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Category Archives: Politics
Mourning Gregg
I guess I’ve become that person. I am so ANGRY that Gregg Allman is dead. I’ve been immersed in his death and funeral for over a week today. We’re old. It’s unbelievable. Yesterday, during the funeral, I went to the … Continue reading
Posted in Human Condition, Politics
Tagged Cher, Gregg Allman, Jimmy Carter, Personal, Trump
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Catching Up
From The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot As I’m sure you know, the Trump Situation depresses me. “They were the government—a gang of rich, mean-spirited old fucks who made democracy work by beating us all stupid with a series of billion-dollar hypes they … Continue reading
Lawn Poop
Good Gawd!!! There is so MUCH that annoys me at this moment. I’d like to cry in frustration and rage that The Donald is the very best the GOP can do. “They” must have the lowest possible opinion of … Continue reading
Posted in Human Condition, Politics
Tagged economy, Government, Humor, Personal, Relationships
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Veterans’ Views
In the past little while, a month maybe six weeks, time escapes me (it flees), we’ve worked with a couple of veterans. They’re veterans of wars that never were, Iran and Afghanistan. Congress has not made a declaration of war … Continue reading
Posted in Friends & Family, Human Condition, Politics
Tagged Experience, Government, Relationships
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Marriage Supreme
It is my hope that the courageously optimistic people with plans for wedded bliss will ALL live happily ever after.
Evaluating Class
You know we’re self employed and some of our customers are the upper echelon of society. Yes, the selfsame 1%. I am the Great and Powerful Oz of this operation so we do not budge without a contract. I’ve told you that my … Continue reading
Posted in Human Condition, Politics
Tagged economy, Experience, Personal, Self employed, small business
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Gulag Americana
I can’t imagine anything worse than being held against my will. I suppose short term incarceration works as a deterrent for some crimes, that it may be a powerful incentive to walk the straight and narrow once one is released. … Continue reading
Canadian Spanking
Oh Canadaaaaa! My favorite senator, Richard Burr, questions a Canadian physician and she spanks him hard. Richie needed a good spanking; he’s a naughty boy. He wants to reduce veterans’ benefits. I sent him a copy of Restrepo because Richie isn’t a veteran … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Canadian healthcare, ping-pong paddles, Restrepo, Senator Richard Burr
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Restrepo’s Afghanistan
Restrepo is a great documentary about soldiers in Afghanistan. Sebastian Junger spoke in a John F. Kennedy Library forum. He explained why young men are particularly disadvantaged in transitioning back to civilian life after experiencing war. He pointed out that the average … Continue reading
Posted in Human Condition, Politics
Tagged Restrepo, Sebastian Junger, War in Afghanistan
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Teaching Imagination
I watched Moyers & Company this afternoon. Dr. Henry Giroux spoke about education and the social contract. He called the prevailing American social and political attitude “savage”. It is savage. Education is fundamental to a healthy society. Yet, rather than … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged common core, Dr. Henry Giroux, Education, Marc Tucker, Moyers & Company, race to the top
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