Why I'm Not Going Back to New Orleans By CYRIL NEVILLE
"Would I go back to live? There's nothing there. And the situation for musicians was a joke. People thought there was a New Orleans music scene -- there wasn't. You worked two times a year: Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest ... "
Counterpunch
posted by Jimbo Trout @ Friday, December 16, 2005
Senate Blocks Extension of Patriot Act
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a crucial vote Friday morning as Congress raced toward adjournment, the bill's Senate supporters were not able to garner the 60 votes necessary to overcome a threatened filibuster by Sens. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and their allies.
The final vote was 52-47.
The two most controversial parts: roving wiretaps and secret warrants for books, records and other items from businesses, hospitals and organizations such as libraries.
My Way News
posted by Jimbo Trout @ Friday, December 16, 2005
Bush Secretly Lifted Some Limits on Spying in U.S. After 9/11CIA has been listneing to you international calls and reading your international emails for the last 3+ years. Just thought you ought to know by now ....
New York Times
posted by Jimbo Trout @ Thursday, December 15, 2005
Republicans practice "Social Darwinism"
Sen. Barak Obama of Illinois, a fast-rising Democratic star, told Florida party members that only a philosophy among Republicans of sink or swim explains why some Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans still live in cars while Republicans in Washington prepare next week to enact $70 billion in tax breaks.
"It's called the 'Ownership society' in Washington. This isn't the first time this philosophy has appeared. It used to be called Social Darwinism,"
Obama says Republicans practice "Social Darwinism" - Yahoo! News
posted by Jimbo Trout @ Sunday, December 11, 2005