Resist!
Join the Christmas Resistance. Mindless consumption just encourages them.
Author: Ruby Sinreich
You can run…
but you can’t hide from The Man. The New York Times reports that the technology that Ashcroft, Poindexter, & pals need to monitor our daily activities (and thoughts?) is already in place.
Because of the inroads the Internet and other digital
network technologies have made into everyday life over the
last decade, it is increasingly possible to amass Big
Brother-like surveillance powers through Little Brother
means. The basic components include everyday digital
technologies like e-mail, online shopping and travel
booking, A.T.M. systems, cellphone networks, electronic
toll-collection systems and credit-card payment terminals.
Thanks for nothing, Blue Cross
I just realized that I will have spent about $2,982 on health care this year, including insurance. If I didn’t have health insurance the same health care services would have run me about $1,650. Will someone please hit me with a dump truck so I can have the kind of major medical expenses that will justify the thousands of dollars I have flushed down the toilet since I became self-employed? Thanks…
Taking violent toys to a new level
Wow. It’s one thing to complain about too many war toys, fake guns, etc. being sold to children. This is a whole different sort of sickness. JCPenny is selling this “battle zone” for your little 5-year-old freedom fighter to play with. But it’s not a military bunker, it’s not a mountainside lair, or an Afghan cave. It’s a HOUSE. Maybe I should be glad for this dose of realism. Kids should know that war destroys homes just like their own. But still, this just disturbs me deeply.
Forward Command Post, $44.99
Take command of your soldiers from this fully outfitted battle zone. 75-piece set includes one 11”H figurine in military combat gear, toy weapons, American flag, chairs and more. Assembled dimensions; 32x16x32″H. Plastic. 10 lbs. Ages 5 and up.
Click here for the pseudo-VR tour of the house. And then click here to tell JCPenney what you think.
This is why I live in the South: “the midwestern winter outfit.”
Thanks for reminding me, Lynda.
Rest in peace, Philip Berrigan.
Snow-ku
Written 12/5/02. Sunset Drive never lost power (!) but still no Internet 🙁 .
| Many icicles Limbs bend and pop, ice explodes Stay home, sit and listen |
Internet junkie Icy storm, no connection Whats a girl to do |
To work or to play That is my question today Snow dont pay the bills |
Someone help me understand this
OK, I understand that I’m not on the same wavelength as most Americans, but they’ve lost me again. Yahoo is having a “person of the year” contest, and these are the choices:
Barry Bonds Britney Spears Colin Powell Eminem George W. Bush Howard Stern J.K. Rowling Kofi Annan The Osbourne Family Serena Williams
What am I supposed to do? I think I have to pick Kofi Annan as he’s the only one who doesn’t make me want to retch violently.
Let
it
snow…
Small favors…
Yay! Soma is back on the “air.” Out of all the choices, they’ve always got something that I can work to.