04.20.06
“It would burn me like a Eucharist on a vampire.”
Near the conclusion of his guest interview, Executive Director of the ACLU, Anthony D. Romero offers Stephen Colbert an ACLU membership card, only for Colbert to shie away while exclaiming that “[i]t would burn me like a Eucharist on a vampire.”
Hilarious.
Link.
-MAD-
04.19.06
Benjamin Rush: A Founder You Don’t Hear About
Here is a link to an interesting article about Benjamin Rush, a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It’s about his plan for a “Peace-Office for the United States.”
Known as the
Father of American Psychiatry, Rush . . . was a noted physician and Professor
of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania . . . . Near the end of his life, he served as Treasurer
of the National Mint.Rush was also
a prolific author. In 1798 he collected twenty-five of his previous
writings and published them in a volume he titled Essays,
Literary, Moral, and Philosophical (Philadelphia: Printed
by Thomas & Samuel F. Bradford, 1798). One of the essays had
been previously published in Banneker’s Almanac. This was
the work of Benjamin
Banneker (1731–1806), a noted black scientist, astronomer,
and surveyor who published an almanac from 1792–1797. Rush’s
radical essay was called “A Plan of a Peace-Office for the
United States.”
-MAD-
04.18.06
Event: Illegal Domestic Spying – The Case Against President Bush
With: Michael Avery – President of the National Lawyers Guild
When: Friday, April 28, 2006 at 6 p.m.
Where: The “Former CNA Building”
55 East Jackson Blvd.
Room 2201
Michael Avery, current President of the National Lawyers Guild, is a cooperating counsel with the Center for Constitutional Rights in CCR v. Bush et al., the lawsuit to stop the illegal NSA eavesdropping.
He also teaches law at Suffolk University in Boston.
-MAD-
04.14.06
Salah Open Hearings Next Week-Pack the Courtroom
Yes to Due Process, No to Torture Attend Public Hearings on Mohammad Salah Case Thursday, April 20 8:00 AM Friday, April 21, 2006 8:00 AM (best to arrive by 7:30 AM) There will also be a 12:30 PRESS CONFERENCE in Federal Plaza on Thursday, April 20th. We are gathering to let the public know that Chicagoans care about and demand due process and fairness. Torture and secrecy have no place in our justice system. Witnesses: Avigdor Feldman, Israeli Attorney Eyad Sarraj, Palestinian Psychiatrist (and possibly victims of torture) Where: Dirksen Federal Building, Room 1248 219 S. Dearborn (corner of Dearborn and Jackson). The Coalition to Protect People's Rights 28 E. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1009 Chicago, IL 60604 For more information, contact cppr@yahoo.com or s_adely@yahoo.com _____________________________
-KLR
