Oh, Election Fraud

It seems like this becomes a huge issue every four years – with obvious partisan politics infecting what is the only time Americans get to vote on a national level.
It’s disheartening and depressing to read about. All those claims to people that every vote counts (when they don’t count every vote) and that if you [...]

American Portraits: Racism and Sexism

Here are a few snippets of racism and sexism as reflected in American media and politics, both encountered within the last 24 hours. Both incredibly disheartening. We’ll start with the more obvious first.

BLACK MEN AND WHITE WOMEN
The first time I watched this was at work with the sound turned off. I only had [...]

Sarah Palin Disney Trailer

I couldn’t resist.
Much Love, Mindy C

Hockey Mom on Trial

In case you might have been swayed by the shmoozey and down-home charm of Sarah Palin during the Vice-Presidential debate, you might want to read this article.
She’s about to go on trial for abuse of power.
Does that sound familiar?
Oohh – hurts cause it’s true.
Much Love, Mindy C

I Hate The Bailout

That would make a nice bumper sticker.
Although it seems simple – purely hating the bailout doesn’t mean I don’t support the ideas behind it. I would honestly much rather see $700 Billion go towards stabilizing our economy than a perpetual war on an idea (*cough* terrorism *cough*). But that’s just me. I liked the idea [...]

September 11th National Service Forum

So – I’m watching the CNN coverage of Service Nation’s forum on National Service hosted at Columbia University (Obama’s alma mater).

McCain is saying interesting things (when they are understandable) but mostly his tone and repeated statements come back to first Faith Based Organizations and then privatization.
Basically – he’s not interested in expanding or plugging anymore [...]

Harry Potter and The Watchmen

Warner Brothers studios, after releasing two amazing trailers which had the fan-worlds buzzing, was sitting pretty two weeks ago.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince:

The Watchmen

Now, not so much.
Warner Brothers is suffering the results of it’s own hubris.
Firstly – the wild seven month release date time leap [...]

Contraceptives Equal Abortion?

Apparently as a parting “Fuck You” to women’s reproductive rights, the Bush administration is toying with the idea of classifying birth control (the pill, IUD’s, the patch) as abortion.
Just in case you thought you read that incorrectly…yes, I did just say, classifying birth control as abortion.
I wish I was making this up. I truly do.
Apparently [...]

Big Brother Wins Again

As if FISA/Patriot Act and Telecom Immunity weren’t bad enough…
This holy mess rolled across my vision this morning.
It looks like Google just pissed away the privacy of MILLIONS of it’s users. And what does that mean for those folks who are recorded as viewing Viacom’s unlawfully rendered materials? Are we going to get a bill [...]

Portland Says: Plug It In

So, I was surprised to drum up this fancy piece of information this afternoon will scanning through my RSS Feeds. I suppose that’s one thing that I’ve always loved about Portland, the city’s ability to look towards the future. And/or copy California/Seattle.

I’m not unaware of the fact that what PGE REALLY wants…is to [...]