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TOTAL(ITARIANISM)INFORMATION AWARENESS
'I don't use the f-word myself -- in fact, for years, I've made fun of liberals who hear the approach of jackbooted fascism around every corner. But to quote a real authority on the subject, 'Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power.' -- Benito Mussolini.'
Molly Ivins on WorkingForChange

SMOKE SCREED
Pot is better, just not the 30 times better that Walters cites to scare today's voters. Walters is disingenuously comparing the best pot of today with the worst of yesterday, rather than comparing average marijuana of a generation ago with average marijuana now. He's ginning up the figures he wants by contrasting stuff you might line your cat's litter box with to the alleged 30-percent pot--the likes of which a lucky (or rich) smoker might encounter once every several years.
Daniel Forbes in Slate.com

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS
But if the moderates want to make a real vote of conscience, if they want to stand above partisanship and represent the great American political middle, there is another choice they can make: Chafee, Snowe and Specter can pull a Jeffords -- leave the GOP, become Independents, and caucus with the Democrats, which will give the Democrats control of the Senate.
Michael Kieschnick on WorkingForChange

BIN LADEN. YOU REMEMBER BIN LADEN.
Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post dismissed bin Laden as 'a blast from the past.' Well, that was a helluva blast, Howard, and I for one haven't forgotten it. I want that son of a bitch dead or alive, and I want getting him to be this country's top priority in terms of enemies.
Molly Ivins on WorkingForChange

AXIS OF IDIOCY
So let us say that sex is an area where we lefties have a more mainstream view than the Bush administration. The Bush administration has consistently blocked programs of sex education aimed at the prevention of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases if those programs mention any method other than abstinence. On an international level, they are joined in this view by Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya and the Vatican.
Jon Carroll in the SF Chronicle

AFGHANISTAN. YOU REMEMBER AFGHANISTAN.
If promises made to Afghanistan go unfulfilled, if the United States does nothing to challenge warlord dictators who come to power in the aftermath of its military victory there, what reason is there to believe the United States will do better -- be more engaged and care more about post-war democracy and reconstruction -- in Iraq?
David Corn on WorkingForChange

FIGHT THE POWER
Rage Against the Machine or Public Enemy couldn't get the 8 Mile treatment if they wanted it (and they probably don't), because their anger tends to be focused at the more powerful, not the less powerful. Fighting the power isn't useful to power; killing fags and hos, on the other hand, works just fine. Pop culture is a tricky balance between validating things people already feel and relate to, and selling, selling, selling.
Geov Parrish On WorkingForChange

THAT'S NUDES TO ME
Women from all ages and walks of life took off their clothes, not because they are exhibitionists but because they felt it was imperative to do so... They wanted to unveil the truth about the horrors of war, to commune in their nudity with the vulnerability of Iraqi innocents, and to shock a seemingly indifferent Bush Administration into paying attention.
Organizers of naked peace rally in The Point Reyes Light