old, died while climbing the Peak--she has a memorial plaque just above A-Frame on the Barr Trail. The blue patch in the sea of green forest just over the horizon is Manitou Reservoir.

Rock Creek aka Noname Creek

Matt Carpenter's successful attempt to influence nature and stop Rock Creek from overflowing and in winter making the Barr Trail into a skating rink-- He commissioned a bulldozer to push the earth, then planted native grasses and trees. With all the rain we have had this spring nature has taken hold.

Mountain Bluebells, Pikes Peak Granite, and Lichen--all found on the Barr Trail while on my Sunday run up Pikes Peak.

Yucca plant in flower along the Barr Trail.

3 miles to go sign on Barr Trail

SB on the way up for his first Pikes Peak ascent this year. There were four banks of snow in between the 2 and 1 mile to go signs, then a few patches between the 16 golden Stairs sign and the summit.

Rolling Stone: The Secret Campaign of President Bush's Administration To Deny Global Warming

Battle at Kruger

King of the Jungle? Or not?

CBC Interviews two prominent Atheists

Christopher Hitchens, Author of "God is not Great"

Richard Dawkins, Author of "The God Delusion"

Watch it: Interview with Oscar nominee filmmaker James Longley: Iraq in Fragments

And somewhere else, Somewhere in Time

Digby revealed

Happy Juneteenth! Speaker Nancy Pelosi has an eloquent statement on the final culmination of the Emancipation Proclamation.

New Yorker: Seymour Hersh interviews the IG investigator of Abu Graib: MGen Taguba (Gen Taguba comes clean--Rumsfeld less than clean)

Scientic American: Should Science Speak to Faith?

Exterminus (animation)

Mike Gravel - Rock -

SB after completing the Bighorn Trail 100-mile race Saturday, June 16th.

Bighorn Trail 100 Mile Weekend

Harry Harcrow and I pose just before the start of the Bighorn Trail 100-mile race in the Bighorn National Forest near Sheridan, Wyoming. Harry placed 3rd overall with a time of 22:43, though I ran with him for the first five and a half hours (30 miles into the race) I flagged after that but still finishing my first 100-mile race in 27 hours 34 minutes and 16th place overall. In between us in the photo and wearing a "Montrail" T-shirt is the highly regarded Dave Horton--Dave has many remarkable ultrarunning feats under his belt, including setting the record for the fastest run of the 2700-mile Appalachian Trail.

Encouraging signs that reason still resides in high places. In this Harper's article, Lessons Learned, academics, senior military professionals, defense and intelligence analysts, and think-tankers get together to candidly discuss what has gone wrong this last six years.

Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we?

A vast swath of the Pacific, twice the size of Texas, is full of a plastic stew that is entering the food chain. Scientists say these toxins are causing obesity, infertility...and worse.

Christianity hoax exposed; bogus belief system baffles western civilization for 2,000 years...Pope Benedict XVI made history today by unexpectedly dissolving Catholicism before a stunned crowd of thousands of believers. This startling decision can only be described as shocking, as millions of people were thrown into an acute spiritual crisis.

Dismal World: Photos from the not-so-happy world

Video: The World's Smartest Man


World without us

Mark Fiore: Amnesty Redux

Global Mind Change is necessary

Video: Solar Power Tower in the Outback -- nothing short of amazing!

Dawkins Versus Haggard: the Python Edition

hilarious!

Discover new music: Musicovery.com

Your Comprehensive Guide to the gods: Godchecker.com

Amazing Sandcastles at Harrison Hot Springs Resort, British Columbia

NYT: Chinese Detainees, Freed from Guantanamo, are Stuck in Albanian Limbo

UK Telegraph: Former American Abu Graib Torturer: I blame myself for our downfall in Iraq

I am running the Bighorn Trail 100 miler this coming Friday. Here are some pictures taken on the course June 9th and June 10th.

How Green is your Lifestyle?

This is my score on the Sundance Channel's Eco-Quiz. Take it yourself:

Powells.com does an excellent interview of Christopher Hitchens on his new book, "God is not Great: how Religion Poisons Everything"

I'm loving my new subscription to Robert Redford's Sundance Channel. They have a wonderful mix of environmental regular features, independent films, and progressive programming.

DailyKos: Iraq: Operation Déjà Vu

Note to Brownback, Tancredo, Huckleberry Hound, et. al. : Did Humans Evolve?

