Posted in Eugene, Oregon, life, opinion, politics, tagged abuse of power, AIG, bailout, Blagojevich, Blagojevich scandal, economic crisis, Eliot Spitzer, hierarchy, news, patriarchy, politics, Rachel Maddow, relationships of power, social justice on January 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I first heard of the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, my only context for this information was the proposed boycott of Bank of America that Blagojevich promoted. In the days before his arrest, the Governor had made headlines for supporting former employees of Republic Windows and Doors.
Bank of America was refusing to fund [...]
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Posted in Eugene, Oregon, culture, life, opinion, politics, social justice, tagged Bush war criminal, Connecticut, Fairfield, gentically modified food, George Bush, GMF, hierarchy, Iraqi journalist, Iraqi shoe throw, James Risen, Madoff, Monsanto, Muntanther al Zaidi, NASDAQ, neo-liberalism, oversight, patriarchy, ponzi scheme, rachael maddow, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow New Show, RIP right to privacy, SEC, shoe, shoes, Thomas Tamm, video, war crimes, warrentless wiretapping, wiretapping on December 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Muntather al Zaidi reminded us here in Christendom of the cultural meaning attached to shoes in the ancient city of Baghdad and the wider Muslim world. They are vehicles for contempt and, awesomely, highly efficient projectiles . For his efforts at contesting the impunity of Bush and the tolerance of the broken bodies, ecosystems and economies left [...]
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Posted in Eugene, Oregon, life, opinion, politics, social justice, tagged Add new tag, capitalism, corptocracy, economy, financial crisis, hierarchy, news, patriarchy, rachael maddow, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow New Show, social justice, structural violence, taxes, ugly sister, wall street on November 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In this video, my brilliant new girlfriend Rachel Maddow tells this tale of the perverse manifestation of capitalism that increasingly sacrifices the livelihood of the many to the gluttony of the few.
Embedded within October’s Wall Street Baal-Out was the repeal of a previously untouchable tax law that prevented large corporations from concealing the portions [...]
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Posted in Eugene, Oregon, Gender, culture, entertainment, life, politics, tagged colbert report, media, news, politics, rachael maddow, rachael maddow's shoes, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow New Show, social justice, steven colbert, ugly sister, video, women on November 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
UPDATE: Video removed, sorry…..
I worship this woman, and everything I learn about the way she understands the world stokes my girlish crush. She is brilliant and funny, bold and self-deprecating. Can she be our future? Can this level of knowledge and discourse become a standard, not just for television news media, but for a responsible [...]
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