Despotism (Archive.org): A movie shown to school children soon after WWII to explain what is Despotism and how to judge any society on a scale between Democracy and it. Simple, short (11 minutes) and frightening. After seeing, ask yourself, where do you think we are?

my former battery-mate (Tony Pierce): One of the most in your face weblogs you can find, Tony hits Mr. Bush on what it means to be a Christian.

Bill Moyers on democracy excrutiate (Metafilter): Great discussion on democracy, faith and the real threats to both. Your average fundamentalist’s head will explode.

A Cloud Over Civilisation (Guardian): on Corporate power and it’s force in policy: via rc3.org.

Damn straight. McCain lays it down (CNN).

The Republican party of today is not the Republican party as I understood it to be: The party to keep the government off our backs and that attempts to govern the least. No, the Republican party of today is not only on our backs, but in our libraries, schools, credit card statements, and bedrooms.

Music For America launches Involver: A national concert series to encourage voter registration and youth involvement in politics.

Take part today to show you want action taken to ensure your vote gets counted the way you want it to. I will be at the JFK Plaza (Love Park) event.

Congressman Ron Lewis has submitted a bill that will allow Congress to overturn decisions by the Supreme Court: H. R. 3920.

This bill is a fundamental threat to the system of government the founding fathers of this country worked so hard to achieve. This is a fundamental threat to our freedom. This is a fundamental threat to the American idea.

Ron Lewis should be thrown out of office for such an insult to the founders and the blood that’s been shed to defend the system they set up. The system might not be perfect – but it is far better than anything else the world has ever seen. To reduce the third branch of the government in such a reckless way cannot be permitted.

It MUST NOT be allowed to pass. If it does, in the dead of night, expect your freedoms to be whittled away. One by one.