Digsby: The Gall of the Bushevics WRT uprightness, moral superiority and fixing elections

DailyKos: History Lesson on Korea, Iraq and endless war

My Long Time friend, Herb Legg

Herb Legg – A Gentle Man

Christi McGinley
Communications Committee Chair

For those who are new to Thurston County or Washington State you may not know about this gem of a gentleman who has dedicated his life to making the world a better place for the poor.

I’d arranged to meet Herb at his new residence, Providence Mother Joseph’s Care facility, where he’s been since a recent stroke. He told me he didn’t allow visitors but that he’d make an exception this time…”I was different.”

I was honored.

“First off, let me tell you that my religion is Quaker-Unitarian-Democrat. About all I need for religion is the Sermon on the Mount which says ‘Be nice to poor people.’”

I could see this was going to be a fascinating conversation. I’d not considered the Democrats to be a “religion” but I was willing to go along with it to see where it all would lead. Very quickly I realized I would be unsuccessful in leading the conversation in any orderly direction so I resolved to let it unfold naturally. What follows are bits and pieces of an hour-long conversation, an encounter really, with Herb Legg, a self professed “liberal Liberal.”

Herb was born in Tennessee and is the eldest of 10 siblings…plus one. One died at 3 months old after what was then considered a summer flu. His parents didn’t have the $3.00 per day to pay the doctor to treat his infant sister. After she was sick for several days they decided if she was alive the next morning they’d find the money somehow and take her to the doctor. Sadly, she didn’t survive the night. Herb recalls it affected the whole family deeply. “She was very, very young. It is why I believe in government paid health care for every person – repeat – every person.”

During the Depression, his family moved to Kittitas Valley around Ellensburg, WA. He graduated from Central Washington University, eventually taught there and was on the school board. A very brief and incomplete list of his many jobs and accomplishments includes working for the Washington State Supreme Court and the Attorney General’s Office. He served as a naval officer during WWII, was a lobbyist, a teacher, a city councilman, several-term state committeeman, two-term Thurston County Democrats Chair, and the State Democrats Party Chair in 1961. Herb Legg was and is an organizer.

“The three most significant events in my life were the Depression, WWII, and the Democrats.” I asked why he included the Democrats in the list. “It was a vehicle for doing something about my concern about helping poor people.”

“I practiced law in Olympia for 16 years, but decided I didn’t like it because, in order to represent my client well, I had to sometimes be mean to people. I didn’t like doing that so I quit and went into teaching.” Herb taught at several colleges including a “black” college in Dallas, TX, Central in Ellensburg and a community college in Seattle.

In a slightly more playful tone, he continues, “When I was teaching in Seattle, which was pretty laid back in those days, one of my students broke out a marijuana cigarette. He passed it around and we all, including myself, took a puff…I didn’t inhale.” -- I couldn’t help but recall another significant figure in recent history that professed similarly -- “But to show you how strict I was, my student started to light another one and I said that’s enough! Marijuana use was pretty casual, then. Nowadays they throw you in jail!”

Seeing an opportunity to talk about the local party, I asked him how the Thurston County Democrats have changed since he was Chair. He recalls the biggest dispute he had to deal with was the decision to move the Central Committee meeting from Saturday afternoon to Monday evening. This decision was made to accommodate those who lived in more rural areas and for whom coming to town for a meeting on Saturdays was a hardship.

“There were a lot of ‘Roosevelt Democrats—older people’ then and they would hold lunches and invite speakers to talk about important issues. Those older ones have stayed involved in one way or another.” In a serious tone he adds, “You have to get young people involved because these older people won’t be around much longer,” a concern we share and are looking for ways to address.

Turning to current issues, I asked what he thought Democrats should be concerned about today. “We need to change the national policy and work with the U.N. to do something about poor countries and we need to stop trying to be a policeman for the planet,” he said candidly. “WWII was the last time we were all united but I think we are united enough now and will stay together to make the necessary changes in our current political situation.”

Herb’s wife, Shirley, arrived just as our time together came to a close and he was eager to share with me the story of how they met. “I was teaching back East in a graduate program in North Carolina and one day I met someone named Shirley. We talked for 15 minutes and I said, ‘How’d you like to move out West with me?’ She said Yes! That was 30 years ago.” With a twinkle in his eye he continues, “Next to teaching and peanut butter I like Shirley best.”

