Social Justice Magazine
We pay for our indifference.The tragedy of Haiti is God's way of saying "pay attention"! Long exploited and neglected, the tiny French and Creole-speaking country, built of slaves in the heyday of the 18th century slave trade - and made independent by a famous revolt of those slaves in 1805 - is in our consciousness wall to wall now.Whether we want it to be or not.Watching MSNBC, I … [Read more...]
Barack Obama, god bless him, was swept into office on a wave of hope and optimism, fueled by the despair of eight murderous, corrupt, Constitution shredding years known as the Bush administration. On 12:01 p.m. January 20, 2009, Mr. Obama already had a jam-packed agenda, not only with his own programs, many of them reversals of other programs, but with monumental calamities he was required to mop … [Read more...]
Everybody is sort of familiar with the ironic legacy of Alfred Nobel. He was the great Swedish chemist who devised a safe, portable explosive he named dynamite in the 1860's; it made him both rich and loathed, because, not only was he perfecting a product for his family's armament company but, consistent with the lesser angels of human nature, humans saw his product as conveniently useful not … [Read more...]
It occurred to me that calling somebody you dislike a "Nazi," especially when they (or their programs) clearly are not, is a pretty Nazi thing to do. I am thinking of that strange lady who, no doubt by assignment, got schooled at Barney Frank's town hall meeting. She asked Frank how he could support such a "Nazi" program, evidently meaning that aspect of health care reform, which, in her … [Read more...]
There was only one possible explanation.The bullet entered the president's neck, bounced off his necktie, made a right turn in midair, entered Governor Connolly's back, broke a rib, and exited his arm after breaking his wrist. Following perhaps the most exhaustive trip ever taken by a rifle round, it was found -- in pristine condition -- in the stretcher bearing the governor. It was, indeed, … [Read more...]
Johnny Depp and Disney's blustery Long John Silver, or the erudite Captain Hook have defined "pirates" for us. Romanticized through the fog of time, pirates of 200 years ago - who became famous, Capone-style (Blackbeard and Captain Kidd come to mind) - were free spirits who had big old swords, eye patches, a limb or two missing, and a parrot. They roamed the Caribbean, and brazenly flew the Jolly … [Read more...]
Dick Cheney initiated secret death squads.YAWN.Wait, what? Did I hear that right? It sounded like Seymour Hersh had some information that when he was vice chancellor, er oops, I mean vice president, Dick Cheney's office DID NOT dispatch death squads to take care of certain undesirables around the world.Stunning. Oh wait. He DID dispatch death squads. OK. That I believe.Well, after … [Read more...]
They are trying so very hard it is almost sad, in a way—were it not for all the broke people, and scared people. And dead people.It's the Bush people, including Mr. Bush himself, trying to gather up some shreds of dignity before they are out the door. Their final con game: "We did a heckuva job. Are you going to believe us or your lyin' bank accounts, or lost jobs, or brimming … [Read more...]
by Robert Illes --Here's the thing about racism. If you're a drowning Klansman, and someone offers you their hand in order to save your life, you don't -- at least I don't think you do -- you don't stop to consider what color the hand is. You grab hold of it, even if it's a black one. The incident may or may not change your life beyond saving it, but it'd be a hell of a start. … [Read more...]
When John Kerry ran for President in 2004, and touted his stellar military service as a swift boat commander during the Vietnam War, the Republicans were falling over themselves, trying to diminish it. By the time the "Swift Boat Veterans" were through, Kerry had shot himself to get a Purple Heart, and in fact got into the "shit" only because he was planning on running for President 40 years … [Read more...]
They say if you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will jump right out. But if you put it into a pot of cozy, lukewarm water, and then slowly turned up the heat, it will just sit there, even as the water boils. It will then be too late for escape, and froggy is cooked. … [Read more...]
Imagine these series of events, not necessarily in chronological order:The President of the United States, to great international applause, signs the Kyoto Accord, the international treaty that agrees to limit carbon emissions. India and China follow suit. Quickly, legislation is introduced and passed in Congress to increase CAFÉ standards, and hybrid cars become affordable. But a long-range … [Read more...]
by Robert Illes --Have you noticed? He's been wearing one. Barack Obama, I mean. He's been wearing one of those American flag lapel pins. … [Read more...]
I thought the best thing John McCain did when he first became the "presumptive Republican nominee" for President was attaching himself to George W. Bush like some bizarre reversal of a Siamese twin separation operation.I mean how stupid is that? Bush is almost inarguably the worst President we have ever had. I say almost inarguably because of course there are those who cling to his greatness … [Read more...]
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