Imagine Katrina hitting New Orleans not once, not twice, or even three times. Imagine just as one storm flits away, people are dying and starving, levies are bursting, the city is in utter chaos. Then it gets hit again, and again, and again. This is the situation facing Haiti today, and Haiti has even fewer [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
We Need to Help Haiti
Posted in Environmental, life, Politics, Society, tagged Clothing, Deforestation, Environment, food, Globalization, Gustav, Haiti, Hannah, Hispaniola, Hurricanes, Ike, Katrina, life, Louisiana, New Orleans, Politics, Port au Prince, Shelter, Society, Storms, Tropical Storms, Unfair Trade, weather on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cute Fuzzy Thing
Posted in Humor, life, Politics, tagged Foreign policy, Funny, Fuzzy things, Humor, life, mccain, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Politics, Sarah Palin on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I signed up to elect Michael Palin for President. You can do it too. Simply click here to show your support. Anyway, as part of my support, I got a free cute fuzzy thing! It is so adorable. I love it. After I got the cute fuzzy thing, I received a thank you message from [...]
Are YOU Ready to Be President?
Posted in Family, Friends, life, Personal, Politics, Religion, Society, tagged Biden, Democrats, Education, Friends, life, mccain, obama, Palin, philosophy, Politics, Religion, Republicans, Society, Super heroes, Thought, Training, United States on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you think you can be president of the United States of America? Should you be president of the United States of America? Do you have the qualifications necessary to run this country? Regardless whether you want to be the president, would you like to have a president you see as a person with whom [...]
Latimer/Kilston Letter to Everyone
Posted in Politics, tagged change, life, Lyra Kilston, mccain, obama, Palin, Politics, Quinn Latimer, Society on September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I received this letter in my email inbox today. Because I agree with the letter writers, I have decided to post the letter here in an effort to disseminate the information. After I posted this, I received a comment about it. I have responded to that comment here, if you’re interested… Friends – We are [...]
Miscellaneous Thoughts
Posted in gender, life, Personal, Politics, Random Thoughts, Writing, tagged America, clinton, Diebold, Election, Hilary, mccain, obama, Palin, Perception, Politics, Voting, Women, Writing on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So I’ve been convincing myself that it is okay to skip inconsequential writing because I’m working on a book. The problem is that when I stop blogging or at least writing in my journal, then the words start pounding on the inside of my skull again and I start turning a little nuts. That’s not [...]
Palin the Distractor
Posted in Politics, tagged mccain, obama, Palin, Politics, Presidential, USA on September 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Republican party wanted to use useless, no-experience Sarah Palin to distract America from the fact that their candidate has nothing and to allow her to attack Obama while McCain looks like the good guy. It’s working. We need to get off the Sarah Palin bus and start looking at the team that is terrible [...]
Utterly Damn Brilliant!
Posted in Humor, Politics, tagged clinton, Edwards, Humor, Infidelity, Limbaugh, men, Olbermann, Politics, Women on August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another Political Blog
Posted in Personal, Politics, Random Thoughts, tagged mccain, Personal, Politics, POW, Random Thoughts on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So now no one will read me. For some reason when I go on and on about how pathetic I am, my readership goes up tenfold. I write something political and it drops. As a political commentator, I’m an unknown voice screaming among many. I would think I am the same thing as a pathetic [...]
It’s the Cold War with a Terrorist Twist!
Posted in Politics, Ranting, Society, tagged Administration, Bush, Cold War, fear, Iraq, mccain, Politics, Russia, Society on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll bet you anything the administration is frothing at the mouth to bring back the cold war, only this time with the terrorist twist. Then they can really use fear to their advantage. Terrorists! Communists! War! Oh my! I’ll bet they are wishing this Russian situation had come along earlier so they could exploit it [...]