I don’t know whether I found my answer to what a Quaker-Unitarian-Democrat religion really is but I suspect it has something to do with helping poor people. A worthy goal, indeed.

Bill Maher explains why Jimmy Carter was right when he said the Bush Administration's Foreign Policy is the worst in the history of our republic.

Charlie Rose interviews the Rocky Mountain Institute's Amory Lovins.

Bill Maher interviews Ron Paul, the only Republican candidate for president that I might vote for. I voted for Ron Paul in 1988 when he ran for president with the Libertarian party.

Congressional Hearings on "Constitution in Crisis"

Impeach Gonzales

Prez Bush video: Please Impeach Me

YouTube: Impeach on Campus

The invasion of Iraq has set off what could be the largest oil boom in history: Baghdad Burns, Calgary Booms.

Palm Oil puts Squeeze on Endangered Orangutan.

The New Yorker: Guenter Grass: Explains, "How I Spent the War"

Video: Jason Leopold interviews David Iglesias, who believes that Rove will ultimately be implicated in the Attorney Scandal.

AntiWar.com: Why Are We in Iraq? Don't bother examining a folly, advised Ayn Rand – ask yourself only what it accomplishes…

The Republican Plan For 2008 Begins Today by Thom Hartmann

Andrew Sullivan: Verschaerfte Vernehmung, in other words, criminal torture is evil whether it is done by Nazis or by Bushevics... Bush/Cheney/Gonzales deserve to go to jail as war criminals. We as a nation need to reclaim the high ground.

WaPost: Fitzgerald points again to Cheney.

New Yorker: Repugs turn against Rove

Hullaballoo: The Truth will set us free

Video: Christopher Hitchens speaks out about his latest book, God is not Great.

NYT Book Review by Michael Kingsley

The Cheney-Bush Legacy and Open Society

How can people still be denying Global Warming?

Taps Buglers at Arlington National Cemetery

View from the top of the couloir snow field and below a rock outcropping I used to prevent the rocks John was kicking down from hitting me.

Dallas Peak Attempt, May 27th, 2007

We opted to do this couloir in order to save time. I had doubts (well-founded) about the rock block at the top of the snow field. Expert rock climber John Courtney gallantly ascended it and dropped a rope to me. When I followed I was amazed at his feat. Even being "top roped" I had to muscle my way up a difficult section-something I would never have done without protection. Later we turned around at 12,500' because the snow was turning too soft.

Relaxing in Ouray, Colorado after an attempt on the north face of Dallas Peak, at 13,809' the 100th highest peak in Colorado, but the most difficult.

Juan Cole: Isn't it Amazing? It isn't amazing that 61% of Americans think the US should never have invaded Iraq. What is amazing is that 35% still think it was a good idea.

China ramps up to produce cheaper solar paneling


Sibel Edmonds interview. She was fired from her job with the FBI’s Washington Field Office in March 2002. Her crime was reporting security breaches, cover-ups, blocking of intelligence, and the bribery of U.S. individuals including high-ranking officials. The State Secret Privilege has often been invoked to block court proceedings on her case, and the U.S. Congress has even been gagged to prevent further discussion.

The Washington Note: Cheney Attempting to Constrain Bush's Choices on Iran Conflict: Staff Engaged in Insubordination Against President Bush

Congressman John Conyers has some encouraging comments about the Monica Goodling hearing.

DailyKos: The Dark, Sticky Secret Behind Cheney's MidEast Visit.

Atheists with Attitude: Christopher Hitchens in the New Yorker

Orion Mag: The Thoreau Problem: When the route to Paradise leads through Prison by Rebecca Solnit

Al Gore in discussion over his new book, "An Assault on Reason". Very good intelligent talk.

Israeli/Palastein struggle about water? I'm reading a disturbing treatise on water, "When Rivers Run Dry". Wars will be fought over water throughout the 21st Century.

The social and cultural psychologist Jonathan Haidt talks with Henry Finder about the five foundations of morality, and why liberals often fail to get their message across. From “2012: Stories from the Near Future,” the 2007 New Yorker Conference. Excellent!

Margo Guryan "16 Words"

Must Read: Six Questions for Marc Lynch on Iraq, the “Surge,” and Al Qaeda.

Christopher Hitchens Dances on Falwell's Grave. Right on.

Andrew Sullivan on Falwell's Legacy

Juan Cole: How is the Surge doing??

