John – Page 183 – Deep Sand

The Journey Matters

June 1, 2006January 13, 2010 John Author, Goals, Journeys, Science Fiction, Ursual K LeGuin

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. –Ursula K. LeGuin

Oops, Patriot Act Was Used to Access Library Records

May 31, 2006May 31, 2006 John Librarians, Library Records, National Security Letter, PATRIOT Act

Remember when John Ashcroft assured us that the Patriot Act wouldn’t be used to access library records? Raw Story has a nice piece that explains how the government kept the truth quiet until the Patriot Act was reauthorized.

Politics War

U.S. Soldiers Kill Iraqi Woman in Labor

May 31, 2006 John Collateral Damage, Iraq, War

Nabiha Nisaif Jassim’s brother was racing her to the maternity hospital in Samarra, Iraq, about 60 miles north of Baghdad. U.S. troops fired on the car because it didn’t stop at a roadblock and killed her and her about to be delivered child. Her fetus died too. Her female cousin also was killed. Jassim was 35.

Congress Constitution Crime Politics Presidency Society

Could $90,000 In A Freezer Save the Republic?

May 31, 2006 John Bush, Gonzales, Imperial Presidency, Stalin, Unitary Executive, William Jefferson

Citizens have been writing about the imperial aspirations of this White House since shortly after Bush’s first inauguration. Helen Thomas fired a tough broadside on the subject back in 2002. And just this week Gary Hart wrote a comprehensive summary of our current constitutional crisis.

Legislature Places Politics

Florida Law Say No Study of Terrorism States

May 31, 2006 John Cuba, David Rivera, Jeb Bush, The Travel to Terrorist States Act

Colleges and universities in Florida now are banned from using state money to travel to such countries as Cuba under a law Gov. Jeb Bush signed Tuesday. The Travel to Terrorist States Act also prohibits a state-paid school from spending any money — public or private — on any aspect of organizing a trip to any of the five nations listed by the U.S. State Department as a state sponsor of terror.