“Liberated” Iraqis Free To Join Forces With Hezbollah Hezbollah and Iran Training Shia Militias In Iraq Poster from the Mahdi Army, the Iraqi Shiite militia led by Moktada al-Sadr (upper left). Hezbollah, under Iranian auspices, are training the Shiite Mahdi Army (seen above). How sweet and helpful of them. According to the New York Times … Continue reading “Freed Iraqi Shias Joining Forces With Iranian Military and Hezbollah”
How To Win An Advocacy Campaign A Rant About Media Strategy For years I traveled, giving speeches at disability conferences about how I defeated Alabama Medicaid and how you can too, in Chicago, Minneapolis, DC, and even in Dr. Martin Luther King’s church in Montgomery. It was a great opportunity. I tried my best to … Continue reading “How To Win An Advocacy Campaign”
Ricky A. Wyatt Lifetime Advocacy Award ADAP Award As I described earlier, I recently won the Ricky A. Wyatt Lifetime Advocacy Award. Here’s the closeup Mom just took:
Global Warming Now Wiping Out Species Someone forgot to tell the animals global warming is a hoax. Damn. WASHINGTON – Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends. These fast-moving adaptations come as a surprise even to biologists … Continue reading “Global Warming Now Wiping Out Species”
Arab Monarchs To Bankroll Bush Library Institute For Democracy OMG THE IRONY!!! In my last post, I showed the Administration snuggling up to evil Arab tyrants. Today, I see this from the New York Daily News: Bush sources with direct knowledge of library plans told the Daily News that SMU and Bush fund-raisers hope to … Continue reading “Arab Monarchs To Bankroll Bush Library Institute For Democracy”
Latest Mideast News: Dick Cheney Hugs Saudi Despot So the Vice President of the United States went to Saudi Arabia yesterday for talks about stopping the Iraqi civil war and stabilizing the Mideast. It was all over the news. These images were all over the TV: Video here That’s right, Dick Cheney hugged Saudi Arabian … Continue reading “Latest Mideast News: Dick Cheney Hugs Saudi Despot”
Thanksgiving!! All the family who live in the house. From me (right), mom, Jamie (left), Nana and Louie the dog in my bed, at bottom. I asked mom to get bread so I could HaMotzi-ize it (say the bread blessing in Hebrew), so it was the most Jewy Thanksgiving to date. May it only increase. … Continue reading “How My Thanksgiving Went”
Nicholas Midrashim: Ishmael Ishmael means “G-d hears,” because Hashem heard the pleas of Hagar, his mother. “And G-d was with the lad, and he grew, and he dwelt in the desert, and he became an archer.” (Gen 21:20) Notice I’ve shown (or tried to show) Ishmael drawing the bow with his thumb, the method of … Continue reading “Nicholas Midrashim: Ishmael”
Morality And Government Should Morality Stop At The State House Steps? To get elected, candidates are increasingly talking about their faith. A judge here in Alabama a few years ago ran campaign ads saying he would “go by the book,” and it showed his hand on the Bible. Recently, Harold Ford campaigned for the U.S. … Continue reading “Morality And Government”
Bush In Vietnam – The Irony Is Too Much The Irony Is Just Incredible In Vietnam, Bush cites lessons for Iraq, saying Vietnam war teaches us “we’ll succeed unless we quit.” WHAT?! You realize you’re sitting under a giant statue of Ho Chi Minh, right? You’re citing a non-example example? President Bush is in Vietnam … Continue reading “Bush In Vietnam – The Irony Is Too Much”
We have two dogs. This is Louie, also seen here. He’s 13. 91 in dog years. He’s a Lhasa Apso. This is CC. Toy Poodle. Age 11. Seen here in a sweater to keep her from shivering after getting shaved. The extreme cuteness is just a side effect. Also, she is planning to kill you … Continue reading “Dog Blogging”
Growing Backlash Against Inequality Jim Webb Tackles The Problem of Inequality In my last post, I talked about how Alabama shows that the lowest taxes don’t translate into the most wealth; we are one of the poorest states and at the bottom of nearly every category, nearly third-world. The huge, largely untaxed wealth at the … Continue reading “Growing Backlash Against Inequality”
Undo The Alabamization Of America! Why I’m A Liberal The Democrats have now won both houses of Congress. Let me go back to the basics and explain. I’m far from a “proud Democrat,” but let’s be real here; it’s an unavoidable truth that what the GOP has done is incredibly damaging to our future. When … Continue reading “Undo The Alabamization Of America!”
Former Sandinista Wins Nicaragua Presidency An Addendum To U.S. Vows To Punish Nicaragua For Elections As I reported in detail in the aforementioned post, the U.S. administration has recently been meddling in Nicaraguan affairs by openly supporting the Contra-type opponents of former Sandinista Daniel Ortega’s leading presidential bid, sending Oliver North to Nicaragua to stump … Continue reading “Former Sandinista Wins Nicaragua Presidency”
President of the National Association of Evangelicals Admits Gay Allegations Addendum to Hypocrisy It seems my recent post, Hypocrisy, which noted the unavoidable, persistent phenomenon of gay men leading the anti-gay crusade, was all too prescient, as Ted Haggard, the president of the National Association of Evangelicals, revealed Sunday that “I am a deceiver and … Continue reading “President of the National Association of Evangelicals Admits Gay Allegations”
Lech Lecha Cartoons by Nick, drawn in Paint Shop Pro 6. Much to the surprise of Abram and his camel, the booming voice of the Almighty commanded him: Genesis chapter 12 1 “Now Hashem said unto Abram: ‘Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land … Continue reading “Nicholas Midrashim: How Abraham Came To (And Left) The Land of Israel”
Nicholas Midrashim: Noach Noah Fails To Save Most Humans Cartoons by Nick, drawn in Paint Shop Pro 6. All sources from Chabad.org: Parshat Noach Rashi teaches us: “Many ways to bring relief and rescue are available to Him; why, then, did He burden him with this construction [of the ark]? In order that the people … Continue reading “Nicholas Midrashim: Noach”
Nick Gets Lifetime Advocacy Award I Received Lifetime Advocacy Award At ADAP’s 30th Anniversary Event Friday, we made the 175-mile journey to Montgomery to attend the 30th anniversary of ADAP (Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program), the state P&A (protection and advocacy) agency (every state has one), and receive their first-ever “Lifetime Advocacy Award” at the Alabama … Continue reading “Nick Gets Lifetime Advocacy Award”
U.S. Vows To Punish Nicaragua For Elections This post is based on the NPR report, Observers Warn of U.S. Manipulation in Nicaragua It’s so sickening to see our government continuing to support the dark side in Latin America: these corporate feudalist, Jesuit assassinating Contra-types. I went to Spring Hill College, a Jesuit college, so I … Continue reading “U.S. Vows To Punish Nicaragua For Elections”
Glossary of Jewish Terms and Phrases (L – Z) For Future Reference After adding heavily to the glossary A – K, I bring you L – Z. Let me know if I mangled any or missed any big ones! Lashon HaRa lit. “the evil tongue”: gossip and slander prohibited by halacha, even if true. Lashon … Continue reading “Glossary of Jewish Terms and Phrases (L – Z)”