tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281012812024-02-19T01:39:26.019-07:00Know MoreIn the belief that the truth shall set us free. . .KnowMorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447848306317399911noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-2667832597367370082016-07-07T07:17:00.001-06:002016-07-07T07:17:34.868-06:00And So It Came to Pass. The Truth...
... Will Out.
Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-91439589536285658772016-02-23T07:53:00.001-07:002016-02-23T07:55:52.774-07:00
Know Bush 2: Jeb!
The Brief Rise and Fortunate Fall
Phew.
Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-85520048263114021632012-06-20T06:30:00.004-06:002012-06-20T06:30:30.740-06:00George Pyle considers "What EnergySolutions is for..."Too bad nobody reads the paper. If they did, they would have noticed in Sunday's Salt Lake Tribune Opinion section, the important column by Georgy Pyle: "What Energy Solutions is for..."
It was bad enough that we had a company in Utah that claimed it could be trusted to store radioactive material that remains deadly for millions of years. Then it "went public" (ironic phrase).
So now Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-25296183613801855792012-06-20T05:59:00.004-06:002012-06-20T05:59:45.783-06:00There are still important questions to ask the Bush Family.
My comment on the article titled "Charles Hopper, Ex-Lehman Brothers Exec, Commits Suicide In Face Of Financial Distress" at Huffington Post.
" I still want to know more about how the two Bush family members (W's brother, Jeb, and cousin, George Herbert Walker IV) did when Lehman crashed. They were both hired Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-56872764970372345292012-05-28T19:00:00.000-06:002012-05-29T06:57:57.363-06:00May 28, 2012
On this Memorial Day, Blair's testimony in a London courtroom was interrupted with cries of "WAR CRIMINAL!!!" -- a perfect reminder that we should remember the leaders who lied to start wars and who forced unnecessary sacrifices we sadly memorialize -- on this day.
David Lawley-Wakelin, a freelance documentary film maker, entered the courtroom from behind a Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-69292540726162917402012-01-12T08:24:00.000-07:002012-01-12T08:24:41.596-07:00Newt Gingrich Attacks Romney with "King of Bain" DocumentaryThank you, Newt Gingrich. That's something I never thought I'd say, but I'm a Democrat, and I very much appreciate having such important information to share about the most-likely Republican nominee.
Meanwhile, what is the Republican party to do? Every candidate is an extraordinary disaster.
Santorum wants to make birth control illegal because he's so "pro-life" -- unless you count his Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-4307441148908712782012-01-11T07:02:00.000-07:002012-01-11T07:02:03.042-07:00Update January 2012Things I KNOW at this moment, as we enter this 2012 election year:
1. I KNOW that the Citizens United Supreme Court decision must be stopped, whether it is by overturning or a Constitutional Amendment. (See Senator Bernie Sanders site.)
2. I KNOW that ALEC, the group exposed in 2011 that coordinates the writing of state laws to support business interests over the Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-70359010904618594162011-10-07T06:25:00.000-06:002011-10-07T06:25:52.325-06:00Declaration of the Occupation of New York CityOn September 30, 2011, the New York City General Assembly, the decision-making body for the "Occupy Wall Street" protest, approved this statement of purpose:
As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-87889733043205396652011-09-11T08:35:00.001-06:002011-09-11T08:39:29.574-06:00On this day, the 10th ANNIVERSARY of 9/11, My PromiseOn this day, the 10th ANNIVERSARY of 9/11, I promise:
to pay attention
to seek out the most trustworthy, courageous, fact-based journalism
to ask questions
to share what I find, online and in person, and
especially, to use all the skills I have to communicate with those who, on the surface, do not agree with me
I wholeheartedly encourage others to join me in this promise.
Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-85860705671104897122011-09-09T08:30:00.008-06:002011-09-11T08:14:30.089-06:00Comment for The Diane Rehm Show, September 9, 2011
Regarding Rick Perry's remarks about climate science jeopardizing America's economy. . .
On Tuesday, a caller from Texas on Talk of the Nation brought up the fact that natural gas fracking there has made the drought and fires much worse because the process has further depleted the water resources and left property owners with dry wells.
It's another bad mark for fracking, and for the Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-60872975402665206532011-08-25T00:00:00.001-06:002011-08-25T00:02:18.193-06:00Diane Rehm Asks THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONToday, in a segment on Earthquake Update, Diane asked David Applegate, from the U.S. Geological Survey directly:
"My question to you -- because we've talked a great deal on this program about hydraulic fracturing wherein water is injected along with chemicals into shale in order to release gas. To what extent do you believe that hydraulic fracking could have played a role in this Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-38210252533945657552011-08-24T08:14:00.000-06:002011-08-24T08:14:45.111-06:00TWO SURPRISINGLY LARGE EARTHQUAKES IN ONE DAYThe White House was evacuated. The major network offices in NYC shook. It rippled up and down the east coast. 5.8. Such a surprise. One problem is that buildings in the area were not built to withstand earthquakes -- because, historically, earthquakes have not been a problem there. The epicenter was Mineral, Virginia.
Virginia is one of Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-43834646168664941302011-08-23T08:16:00.000-06:002011-08-23T08:16:46.623-06:00KUER Radio West 8/22/11: Rick Perry and Conservative Christian PoliticsThank you, Doug and Elaine, for addressing this issue.
