Archive for the 'politics' Category

Norwegian Hood

Monday, November 7th, 2005

(I apologize in advance for the seriously bad pun here)

Saturday night, I was very priviledged to see a presentation put on by a woman named Inger Lena Gaasemyr from Norway who has studied the urban planning and community involvement in the Nedre Nygaard section of Bergen, Norway’s second largest city. She presented different photo [...]

Good Night and Good Luck

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

10/10

This one will probably be my film of the year. On the surface, it is an engaging profile of Ed Murrow, a CBS journalist and newscaster in the 50s. It’s also a film with some adept performances by Straithairn, Clooney, Clarkson, and Robert Downey Jr. with some great black and white cinematography that [...]

Get Your Protest On

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

It was a lovely day for a protest today. Unfortunately, I made it down there late as I had to work but I caught over an hour of interesting guest speakers and musicians from quite a few different backgrounds as well as professions. As usual, It was good to hear their point of [...]

I have to make a correction.

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Q101 is actually owned by Emmis Communications, not Clear Channel so I was wrong about this. In addition, I’m having difficulty finding political ties. However, what troubles me is that every outdoor street festival I have gone to in the last couple of years that has been sponsored by Clear Channel has had [...]

My letter to Schubas Tavern.

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

To Whom It May Concern,

I just wanted to express concern regarding the recent string of Q101 sponsored events. In most cases, this radio station does not play or support these musicians as 88.7fm (wluw) or 89.3fm(wnur) does. In addition, although Schubas does not express a specific political ideology, many of the bands who have [...]

I’m in love with a penguin.

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

Tom Tomorrow is a Genius

Who has all of these great political comics/commentaries

I Still Keep Hearing it and it Bothers Me.

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Yes, some of the resources that could help people in New Orleans are in Iraq. Yes, the funds and man power are there. But please let us not be bitter towards the Iraqis. Let’s not confuse the issues here. The Iraqis have suffered tremendously because of our tactics in this war [...]

New Orleans and our Charismatic President

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

I’m not very equipped to talk about this admittedly. I don’t live in New Orleans and I don’t have family there. I’m really saddened by this tragedy but undoubtebly I really have no clue what the people who have lost their homes and their entire livelihood must be going through.

And, in terms of [...]

Stereotypes That Hurt Men (and Women)

Monday, August 15th, 2005

Here’s what happens to me often…something occurs and it kind of bothers me but I try to let it go or I get distracted or I just plain forget about it…but there it is just lurking. After Cinchel and I went to the art gallery over a week ago, we went to Cozi Noodles [...]

I Really Like the New Dove Ads

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

I guess I should be putting up this link because I hadn’t realized that people in other cities weren’t even seeing these ads. It should take you to the Dove page where the ad is.

The political discussion group I go to every Wed. was focusing on these this week and I had definitely taken [...]