random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
He was shortish. And oldish. And brownish. And mossy. And he spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy. "Mister!" he said with a sawdusty sneeze, "I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues."
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—Dr. Seuss, The Lorax, 1971.
Archive for December, 2008
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Ross Douthat’s op-ed in the NYT is a showcase for the deceptive rhetoric of the right. The piece is a long paean to the supposed reasonableness and willingness to compromise of the anti-choice movement. He wraps up by attempting to lay the “blame” on Roe and Casey for the “failure” of Americans to reach peace [...]
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religion,
abortion, birth control, Bush administration, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, rhetoric, right-wing, Roe v. Wade, science, stem cell.
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
see below for update 12/19 Obama has appointed the next US Trade Representative, current U.S. Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA 31); see also Becerra’s House site. Unfortunately, it looks like he’s going to be in the pocket of tank for Hollywood, just as prior USTR’s have been. A few notes from some fast research (“googling”): * [...]
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capitalism, copyright, patent, politics,
copyright, economic policy, economics, gene patents, legislation, librarians, Obama administration, patent, patents, politics, Ron Kirk, US Trade Representative, USTR, Xavier Becerra.
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