Archives for "June 2006":

Understanding Dollar Democracy on June 30, 2006 in Economics

In the market, economic power is vested in the consumers. They ultimately determine, by their buying or abstention from buying, what should be produced, by whom and how, of what quality and in what quantity. The entrepreneurs, capitalists, and landowners who fail to satisfy in the best possible and cheapest way the most urgent of the not-yet-satisfied wishes of the...

Gay Notes on June 30, 2006 in Society

Quotes of mine from an e-mail to a friend concerning gay marriage:Citizens should be able to delegate visitation rights, inheritance rights, custody rights, etc. to anybody they wish, be it their wife, their alter-ego, their brother, son, neighbor, or pet. Neither do I think that legally married couples should have more "rights" than non-married couples. Eliminating restrictions to such things...

Our Dust on June 30, 2006 in Humor

Miami International Airport...

The Other Permanent Revolution on June 24, 2006 in

"Temporary Autonomous Zone" by Hakim Bey was not necessarily a life-changing book, but it did help me conclude that all authentic anarchists are fucking crazy. No beef, though; their insanity helps them think out of the box. Their disgust for civilization and their affection for chaos allows for those of us living inside of the box to obtain valuable perception...

Words from the Cape Man on June 14, 2006 in Puerto Rico

Into a plane hitting air pockets All the way to New York Frightened half to death like a runaway From a colony become an undefined commonwealth Of the free associated state of Puerto Rico; And I, a Puerto Rican, Now a "little white spic" With a dark uncle and Indian Grandmother. Into a roach-infested apartment In front of the Daily...

Rock On on June 6, 2006 in Latin America

"The best foreign policy... is internal policy." -Obrador, tonight's presidential debate....

Puerto Rico Update on June 2, 2006 in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN (AP) - Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá favors the gradual increase of the current minimum wage until reaching $7.25 per hour in 2009. PRwow Good. SAN JUAN (AP) - Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Rep. Ferdinand Pérez on Sunday proposed that the urban centers of Old San Juan, Santurce, and Río Piedras be exempt from having to pay the...

My Great Grandparents on June 2, 2006 in

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Vizcarrondo Out, More Autonomy In on June 2, 2006 in Puerto Rico

El Movimiento Autonomista Socialdemócrata (MAS) reclamó hoy que el escaño cameral que dejaría vacante el popular Carlos Vizcarrondo sea ocupado por un creyente en el desarrollo soberano del Estado Libre Asociado (ELA). El Nuevo Dia El ex presidente de la organización autonomista ProELA, Luis Vega Ramos, anunció ayer su disponibilidad para ocupar el escaño que quedaría vacante con la renuncia...

First TV, Now Film on June 2, 2006 in Latin America

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has opened a film studio in the country aimed at curbing the cultural influence of the US in Latin America. "It's a Hollywood dictatorship. They inoculate us with messages that don't belong to our traditions," he said. The government is giving $11m (£5.8m) to the project which will fund local and South American films... He...

One More to the Bunch: Miranda on June 2, 2006 in Puerto Rico

Caguas Mayor William Miranda Marin joins with Baez Galib and other leftist and autonomist PPD in their lash out against the party. I am pleased to see so many prominent leaders take sides with Baez; if he were to be alone I am almost sure that he would have been expelled from the party. Read below and follow the...