Barr Trail run to A-Frame (highest run of the year on Pikes Peak's slopes)

Teresa and Neal Taylor, proprieters of Barr Camp ,
halfway to the summit of Pikes Peak on the Barr Trail. Bottomless Pit sign.

The Trail is not yet "in" from Bottomless Pit sign to A-Frame. I rate the trail "runnable" to Bottomless Pit sign and "hikable" to A-Frame at 12,000' elevation 3 miles above Barr Camp and 3 miles from the summit.

This trail leads to the "7.8 miles to go" sign on the Barr Trail up Pikes Peak.

Seldom seen view of Pikes Peak. Photo taken today from our epic adventure run of 4+ hours.

Democracy for Action videos: Dennis Kucinich on Climate Change and Iraq

Extreme Athlete Danelle Ballengee, Broken but not Defeated, is competing again.

Colorado Senators weigh options WRT AG Gonzales. Salazar says he must go, Allard leaning that way.

2 Million Iraqi Refugees, mostly in Jordan and Syria. 466 allowed into the US. Is that right?

Links for Thursday eve

YouTube: Richard Dawkins interviews the Bishop of Oxford

America's Long Iraq nightmare

Grist: Murdoch, She Wrote: An interview with Rupert Murdoch about News Corp.'s new climate strategy

Votevets.org

Noam Chomsky: Ethanol fuel subsidies in U.S. fuel revolution in Mexico.

It's Our Cage, Too: Torture Betrays Us and Breeds New Enemies
By Charles C. Krulak and Joseph P. Hoar: Charles C. Krulak was commandant of the Marine Corps from 1995 to 1999.Joseph P. Hoar was commander in chief of U.S. Central Command from 1991 to 1994.

Rick and Paul posing at Lightning Point and running on Barr Trail.

Runners taking a break at Barr Camp this morning. At 10,200' Barr Camp is about six miles up the Barr Trail from Manitou Springs and about six miles from the summit of Pikers Peak.

Cameron's Cone

View of Cameron's Cone from the junction of Longs Ranch Road and Bob's Road, elevation 9,000', midway between the town of Manitou Springs, Colorado and Barr Camp.

Pikes Peak from the top of Longs Ranch Road, ele. 9,000'. I ran from Manitou Springs to Barr Camp via Longs and Bob's Roads this morning.

Mike Gravel for President

Ralph Nader: More Like Cicero Than Quixote, The People's Crusade of Mike Gravel

Team CRUD members, Rick Hessig, Paul Dewitt, Jim Dewitt, Judy Dewitt on our 22-mile fun run.

Pikes Peak from this morning's 22-mile romp in the Ramparts, west of Palmer Lake.

Truthdigger of the week: Mike Gravel, Candidate for President. Truthdig.com interviews him.

Nancy Pelosi, Mother Speaks out on meaning of Mother's Day

What a splendid post by the honorable Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi on the upcoming Mother's Day. Speaker Pelosi addresses the historical roots of this day, founded as it was by a mother who wanted to reclaim the sanctity of motherhood from the depths and depravity of our (un) Civil War. Julia Ward Howe spent the latter years of her life condemning the commercial travesty of future Mother's Days.

Ali Eteraz

I discovered Ali Eteraz today on Huffington Post.

What a powerful post.

Follow his links. Crushing.

Especially Samira Bellil, a Muslim in the suburbs of Paris who was raped at age 14 by Muslim dogs, then rejected by her family because of it. She died in 2004 at age 31 of stomach cancer. Fortunately we have her book: Dans l'enfer des tournantes (In the Hell of Rapes).

Monterrey, California Apr 28th

You may be brainwashed by Corporate Media if you believe

Rocky Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City debates Sean Hannity. Here is a link to his opening remarks in which he lays out the case for impeachment of Bush/Cheney on the basis of their lying us into a disastrous war. This is an excellent review of the last four years of deception and lies.

GOP candidates asked

"Who doesn't believe in evolution"

Brownback, Tancredo and Huckleberry Hound. From Crooks and Liars.

They are the fools willing to admit their ignorance...

Mike Gravel for President!!!!

Mike Gravel is now officially my favorite candidate for president. I just watched his stellar performance on The Colbert Report.

I am liking Mike Gravel more and more

Gravel criticized the President as a “lousy and immoral” commander in chief, but also levied criticism at Democrats for only passing a non-binding resolution to end the war. Nor does the former senator believe simply cutting off funds would work. “I filibustered to end funding in the Vietnam War, but it was not successful,” he recalled.

