Saturday, July 14, 2007

CINDY SHEHAN VISITS ALABAMA
“We can’t stay in the blue states always preaching to the choir" Cindy Sheehan told a group of Alabama fellow travelers during her recent visit to Mongtomery. "We can’t do that. … We need to come where we can make the biggest impact.”
(COMMON DREAMS)

Detainee Transfers Concern Senators - washingtonpost.com

GULAG TRANSFER WORRIES SENATORS
Senators have expressed 'grave concern' that detainees at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to countries where they have a credible concern of mistreatment upon their arrival. The senators cited recent transfers of detainees to nations such as Libya (yes, Libya!) and Tunisia.
(WASHINGTON POST)

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Queen storms out of Leibovitz photo shoot | AccessAtlanta

ICE QUEEN
You'd have thought she'd been asked to pose with Johnny Rotten or something. Annie Leibovitz received an icy stare and a stern response when she asked Queen Elizabeth II to remove her crown for an official portrait, according to a BBC documentary.
(ATLANTA JOURNAL)

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

WORTHY OF A HEISMAN
A father and his two children awake to flames and smoke. An upstairs window is the only way out. A barefoot hero stands below ...Adolph Cobb and his two children leaned outside a window of their third-floor Decatur apartment gasping for air and trying to decide whether to trust a voice below urging him to toss his babies to safety.
(ATLANTA JOURNAL)