Monday, December 1, 2003CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST. IN WYOMING?That stuningly beautiful, deceptively fragile ecology, known as Wyoming; home to those rugged, Republican voting, individualists, deregulationists, known as cowboys and cattlemen, who are loath to admit they are really welfare whores living off the tit so to speak of wealthy, densely populated,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:07 PM Comments (6) (link) Sunday, November 30, 2003IRAQ'S SHIITES INSIST ON DEMOCRACY. WASHINGTON CRINGES.So ran a headline in today's NYTimes in the Week in Review section. It made me laugh. In that simple alignment of 7 words it says volumes about the motives and the hypocrisy that undergirds the entire Bush administration policy, not only in Irag but here at home. A senior "coalition" (don't you love... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:58 AM Comments (2) (link) Friday, November 28, 2003WHEN TURKS COME TO DINNERH. was Turkish and fresh from Boston University graduate school with a degree in filmmaking when I hired her about 5 years ago. She was very dynamic, smart, and her English, while accented, was perfect. She was the only child of an adoring father. I met him too when he came to the US to spend... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:38 AM Comments (1) (link) Thursday, November 27, 2003IN THE DEAD OF NIGHTbefore a holiday or late on Fridays before a weekend is when the Republicans do their dirty work. Yesterday we learn (at least those of us who were paying any attention) that 3,000 more Marines are headed to Iraq. Thank you Mr. Rumsfeld. Here in Massachusetts, "with the State House halls emptied of... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:13 AM Comments (7) (link) Tuesday, November 25, 2003JOHN ASHCROFT STRIKES FEAR IN THE HEARTof subway musicians and performance artists in his most recent attack on terror or what he seems to view as a potential threat to public safety. One of the few pleasures in taking public transportation to and from work every day is the chance encounter with a musician performing in the bowels of the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:43 PM Comments (5) (link) |
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