Bush to Back Marriage Amendment. WaPo: Bush Plans To Back Marriage Amendment President Bush plans to endorse a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union of a man… [Outside the Beltway] —— from dictionary.com bigotry: . The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, […]

Wesley Clark to Abandon Presidential Bid. According to Wolf Blitzer on CNN, the Associated Press reports that Wesley Clark will announce his withdrawal from the Presidential… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime] —– this is probabably a good thing. if he doesn't have to maintain his campaign aparatus, and he can still stump and talk about […]

French Parliament & Religious Symbols in School. BBC | French Parliament Votes The French Parliament voted today to pass the law banning religious symbolism in its public schools. This includes the banning of Muslim hijab. I would like to be able to take a strong stand on… [Flailing in the Surf] ——- while i have […]

Stop laughing at me!. So, what do you do when people respond with laughter at your projection for 2.6 million new jobs in 2004? Counter with an even greater prediction of 3.8 million new jobs! This goes so beyond The Big Lie technique that we probably need a new term for [Interesting Times] —— well, […]

Preserving Internet Freedom: Guiding Principles For The Industry by Michael Powell, FCC Chairman. Powell challenges the industry to maintain Internet freedoms for users, specifically: Freedom to access legal content; Freedom to run any application that won't harm the network; Freedom to attach any device that does not abet crime; and Freedom to obtain meaningful information […]

Patriotically.com. Announcing patriotically.com, where we at blogosphere.us turn our attention (and our database) to the upcoming election.The site basically has three… [Blog de Halavais] —– as non-indicators go, this is at least interesting. kerry kerry edwards kerry

DESIRING DISSENT: BODIES AND/ OF/ IN RESISTANCE A conference organised by the Essex Management Centre, University of Essex, UK, 5-6 May 2004 Call for abstracts “What are the new types of struggle, which are transversal and immediate rather than centralized and mediatized? What are the Îintellectualâsâ new functions, which are specific or Îparticularâ rather than […]

Police fine speeding motorist £116,000 [Ananova: Quirkies] —— I personally think that this is the way fines should work.

somehow google has tmttlt as the #1 hit for teaching as a subversive activity. Now most of you know that I'm not really that subversive:), but nonetheless i suggest reading postman's book on the subject and if not that, then see xplana which is a far better resource.

'Out of Gas': They're Not Making More. World oil production will peak within this decade, or, in the bestÉcase scenarios, sometime in the next decade, according to the author of a new book, The End of the Age of Oil. He reviews existing alternative fuels but argues that ''the best, most conservative bet for ameliorating […]