Guess who's cleaning up the mess the Republicans have left behind

The Truth About Rockstar energy drink: it was created in part by racist & homophobic Michael Savage

Rush Limbaugh hopes that the Commander-in-Chief fails ...during a time of war

Good thing for Rush that Gitmo is closing down, eh? Could he working for North Korea?

Executive Order 9066, Feb. 19, 1942

Earth Hour 2009 on March 28

Speaking of coincidences...

I'm not the first to notice that Dick Cheney looked a lot like Mr. Potter from "It''s a Wonderful Life"

Yet why on Earth should the Republican party think that Americans would want the very people to dictate Obama's plan to save the economy when they're the very people who sent the markets of virtually every country on Earth into a tailspin?

Heaven is a double ristretto

How many times will we say, "never again?"

1619 to 1865 - African slaves brought to North America.

1851 to Present - Native Americans placed on reservations.

1942 to 1945 - Over 120,0000 Japanese-Americans rounded up and placed in camps.

2001 to 2009 - Guantanamo Bay Naval Base opens detention facitility.

What gets me is how easily this happy girl could be in my own family. Or yours. Note that nowhere in the photograph do you see the barbed wire or the guard towers, or the soldiers with guns, ready to shoot on site. Yet they were there; Ansel Adams went to great lengths to let you know all was not as carefree as it appeared.

Photos are from Manzanar, California, by Ansel Adams

Key West Literary Seminar 2009

"Spider Season" by John Morgan Wilson

John Morgan Wilson has launched his book tour for the latest novel in his Benjamin Justice series, Spider Season, now available at an independent bookstore near you.

Obama Art

Now that the Smithsonian has obtained the original iconic Obama election poster that has inspired so many others, I'd like to put a plug in for my favorite Obama poster by San Francisco artist Paul Madonna, available for a limited time from his website (click on his name to be taken there).The header at the top will take you to one of the many Obama art blogs springing up around the country; or check out the Design for Obama site here.

The next time Gort comes to Earth, I have a feeling it isn't going to be pretty.

My new toy (AHEM... work tool)

EEE PC Mini-notebook laptop

The Gaza Strip

The entire Gaza Strip has a population, size and density roughly the same as Philadelphia, PA, with approximately 1.5 million people, in 139 square miles. Take this into consideration as news coverage shows the bombing and invasion.

http://www.change.gov

January is Los Angeles Arts Month

Happy New Year!

Eartha Kitt Jan. 17, 1927 - Dec. 26, 2008

I doubt that I could pick just one song to think of Eartha Kitt, but C'est si Bon is the first one that comes to mind...

Ho Ho Ho... and all that stuff

Miguel Angel Reyes

Check out the new link for Los Angeles-based artist Miguel Angel Reyes.

Yesterday, the rain began; today the air has that crystalline freshness when you breathe...

But what's that on the mountains to the East? Whoa! It's snow! It looks a lot nicer off in the distance, than dripping through my roof...


Maybe I can create a makeshift marimba with all the empty coffee cans catching the leaks!

Miami for Obama

kinda makes up for that Republican National Party Convention (somewhat)

So.. Are people supposed to call in "straight" today?

A Day Without a Gay

Thalma de Freitas

Another hurricane season, come and gone

Bush is still 50 days away from officially handing over the keys for White House to Barack Obama, but the President-Elect is sounding more presidential every day.

I might say that Obama sounds without a doubt more presidential than his predecessor, but that might be rubbing it in. No need to point out the obvious. I mean, I wouldn't want to come off as cruel as, well, them (you know who you are).

Still, the quietness of the day seems to give a chance for the opportunity to look at other things... the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, Bette Midler's birthday, and the official end of the hurricane season. As World AIDS Day events unfold around the country, Miami coming to the end of yet another White Party Week. And there's still some stuffing left in the fridge!

Peace

Almisbar

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