flyonthewallzz

Born 1958: Father, improving Husband, carpenter, workaholic, pacifist, jig maker, photographer. CAD draftsman. FORMER: hitchhiker, apple picker, furniture mover, faculty brat, non-driver, self employed, vegetarian, pot smoker. I AM A: Tree hugger who makes piles of sawdust. Luddite with a huge carbon footprint. Conservative radical, liberal libertarian, with a reactionary view to current policies. Non-practicing Quaker and Third order Franciscan. I THINK THAT: Prisons are an expensive way to deal with poverty. There should be diversity in the ecosystem of politics. The common resources of this nation are being given away too freely. Too much treasure is wasted on the machines of war and courage is not defined by killing an enemy.

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How McCain Is Skirting His Own Spending Caps
This story has mostly positive ratings. 149 votes / 11 sinks

How McCain Is Skirting His Own Spending Caps

Politics – Even though McCain has agreed to an $84.1 million spending cap by accepting public funds--a decision he likes to portray as a principled stand against the corrupting influence of money on politics--at least double that sum will be spent on his behalf thanks to loopholes in the law that allow largely unregulated "soft money" contributions.

View Story Discuss (219) (blog.newsweek.com) 1 day ago by ybdogsct

Voted for on July 08, 2008 07:21pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 24 votes / 1 sink

Domestic Spying Quietly Goes On

News – With Congress on the verge of outlining new parameters for National Security Agency eavesdropping between suspicious foreigners and Americans, lawmakers are leaving largely untouched a host of government programs that critics say involves far more domestic surveillance than the wiretaps they sought to remedy.

View Story Discuss (1) (baltimoresun.com) 17 hours ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:33pm Commented on 1 time: 1

A Green Light for Solar Panels
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A Green Light for Solar Panels

Gadgets & Tech – In Oregon PV solar panels are being used to power flashing lights on traffic signs for both motorists and pedestrians. Using free solar energy in this way is an idea whose time has come.

View Story Discuss (30) (solarshingles.blogspot.com) 1 day ago by MacBookForMe

Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:24pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 59 votes / No sinks

Ex-Officials Offer Plan to Revamp War Powers Act

Politics – Two former secretaries of state have declared the War Powers Act of 1973 obsolete and proposed a new system of closer consultation between the White House and Congress before American forces go into battle.

View Story Discuss (12) (nytimes.com) 16 hours ago by Beau7890

Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:10pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 50 votes / No sinks

NYT Limited Hangout on SERE Torture & U.S. Biological Warfare

Politics – This story describes how a recent article in the New York Times, "China Inspired Interrogations at GuantÃ;¡namo" (7/2/08), which details the use of Albert Biderman's "Chart of Coercion" by SERE instructors at Guantanamo prison, uses only partial revelations and other forms of misinformation to distort th

View Story Discuss (11) (valtinsblog.blogspot.com) 1 day ago by Valtin

Voted for on July 07, 2008 09:23pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 56 votes / 1 sink

McCain Vows To Take On Entitlement Plans

Politics – In a move to assuage Conservatives, John McCain has vowed to reduce spending on entitlement programs such as Social Security. This is a dramatic move for him, but has proved difficult to execute for every other politician who has tried it.

View Story Discuss (108) (politico.com) 1 day ago by bigurn

Voted for on July 07, 2008 02:39pm Commented on 19 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

This story has mostly positive ratings. 50 votes / 1 sink

Gallup: Americans Oppose Income Redistribution to Fix Economy

Money – When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today's consumer, Americans overwhelmingly -- by 84% to 13% -- prefer that the government focus on improving overall economic conditions and the jobs situation in the United States as opposed to taking steps to distribute wealth more evenly among Ameri

View Story Discuss (46) (gallup.com) 1 day ago by Mdiar

Voted for on July 07, 2008 10:09am

Kerry: McCain's Judgment Is Dangerous
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Kerry: McCain's Judgment Is Dangerous

Politics – Says Republican Candidate Is A "Changed Man" For Siding With Bush On War, Economy, Energy

View Story Discuss (189) (cbsnews.com) 2 days ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on July 06, 2008 03:00pm

Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
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Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House

News – Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.

View Story Discuss (46) (news.yahoo.com) 3 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 06, 2008 01:08pm

Abu Graib: What the Most Seen Photographs Say
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Abu Graib: What the Most Seen Photographs Say

Movies – 'Standard Operating Procedure', the new film by Errol Morris, is the fruit of meticulous research into the ill-treatment of Iraqi detainees. Featuring numerous interviews with military personnel who served at Abu Ghraib, it leaves the viewer in little doubt that the cruelty captured on camera was authorized at the highest levels in Washington.

View Story Discuss (372) (ipsnews.net) 3 days ago by bubba2

Voted for on July 06, 2008 01:02pm Commented on 17 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

This story has mostly positive ratings. 45 votes / 3 sinks

White House says ruling could free detainees in US

Politics – The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.

View Story Discuss (12) (news.yahoo.com) 5 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 04, 2008 06:55pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 53 votes / No sinks

Bush Justice Department sued for partisan hiring

Careers & Jobs – The inspector general at the Justice Department has charged that rank partisan criteria tainted the hiring process for the attorney general's honors program and its summer internship program.

View Story Discuss (3) (latimesblogs.latimes.com) 5 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on July 04, 2008 06:04pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 27 votes / No sinks

General Petraeus Presides Over Largest Re-enlistment Ever

Do No Evil – Today, at Camp Victory in Iraq, on Independence Day, General Petraeus presided over the reenlistment of over 1200 military members.

View Story Discuss (13) (wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com) 4 days ago by bigurn

Voted for on July 04, 2008 04:08pm Commented on 7 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

July 4th, 2008 - Proclamation of Independence
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July 4th, 2008 - Proclamation of Independence

Art & Design – To commemorate July 4, 2008, this Spadecaller video features excerpts from John F. Kennedy reciting the Declaration of Independence to the accompaniment of Hans Zimmer's "Born Free," the theme song from "Madagascar." The video poses a haunting question: what will you be celebrating tomorrow?

View Story Discuss (36) (youtube.com) 5 days ago by Spadecaller

Voted for on July 04, 2008 03:17pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 57 votes / 2 sinks

The State vs the People

Politics – The Founding Fathers, being mild revolutionaries, set up a Blackstonian Constitution in which law is a shield of the people and not a weapon in the hands of government. The Founders balanced this restraint on government with reformist democracy that works against status quo hierarchies.

View Story Discuss (5) (tenthamendmentcenter.com) 5 days ago by populist

Voted for on July 04, 2008 02:41pm

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