Monday, February 21, 2005

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... My thoughts about you are inseparable from my thoughts about myself. Marianne Williamson [author of "The Gift of Change"]

Moby's 'We're All Made of Stars' music video ... with a cameo appearance by one of my fav British actors. Check it out at this link: http://www.blastro.com/player/mobyweareallmadeofstars.html

EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY MEASURES FOR BUSH VISIT TO GERMANY
Marianne Arens & Peter Schwarz, World Socialist Website
[Duchess Note ... Is it any wonder that so many people throughout the world loath this man and his repressive republican regime. The most hated American president, plus regime, in history and rightly so.]
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/bush-f21.shtml

For those of you who enjoy the LORD OF THE RINGS movie trilogy ... you'll get a chuckle out of these animation stories ... check out the links at your leisure:
http://www.fendahleen.com/nerf/catapult.gif
http://waxy.org/random/images/weblog/mortor.gif

If you are a big fan, like me, of the SHARPE tv series and Bernard Cornwell books ... then check out the link to some great website ... http://www.southessex.co.uk/main.htm Enjoy!

[Sean Bean as Sharpe and his Chosen Men from the British tv series. Available on VHS and DVD.]

THE WEEKEND IS OVER, A LITTLE SNOW IS DUSTING OUTSIDE, SO LETS SEE WHAT THE NEWS HAS TO OFFER

NOW HE HAS THE POWER
John Nichols, The Nation
Unlike past DNC chairs, Howard Dean won't have to scream for attention. He is in a position to make his party more newsworthy and potentially more dangerous than it has been in decades.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21304/

BLOGGING WHILE BLACK
Christopher Rabb, Afro-Netizen
Blogging is not a luxury, it's a civic responsibility.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21301/

WANTED: ALL CRUISERS
Celina De LeÛn, WireTap
Cruising is an age-old ritual involving a car, friends and the desire to see and be seen. While some see it as an issue of public safety, others believe it's an important rite of passage that needs to be preserved.
http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/21233/

SHOW ME THE MONEY
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet
Bush's privatization plan for Social Security is a case where it helps to read the fine print.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21302/

SPY'S EYE VIEW
Sandip Roy, Pacific News Service
Dame Stella Rimington, the first woman to head the British spy agency MI5 and the real-life inspiration for the James Bond spymaster "M," says the notion of a war on terror obscures what it takes to fight terrorism.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21303/

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