Mary Beth Maxwell for Secretary of Labor!
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Mary Beth Maxwell as Secretary of Labor is Obama’s chance to Make Change That Doesn’t Look Like the Clinton Administration. The depth and scale of the Department of Labor’s attacks on workers under Elaine Chao’s leadership makes her a hot contender with John Yoo, author of the notorious ‘torture memos’, and Viet Dinh, architect of the Patriot Act, for most fucked up Asian American to serve George Bush.Stop reading this stupid blog and CALL OBAMA NOW! 866.675.2008 and say, “Please appoint Mary Beth Maxwell for Secretary of Labor. Thank you, bye-bye.” It will take 10 seconds. Do. It. Now.
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Maxwell makes a living advocating for low-wage workers and unions. She’s not a Beltway politician. She’s the founding Executive Director American Rights at Work. Prior to that she was the National Field Director for Jobs with Justice. Brownie points: Maxwell would be the first out lesbian to serve in a cabinet position. A pro-union, pro-worker dyke. What more could I ask for?
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More proof Dubya is sadistic.
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Muntader el-Zaidi lobs shoes and gets hauled away by security guards who beats him to a pulp. George Bush is within earshot of Mr.Zaidi “crying like a woman” from the beating. Does the Freedom Loving Bush exercise some of that free will he so prizes to stop this beating? No, the most powerful man in the world cracks jokes instead. This guy is sick.
Review: Take Your Photography to the Next Level
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George Barr, the blogger behind the great photo technique site Luminous Landscape, comes at us with his book to Take Your Photography to the Next Level. oooh the elusive Next Level! Will it also Optimize Performance by helping me Think Outside of the Box and Find that Cheese Someone Hid from Me?
Anyway, Barr decided to write this book “when he discovered he could explain things clearly” –a point he re-states several more times throughout the book. Barr is a family doctor and his writing oozes the patronizing tone I associate with doctors, judges addressing poor clients and people speaking slooooowly and cleeeaaaarly to senior citizens.
It’s too bad the editors didn’t temper his didactic tone because the book is a comprehensive and clearly written primer on the elusive practice of “seeing” creatively. Barr walks readers through basic concepts behind visual composition (lines, points, planes, texture, tones, color etc.) and offers step-by-step instructions on critiquing and fully experiencing an image.
The images are beautiful and some are masterpieces of digital darkroom wizardry. The technique and craft lessons are helpful. It’s a useful resource if you can get past the self-flattery.
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