Monthly Archives: June 2006

Dolemite (and his all-girl army)

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 30 June 2006
Hard to post anything in these “trying” times… But sometimes, a superhero from the past comes around to save the day. Not Superman… it’s Dolemite! The sountrack to one of the finest blaxploitation films of the 70s has been released at last, and Rudy Ray Moore rides again. Richard Cromelin wrote a great piece in the [...]
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Will Specter Sue Bush?

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 28 June 2006
I mentioned Sen. Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter’s (R-Pa.) disgust with the president’s signing statements in my post yesterday and today have found the links detailing Specter’s suggestion that Congress consider suing Bush for Constitutional breaches. The Globe’s Charlie Savage has the straight-up scoop on Specter’s apparent threat to sue here. Specter: “[T]here’s a real issue [...]
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Burn Dem Flags

By revolute | Published: 27 June 2006
A “symbolic” vote to ban flag-burning nearly passed through Senate today, falling one vote short after being approved in the House. But the “excruciatingly close” vote appears to be symbolic of nothing more than Congress’ preference for debating insultingly unimportant issues whether or not they impinge on civil rights and contradict the Constitution that essentially [...]
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