People United Means Action
From the monthly archives:
Cinie and MKfromLA both have must-reads on the methods and uses of propaganda, and, most importantly, how DANGEROUS rampant propaganda is to an electorate if we want to be informed and if we value critical thinking. Until the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee met on May 31, 2008, the pro-obama propaganda [...]
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Just got back from a high school production of Richard III. The talent of 15 and 16 year old kids is just amazing to me. They staged it Japanese samurai style with taiko drumming for the score. Really really good. “The world has grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles fear to perch,” [...]
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PumaSF pointed me to the ACORN 8 website. From their “Who We Are” Page: “The ACORN 8 is an organization of ACORN leaders; current and former board members who are struggling to reform the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now following the discovery of a multi-million dollar embezzlement. We’re a group of ACORN members [...]
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Today’s Winner of the Puma PAC DAILY PIG! G. Gordon Liddy Congratulations, you Handsome Devil, You! On his May 29th radio program Liddy made several racist remarks about Spanish-speaking people and attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a racist. He then went on to say about Sotomayor: “Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s [...]
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Some family and personal issues to attend to today, so my posting may be light. Here’s a butter goose table* of news and thoughts: Question: Who is the only living head of state (in the world) who was a uniformed member of the armed service on active duty during World War II? Don’t know? Watch [...]
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This may be a bit heartless to say (which would be no surprise, as I scored in the PURE EVIL zone on the Sacredness and Morality Quiz), but Pat Robertson and his ilk will be dead sooner than later. The past belongs to him. The future belongs to people who are not at all surprised [...]
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Nicholas Kristoff has a fascinating article in the NYT today: “If you want to tell whether someone is conservative or liberal, what are a couple of completely nonpolitical questions that will give a good clue? How’s this: Would you be willing to slap your father in the face, with his permission, as part of a [...]
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Why can’t there be an advertising firm that actually writes ads appealing to this sensibility: I honestly think an advertising firm with this Sarah Haskins person as creative director could make millions. When advertisers try to capture the drudgery of housework they get it all wrong — they turn the WOMAN into the drudge not [...]
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First, I am absolutely THRILLED to promote THIS new blog, Light Pond. It’s pretty new and I just came across it this morning when a link to it appeared in comments. Checked it out, was immediately drawn in by the layout and imagery and then kept getting more and more impressed. The links, the About [...]
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Below is a post that explains Who We Are. This is a short post to explain WHY we are. There are THREE abiding reasons for the Puma Movement. They don’t change with the daily headlines: The leadership of the Democratic Party proved itself corruptible to the questionable influences and tactics of the Obama Movement. They [...]
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