Hypocrisy and Audacity: Welcome to the USA
Posted in Politics, Ranting, Society, tagged Apocalypse, Bush administration, Condoleeza Rice, fascism, Georgia, Government, Human rights, Hypocrisy, Politics, Ranting, Russia, Society on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Am I an American? Is our country for real? I am appalled at our audacity. Condoleeza stands up and tells the Russians that it is not 1968, that countries do not invade other countries, take over their capitals, and overthrow their governments? I heard a recording of these words coming out of this woman’s mouth. [...]
A Pox on Advantage Rent A Car and First Hawaiian Bank
Posted in Ranting, tagged Advantage Rent a Car, Advertising, beaurocracy, Business, Corporations, Customer Service, First Hawaiian Bank, money, Politics, rental cars, Travel on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh we are so small and insignificant. Oh the corporations in this world are so large and monopolistic. They are all the same. There are too many willing to put up with their business practices, too many willing to put up and shut up, that telling them we will not do business with them is [...]
A Good George
Posted in life, Media, Politics, tagged fascism, life, orwell, Politics, war on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You Know It
Posted in Health, life, Personal, Ranting, tagged change, Health, life, mccain, New Deal, Personal, Politics, Ranting, Sarcasm, satire, skin, staph infection on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, gag and gross. The nasty sores on my elbow and chin/lip are staph infections. How disgusting is that? What is really weird is that one of the elbows began spontaneously healing. The other one turned gooey like the chin/lip. Yuck. I’m a mess. I got some more antibiotics though, different from the ones for [...]
Top 7 Wonders of America
Posted in Funny, Humor, Politics, Society, tagged America, Bush, fast food, Humor, insurance, mcmansions, Politics, satire, Society, strip malls, USA, Walmart on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of America naming its top 7 wonders, I have decided to offer a top 7 wonders list of my own. These are things so quintisentially American, it would be shameful not to offer them their own place in infamy. Drum roll please… Walmart: A wonder in sheer, unabashed corporate greed. George Bush: It’s [...]
I Want One of These for my Dog!
Posted in Animals, Politics, tagged Animals, dogs, obama, pets, Politics on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The True Feminine
Posted in Children, Family, gender, life, Personal, Politics, Race, Society, tagged Children, Choice, clinton, Election, Family, gender, life, mccain, men, obama, Penis, Politics, Race, Vagina, Women on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So it’s election time. Nothing like overstating the obvious. Here in Oregon we are about to have our Democratic primary and for the first time in my life, my vote counts. Yesterday I took my daughter down to the Obama campaign office and picked up a sign for our yard and one for the car. [...]
Musings in the Library
Posted in life, Personal, Politics, Random Thoughts, Religion, Society, tagged Personal, Politics, Random Thoughts, Religion on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this book at the library today called God’s Politics. I only saw it as I was walking by so I did not examine the contents of the book, but I had the thought immediately upon seeing the title that such a thing proves that god is a construct of man because politics are [...]
Doesn’t matter how you slice it
Posted in life, Politics, Random Thoughts, tagged death penalty, law, life, Politics on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can argue for or against the death penalty all you want, but the issue still comes down to acceptable forms of murder. If we murder someone for murdering someone else, we as a society are sanctioning the murder of the murderer. Alternatively, if we kill someone for doing something other than murder, we are [...]
Just Gotta Love It
Posted in life, Media, Personal, Politics, Ranting, tagged life, Media, Politics, Relationships on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is unbelievable the content of questions on ABC’s debate between Obama and Clinton. It was an hour into the debate before the moderator asked any questions of substance on issues that affect anyone. Until that point, the content was pure nonsense, sound-bite, reality television, tabloid fodder ridiculousness. Of course the entire thing was lampooned [...]
Physical Therapy
Posted in Health, Humor, Love, Personal, Pointless Rambling, Politics, Random Thoughts, Relationships, tagged Health, Humor, Insomnia, life, Love, men, monsanto, Personal, Politics, Relationships, Women on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Elbow, Lying on the Couch: When I was young, I fell and was broken. It was a hard fall. Out of a tree. The ligaments surrounding my cartilage were torn. I hurt for months. I was swollen. I couldn’t breathe properly. Physical Therapist: How do you feel about that? Elbow: It hurts, you know? [...]
