Owner: This Is Important Stuff URL:http://itswestbrook.blogspot.com Join Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:17:25 -0500 Rating:1 Site Description: Current events updates from a liberal law student. I pick the stories that I think are important and interesting and then comment on them. Keywords: liberal, republican, right wing, left wing, religious hypocrisy, gay, lesbian, bigotry, war, Iraq, peace Site statistics:Click here
Pedophile Foley Is A Democrat Now? 2006-10-12 02:44:00 Very interesting how Fox News slowly reeducates people to help its allies. I wonder if the great people of the State of Florida will be so easily misled. Tisk tisk Fox! Read more:Foley
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Future Is Grim for Homophobes 2006-09-28 02:01:00 Article. From Think Progress. Musgrave: Gay Marriage "Is The Most Important Issue That We Face Today' Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), the lead sponsor of the constitutional ban on gay marriage in the House, spoke this weekend at the Family Research Council's "Values Voter Summit" (Other virulently anti-gay speakers were featured at the event.) Musgrave declared that gay marriage "is Read more:Future
Tony Blair to Step Down 2006-09-26 22:45:00 Article. For Blair
It's A Long Goodbye
England's long time Prime Minister, Tony Blair
, has agreed to step down to Gordon Brown, his heir presumptive. Blair who has been criticized as a blind follower of President Bush's War in Iraq and the so called "War on Terror" has lost his battle with the British people. Today he made his final speech as the Leader of the Labor Party.
Should we add Tony
Bush Learns Punctuation 2006-09-26 22:09:00 Article. From Crooks and Liars.
Jack Cafferty just had some real choice words about Bush summing up Iraq as a "comma" during his interview with Wolf Blitzer. Video - WMV Video - QTPresident Bush thinks that looking back in the History books Iraq will be nothing but a comma in the history books. I wonder if the fraud of September 11th he created in order to lead "us" into Iraq will also be Read more:Punctuation
Female Juvenile Offenders Being Abused 2006-09-25 23:54:00 Article. U.S.: Girls Abused
in New York's Juvenile
Prisons
The report, "Custody and Control: Conditions of Confinement in New York's Juvenile Prisons for Girls," provides an in-depth look at the abuses and neglect suffered by girls confined in two remote New York juvenile facilities known as Tryon and Lansing. The facilities are operated by the New York Office of Children and Family Read more:Female
More Proof Virgin Is The Best 2006-09-22 20:28:00 Article. Branson pledges $3 billion to fight global warming at NYC meeting
Richard Branson, the billionare who started the Virgin
label, has pledged to donate $3 BILLION to help advance alternative renewable energy sources. Of course since Global Warming does not exist we must really wonder what this crazy Brit is up to.
All the profits generated by Virgin Group's transportation sectors Read more:Proof
911 Cover Up 2006-09-18 20:45:55 Loose Change 2nd Edition -
Korey Rowe / Dylan Avery / Jason Bermas Read more:Cover
Update: Path to 9/11 2006-09-13 20:31:00 From Media Matters. On Sunday and Monday nights, Disney subsidiary ABC aired The Path to 9/11, a fabricated, inaccurate, and misleading portrayal of the events leading up to 9-11. Written by a conservative activist, the film joins the cause of right-wing conservatives in blaming former President Bill Clinton for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while simultaneously letting President Read more:Update
Oh and how many different ways can you say i don't want the lipitor or the percodan? 2006-09-12 20:12:00 Recently my g-mom was admitted to the hospital with a little artrial flutter. Well, thats a lie it was a lot...and it was more fib then flutter, but that is neither here nor there. So the deal is this: the meds for her heart dialate the blood vessels and cause a headache. The blood thinners and the headache meds make her woozy, the hospital and bed rest is creating a breeding ground for lung Read more:different
On Hiatus 2006-09-06 02:43:00 Ok, I've got a lot going on right now outside of my normal responsibilities so I am probably going to be on hiatus for a while. You'll get over it. Read more:Hiatus
On Vacation 2006-09-02 03:22:00 Loyal blog readers, and the rest of you, we have gone on vacation where there is no internet, so you will just have to make due without us. Check out our other blog for pictures from our adventures when we return. Until later. Check back on Monday. Read more:Vacation
I'm Not Hungry Anymore - Part IV 2006-08-31 21:17:00 Article. Will the End of Oil Be the End Of Food?
Most people don't even realize that the food they are eating is created through the use of fossil fuels. You may be saving money and the environment with your hybrid automobile or your biodiesel, but the food you eat can make a big difference as well."We've created an agricultural system where, on average, for every energy of food calorie we Read more:Hungry
NFL Becomes The Moral Compass 2006-08-31 18:41:00 Article. Gary Glitter Songs Banned by NFL
Jeff Conroy, New York Giants special-events manager, hopes this isn't a trend. "We play Michael Jackson, others play R. Kelly," he said, citing two stars who've faced allegations of sexual misconduct. (Jackson was acquitted; Kelly's pleaded not guilty.) But most teams just hope to hear their touchdown song—whatever it is—often.NFL has "effectively" Read more:Moral
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Arabic Tshirts Not Allowed On Airlines 2006-08-29 18:55:00 Article. Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-Shirt Bearing Arabic
Script Before Boarding Plane at JFK
Raed Jarrar was wearing a T-shirt that read We Will Not Be Silent in Arabic and English, when he was approached by security officers. The officers said the Arabic script was upsetting other passengers, and told Jarrar to either turn the shirt inside out or wear something else. Jarrar Read more:Airlines
Don't Hurt the Gay Sheep! 2006-11-10 03:35:00 Article. Openly Gay Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Slams "Gay Sheep
' Experiments at Oregon State University Openly gay tennis icon Martina Navratilova is expressing outrage that Oregon State University (OSU) and Oregon Health the experimenters have stated that they plan to extrapolate the test results to humans. In letters faxed to the presidents of both universities,