lost socks' politics & indie music blog: lost socks' political blogmusings on current events and the polluted political environment of the our time...my indie music blog is hereMore Bush-shitt- June 30, 2004 There's an interesting article here about the corruption of the despicable Tom Delay and the new inquiry into his actions. Also in the last few days the decision came by the FDA not to allow the new emergency contraception pill Plan B to be sold over-the-counter (ie without a prescription). This means people with limited incomes will have to shell out for costly doctor visits to get the drug and girls under 18 will not be able to get the pill without parents getting involved...http://blogs.salon.com/0002750/categories/politics/2004/06/30.html#a156 (Untitled)- June 15, 2004 It's been a while since I've written...It just gets so depressing following this stuff and writing about it. I don't always see the point in writing so five people can read it and either agree or disagree with my perspective based on what they already think. Does anyone really change anyone's mind very often I don't know why everyone can't see what's going on. You get John Ashcroft saying Al Qaeda is 90% ready to strike again but of course...there's no way we can know how or...http://blogs.salon.com/0002750/categories/politics/2004/06/14.html#a153 Bill O'Reilly: Strategist!- June 2, 2004 A lot of people think Bill O'Reilly is kind of an idiot. Perhaps it's because of articles like this in which Bill argues that we should fight terror the way Genghis Khan would. Bill wants us to model ourselves after one of the most notorious and infamous warriors in history. We have the gall to act like we're going to civilize the Arab world with our enlightened ways yet we're supposed to model our war strategy off of a heartless warrior of conquest. Is Bill saying we really...http://blogs.salon.com/0002750/categories/politics/2004/06/02.html#a152 |