Well, some good news. I can hear Ashcroft muttering, "Drats, foiled again by that meddling Supreme Court." Funny thing about free speech...it's free. The administration's argument -- that it's a public health issue, not protected speech -- is classic Bush administration logic: "Of course, DoJ officials know more about health issues than a person's doctor."
Two children die in an apartment fire. Their mother is arrested for child endangerment since she left the kids alone to go work a twelve-hour shift at McDonalds. The injustice of poverty.
Coincidently, the New York Times magazine ran a troubling story on the stress of poverty and the toll it takes on the health of the poor. The "cycle of poverty" has been examined for years, but this is a new approach -- looking at how the crushing poverty of many urban areas create an environment that is unhealthy, not just because of crime (although that exacerbates the situation), but because the environment does indeed make people sick. Then sicker. Vermin, garbage, incinerators, peeling paint, and a lack of decent food choices added to the stress of overwhelming unemployment and racism.
But while the compassionate conservative refunds the rich their taxes he has no notion of helping cash-strapped cities. So services for the poor are further reduced.
Joe Klein, in Time, finally catches up with Josh Marshall (and the Vega, of course) with a blistering attack on one conservative of whom no one would add the "compassionate" prefix.
"The failures of American intelligence have been a Cheney obsession -- which is why Republican Senator Chuck Hagel recently suggested that if the President really wants to know who the White House leakers are, he should 'sit down' with his Vice President. Cheney's alliance with Rumsfeld has been at the heart of this Administration's hawkish, unilateral foreign-policy fantasies."
Meanwhile, USA Today's cover story is an approving piece on the candidacy of Wesley Clark. Traction, anyone?
*****
The Yankees and Red Sox have now played 23 games this year. The Yankees lead 12-11. Unbelievable match-up. Time to listen to the game 24, number five of the Serious. One of them is going up 3-2 and the ulcers start to form.
Two children die in an apartment fire. Their mother is arrested for child endangerment since she left the kids alone to go work a twelve-hour shift at McDonalds. The injustice of poverty.
Coincidently, the New York Times magazine ran a troubling story on the stress of poverty and the toll it takes on the health of the poor. The "cycle of poverty" has been examined for years, but this is a new approach -- looking at how the crushing poverty of many urban areas create an environment that is unhealthy, not just because of crime (although that exacerbates the situation), but because the environment does indeed make people sick. Then sicker. Vermin, garbage, incinerators, peeling paint, and a lack of decent food choices added to the stress of overwhelming unemployment and racism.
But while the compassionate conservative refunds the rich their taxes he has no notion of helping cash-strapped cities. So services for the poor are further reduced.
Joe Klein, in Time, finally catches up with Josh Marshall (and the Vega, of course) with a blistering attack on one conservative of whom no one would add the "compassionate" prefix.
"The failures of American intelligence have been a Cheney obsession -- which is why Republican Senator Chuck Hagel recently suggested that if the President really wants to know who the White House leakers are, he should 'sit down' with his Vice President. Cheney's alliance with Rumsfeld has been at the heart of this Administration's hawkish, unilateral foreign-policy fantasies."
Meanwhile, USA Today's cover story is an approving piece on the candidacy of Wesley Clark. Traction, anyone?
*****
The Yankees and Red Sox have now played 23 games this year. The Yankees lead 12-11. Unbelievable match-up. Time to listen to the game 24, number five of the Serious. One of them is going up 3-2 and the ulcers start to form.
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