Wednesday, July 07, 2004
"Democracy Is Like Sex...."
Darfur orphans Nijah Ahmed, 4, and little brother, Nibraz, 13 months old who fled to the northern part of the Chad/Sudan border after their parents, uncle and older brother were either killed or went missing in an attack by the Janjaweed militia on their village, Ab-Layha.
Thousands are dying in Sudan. Newsweek asks "Is it genocide or not?"
Related:
- Nicholas D. Kristof, Op-Ed columnist, invites readers to meet the orphans, widows, rape victims and wounded in Darfur in "Genocide in Sudan." (New York Times)
Publicly, the Pentagon insists it's getting the manpower and money it needs for Iraq and Afghanistan. But as those conflicts drag on, Army planners are privately growing more worried about a looming crisis. (full story from Newsweek)
The leaders of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday disputed Vice President Dick Cheney's suggestion that he probably had access to more intelligence than the commission did about possible ties between the Qaeda terrorist network and Iraq in a one-sentence statement that read "after examining available transcripts of the vice president's public remarks, the 9/11 commission believes it has access to the same information the vice president has seen regarding contacts between Al Qaeda and Iraq prior to the 9/11 attacks." (full story in The New York Times)
Our two parties have organized themselves around two lopsided and mutually exclusive world views: Democrats believe every American is "entitled" to government largesse, while Republicans see only the ball and chain of punitive taxation. Each of these views has a set of self-justifying "myths." But their consequences go well beyond making our political process seem foolish. While federal deficit projections soar to dangerous heights, threatening our kids with unconscionable tax hikes, these myths have polarized the two parties and ruled out the sort of bipartisan consensus Americans need to avert fiscal catastrophe.Hype and scare-mongering or real talk that this country needs to hear? Peter G. Peterson, chairman of the Blackstone Group, discusses "10 Partisan Myths" excerpted from his new book Running on Empty in Newsweek.
In true "Dewey Beats Truman" style, this is why you should never trust a word from any news organization owned by Rupert Murdoch. (Gothamist)
OK, I guess Diddy is really taking this political thing seriously. Good. (EURWeb)
Speaking of blending entertainment and politics, check out:
"Democracy is Like Sex... It's Only Good if you Particpate"Of course, the good cause of "Democracy is Like Sex... " notwithstanding, I'm expecting y'all to be at Low Bar tomorrow for my birthday/the latest edition of Different Kitchen the party. Click here or see left in the sidebar for more details.
COME TO BROOKLYN AND SHAKE YOUR JUICY TO SOME GOOD GROOVES, because who wants a revolution they can't dance to? It is time to SWING THIS ELECTION OUR WAY... and if you got the groove, you got the power!
Thursday July 8
at VOLUME
Williamsburg Brooklyn
99 N 13th ST
(Bedford stop on the L)
Doors at 7
Show at 8
Tickets are 20$ at the door
18+
Featuring:
PETE ROCK
KURTIS BLOW
GROOVE COLLECTIVE
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT (Eric & Neal from Soulive) w/ special guest MCs
ANTHONY B
DJ G BROWN
DJ MKL
IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE
CUBAN LINK
AND MORE...
Click here for more info.
This show will benefit the following organizations: X The Box, The League of Pissed Off Voters, ActivElement and Music For America will be there registering people to vote.
**SPECIAL GIVEAWAY OFFER**
"Democracy is Like Sex... " has been kind enough to offer Different Kitchen a pair of tickets for this event to the first person that emails me (Subject line "Democracy is Like Sex...").
