This is so beautiful. As I wrote in my little comment to the peace rally on Saturday I was disappointed with the coverage of the event in the New York Times. FAIR and Democracy Now got on the case and the New York Times wrote a new article on the 30th. Nice example that protest works. The tide is turning. Also shines a great light …

… why is there no serious investigation? British Guardian: Gore Vidal claims ‘Bush junta’ complicit in 9/11 The other question is of course, why no American newspaper is publishing his essay or refers to it? You can see that for yourself, because Google checks 4000 news sources for you. With Gore Vidal as search criterion the results come up with Guardian article as the …

I stumbled over this quote today somewhere in my outlook task list, don’t know where it originally came from. But I think it is quite appropriate for this Saturday. The change of civilization begins with us. Yes, we make a difference: By coming out this Saturday, by inviting our friends to join in.  If you need reasons check out an earlier post.

I once was in court for a driving violation and the thing I remember most is that they do everything to make you feel small. “Everybody get up, no food, drink, chewing gum is allowed …” Even reading was prohibited. You have to come to the front and make your case in front of all the others, the judge sits raised and behind this …

This Washington post article shows how Bush is bending the truth. Woody Harrelson has a better word for this “lies”. I am afraid a bit, that they will not let him back into the country judging by the following story.

Sean Penn’s is doing his ‘little’ part ($56,000 he apparently payed for the New York Times ad) with an open letter to Bush: “An Open Letter to the President of the United States of America “ [Daypop Top 40]

I like Dan Gillmor’s frank words. The stock market insiders will grab the cream and the little investor like me will continue to get cheated again and again and again. Bush’s True Colors on Corporate Reform [Dan Gillmor’s eJournal]

Media’s revisionist history lessons about Iraq. Lots of examples of how the story about why weapons inspectors left Iraq has undergone a revision in the last four years: The Iraq story boiled over last night when the chief U.N. weapons inspector, Richard Butler, said that Iraq had not fully cooperated with inspectors and–as they had promised to do. As a …

We tend to feel helpless regarding the current politics. But there are things that we can do. For example give money to those candidates, especially in tight races, that voted against giving Bush war powers. I did, and almost instantly I got emails thanking me for my donation. We may not have the big bucks, but we are many this …

Hurray they are back. The BBC released the first of 10 one minute short films of my favorite animation characters: Wallace and Gromit. Beautiful:”Anyone for tennis, Gromit?” ” 15:love, Gromit.” Nick Park is currently working on a full length script. Can’t wait.