Archive for January, 2006
Exhibit: The Missing Story of Ourselves
Currently on display in University of Washington’s Odegaard Undergraduate Library (Jan. 3rd-Jan. 30th), “The Missing Story of Ourselves” is an exhibit of museum quality framed color photographs and narratives created by women and men who either are, or were, poor parents and students changing their lives through the pathway of higher education in the United [...]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I’ve decided to free Dr. King from the sounds and images of the annual Groundhog Day-like “Dream” speech at podium of the Lincoln Memorial. I’m all about amplifying other things he said, perhaps as equally nobel and high-minded and more than just that, perhaps. So here’s to some things Martin Luther King Jr. [...]
Alito: The Stealth Hammer?
You don’t have a lot of time, so you need a summary of who Judge Samuel Alito is. This handy link will zip you over to the Mother Jones web site so you can have a look: http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/index.html#977
What will happen to you and me with a Supreme Court Judge like this guy? [...]
Wassup?: Jan.11.06 - Bush Open to Hearings on Domestic Spying (AP)
Here’s a new game we’re going to try on AltBrothers called “Wassup?” or What is up? We play Wassup? by analyzing short bits be they statements made by public officials or events of importance on local, regional, national and international levels.
Our first game piece is the Associated Press’ subject in the January 11, 2006 [...]
Oh Heifer Freedom!
LOL… YAY! I love it! Wish I was there with my camera to catch the adventure.
There should be a rule that an animal should be set free if it escapes a slaughterhouse. But unfortunately, the heifer was taken back and “given food and water”. It’s funny that the food and water [...]
SPAIN vs. IRAN
Now this is something to be happy about this new year! It’s not assured yet, but the government of Spain seems to be trying to do right in its immigration laws. We can remember the refugees being dumped in the desert last year. That wasn’t right. Some of those refugees could [...]