Instead, Gravel revealed a novel plan to bring about an end to the Iraq War, impeachment, or possibly both—and perhaps even land the President 'behind bars.'

“I have drafted a law that says we must get troops out of Iraq in 60 days,” he said. “Leave all the equipment behind…The President must certify that he took troops out. If he violates this law he should go to jail for five years with no parole, and pay a $1 million fine. It says so right in the law.”

He believes he could muster enough support in the House to pass the bill. If the Senate filibusters, he would urge Reid to call for a cloture vote daily. “The media will feed on this like maggots,” said Gravel, who predicts the measure would pass and that a veto could ultimately be overridden. If the President and Vice President then refuse to enact the law, he concluded, “once you have them breaking the law, now you impeach.”

Big Sur International Marathon, April 29

The Big Sur International Marathon is advertised as the “most scenic marathon”. Yes, it is spectacular as it winds along the rugged California coast from the pseudo-town of Big Sur northwards for 26 miles to the art gallery mecca of Carmel. Viewing the coast and the spectacular homes and occasional beaches in slow motion for better than three hours one gains a splendid appreciation its beauty. Though I’ve now run 83 marathons, the marathon distance is still daunting and though it was as close to sea level as one will ever get the repetitive rolling hills took its toll… I ran the entire distance, but the final six miles were in excess of 7 minutes each with at least one poking above 8 minutes. There was one overly long uphill that took us from about mile 11 to the halfway point on the famous Bixby Bridge. To add to the fun we ran into a stiff headwind on this 2-mile uphill. Fortunately I found someone willing to trade drafting advantages up this long slog. I had bought a $25 pair of sunglasses in the expo which is about the high end of what I will willingly pay for sunglasses because they were advertised as “anti-fog”. Well, let me tell you in the fog and low clouds we ran through on this Sunday they fogged up and I had to stash them in my back pocket.

Rebekka and I rounded out our “mini-vacation” with a wonderful two days with miles of walking in San Francisco, including up and over Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Telegraph Hill (Coit Tower) and along the Embarcadero and China Town then back to Cathedral Hill.

Talkingpointsmemo.com 's Josh Marshall explains the rash of Republican scandals coming out recently and how it ties in to the Attorney General scandal.

Check out Veracifier.com too.

DailyKos: Holocaust Jokes at the US Air Force Academy.

There is hunger for IMPEACHMENT. Will we feed it?

Though I am generally "anti war on drugs" when it comes to crystal meth it is a different story. This shit is downright life ruining. Denver's Westword has this 72 hour party.

Coming to PBS May 4th: A Brief History of Disbelief: "Less an advocacy of atheism than a kind of post-atheism, a historical and philosophical review of this strange, dying idea of "religion" that reveals the progressive growth of atheistic thought. It's wonderfully dismissive. The real question isn't how people can disbelieve, but how faith can survive and still linger on."

If you didn't get the chance to see Bill Moyer's Journal last night on "Buying the War" you can watch it online.

I just added the Sundance Channel on my cable TV lineup. Here's their Treehugger Blog on lowering your footprint with "Tiny Houses".

Must Read: The Free Press: Are Rove's missing e-mails the smoking guns of the stolen 2004 election?

Greg Palast says "Don't Fire Gonzales" Rove is the reason...

Roger Ebert is attending a film festival in Urbana Illinois after his surgery for cancer of the salivary gland. He was told not to do this because of unflattering portraits by the paparazzi. His response: "I ain't a Pretty Boy no more": We spend too much time hiding illnesses.

Orion Mag: The Ecology of Work

The GOP's cyber election hit squad
by Steven Rosenfeld and Bob Fitrakis
April 22, 2007

Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on Election Night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bush's re-election?

John and I in a seldom visited spot on the slopes of Pikes Peak. Can you identify where?

Battle For The Land of Khan: A Self-Taught Yak Herdsman From Mongolia Who Forced The Closure of polluting Mines On The Onggi River Is Today Awarded The World’s Biggest Environmental Prize: the Goldman Environtmenal Prize.

I have an affinity for Mongolia and intend to visit again. I have fond memories of a week I spent there in 2003 when I ran (and won) the Mongolia Marathon...