Wow
Posted in Politics, tagged clinton, Corporations, Hilary, labor, Politics, unions, Walmart, workers on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZVpPGxuafA&feature=related
Worst. President. Ever.
Posted in Politics, tagged Bush, Harper's, Historians, History, Politics, Scott Horton, USA on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was just commenting to a friend yesterday how many blogs I read are reposts of stuff the authors saw elsewhere and how my blog is rarely reposts of others’ writing or videos. I went back through my blogs and found a couple of times where rather than writing, I’ve directed readers to something else [...]
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Posted in Animals, Funny, Humor, tagged Animals, Bunny Foo Foo, Funny, Humor, Politics on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh this is just so lovely, I had to share! Notice how Bunny Foo Foo hides his hammer when the fairy comes to see him, and his eyes go all googly side to side. It’s brilliant. http://www.banjobunny.com/cardpreview.php?cardid=108
The Idiot in the Plastic Bubble
Posted in Politics, Ranting, tagged Bush, Politics, Ranting, Recession on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I saw this headline on Yahoo this morning that says Bush says the US is not headed for a recession. You just keep telling yourself that, Dude. Go on. Make yourself feel happy. Keep living in your insulated bubble. Why don’t you take a beer or some coke in there with you. Enjoy. We’ll stay [...]
David and Goliath (the time when Goliath squashed David)
Posted in Politics, Ranting, tagged activism, activists, China, Congress, Darfur, dictators, money, peace, Politics, Sudan, trade on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I get these political emails in my inbox urging me to take various political actions on a variety of causes. One informative piece I received this morning informed me that China trades with Sudan, that wretched African dictatorship turning millions of refugees out to fend for themselves amid violence and chaos. The email sender urges me to contact Congress, along with thousands of others, and [...]
America Junior High
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged America, Hillary, Huckabee, lemmings, mccain, Media, obama, Politics, polling, pundits on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this blog on the front page of wordpress this morning that says a vote for Huckabee is a vote for Hillary. I love how the writers of the post assume Hillary is going to be the Democratic candidate. Why isn’t it a vote for Obama? Or have the pundits all decided who the candidates are? [...]
Wow
Posted in Politics, tagged clinton, gender, mccain, misogyny, obama, Other, Politics, Race, racism on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s about all I can say. Wow. Today I was listening to Talk of the Nation on NPR. They were talking about the primaries, Edwards dropping out, how it’s all shaking down. Anyway, this guy called in and identified himself as a “White, male Southern Democrat.” He voted for Hillary in the primary, even though [...]
Ranting
Posted in Politics, Random Thoughts, Ranting, tagged bankruptcy, banks, consumers, deregulation, economy, finance, Politics, responsibility, subprime loans on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As a bankruptcy attorney, I dealt day to day with the fallout of the “sub-prime” mortgage crisis. It’s getting worse. ARM loan rates go up, people have less money to pay their other bills, they get behind, call the bankruptcy attorney. I heard story after story, helped when I could, but the system is broken. [...]
When There is Nothing Left, Maybe We’ll Figure Out We Can’t Eat Money
Posted in Environmental, Personal, Politics, Ranting, tagged climate change, Environmental, global warming, oceans, Politics, Ranting, Science, seas, weather on January 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I hope all the naysayers out there who want to claim climate change isn’t happening are the first ones to drown when sea levels rise. Don’t try and tell me bees spontaneously die off en masse every few thousand centuries or that “random” changes occur up and down, and we’re just in an “up” period. There [...]
The Great Debaters
Posted in Media, movies, Personal, Race, Society, tagged Anti-Islamists, Black, Great Debaters, Mexican, movies, Politics, Race on December 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I saw The Great Debaters last night. I spent a good deal of the film feeling even more fired up that we need to continue to fight racism in this country, only lately the racism is more obviously against middle easterners and Mexicans. It is as if racism against these groups is acceptable, as racism [...]
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