Social Justice News, 10-6-06
Hey all,
This has been a busy week for news. I’ve tried to pull together as much as possible, but there was much more than I had time to look up.
Froogles –The No Shopping for a Year Challenge to Corporate Consumerism!: A good article about a group of folks who have pledged to buy nothing new (save food and the like) for an entire year:
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1800829.ece
Port Protesters Score Victory: Anti-war protesters arrested for trespassing in Washington state back in May will now have the chance to prove their actions were justifiable.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1004-12.htm
Dead Zones Have Doubled: Our seas are in worse shape than ever. Between all the sewage and fertilizer runoff, our seas are in danger of dying. And it’s only expected to get worse.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15118081/?GT1=8618
The Death Warrants of Millions: The latest results from the supercomputer runs on global warming are grim –and they may be far too conservative. By 2100, almost 1/3 of the planet’s land mass will be uninhabitable.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10404255
The Human Factor in Being Green: How Cuba helped to overcome fossil fuels.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/in-the-battle-to-be-green-/2006/10/03/1159641321963.html
Foley Fallout: By now everyone has heard of the scandal surrounding Mark Foley and his “activities”. There’s a certain amount of black humor in this –no, of course not around his crimes; he committed arguably the worst possible crime anyone could commit and should be dealt with like any other predator. The black humor comes from the fact that he is a member of the “family values” party. This man is a “good” conservative gay-bashing bible-thumping Republican –who is himself openly gay. Furthermore, it’s apparently been long known in the House that he is a pedophile. Oh, it gets even better. This man was co-chair of the caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. The hypocrisy is astounding. And hilarious in that black humor kind of way. Furthermore, both FoxNews and the St. Petersburg Herald were given copies of the messages over a year ago and decided not to run the story. Supposedly, it was because ‘unfounded allegations of pedophilia against a congressman well known to be gay’ would have been devastating. Give me a break. And a barf bag. If the man had been a democrat they would have run the story. Not only that, but it would have been one f those ‘Fox News Alerts’ headlined “Liberal Homosexual Pedophile Run Amok In Washington”. This is what we our elected representatives have been doing?
http://www.alternet.org/story/42470/
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/03/america/NA_GEN_US_Congressman_Resigns.php
Non-Allegiance Equals Terrorism: Welcome to the Fascist Republic of America. Our Dictator-In-Chief has all ready stated that criticism dovetails with terrorism. Oh joy joy. The Founding Fathers must be turning over in their graves. Though I think that if Jefferson, at least, were still alive, King George II might not be sleeping so well.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100206A.shtml
http://infowars.com/articles/ps/terror_laws_torture_bill_bush_non_allegiance_is_terrorism.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-29-bush-war_x.htm?csp=34
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1004-35.htm
Over 2 Million Children Every Year: That’s how many kids under five die in India each year due to lack of clean water. And it’s only getting worse. This 3 part series from the New York Times explains in depth the struggle for water occurring in India as we speak. You won’t find this on CNN.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/world/asia/29water.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Where Do We Start?: This article discusses earth ships, and how they may help us move to a move sustainable lifestyle.
http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/sustainable-living-earthships/1/
Most Important Issue of the Day: This would be even funnier if it weren’t coming from an elected official. Ms. Musgrave thinks gay marriage, or rather stopping it, is the most important issue we face today. Oh yes, gays getting married is a much more serious problem than global warming, terrorism, fascism, etc. Um, right.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/27/musgrave-gay/
Website of the week: A whole bunch of eco-quotes. http://edugreen.teri.res.in/misc/quotes.htm
UU Joke of the Week: What two things do UUs and Dracula have in common?
They both have origins in Translyvania and they both shy away from the cross.
Have a good weekend everybody.
This has been a busy week for news. I’ve tried to pull together as much as possible, but there was much more than I had time to look up.
Froogles –The No Shopping for a Year Challenge to Corporate Consumerism!: A good article about a group of folks who have pledged to buy nothing new (save food and the like) for an entire year:
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1800829.ece
Port Protesters Score Victory: Anti-war protesters arrested for trespassing in Washington state back in May will now have the chance to prove their actions were justifiable.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1004-12.htm
Dead Zones Have Doubled: Our seas are in worse shape than ever. Between all the sewage and fertilizer runoff, our seas are in danger of dying. And it’s only expected to get worse.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15118081/?GT1=8618
The Death Warrants of Millions: The latest results from the supercomputer runs on global warming are grim –and they may be far too conservative. By 2100, almost 1/3 of the planet’s land mass will be uninhabitable.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10404255
The Human Factor in Being Green: How Cuba helped to overcome fossil fuels.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/in-the-battle-to-be-green-/2006/10/03/1159641321963.html
Foley Fallout: By now everyone has heard of the scandal surrounding Mark Foley and his “activities”. There’s a certain amount of black humor in this –no, of course not around his crimes; he committed arguably the worst possible crime anyone could commit and should be dealt with like any other predator. The black humor comes from the fact that he is a member of the “family values” party. This man is a “good” conservative gay-bashing bible-thumping Republican –who is himself openly gay. Furthermore, it’s apparently been long known in the House that he is a pedophile. Oh, it gets even better. This man was co-chair of the caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. The hypocrisy is astounding. And hilarious in that black humor kind of way. Furthermore, both FoxNews and the St. Petersburg Herald were given copies of the messages over a year ago and decided not to run the story. Supposedly, it was because ‘unfounded allegations of pedophilia against a congressman well known to be gay’ would have been devastating. Give me a break. And a barf bag. If the man had been a democrat they would have run the story. Not only that, but it would have been one f those ‘Fox News Alerts’ headlined “Liberal Homosexual Pedophile Run Amok In Washington”. This is what we our elected representatives have been doing?
http://www.alternet.org/story/42470/
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/03/america/NA_GEN_US_Congressman_Resigns.php
Non-Allegiance Equals Terrorism: Welcome to the Fascist Republic of America. Our Dictator-In-Chief has all ready stated that criticism dovetails with terrorism. Oh joy joy. The Founding Fathers must be turning over in their graves. Though I think that if Jefferson, at least, were still alive, King George II might not be sleeping so well.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100206A.shtml
http://infowars.com/articles/ps/terror_laws_torture_bill_bush_non_allegiance_is_terrorism.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-29-bush-war_x.htm?csp=34
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1004-35.htm
Over 2 Million Children Every Year: That’s how many kids under five die in India each year due to lack of clean water. And it’s only getting worse. This 3 part series from the New York Times explains in depth the struggle for water occurring in India as we speak. You won’t find this on CNN.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/world/asia/29water.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Where Do We Start?: This article discusses earth ships, and how they may help us move to a move sustainable lifestyle.
http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/sustainable-living-earthships/1/
Most Important Issue of the Day: This would be even funnier if it weren’t coming from an elected official. Ms. Musgrave thinks gay marriage, or rather stopping it, is the most important issue we face today. Oh yes, gays getting married is a much more serious problem than global warming, terrorism, fascism, etc. Um, right.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/27/musgrave-gay/
Website of the week: A whole bunch of eco-quotes. http://edugreen.teri.res.in/misc/quotes.htm
UU Joke of the Week: What two things do UUs and Dracula have in common?
They both have origins in Translyvania and they both shy away from the cross.
Have a good weekend everybody.
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