Vanity Fair: Rush to Judgment by James Wolcott

Attacking environmentalists as hippie-dip "wackos" who care more about spotted owls than people and use polar bears for propaganda, Rush Limbaugh has blinded millions of Americans to the climate crisis.

The Daily Galaxy: News ffrom Planet Earth and Beyond

The Sundance Channel's Treehugger Blog

Treehugger.com with lots of green celebs and what they are doing for environmentalism

fiftyrx3.blogspot.com : perusing the crossroads of style and sustainability

Juan Cole is brilliant. Here he explains how cable news is distracting us from what we should be paying attention to: The Buzz Reason, The Real Reason

Niklas Zenström and Janus Friis, the creators of Skype and Kazaa, financed The Venice Project with the development of a peer-to-peer video distribution system now called 'Joost': it will revolutionize TV.

Speaker Pelosi received a letter anonymously from DOJ employees: There is a lot more politicization going on than we've been led to believe. Whatever happened to the Department of Justice? I thought it was supposed to be justice for all, not just Republicans...

Listening to Pandora.com again... It's great! I have my personalized Duke Ellington channel on... listening to Count Basie and "What am I here for?"

It is time to admit that

The French were right: February 14, 2003, A Warning on Iraq from France: Make War the Last Option

By JEAN-DAVID LEVITTE
French Ambassador to the United States

Cryptome.org has photos of the Va Tech shooting victims.


This clown is president?

Rove: 'I wish the Iraq War never existed. It was Osama bin Laden's idea.'

Daniel Schorr: When the public turns on public figures: Gonzales, Wolfowitz, Imus, and Nifong have something in common.

Amy Goodman: Patriot's Day, Stop the Violence



If you aren't watching PBS' America at a Crossroads, you should be....

Rep. Jack Murtha on Who Is Fighting the War

Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) responds passionately on the House floor to comments by Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) that "we" are fighting the war in Iraq.

"It is interesting to here the gentleman say 'we,' we fight, we aren't going to give up," he said. "Let me tell you something, we aren't fighting this war. It's the troops overseas, and when I talk to the families, when I go to the hospitals, I see the results of this war."

Murtha grew more heated as his went on, wagging his finger as he concluded, "Don't tell me we're fighting in this air conditioned office, we're not fighting this war, they're fighting it! And I'm proud of every single one of them!"

Murtha renewed his call for a draft, saying that if we are truly fighting the war we should spread the burden around the population.

Last week: Doonesbury in Vermont

1931 Minnie the Moocher: Banned Betty Boop clip

The Heat is on: Domenici is feeling it: probe over U.S. Attorney firings

The Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) the second in a planned series of three, focuses on realistic ways that all of us can break out of our “mad romance with fossil fuel” and save both energy and money.

Kucinich to file articles of impeachment against Cheney

Are you watching America at a Crossroads on PBS? If not, you should...

Amazing Photos from China

New Yorker Short Story: The Stolen Pigeons

Grist: The Warm on Terror

Chimps more evolved than humans?

Design your own Darwin Fish

10 questions that every intelligent Christian must answer

10 questions that every intelligent Christian must answer: Video: God is Imaginary

GWB's Going Away Party

01.20.09: The end of an Error

American Theocracy, ad nauseum

$1.5B Later: Abstinence Training has no effect. In typical fashion the Bushevic Administration dumped this news on Friday afternoon after the news cycle.

“After 10 years and $1.5 billion in public funds these failed abstinence-only-until-marriage programs will go down as an ideological boondoggle of historic proportions,” said James Wagoner, President of Advocates for Youth.

“The tragedy is not simply the waste of taxpayer dollars, it is the damage done to the young people who have been on the receiving end of distorted, inaccurate information about condoms and birth control. We have been promoting ignorance in the era of AIDS, and that’s not just bad public health policy, its bad ethics”.

Bees are dieing: Part II

They aren't Christians, they're Dominionists. Long article, but well worth reading:
The Despoiling of America : How George W. Bush became the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State

Politics US: Breaking the Army

NYT: Hillary Clinton's Wellesley classmates speak out.

NYT: Maureen Dowd: Wolfowitz "More Con than Neo"

Bill Maher New Rule - From Elites to Jesus

Bill Maher on how the wacko religious right have taken over our government. 150 graduates of Pat Robertson's University populate the administration!!

Do the research, draw your own conclusions

WTC7: The Smoking Gun of 9/11

9/11 and the Left

Google Video: 9/11 Mysteries: 1.5 hour full version