JM Bell | April 28, 2007
Click and read it all: Adam Taylor: For God’s Sake, Save Darfur! End the Politics of Delay A recent survey showed that 59 percent of all Americans know “a lot” or “some” about the conflict in Darfur, compared to levels reported in 2004, when only 14 percent said they were familiar with the conflict. This [...]
JM Bell | April 27, 2007
…Like any legislation, this resolution [authorizing military force in Afghanistan and against Al Qaeda] is not perfect. I have some concern that readers may misinterpret the preamble language that the President has authority under the Constitution to take action to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism as a new grant of power; rather it [...]
JM Bell | April 27, 2007
So, KUED carries the Bill Moyers Journal show, right? Now, I missed “Buying the War” and I want to watch the rebroadcast. It’s on Saturday. However, according to KUED and my digital box, KUED will only be carrying the rebroadcast on KUED [DT-3] 7.3 What the hell is that all about? I’ve been whining for [...]
JM Bell | April 26, 2007
I’m still an Obama man. But, Joe Biden owned the 45 minutes I watched. Especially his “no more happy talk” final statement. That OWNED.
JM Bell | April 26, 2007
“And as long as we follow the President’s path in Iraq, the war is lost. But there is still a chance to change course – and we must change course.” The right-wing hate machine really makes me ill.
JM Bell | April 25, 2007
About a year ago, I wrote a snotty email to Chris at YDems telling him to either get more involved or quit complaining. Well, Chris is running for an elected position and I am proud as hell of him. His Merry Band of Daily Democrats are out to prove a point. That by reaching out [...]
JM Bell | April 21, 2007
From the Post Chronicle this week, let me break down just the FIRST DAMN SENTENCE: U.S. President George W. Bush Wednesday compared mass killings in Darfur to the Holocaust,… Ok, he’s right about that… and then … …threatening new sanctions against the government of Sudan. So, basically, it’s stop your genocide or we cut off [...]
JM Bell | April 18, 2007
The Sunlight Foundation: Today Russ Feingold and Dianne Feinstein brought S.223, the Senate electronic disclosure bill, to the floor for a unanimous consent vote. When they asked if there was any objection, Sen. Lamar Alexander, filling in for the minority leadership, announced that he had an objection, indicating that some Senator in the Republican caucus [...]
JM Bell | April 13, 2007
From “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be [...]
JM Bell | April 12, 2007
Darkly comic novelist a counterculture hero Dinitia Smith, New York Times Thursday, April 12, 2007 (04-12) 04:00 PDT New York — Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels such as “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a [...]
