Post by Tara on Dec 9, 2004 14:22:03 GMT -5
Link one
An excerpt from the link:
Link 2
And an excerpt:
I'm so sad. I voted this year for the first time. Last
night (or this morning, I don't remember) on NPR
(http://www.npr.org), they talked about how there were
complaints on election day that people who voted for Kerry found out their votes were recorded in favor of
Bush.
Even though the voices of the religious fundamentalists are rising, I still find it hard to believe that Bush won popular and electoral votes.
An excerpt from the link:
What should we do with US
classics like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or The Color
Purple? "Dig a hole," Gerald Allen recommends, "and
dump them in it." Don't laugh. Gerald Allen's
book-burying opinions are not a joke.
Earlier this week, Allen got a call from Washington.
He will be meeting with President Bush on Monday. I
asked him if this was his first invitation to the
White House. "Oh no," he laughs. "It's my fifth
meeting with Mr Bush."
Bush is interested in Allen's opinions because Allen
is an elected Republican representative in the Alabama
state legislature. He is Bush's base. Last week,
Bush's base introduced a bill that would ban the use
of state funds to purchase any books or other
materials that "promote homosexuality". Allen does not
want taxpayers' money to support "positive depictions
of homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle". That's
why Tennessee Williams and Alice Walker have got to
go.
classics like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or The Color
Purple? "Dig a hole," Gerald Allen recommends, "and
dump them in it." Don't laugh. Gerald Allen's
book-burying opinions are not a joke.
Earlier this week, Allen got a call from Washington.
He will be meeting with President Bush on Monday. I
asked him if this was his first invitation to the
White House. "Oh no," he laughs. "It's my fifth
meeting with Mr Bush."
Bush is interested in Allen's opinions because Allen
is an elected Republican representative in the Alabama
state legislature. He is Bush's base. Last week,
Bush's base introduced a bill that would ban the use
of state funds to purchase any books or other
materials that "promote homosexuality". Allen does not
want taxpayers' money to support "positive depictions
of homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle". That's
why Tennessee Williams and Alice Walker have got to
go.
Link 2
And an excerpt:
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush
administration, saying that religion ``has played a
defining role'' in the nation's history, urged the
U.S. Supreme Court to permit Ten Commandments displays
in courthouses.
The Justice Department today filed a brief supporting
two Kentucky counties accused of violating the
constitutional ban on government establishment of
religion by posting framed copies of the Ten
Commandments.
administration, saying that religion ``has played a
defining role'' in the nation's history, urged the
U.S. Supreme Court to permit Ten Commandments displays
in courthouses.
The Justice Department today filed a brief supporting
two Kentucky counties accused of violating the
constitutional ban on government establishment of
religion by posting framed copies of the Ten
Commandments.
I'm so sad. I voted this year for the first time. Last
night (or this morning, I don't remember) on NPR
(http://www.npr.org), they talked about how there were
complaints on election day that people who voted for Kerry found out their votes were recorded in favor of
Bush.
Even though the voices of the religious fundamentalists are rising, I still find it hard to believe that Bush won popular and electoral votes.
