MOMENT IN THE SUN
This article about Puerto Rico and the national election was sent to me by my good friend Connie Acevedo whose uncle was the "go to" guy for Muñoz Marin (our FDR).
(NEW YORK TIMES, unearthed by Connie Acevedo)
Domingo Soto's Personal Blog https://domsoto.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 23, 2008
Too Poor to Parent? | Reproductive Justice and Gender | AlterNet
TOO POOR TO PARENT?
At lunch yesterday I watched as the Texas FLDS children were loaded on buses in order to rightfully return them to their parents. It seems a misplaced concern to worry about children who are being cared and loved (if they are not truly being abused) and not worry about the countless kids out there who are being abused and who we know do go hungry every day as a routine matter of course. As this article shows, black children are twice as likely to enter U.S. foster care than white children. While some just use this as kindling for their own racial notions, the real culprit is our inattention to poverty.
(MS, unearthed by AlterNet)
At lunch yesterday I watched as the Texas FLDS children were loaded on buses in order to rightfully return them to their parents. It seems a misplaced concern to worry about children who are being cared and loved (if they are not truly being abused) and not worry about the countless kids out there who are being abused and who we know do go hungry every day as a routine matter of course. As this article shows, black children are twice as likely to enter U.S. foster care than white children. While some just use this as kindling for their own racial notions, the real culprit is our inattention to poverty.
(MS, unearthed by AlterNet)
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Noel Luis Rios
REMEMBERING
I got an email recently called "Meaning of Flag Draped Coffin". It was one of those well-meaning but jingoistic emails that is spreading a slough of urban legends about the flag. In responding to the sender I sent her these sites that debunk the email's contents and another that had interesting facts about the flag:
I got an email recently called "Meaning of Flag Draped Coffin". It was one of those well-meaning but jingoistic emails that is spreading a slough of urban legends about the flag. In responding to the sender I sent her these sites that debunk the email's contents and another that had interesting facts about the flag:
http://www.ushistory.org/BETSY/more/folds.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/BETSY/flagetiq.html
I also ran across this page I had put together about five years ago about my cousin Noel Luis Rios who died in Viet Nam. Since Monday is Memorial Day, I thought it was worth a read.
t r u t h o u t | Liberals Work to Change McCain's Image
OUTTING MCCAIN
Changing the media image of John McCain won't be easy. Outside groups, though unaffiliated with the presidential campaigns, are doing the Democrats' dirty work.
(TRUTHOUT)
Changing the media image of John McCain won't be easy. Outside groups, though unaffiliated with the presidential campaigns, are doing the Democrats' dirty work.
(TRUTHOUT)
Media Matters Action Network: Fear and Loathing in Prime Time
HATE TV
There are many serious problems facing the United States today: a faltering economy, a health-care crisis, and the ongoing war in Iraq, to name a few. Yet, in certain corners of the Hate TV one issue stands above all others: illegal immigration.
(MEDIA MATTERS)
There are many serious problems facing the United States today: a faltering economy, a health-care crisis, and the ongoing war in Iraq, to name a few. Yet, in certain corners of the Hate TV one issue stands above all others: illegal immigration.
(MEDIA MATTERS)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Government May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in "National Emergency" | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet
WHY? DO I LOOK GUILTY?
“Main Core,” part of so-called “Continuity of Governance” plans, is a program that authorizes computer searches through massive [unspecified] electronic databases in order to discover potential threats in the event of a national emergency. The database can identify and locate perceived "enemies of the state" almost instantaneously. One source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect. “Main Core is the table of contents for all the illegal information that the U.S. government has [compiled] on specific targets,” said a former military operative.
(ALTERNET)
“Main Core,” part of so-called “Continuity of Governance” plans, is a program that authorizes computer searches through massive [unspecified] electronic databases in order to discover potential threats in the event of a national emergency. The database can identify and locate perceived "enemies of the state" almost instantaneously. One source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect. “Main Core is the table of contents for all the illegal information that the U.S. government has [compiled] on specific targets,” said a former military operative.
(ALTERNET)
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