Irregular Times: News Unfit to PrintIn a time of the fall, old paths close and new paths open. In these irregular times, we offer the incredulous, the heretical, the treasonous, the out of sight. Our news is unfit to print.The Obligatory Super Bowl Article- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A few years ago, in a kitchen somewhere between Van Nuys and Bar Harbor, a hurried teenager conducted a secret experiment with the dinner she had promised to cook for her little brother. Government scientists refuse to release details, but it had something to do with...http://www.irregulartimes.com/superbowl.html Handbook, My Ass: James Carville's New Book- (Found July 8, 2008 ) When Carville wants to share his considerable experience as an organizer and strategist, I'll be happy to read another of his books. Until then, I'll listen to my Great Auntie Gertie's dinnertime sermons when I need to be told what to think.http://irregularbooks.com/carvillehandbook.html Liberal and Conservative: Who Dominates Language Online- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Although negative uses of both liberal and conservative are low in the top 50 Google rankings, conservative gets a much higher percentage of positive representation in the top 50 rankings than liberal does. 70 percent of web pages in the top 50 results for a search of the word conservative promoted the idea that to be a conservative is a positive thing. Only 34 percent of the web pages in the top 50 results for a search of the word liberal were positive in a similar way.http://irregularnews.com/index.php/archives/2005/02/04/liberal-and-conservative-who-contro... Fighting the Cartoon Culture Wars- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Who would have thought that the religious right wing radicals would gain so much power after the re-election of George W. Bush that America would be reduced to fighting about the morality of cartoon characters I never would have guessed it myself. But here we are, on Groundhog's Day 2005, and the Republicans have gotten themselves up in such a frothy tither about their Crusade for fundamentalist values that the Republican base is now waging war on cartoon characters. Yesterday, I got an email.http://www.irregularnews.com/2005/02/fighting-cartoon-culture-wars.html How is Alberto Gonzales the Manifestation of the American Dream- (Found July 8, 2008 ) These days, an immense amount of praise is coming from Republicans, both in Congress and in the White House, for Alberto Gonzales, the White House chief counsel and the man that President Bush has picked to become the next Attorney General of the United States. It is the constitutional duty of the United States Senate to review presidential appointments for cabinet-level positions such as Attorney General, and to deny those appointments if the nominees are found to be professionally or...http://www.irregulartimes.com/2005/02/alberto-gonzales-republican-dream-for.html Finding the Fussy Elites- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Somehow, the Republicans have whipped themselves up into a frenzy of outrage because Americans are drinking lattes. They say that it proves that liberals secretly control everything. To be fair, there's also Volvo. And sushi. Republicans say that anyone who drives a Volvo, even if it's got over one hundred thousand miles on it, must be an elite. The same goes for sushi. If you've ever been to a Japanese restaurant, the Republican Party has you marked as a dangerous elitist. Consider the...http://www.irregulartimes.com/gopcigarelite.html Walking Bush's Talk: Commissions and Omissions on Slavery and Collective Culpability- (Found July 8, 2008 ) In his inaugural address, George W. Bush reminded the nation that "no one is fit to be a master, and no one deserves to be a slave.... The great objective of ending tyranny is the concentrated work of generations. The difficulty of the task is no excuse for avoiding it.... We will persistently clarify the moral choice between oppression, which is always wrong, and freedom, which is eternally right.... The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors.... Our...http://irregularnews.com/index.php/archives/2005/01/24/progressive-heroes-hr-40-establishi... Guantanamo, Freedom and the Law- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A directory of progressive political resources -- including organizations, alternative news sources, political parties, bumper stickers and buttons -- for the tumultuous state of Florida.http://www.irregulartimes.com/ratnerguantanamo.html Directory of Progressive Politics in Florida- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Over the turn to the new year, we kept our eye on the political ball by reading Guantanamo, a fascinating book that cuts to the heart of the current crisis in American identity: Can the rule of law be maintained in a time when the primary source of power in politics is fear Written by Michael Ratner, president of Center for Constitutional Rights, and Ellen Ray, director of the Institute for Media Analysis, Guantanamo makes its case plainly and clearly - by referencing the foundations of...http://irregularnews.com/states/florida.html Progressive Circles of Outrage- (Found July 8, 2008 ) When we look at the big picture of what Republican rule has brought to America, what do we seehttp://www.irregulartimes.com/outragecircles.html |