Councilman-elect Basil Dalack, 76, a Korean War veteran, won an uncontested election to fill a vacancy on the five-person council of the southeast Florida town of Tequesta.

But he is refusing to take the oath of office -- due to be administered on Thursday -- because the oath requires him to "support, protect and defend" the government. His decision comes at a time when polls show ebbing support for the war.

I actually agree with him, though would even if there was no conflict in Iraq. I find it odd he has to pledge to the government and not the Constitution.

Even the military doesn't pledge allegience to the government (and to take it a step further, those in the military have pledged to "defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic").

The full story can be found here.

CNN:

NEW YORK (AP) -- Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the Islamic prophet Mohammed, the creators of "South Park" skewered their own network for hypocrisy in the cartoon's most recent episode.

Second, South Park is probably the most political show outside of the news networks. The general concensus, but something I've never heard them admit to, is that Matt Stone and Trey Parker have heavy libertarian leanings. If you watch the show regularly, though, you'll definately see where this could (and probably is) very well true.

As a side note, since everyone probably saw Bowling for Columbine, is that Michael Moore evidently made them pretty upset with how Matt Stone was made to look in his interview during the movie. Hence, the treatment Michael Moore got in Team America.

Please join Lisa Seifert, nationally recognized expert on Immigration Law; Larry Mosqueda, Instructor in Political Economy and Social Change at The Evergreen State College; and Grace Chang, Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara and author of “Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Workers in a Global Economy

There is an interesting piece in San Diego CityBEAT about whether or not to perform "My name is Rachel Corrie."

A tiny but vocal element in San Diego theater may soon be stepping up alongside that in New York, London and Seattle, three cities that figure critically in a real-life flap over self-censorship and freedom of expression. As its upshot reverberates, whoever coined the term “political theater

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Due to circumstances beyond our control, the following show has been canceled.

Sorry.

An Introduction To Art, Anarchy and Solidarity in the Meso-american Market
Traditions CafÈ and World Folk Art
May 4 @ 7pm
nemo dat quod non habet
no one gives what one does not have

Thursday evening, Maureen Nelson will share images and thoughts of her recent trip to Mexico regarding the treatment and exchange in the market with the Indigenous tribes of Nayarit and Jalisco, critically viewing the history of western exposure upon the Wixarika, popularly known as the Huichol Indians.

The traditional agrarian lifestyle of the Wixarika is jeopardized both by diminished health due to pestisides used on tobacco harvests and the patronizing marketing of their art. Dependancy and integration of an Indigenous group means the end of life as they know it. Wixarika tribal unity has been eroding due to interventions of Occidental anthropologists and entrepreneurs creating work for the Wixarika as artists to the tourist trade. These interlopers came without invitation to share their wisdom and guiding hand to the “noble savage