Archive for 'Political News'
George Carlin dies at 71
George Carlin died yesterday around 6:00 pm (PST) at St. John’s Hospital, Santa Monica after being admitted for chest pain. It’s always sad when someone as brilliant and insightful as George Carlin passes.
Just five days ago Carlin was notified he was this years recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
“In his lengthy career [...]
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Political News.
Comments: 1
800 gather to mourn peace activist Oda
A memorial service was held Saturday for award-winning writer and peace activist Makoto Oda, who died of stomach cancer on July 30 at age 75.
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe, novelist and playwright Hisashi Inoue, critic Shuichi Kato, and Takako Doi, a former leader of the Social Democratic Party, were among 800 people who gathered at [...]
Posted: August 6th, 2007 under Political News.
Comments: 1
Make Love Not War in San Francisco
PRESS Release:
Thursday, April 17,2003
Make Love Not War in San Francisco
from the Butterfly Gardeners Association
On a bright Spring day on a San Francisco nude beach, the latest Baring Witness peace action took place, with over 100 men and women lying naked in the sand to form the words Make Love Not War.
The participants gathered on Baker [...]
Posted: August 3rd, 2007 under Political News.
Comments: none
Green Party Candidate Plays in Peoria
Rich Whitney, Green Party candidate for Governor of Illinois did well in the heartland of Illinois. In Peoria county, home of the giant multinational corporation Caterpillar, Whtney was awarded 15% of a usually strong union Democratic vote. While just across the river in the industrial towns of Pekin and East Peoria 15% of those voters [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2006 under Political News.
Comments: none
Kenneth Lay laid to rest
AP – Kenneth Lay, the founder of Enron Corp. who ascended to the pinnacle of American business only to tumble into disgrace, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 64.
I know I should feel sad when someone dies. But I don’t feel anything. Had Mr. Lay not been wealthy and well connected he [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2006 under Political News.
Comments: none
