Heh. I'd love to be a fly on the wall there, but I'm sure that a FOIA request will give me the run down on the whole event 5 years from now.
Sometimes irony rawks.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Chandler party
Thursday, June 26, 2008
28 tons of fun!
So, last night I went to Louisville (partially to mourn the loss of formerly great Lexington social scene) and check out this "Waterfront Wednesday" that my friends told me about... WELL, on my way there, I notice a HUGE Bush-Legacy-Bus.
My first reaction was 'Great, more Bush/Rove/McConnell/McCain propaganda... '. Then, as I got closer, I saw that it was an Americans United For Change project (those were the folks that busted their tails to save Social Security entitlements from being privatized by the gops). My frown immediately turned downside-up real fast!
As soon as I walked up, I was greeted by a very knowledgeable staffer who explained to me that Louisville was only their third stop of what will be 4 1/2 months of national touring on their biodiesel-powered-museum-on-wheels (check out their schedule here). They, rightfully so, recognize Senator Mitch McConnell as the chief enabler of this disastrous President and thus wanted to make sure they stopped in Kentucky right off the Louisville Slugger. Luckily for us, they will swing through Bowling Green (and MAYBE Lexington?!?!) on September 17th... so mark your calendars!
I will post some more about the McConnell atrocities in the coming days... in the meantime, I can not get my mind off the impressive nature of this bus!
I walked onto the bus, and as soon as my eyes adjusted to the lighting, I was awe-struck! Shocked I was! I was... yes readers, it is true... I was shocked & awed... by the creativity, the ingenuity, the conceptuality, by the totality... and more than anything, I was shocked and awed by the complete failure of leadership that we have endured over the last 7+ years. How did we, the public, let our leaders abuse their power to such an extent?!?!?
They figured out a way to utilize every square inch of this bus. There were all kinds of really thought provoking exhibits on the various Bush/McConnell legacies. I am SURE that it was hard to decide what to highlight, with so much material to cover. But they honed their message to educate the citizenry on:
Iraq War: Misled into Tragedy
Economy: American dream turned nightmare
Healthcare: Premiums rise, coverage fails
Environment: Our future for sale
Workers: Working harder, falling behind
Katrina: Epic failure of leadership
(while the other exhibits filled me with rage, the Katrina exhibit brought tears... even to these very macho eyes)
Education: Promises broken
and perhaps arguably the best exhibit (only because of the premise) was Progressive Vision: Time for change
!
LONG, LONG story short... I was VERY impressed. Impressed with the educational outreach, impressed with the staffers, impressed with the bus itself... and once again, extremely impressed with Americans United for Change!
BTW, the concert was pretty good, but the bus was certainly the highlight of my trip to the waterfront!
There is LOTS more I could say about this museum-on-wheels, but I would rather leave you yearning for more...
Visit the Bush Legacy Homepage and Take the Virtual Bus Tour:
My first reaction was 'Great, more Bush/Rove/McConnell/McCain propaganda... '. Then, as I got closer, I saw that it was an Americans United For Change project (those were the folks that busted their tails to save Social Security entitlements from being privatized by the gops). My frown immediately turned downside-up real fast!
As soon as I walked up, I was greeted by a very knowledgeable staffer who explained to me that Louisville was only their third stop of what will be 4 1/2 months of national touring on their biodiesel-powered-museum-on-wheels (check out their schedule here). They, rightfully so, recognize Senator Mitch McConnell as the chief enabler of this disastrous President and thus wanted to make sure they stopped in Kentucky right off the Louisville Slugger. Luckily for us, they will swing through Bowling Green (and MAYBE Lexington?!?!) on September 17th... so mark your calendars!
I will post some more about the McConnell atrocities in the coming days... in the meantime, I can not get my mind off the impressive nature of this bus!
I walked onto the bus, and as soon as my eyes adjusted to the lighting, I was awe-struck! Shocked I was! I was... yes readers, it is true... I was shocked & awed... by the creativity, the ingenuity, the conceptuality, by the totality... and more than anything, I was shocked and awed by the complete failure of leadership that we have endured over the last 7+ years. How did we, the public, let our leaders abuse their power to such an extent?!?!?
They figured out a way to utilize every square inch of this bus. There were all kinds of really thought provoking exhibits on the various Bush/McConnell legacies. I am SURE that it was hard to decide what to highlight, with so much material to cover. But they honed their message to educate the citizenry on:
Iraq War: Misled into Tragedy
Economy: American dream turned nightmare
Healthcare: Premiums rise, coverage fails
Environment: Our future for sale
Workers: Working harder, falling behind
Katrina: Epic failure of leadership
(while the other exhibits filled me with rage, the Katrina exhibit brought tears... even to these very macho eyes)
Education: Promises broken
and perhaps arguably the best exhibit (only because of the premise) was Progressive Vision: Time for change
!
LONG, LONG story short... I was VERY impressed. Impressed with the educational outreach, impressed with the staffers, impressed with the bus itself... and once again, extremely impressed with Americans United for Change!
BTW, the concert was pretty good, but the bus was certainly the highlight of my trip to the waterfront!
There is LOTS more I could say about this museum-on-wheels, but I would rather leave you yearning for more...
Visit the Bush Legacy Homepage and Take the Virtual Bus Tour:
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
George Bush's America
At the age of 19, Murat Kurnaz vanished into America’s shadow prison system in the war on terror. He was from Germany, traveling in Pakistan, and was picked up three months after 9/11. But there seemed to be ample evidence that Kurnaz was an innocent man with no connection to terrorism. The FBI thought so, U.S. intelligence thought so, and German intelligence agreed. But once he was picked up, Kurnaz found himself in a prison system that required no evidence and answered to no one.
The story Kurnaz told 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley is a rare look inside that clandestine system of justice, where the government’s own secret files reveal that an innocent man lost his liberty, his dignity, his identity, and ultimately five years of his life.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Ben Chandler makes the right vote on FISA and Retroactive Immunity!!!!!!
Oh. My. God.
I can't believe it.
Ben Chandler stood up and took the right vote today, denying retroactive immunity for telecoms who assisted Bush in breaking the law.
You know, some say that criticizing Ben Chandler for his votes doesn't move him to the left.
I just sit back and smile at that. :)
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