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Another potential Green Party candidate for President Cindy Sheehan has had enough. After years of campaigning against the war on Iraq, Cindy Sheehan, who has been able to weather the attacks on her from the Right Wing, has had enough of the attacks from the centrist wing of the Democratic Party. Apparently the Dems are [...]

From Ballot Access News, Cynthia McKinney is asked about the potential of her running for President on the Green Party ticket:  On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the possibility that she may seek the Green Party presidential nomination in 2008. She [...]

A few posts ago, our friend Babblemur had the following to say about the state of the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce Building: “I think the present Chamber of Commerce building is a dump“ I decided that Babs came to this conclusion for one of four reasons: 1.  He had consumed double digit Capt Morgan and Cokes, or 2.  He was [...]

A few posts ago, our friend Babblemur had the following to say about the state of the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce Building: “I think the present Chamber of Commerce building is a dump“ I decided that Babs came to this conclusion for one of four reasons: 1.  He had consumed double digit Capt Morgan and Cokes, or 2.  He was [...]

The Babblemur Blog will be going through some re-designs this weekend, so pardon the chaos as the site transforms into a butterfly. In the mean time, a new feature! A list of the top 10 Oshkosh Movers, Shakers, News Makers, Muck Rakers, Power Players, & Nay Sayers for the week ending May 25, 2007:  1. Carol Roessler [...]

The Babblemur Blog will be going through some re-designs this weekend, so pardon the chaos as the site transforms into a butterfly. In the mean time, a new feature! A list of the top 10 Oshkosh Movers, Shakers, News Makers, Muck Rakers, Power Players, & Nay Sayers for the week ending May 25, 2007:  1. Carol Roessler [...]

The Washington Post ran a story on May 6th about the way humans interact with robots, with specific attention to an experiment with a landmine detonating robot which was halted by the colonel in charge. [T]he autonomous robot, 5 feet long and modeled on a stick-insect, strutted out for a live-fire test and worked beautifully, he [...]

The Washington Post ran a story on May 6th about the way humans interact with robots, with specific attention to an experiment with a landmine detonating robot which was halted by the colonel in charge. [T]he autonomous robot, 5 feet long and modeled on a stick-insect, strutted out for a live-fire test and worked beautifully, he [...]

From Politics1, regarding a new Strategic Vision-R Poll in Iowa: When asked if they supported “a withdrawal of all United States military from Iraq within the next six months,” Republicans answered yes by a 54%-37% margin (and Dems agreed by an 81%-5% vote). And from Washington DC: Congressional Democrats are expected to drop timelines for withdrawing U.S. troops [...]

From Politics1, regarding a new Strategic Vision-R Poll in Iowa: When asked if they supported “a withdrawal of all United States military from Iraq within the next six months,” Republicans answered yes by a 54%-37% margin (and Dems agreed by an 81%-5% vote). And from Washington DC: Congressional Democrats are expected to drop timelines for withdrawing U.S. troops [...]

The Green Bay Press-Gazette has duelling guest columns on the recent proposal to lift Wisconsin’s moratorium on the building of new nuclear power plants. The “No Nukes” column was written by the Wisconsin Green Party’s Jill Bussiere: In 1983 the Wisconsin Legislature decided building more nuclear plants was a bad idea, so it adopted a statewide [...]

The Green Bay Press-Gazette has duelling guest columns on the recent proposal to lift Wisconsin’s moratorium on the building of new nuclear power plants. The “No Nukes” column was written by the Wisconsin Green Party’s Jill Bussiere: In 1983 the Wisconsin Legislature decided building more nuclear plants was a bad idea, so it adopted a statewide [...]

This is a wonderful explanation of copyright and fair use, entirely made from Disney clips: beautiful

This is a wonderful explanation of copyright and fair use, entirely made from Disney clips: beautiful

Raw silk and uncut wood…beautiful. The following: not beautiful. This text is taken directly from Wikipedia, under the heading “Controversial Remarks”: Falwell was a controversial figure for his theological, political and social beliefs. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Falwell said on the 700 Club, “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, [...]

Raw silk and uncut wood…beautiful. The following: not beautiful. This text is taken directly from Wikipedia, under the heading “Controversial Remarks”: Falwell was a controversial figure for his theological, political and social beliefs. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Falwell said on the 700 Club, “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, [...]

From the Tao te Ching: 17  Acting simply    True leaders  Are hardly known to their followers.  Next after them are the leaders  the people know and admire;  after them, those they fear;  after them, those they despise.    To give no trust  is to get no trust.    When the work’s done right,  with no fuss or boasting,  ordinary people say,  Oh, we did it    18  Second bests    In the degradation of the great [...]

From the Tao te Ching: 17  Acting simply    True leaders  Are hardly known to their followers.  Next after them are the leaders  the people know and admire;  after them, those they fear;  after them, those they despise.    To give no trust  is to get no trust.    When the work’s done right,  with no fuss or boasting,  ordinary people say,  Oh, we did it    18  Second bests    In the degradation of the great [...]

Babblemur Back Yard Blog Summit and Grill  Last Saturday we had a back yard party. Our typically last minute invitations resulted in about 30 people that mostly fell into one of four groups: Greens Lesbians Kids and Parents Bloggers The mix didn’t cause the neighborhood to explode - in fact it was quite fun! The croquet battles were riveting. The veggie [...]

Miles Maguire decided to criticize the recent position (here) of Oshkosh Common Council Representative, Tony Palmeri, through a frame work in which he picked individual statements of Palmeri and attempted to provide Maguire-reasoning as to “what’s wrong with Tony’s reasoning”.  This post will have little to do with the issue at hand, but rather is contrived [...]