The more things change, the more they stay the same.
November 12, 2009 at 12:11 pm | In Economy, Historical, politics straight up | Leave a CommentTags: 1789, France, labor movement, politics
Print shows a nobleman dressed as a knight and a bishop standing on either side of a globe which is resting on the shoulders of a member of the Third Estate, indicating that the burden of supporting the state was borne largely by the peasantry. France : 1789 (Library of Congress)
Honor Soldiers of Conscience
November 11, 2009 at 1:00 am | In Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Obituary | Leave a CommentTags: death, military veterans, Veterans Day, war
U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, at night, with reflection in pool in the foreground. The specific time was 10:30 p.m. on November 11, 1921, the date of the first celebration of Veterans Day. G.W. Stephenson, photographer. (Library of Congress)
This Veterans Day I will be remembering soldiers of conscience.
“God-appointed womb sheriffs”
November 10, 2009 at 10:15 pm | In civil rights, health, politics straight up, terrorism | Leave a CommentTags: abortion, Bart Stupak, politics, women's rights
"The Young repentent brought to a bed of justice" -- Cartoon showing blindfolded judge seated alongside a second judge, who is pointing to a pregnant girl. Published by W. Darling in Great Newport Street, London, 1772. (Library of Congress)
Bouphonia tells it like it is:
The idea that a woman must play second fiddle to a fetus, on the grounds that some enterprising sperm cell planted a man’s flag inside her — as though it were a submarine claiming drilling rights in the Arctic Circle — is scientifically illiterate, theologically dubious, ethically unworkable, and morally incoherent. And I’m sick unto death of the idea that the ever-so-precious tax dollars of these oh-so-sensitive control addicts mustn’t be spent on abortion. Especially since my equally strong feelings don’t entitle me to opt out of funding two grotesque wars, or detention centers and border fences for immigrants, or the state oppression of women and gays; or paying the salary of a reactionary fuckhead like Bart Stupak; or providing high-quality healthcare to politicians who refuse it to others.
“Exhibition of work done by children”
November 5, 2009 at 12:33 am | In Historical | Leave a CommentTags: Federal Art Project, poster art, Works Progress Administration, WPA
N.Y.C. : WPA Federal Art Project, between 1936 and 1939. Frank Greco, artist. (Library of Congress)
Current Health Care Cost Realities Made Simple
November 2, 2009 at 10:31 pm | In health | Leave a CommentTags: health care reform
Patient waiting in the doctor's office, rear of country store. Faulkner County, Arkansas. 1940 May. (Library of Congress)
There is a simple explanation for why American health care costs so much more than health care in any other country: because we pay so much more for each unit of care.
The short article has three very clear charts so you don’t even have to read the words, you can just look at the pictures.
Joe Lieberman is a douchebag
November 1, 2009 at 3:17 pm | In health, politics straight up, senate | 1 CommentTags: Connecticut, douchebag, Facebook, health care reform, Joe Lieberman, politics
A butcher shop window. Norwich, Connecticut. c.1940 Nov. (Library of Congress)
A group of individuals, coming together as one, to proclaim the undeniable (and scientifically verifiable) fact that Senator Joseph Isadore Lieberman is, in fact, a Grade A Douchebag.
If you agree, go join the Facebook group “Joe Lieberman Is A Douchebag.”
There are many reasons why Lieberman is a douche bag.
In addition to actively arguing in favor of invading Iraq, campaigning for John McCain and Sarah Palin and pledging to continue campaigning against Democrats and for Republicans, actively warmongering against Iran, Lieberman plans to vote against the health care bill because it contains a public option, stating that no reform is better than a bill which contains a public option. His principles are backed by millions of dollars in campaign donations from the private health care industry which employs his wife at a health care lobbying firm.
Back in 2003 he supported “the illegal political intervention in the private and legally protected decisions” in the Terri Schiavo feeding-tube dispute, and “he went out of his way to defend it. On national television.”
And let’s not forget that despite being chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Lieberman never saw fit to conduct a single hearing or investigation of the Bush administration yet held a hearing on October 22, 2009 “to explore the role of “czars” in the executive branch.“
And apparently “Holy Joe” only “supports the troops” when there is a Republican administration.
“La Muralla”
October 31, 2009 at 2:25 pm | In Foreign Affairs, civil rights, politics straight up | Leave a CommentTags: chile, CIA, music video, Nicolás Guillen, politics, Salvador Allende, The Left
I don’t visit David Seaton’s News Links nearly often enough.
And you should definitely read this post.
Federal Theatre Project
October 30, 2009 at 12:45 am | In Historical | Leave a CommentTags: california, Federal Art Project, Federal Theatre Project, poster art, puppet circus, Works Progress Admiistration, WPA
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of a puppet circus. California : Federal Art Project, between 1936 and 1941 (Library of Congress)
“Exhibition of oil paintings at the W.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery”
October 23, 2009 at 12:39 am | In Historical | Leave a CommentTags: Federal Art Project, new york, poster art, Richard Floethe, Works Progress Administration, WPA
Poster for exhibition of oil paintings at the W.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery, 7 East 38th Street, New York City, New York, between 1936 and 1941. Richard Floethe, artist. (Library of Congress)
Vice President George Clinton (March 4, 1805 – April 20, 1812)
October 20, 2009 at 1:00 am | In Historical | Leave a CommentTags: american history, American Revolution, Founding Fathers, George Clinton, new york, politics, Vice President
Architectural drawing for a monument for Vice President George Clinton, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., c1812. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1764-1820, architect. (Library of Congress)
The Congressional Cemetery has a wealth of material related to this obscure but important cemetery and who’s buried there.
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