I found this on BoingBoing and loved it! You can now easily call Congress without the hassle of trying to find phone numbers!
Just go to the website, select a committee, enter in your phone number and click “Put me in touch with democracy!” and you’ll be called by our system and sequentially patched through to [...]
12.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
I’ve paraphrased The Talented Mr. Ripley quote before and I will do it again. “I don’t care for bullshit. Don’t care to speak it, don’t care to hear it.” It’s sort of my motto. I guess that’s why I don’t watch the pundits or listen to talk radio. It’s why I roll my eyes when [...]
12.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The number of states refusing federal money for “abstinence-only” sex education programs jumped sharply in the past year as evidence mounted that the approach is ineffective.
At least 14 states have either notified the federal government that they will no longer be requesting the funds or are not expected to apply, forgoing more than $15 million [...]
12.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
that isn’t a clown. I don’t know where this came from, but I thank my friend freakgirl for pointing me to it. View image
12.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
OMG, did y’all see this? The supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy is blasting a smaller neighbor with a violent energy jet. The jet has probably fried the atmospheres of any planets in the way, researchers added. But the never-before-seen display may also one day lead to a new burst [...]
12.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Best commentary I read today! Well, it’s only 7:50 a.m., but still. I hadn’t given much thought to Huckabee’s rise and how it is impacting the GOP establishment. I loved the analysis and as a former GOP staffer saw this coming county by county in the 1992 election season.
Republicans have been running on a faux [...]
12.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome