THE CARTOON: Spanglish, by Lalo Alcaraz
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/lalo.asp
THE QUOTE:
"How many Bush Administration officials does it take to change a light bulb?
None. There's nothing wrong with that light bulb. There is no need to change
anything. We made the right decision and nothing has happened to change our minds.
People who criticize this light bulb now, just because it doesn't work anymore,
supported us when we first screwed it in, and when these flip-floppers insist
on saying that it is burned out, they are merely giving aid and encouragement
to the Forces of Darkness.
- - John Cleese
THE HISTORY:
January 8th 1912 -- African
National Congress founded, South Africa.
January 8th 1987 -- US: NBC reports that John
Poindexter told
Donald Regan he'd condoned the diversion of "Iran-contra funds" because
he "felt
sorry for the contras." Does not hint at the rogue "shadow" government
created by Reagan's administration designed to contravene the US Constitution,
Congress & American law.
January 9th 1805 -- "Black Laws" of Ohio passed which, among other
things, prevents blacks from offering testimony in court.
January 9th 1902 -- Public flirting outlawed in New York State.
January 9th 1942 -- U.S. government press release says 40% more Native Americans
have enlisted to fight in WWII than have been drafted.
THE WEB SITE TIP: Top Ten War Profiteers of 2004
The Center for Corporate Policy
http://www.corporatepolicy.org/topics/topten2004list.htm
RHINO OFFERS UP:
Progressive weekend fare including a tribute to Shirley
Chisholm who passed
away January 1st.
Mucho kudos to my California Senator Barbara
Boxer for
standing tall this week by joining forces with Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie
Tubbs Jones in objecting
to the State of Ohio's voting irregularities.
Renowned liberal Boxer makes waves again with protest
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1105098926311060.xml
Congresswoman Tubbs Jones Releases Statement on Ohio Voting Irregularities
http://news.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20041208/08dec2004162152.html
And to Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. for the most eloquent speech on the floor
that day.
Our Voting System Needs A New Constitutional Foundation
by Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0106-35.htm
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The Center for Media and Democracy has released their first annual "Falsies
Awards" to the most significant information polluters. Rhine thinks, "Worth
the read. "
The 2004 Falsies Awards
Center for Media and Democracy
By Laura Miller, Alternet, December 30, 2004
This year marks the beginning of a new tradition for the Center for Media and
Democracy. To remember the people and players responsible for polluting our
information environment, we are issuing a new year-end prize that we call the "Falsies
Awards." The top ten finalists will each receive a million bucks worth
of free coupons, a lifetime supply of non-fattening ice cream, an expenses-paid
vacation in Fallujah, and our promise to respect them in the morning. The winners
of the Falsies Awards for 2004 are:...
AT: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20865/
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A Tsunami story you may have missed.
Ancient Tribes Survived on Remote Indian Islands
by Neelesh Misra, Associated Press, January 5, 2005
PORT BLAIR, India -- Two days after a tsunami thrashed the island where his
ancestors have lived for tens of thousands of years, a lone tribesman stood
naked on the beach and looked up at a hovering coast guard helicopter. He then
took out his bow and shot an arrow toward the rescue chopper. It was a signal
the Sentinelese have sent out to the world for millennia: They want to be left
alone. Isolated from the rest of the world, the tribesmen needed to learn nature's
sights, sounds and smells to survive. Government officials and anthropologists
believe that ancient knowledge of the movement of wind, sea and birds may have
saved the five indigenous tribes on the Indian archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar
islands from the tsunami that hit the Asian coastline Dec. 26. "They can
smell the wind. They can gauge the depth of the sea with the sound of their
oars. They have a sixth sense which we don't possess,'' said Ashish Roy, a
local environmentalist and lawyer who has called on the courts to protect the
tribes by preventing their contact with the outside world. The tribes live
the most ancient, nomadic lifestyle known to man, frozen in their Paleolithic
past. Many produce fire by rubbing stones, fish and hunt with bow and arrow
and live in leaf and straw community huts. And they don't take kindly to intrusions...
MORE: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/206560_tsunamirail05.html
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