I either have to stop paying attention to the outside world
or start taking massive doses of prozac.
Bush went to the UN yesterday and lied. Huge surprise, no?
Wanna be depressed just like me? Read the UN News Centre. I imagine Mr. Annan is glad his job is over at year end, regardless of what he said at the end of his speech.
No, I will not share my drugs with you.
Gaza: The Children Killed in a War the World Doesn't Want to Know About, by Donald Macintyre.
Okay... less depressing fare ~
Thai Coup Leader Promises to Hold Elections by October 2007.
That's good. Except... there were supposed be elections in October 2006.
Tuesday night's coup was the first in 15 years and the 18th successful or attempted military takeover since the country became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.
"It's part of who we are," says Rosenbaum. "It's not enough [to feed the poor]. We have to say, 'What needs to change so they're able to feed themselves?' "
Fascinating article from the Christian Science Monitor from February entitled "The power of nun: taking a lead role in shareholder activism" by G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
Check out their list of articles on Ethical investing.
Church May Fight IRS Summons Over Anti-War Sermon:
The probe surprised Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a watchdog group that has filed 58 complaints of improper church politicking over the last decade and a half. The grievances were roughly evenly divided between liberal and conservative religious groups.
"What perplexes me about All Saints," said Barry Lynn, a group spokesman, "is that I have never heard of a church being asked to undergo such a sweeping, broad and deep investigation on the basis of a complaint about a single sermon by a guest speaker."
I'm confused. Don't politicians routinely speak in churchs and synagogues?
In any event, good luck All Saints. Fighting the IRS is apt to bankrupt your congreation. Truthdig has Reverend Bacon's sermon available for reading.
While at Truthdig, see Molly. Even when she doesn't make me laugh.
