Around the Indie blogosphere

dead armadillos chastises talk radio hacks for blindly attacking Senator McCain.

Dialogic discusses the Bush administration's ramped up supplying of arms to repressive regimes.

The Indy Voice blogs on newly released evidence that the Bush administration was deliberately trying to goad Saddam into a voluntary war by excessive bombing prior to the invasion of Iraq.

Independents for Kerry blogs on Senator Kerry referencing the side of Christianity which conservatives glibly ignore as a matter of course. Which immediately brought to mind an opinion piece from last summer called Is Kerry a good Catholic?

James over at Independent Country touches on the same issue without bringing Kerry into it.

At Preemptive Karma Carla blogs on her recent trip to her own personal Mecca, starting with her visit to Monticello. Great pics too.

In an interesting confluence of three of my favorite Indie bloggers... Jazz (of Running Scared) gives a hat tip to Joe Gandleman and guest blogs over at Middle Earth Journal about a mom who is facing criminal charges for hiring a stripper for her 16 year old son's birthday party.

Jeff over at Red Hair & Black Leather offers up his own Southern recipe for BBQ Ribs just in time for Memorial Day. Yum!