I found it scary in 2004 when I read in The Village Voice that Karl Rove, just before the 2003 Iraq invation, and in 2004 National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, and "Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs," Elliott Abrams, had brought in Apostolic leaders to advise George W. Bush Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-13223535605320210822011-07-13T08:26:00.000-06:002011-07-13T08:26:40.834-06:00Comment left on NPR StoryThis morning NPR's Morning Edition reported: AS FOCUS ON FRACKING SHARPENS, FUEL WORRIES GROW, with concerns from both sides (those who want to live, and those who want to make money).
I commented as follows:
Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-86074370383817478542011-07-08T07:19:00.010-06:002011-07-09T07:28:13.885-06:00Question/Comment for The Diane Rehm Show, Domestic News Roundup, July 8, 2011Shouldn't we be talking about the man behind the Republican stubbornness -- GROVER NORQUIST.
Who elected him?
Here is a man who has professed the desire to make the government so small it can be flushed down the toilet, who has all kinds of dirty connections to Jack Abramoff -- and it is his pledge that most of the Republicans are loyal to -- not to the good of their constituents!Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-92064229030444541752011-07-01T07:04:00.000-06:002011-07-09T07:18:56.710-06:00Question/Comment for The Diane Rehm Show, International News Roundup, July 1, 2011INTERNATIONAL HOUR The French legislature has just last night completed the vote to ban natural gas fracking in France. Earlier this month, fracking was halted in Blackpool, England after the British Geological Survey confirmed that two earthquakes in the area appear to be related to the hydraulic fracking. A recent study in Arkansas also links fracking to earthquakes, but the Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-7324234598087257282011-07-01T06:49:00.004-06:002011-07-09T07:14:38.657-06:00Question/Comment for The Diane Rehm Show, Domestic News Roundup, July 1, 2011DOMESTIC HOUR
As Wisconsin's anti-union law went into effect this week, we also learned of an alleged physical attack -- a "chokehold" -- by Wisconsin's newly re-elected Republican Supreme Court Justice David Prosser against fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, in front of other Justices and staff, which occurred just before the release of the Court's decision on the legality of this very law.
Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-14085617367049275642011-07-01T05:30:00.003-06:002011-07-13T06:57:35.380-06:00Letter to Matt Pacenza, Policy Director at Heal Utah, July 1, 2011Hello:
I left a message on your phone yesterday afternoon (Thursday 6/30) regarding the link between natural gas fracking and an increase in earthquakes, and the opportunity my daughter had that very morning to ask Congressman Matheson about his support for The Greater Natural Buttes Area Gas Development Project. I did get a call back a few minutes later, though I wasn’t sure if that was Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-24789109103568190142011-06-10T08:34:00.000-06:002011-06-10T08:34:49.885-06:00Question/Comment for The Diane Rehm Show, News Roundup, June 10, 2011Please get past the taudry testosterone of Congressman Weiner and discuss the very important issue he was bringing to light at the time Andrew Breitbart posted the infamous photo: the latest extraordinary details of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s falsified Financial Disclosure Forms and the source of the $700,000 unreported income of Ginny Thomas. This is not old news – in fact, the Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-82003950071075407282011-03-13T10:08:00.004-06:002011-03-15T23:29:39.501-06:00Enough. I WANT TO KNOW IF HUMAN ACTIONS ARE CAUSING EARTHQUAKES.I've had enough -- and clearly now so has the world.
As I write this, the headlines read "PARTIAL MELTDOWN" -- and that's in the mainstream press.
At least one nuclear reactor in Japan is already in meltdown mode. Yesterday morning started with news that the reactor had expoded the night before. Should I believe them when they say that the explosion involved an outer structure and Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-28999331941912551162011-03-03T19:58:00.003-07:002011-03-03T20:02:43.100-07:00Governor Scott Walker Reveals the Republican Shift to Thuggery
And The Deseret News captures the best portrait of me ever (Sunday, February 27).
"And the award for costume design goes to. . ."Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-54131561090734992152010-11-07T19:00:00.000-07:002010-11-08T06:11:24.226-07:00YEAH, TEAM!!!Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-8989591491142531852010-11-05T07:48:00.001-06:002010-11-05T07:59:16.082-06:00Orwellian Midterm MadnessHow foolish? How foolish.
Many emotions, but the deepest is sadness. I am sad to see so many foolishly vote against their own best interests.
They have fallen for the concept of "grass roots" and "independence/freedom".
It is Orwellian, because the movement they call "grass roots" was completely manipulated and financed by the lobbyists and public relations end of the very Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-21087138401411606822010-10-10T12:48:00.000-06:002010-10-10T12:48:20.852-06:00Response to "Is that HATRED in Your Pocket... Or Are You Just MAD to See Me?", at Confessions of a Valet BoyDear Mr. Valet Boy,
Once, a few decades ago, you, Mr. Hampton, and I shared the same spot in the space/time continuum for a while. At that time, I'm pretty sure I was the most naive of the three of us. It was Los Angeles, it was theatre, and statistically, it was clearly populated with people who were gay.
We can, all three of us, think of many individuals we knew, I'm sure, who wereKnow Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101281.post-60847394322710662492010-09-10T21:01:00.000-06:002010-09-10T21:01:56.343-06:00"Mama, will I ever have breast cancer?" Thirteen years later.March 4, 1997
As I was sitting cross legged in the warm tub this morning,
my five year old daughter,
who has been missing a lot of time with me of late --
as I have been focusing on treatments, and needing space --
asked me,
“Mama, will I ever have breast cancer?”
I cannot tell her no.
Suddenly, the new truth is:
“It runs in the family,”
this albatross of potential carcinoma
hanging from our Know Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168559640214421949noreply@blogger.com0