Peace-A-Rena

If the name sounds familiar, it’s because he make a little bit of a ripple last year when he released some emails written by Mark Foley. Now he’s filed an FEC complaint against Fred Thompson, who has pretty clearly violated campaign laws with his never-ending “exploratory” campaign committee.
And man, are the rightwing nutcases incensed! And […]

Warning: Geek alert!
I found a “new” computer on OKC’s Craig’s List and will get it tomorrow.
Intel pentium 4 2.4ghz 1 gig ram dvd/floppy/wireless kb
I bought a “new” computer less than a year ago, a used one, but an upgrade from the previous one, which was slow as hell and ran Windows 98. I got […]

Last night the “remnants” of Hurricane Erin came through Oklahoma, directly through El Reno. We got 7-1/2 inches of rain in 5 or 6 hours. Our electricity went out about 1 am and didn’t get restored until about Noon.
Mom, who’s got a bladder infection now added to her escalating neuropathy symptoms, was in great pain […]

Last week, Atrios watched the Charlie Rose interview with the “very serious” “foreign policy expert” Thomas Friedman, and isn’t over it yet — apparently may not be over it for a long, long time. He’s really laying into him, I mean much more than usual. And deservedly so.
I myself don’t have the stomach to watch […]

This guy [warning: this article could seriously damage your left frontal lobe] gets paid to think, and advise. And write!
Aaarrrgggghhh!!! Just shoot me now!
Cliff Notes version (in which the author’s true meaning is devined):
David Rees: Cormac Ignatieff’s “The Road”

Have you seen the documentary Paradise Lost (and its sequel Paradise Lost 2)? If not, get it. The injustice that led three young men to be stigmatized in a small Arkansas town and convicted of murder will chill you to the bone. It will also make you want to do something to rectify the situation.
This […]

Pam Spaulding is one of the premiere LGBT bloggers. She’s on a story about the news coverage about Merv Griffin since his death. Seems like some hot shots in LA (and perhaps the late entertainer’s family) are all in a tizzy because America might find out that he was gay.
That this is still an issue […]

Quoting a NY Times column by Nicholas Kristof, in which Al Gore encouraged young people to act against polluters, Glenn Hurowitz at Open Left proposes that Gore lead the way — and provides the form letter directed to the man himself, the point being that if Gore was arrested in such an action, thousands would […]

Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform (OBAR) is a coalition of third parties and registered Independents seeking to change the state’s extremely restrictive laws. Today they announced the launch of a new petition drive to put a question on the ballot in 2008.
This initiative would return the number of signatures for recognition of political party back […]

An important notice from the Center on Conscience & War:
The Draft Card is on the Table- But No One Looks Like They are Going to Pick it up!
On Friday, Aug 10, Michelle Norris of NPR’s All Things Considered pressed “War Czar” Lt. General Douglas Lute about whether or not he foresaw a return to the […]