Eddie Vedder, lead singer of the rock band Pearl Jam, is using his powerful pipes to call out corporate censorship after an AT&T webcast of the band’s Lollapalooza performance that edited out Vedder’s anti-George Bush musings. The improvised lyrics in question were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”: “George Bush leave this [...]
The Optics of abortion
March 21, 2007 By
In recent years, support for legal abortion has waned, which Lord attributes to the growing power of Christian fundamentalists: “We, like the good citizens of Iran, live in what amounts to a theocracy.” A great article from Womens’ Enews showing how the media on abortion has been skewed to promote the anti choice agenda. “Not [...]
The Big Tent is as the Big Tent Does
March 10, 2007 By
It would seem a weekly event the thread asking for definition of progressive, asking who would not fit under the big tent. No answer was ever forthcoming except that the owner and mods did not feel it their place to determine what people wrote on their blog. Self definition of progressive then seemed to be [...]
Vagina Verboten
March 7, 2007 By
In a stunning display of stupidity, a New York school has suspended 3 honour students for using the word vagina. Oh did I mention it was during a reading from the Vagina Monologues? The excerpt from “Monologues” was read Friday night, among various readings at an event sponsored by the literary magazine at John Jay [...]
I always thought the future would be a lot more fun
January 18, 2007 By
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