i'm back! (my "sabbatical of busy-ness" is over)

sorta.... anywho. headlines:

Parties Square Off In a Database Duel
FBI Probes Berger for Document Removal (what did you do Sandy?)
Cheney Urges Cap on Malpractice Awards (again the republicans are acquiescing to the interests of the big corporations... that reminds me; Fascism: n ; A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship; hmm... the Bush administration meets 2 of those requirements thus far... Makes you wonder what all the terror alerts are really about... scaring us into submission?)
Boston Labor Case Sent to Arbitration (grr. Rather than leave things as they are and have the good police of Boston NOT picket the DNC the Governor forced the point and now they are all sorts of pissed off... I hope they see the dirty tricks that are going on here.)
U.S. Probes Possible Iran-9/11 Link

and again, I am going to harp on the Sudanese Genocide... please... more needs to be done to help these people in their plight, call your senators and representatives and tell them we need to take action!

"In Darfur, Sudan, 1,000 people are dying every day, and that number is rising. Over one million black Africans have been bombed and burnt out of their villages, and their crops and water supplies destroyed by Arab "Janjaweed" militias. The Government-backed Janjaweed surround the refugee camps and block life-giving food and medicine getting through. Anyone leaving is raped or killed.

The US Government estimates that 370,000 human beings are already dead or certain to die of starvation in these extermination camps. Up to 1 million could die within the next few months.

As people of faith and members of the human family, we cannot let this horror continue. Our government's response so far has been slow and weak. Only an immediate international humanitarian intervention to protect the people of Darfur and ensure aid gets to them will stop the slaughter. Click below to send a fax to Congress telling them to vote for the bi-partisan House and Senate Resolutions demanding the US take these actions to stop the genocide in Darfur:

www.faithfulamerica.org/darfur.htm

We must act now. The people of Darfur need a miracle, and are praying for it. We must ask ourselves whether we are the instruments through which that miracle can happen.

www.faithfulamerica.org/darfur.htm

The faith community has mobilized to address this moral outrage. Daily, peaceful protests at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington DC have echoed protest tactics used against Apartheid in South Africa. Religious leaders, celebrities and political leaders are being arrested each day in acts of civil disobedience, including Reverend Bob Edgar, Congressman Charlie Rangel, and actor Danny Glover.

Blessings,
The FaithfulAmerica.org Team

For more information on the crisis in Darfur, or to get involved in activism in your community, please visit www.darfurgenocide.org"

i know i am not personally a religious person, per se, but compassion for your fellow human being is something i believe everyone can appreciate.

Take care, and take action!